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Royal Commentaries.
B.OOK
VIII.
ber when I was a Child, I heard of three or four fuch Rob eries
which~
committed
by
the
Indians:
But
fo
foon
as that
rnctt
dyed, all
was.,qhieted
and
no other Spoyls en.fued: .
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Notwithfl:andiog which,tbe Vice-King
wa~ ind~ced
to
f~llow ~he
dvke of fome
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Counfellors, who fugge!te.d, that the
Inca
ltved m places
on
the
frontiers
from
which he
much
·annoyed the
Spaniards.,
taking away their Cattle., and robbing their
Merchants: And that
it
was impoffible to keep the
Jndian1
quiet,
~nd
within
· ..
terms
of
Peace, whilft the
Inca
was
fo
near them, and
dayly
in their Eye, that to
f~rve
him,
they
would
adventur~
to commit the greateft Outrages they were
able . . The Vic -King, (as we have faid) being overfwayed
py
thi
way
of
rea–
fqning, committed the charge
Qf
tbi~
enterprife to a certai Gentleman,
named
Martin
Garcia
Loyol11,,
who
in
times pa
ft
bad
performed great
Services
for
hi
Majefty. Accordiogly Souldiers were
raifed,
upt>n pretence
that
they were
to
be
fent to
Chile,
for
recruits
againft the
:Arllucarrs,
who very much oppreffed,
and frreightned the
Spaniards.
About
250
Men being
armed,
and provided with
Weapons Qffenfive,
a-nd
defenfive,
they
marched
directly·to
Vil/ca
pampa,
the
entrance wher
nto was made very eafie and plain, after the· Prince
Don
Di.e-
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go
S11yri
Tupac
had qbandoned his Habitation there; fo that
they might
go in,
and com
ouE from
then~e
without
any
difficulty.
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'The P
ce
TupM3'
Amaru
having received in'teUigence,
that
fome Forces were
entered
within
his
Jurifdiction., he prefently fled
tyventy
LeagueS within the
l
Country down a River below the Mountain. The
Sp4niaf"ds
inftantly fitted tbem–
felves with Boats, and Floats, and there ith followed and purfued after him.
The.Prince confidermg that he had not People to.make
refiftance,
and that ·he
was
not
confcious to himfelf of any ·crime.,
~r
difturbance he had done or
ratted, fuffered himfelf to be ·taken ; chufing rather
to
entru~
himfelf · in the
ha!lds of the
Spaniardj,
than to perHh in thofe
Mountains
with Famine,. or be ·
dro~ned
in thofe great Rivers., which fall and empty themfelves•into .the Ri–
ver of Plate. Wher fore he
yielded
himfelf into the Power of Captain
M artin
Loyola,
and his Souldiers, in hopes, that when
they
found him naked,- and de–
prived of all fubf
iftance, they
would
take Compaffion
on
him,
and
allow
him
· the
fame
Penfion
which
was given
to
his
Brother
Don Diego
Sayri
T11pac,
little
fuf
petting
that they would kill him, or
do
him
any
harm,
fince
he· was guilty
of
no
Crime. The
Spaniards
in this manner feizing on the
Inca,
and on all the
·
Indian
.Men
and . Women~
who were in Company.with
him,
a
mongft whi
ch washis Wife, two Sons., and a Daughter, returned with themin
Tri.um~ ~oCo:t.co ;
to which place the Vic.c-Kiog went,
fo
foon
as
he was .informecf of
t
he im–
pri1on~nt
of this
poor.Prince.
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.G"H A .P. XVII. ·
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·Procef~
is nzade, and
an l!.nditlment
drawn
up ·
againft the
Prince,
and
·againfl
the
Incas
his Kindr-ed
of
the
Blood
Royal~
As
alfo againft the Sons
of
Spaniards
born ·of
-
Indian.
Women, though their Fathers hadbeen the
.
nque-
rozt.rsof that
Empire..
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O foon as they
faw
that the Prince was taken, the Attorney
Gen~ral
was ·or- . .
dered to draw up a Charge againft him; which was done according
to
the
Ar–
dclcs before mentioned, accufing him to have
apppinted and
ordered hts Ser–
vant }and
Valfals,
tb
iofefi:
the Roads,and rob the
Sp..
inifh
Merchants, as
they
paf–
fed upon tbeir Lawful
occafions.,
declaring all thofe his Enemies, who had made
any League or
~ontratt
with the
Incas
his Anc ftors, or wbol:ved or inhabited
amongft the
SpaniMds
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And that at fuch a time,and upon fucb a
day
he had enteri..
into
ao
greement with the
Caciqr,es,
who were made Lords ofMannors, and
ommand~
s
of
India1u,
by
Ancient
Grants
from his
Anceftors; to rife in
rms
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