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Boo-K

II.

Royal

Comment~ries.

wh$ I

ftiy

nothing

hut

the

Trnth:

Af~er

which he

Officers of Jufrice

proceed

forward. to

th~

place of E xecuuon. As

they

re ·entering into

the ·

Chie

Place.,

they

were met

great numbers of

wo~en

all Ages,

amongft·

wbic

were feveral ofthe Blood

Royal.,

with the

wives

and

daughters

the

11ciques

who lived

inplaces

adjaeent to the

City;

all which

cryed

out with

loud

Exclacna~

tions and

~ryes.,

accompanied

witn

a flood of Tears,

faying.,

Wher fore

Inca

do they

ca~ry

thee to.

have thy

Head

~ut

off?

Whaf

Crimes., what

Tr~afon~

haft

thou

committed

4eferve4this

ufage?

Defiie

the

Executioner to

put us

De11th

together with thee, who are thine

Blood

and

at-ure.,

and

fhould

mueh

more contented and

happy

to accompany thee into the other World

t:ban

liv<;;

here Slaves and

Servants

to the Will and Luft of thy Murderers:

The

noife

and outcry was

great;

tluit

~as

feared

left fome infurretl:ion:

and out-r.age

illoul~

enfue, amongft fuch a Multitude of People then gathered

"togethet; which was {o great, tfia't with thofe who

~lied

the two Places.,

and

the

Streets leading,

the~~mnt

-and who were

Balconies, and looking out

Windows,

the}J could

not

counted

for

lefs

thap

300_

tboufand Souls. This

combuftion

Gaufed the. Officers to

.haften

their

way ·

unto the Scaffold; where

being come, the Prince

walked

up the Stairs, with the Friers who affifted at bis

Death, and followed

the

Executioner with his F

aulchion

or broad Sword

<Jrawn in his hand. And

now

the

Indians

fe~ng

their

Prince

juft upon the

brink

Death,

lamented with

fuch

groans and out-cries as rent the

Air, arid

filled the

place

with fuch

noife,that

nothing elfe

could

be heard: Wherefore

the

Priefts w

ho were

difcourfing

with

the Prince, defired

him that he

would

com–

mand

the

PeoP.le

to be

ftlenr,

w~ereu{>on

the

Inca

lifting up his

right

Arm

with

the

Palm

of h1

hand

OJ?en.,

P?lllted

t?wards

t~e

place from

whence_

the

noife

came..· and

then

l~ured

bttle

and

little,

until

be came to r eft

on his

right thigh : Which when the

Indians

obferved., their

Murmm-

aimed, and

great

filence enfued,

there had not

been

ons

Soul

alive

within

die whole

City.

The

Spaniards,

and

tQe Vice-King., who was then

a Window

obfer–

ving

tbefe

feveral

paffages, wondred

DJUcb

to fee

~he

obedience

which

the

In–

dians

in all

their

paffion., !hewed

their dying

Inca,

who received

the

firoke

of death with tqat

undaunted

Courage, as

the

Incas

and

I ndian

Nobles did

ufually

fhew,

when

they

fell into the

hands

of their Enemies, and were unhumanely

butchered.,

and

cruelly

treated by'them,

may

appear

in our Hiftory· of

Flo–

rida.,

and other Wars which were carried on in

t;:hile,

and which now

the

Indi–

dian .A

raucof

ftill

wage_ with

the

Spani

rds,,_

according

they

are defcribed in

Ver.le

by Poets

whdwnte thereof. O(

which

have

many other examples in

xico,

as well as in

P.eru,

which

may

ferve

to demonftrate the Cruelty of th<: ·

Sptiniard.i,

and the Conftancy and Bravery of the

Incas:

Of which I could

give

man~

inil:ances in

own time, and

own

knowledge.,

but I {hall let

them

pafs~

rather

than give

offence

this $iftory.

Thus

did this poor Prince

fu!>mit

with great Courage

Peath.,

yet

Rich

and

Happy,

that he dyed a. Chriftian ; and was. much lamented

thofe

R~ligious

Orders, which

ffifted

n1m

at the"Hour and

the Agony of his Death name–

ly. thofe

St.

rancis,,

our

Laqy

Merced1,

St.

Dominic~.,

and

A1~;fti11e,

be -

fides

multitude

other

Prie11:s

~nd

Clergymen, who

bewailed him with

much

grie"f

and

forrow.,

arid

faid

many

Malfes for

bis.Soul:

Howfuever they

were

much

comforted and

edified~

to fee with what Patience and magnanimity

e entered on the Scene of Death, and witq what Acts of

devt>tiop,

like a good

Chriftian,

he adored the Images of Ch

rift

0 ur

Lord~

and of the Virgin his

Mother,

which

the Priefts carried before him. Thus did this

Inca

end his days,

who was the

lawf

ul He

that Empire., being

defcended

the

direlb

Male–

Line from the fir ft

Inc.fl Manc

o Capac;

whkh (as Father

Bia;

V1tlera

faith) had

continued

soo,

or near

6.oo

years.

This

Compaflion

and Sorrow was the ge–

neral fenf

at that time of all the Country., as well of

Spaniardr

Indillns

Aad

· tho, we

may

believe that the Vice-King migh_t alfo be in foUJe meafure affected

with

this PaCiion,

yet

he might

have

other Reafons of State,fufficient.,

known,·

julHfie

this

ACt:ion.

· The

aforef~id

Sentence

executed on

the good Prince, was feconded

the

Baniihment

his Soos and

Kindred.,

to the

City

Los Reyes,

and

·of thofe

who were born of

I ndian

Mothers and

Spanijh

Fathers., in o divers parts of the

New and Old World, as before related.

"Which

we havean.ticipated

out

of its

due

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