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BooK

IX~

Royal

Commentaries. ·

them Prifoners; the mofi: culpable of which,

a~d

the moil: active

this Rebel–

lion,

rhe number of two thoufand, part of

~hich

were

Caran_qu~s,

and

pare

Al–

lies with them, wer.e put to death, having their

~hroa~

cut

,~1thll1.

a Lake, and

cheir

bodies

funk

into 1e deep ; the .waters ofwhich bemg

Hamed

with

d~e

bloud,

the Lake was for ever afterwards called

Tahuarcocha,

t~e blo~dy S~a,

m a per–

petual Merno:ial

this r.ebellious crime, and the ppn1fhment

It.

Pedro de

Ciera

mentionmg chis particular, reports, that twenty :houfand .of.

t~em ~offered

this puni01ment; perhaps he means, that

many might be killed m thIS War

on both fides.

The

Jnca Huayna Capac

having executed this

julHc~

_in

t~e pu~ifhrnent

ofRebels,

departed for

~itu,

being much troubled ,

t~ac

qunng

bis

Reign,. fuch

en.ormo~s

ickednelfes !hould arife, which fl:10uld require his extreme feventy

a~d r~gou_r

che jufi punHhment · being an aCtion as much contrary to hIS ruuural mcllilatton,

as it w

to the cufl:dme and praetice o.f his Atl}:efi:ours, who moll: availed them–

felves o the Titles of Pious and Mercifull : .He.

w~s

moreover

~uch conc~rqed,

that thefe unhappy accidents fhould concur m his urne, and

~ot

m the Reign

C!f

his Predeceffours ; having no example, or precedent of fo much cruelty, unlefs It

were in the cafe of the

Chancas,

which

happene~

~he

Reign of the

Inca

Yirae1~

cha.

Perhaps the matter being

w~ll

confidered,

m.ight be a fore-n;inner of

t~at

grand rebellion and defection, whICh

was

the dell:ru6hon of the Empire, and rame

of the Bloud-Royal, as

fhall

now fee in the fequel of this Hifiory.

CH AP.

XII.

Huay11a Capac

makes

his

Son

Atahualpa

King of

~itu.

Incte Huayna Capac

(as

we have before noted)

had

by the Daughter of

the

King of

~itu,

who was Heir to that Kingdom , a Son named

Atahu-

nl.pa, w.ho

was a perfon of great underfranding, and of a quick wit and apprehen–

fion

; he was alfo of a fubtile, jealous, and cautious temper, naturally courageous,

and addieted to War, of a good fhape, and gentile body, with a pleafant

Air

his mouth, as have commonly all the

lnca1

and

Pallas,

which are Ladies. Thefe

Endowments of mind and body were

pleafing to his Father, that he loved him

entirely, and would have him always in company with him; and would have

made him hisfole Heir and Succe!four to his Empire, but that he could not

dif–

inherit his Eldefl: Son

Huafcar,

who claimed by Right of Primogeniture a tide to

all the Efiate and Empire of his Father: Howfoever, as to the Kingdom of

.fl.t!i–

tu,

ther~

(eeo:ied

forn~

colour of jufrice to difmember

from the Empire, and

confer

right

of his Mother on her Son

Atahualpa

;

the which being the de–

ftre and intention of

Hutl.Jna

Capac,

he fent for the Prince

Huefcar,

then at

c~co.,

to come to him, and in a full Alfembly of his Captains and

CuracM,

fpake to his

1.egitin:are Son and

He~

n this

ma~mer

It i's well kpown, Prince, that according to

the ancient C11ftome and Canon of our Ancejlours derived

tom

from our firft Father

Man–

Cap~c,

.this Kingdom of

Qgj~u

belongs to your Crown and lnheritttnce; having ever

been maintained for a rule unto thts day, that whatfoever Kingdoms or ProvinceJ htf,ve been

conquered,

have

ever been annexed to

the

Imperial Crown, of wbioh

Cozco

is the chief

City and

Metrop~Li.r

But. in regard I bear

tender an .-ijfeElion to-wards _your Brother

Atahualpa,

that.'t would ;;r1eve me !fu_ch to fee him poor; I could therefore

wijh

you would

con{ent to. part w_irh .the.Kingdom of

l..h!itu,

that

I might be/fow

upon hi"!

;

for though

th~

Inheruance

in nght be yo11rs, .Jet confidering that that Kingdom was the

Patrimo~

hi&-