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Royal
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BooK
IX.
CH AP.
XX
XII.
Huafcar Inca
requires his Brother
Atahualp
to dQe him
Ho1nage.
H
Vayna Capac
being dead,
the
two
Brothers
reigned peaceably
together
for
four or five years
in
quiet poffeffion of
their refpeaive
J
urifdittions,
wi~
out
inva~g
the Rights, or
~irnits,.
of.each
other, or
attempting
ne~
Conquefis.
For the
Kmg
Huafc~
had
his
Temt~nes
bounded
-ro
the
North wuh the
King–
dom of
f2.Jt.itu,
which
belonged
to
his
Brother s
and
all
the
other three quarters
were
already
fubjeeted to his
Dominion,
as
far
as from the
lofty
Mountains of
the
.Antu,
to
the
Sea·coafi,
which
extend
Eafi, Weft and South,
comprehending
therein the Kingdom of
Chili.
The
Inca .Atahualpa
on
the
other
fide
lived peace.
ably,
not af
piring
co
new
Conquefis,
buc onely mclined to
enjoy
himfelf,
-and
confult the good ahd
benefit
of his people, but Dominion and Rule can admit
no Rival or
Equal~·
fo
this Tranqui1liry continued
rrbt
for. abov€ five years before
that
Huafcar
repenting of his eafie
affent to
the
~dire
of his
Fathftr,
imagined
that he had, co his. own
great
damage quitted h.1£ Right
to
the
Kingdom of
fl.!!_it1'
unto his
Brother
Anihtta(pa
;
for befid€S
the
pre·
rrdice he
fuffered
by
having
fo
confiderable a
brand\
lopped off from his
Empire ,
he
alfo
found
himfelf
d~na•
bled from farther progrefS
in
his Conquefrs,
or
making additions
co
his
Domini..
ons, being
fuut
up on that
fide
by-his Brother,
wliere
onely
thet~
was
way
to
far•
ther Conquefts ;
the
glorty of
whi<!l1
were now
onely
belcmging to the
fortnne
ot
Atahualp.a :
And in regard_, that as by fuch acquifitions
he
Wa'S
fa·a
poffibility
of
making
his
Empire
greater&than his,
fo
ili
was probable he might become equal,
i£'
aot
fuperiour co him: And feeing
that
this his.Erother was of
an
ambitious,
and
an ubquiet
Spirit,
he had jufi caufe
co ufpett,
mac
finding himfelf tlrong :utd
powerfull, he would
attempt
co take the Diadem trom
his
OWh
Head.
· Tliefe melahcholy Confiderations. increafing da
".ly
m the
breafi:
of
Fh11.fo~'
e
grew
fo
fad and
penfiv~
that not bemg
able to fupport longet
heba
t then ot.bh
jealoufie,
he
difpatdreal
a
Meffemger
to his
Brother
.Atahu1tlpa;
gi
ing
him
t'O
uo
derfiand,
that according
to the ranoient Confiirution
and
Canon
of
the
Firfl
1
Jnb~
Mdnco
c~pac.,
fuch bad
been
<Dbforv~d
by
all
gerierations
dek€ttded
from
lilffl,
the Kingdom
of
~itn,
and
all the.
depend<mcies
belonging
to
it)
were
~d
:
1
and
of right
inherent
in
the
Crown, and Imperial
Seat of
-Co~to.
And
thou~
tie
had quitted his claim
(hereunto,
,in refpect
to
that forced ob'etiiente
he'Ow~lf!tJ
his Father,
yet by
he
firitt
Rules
()f
Jufifoe
he
was not
oblig~d
ithetetlnto,r
~
was any fuch
Refigrration
lawfull,
being
to
the
da~_ege
of
his
Grown,
and
w-fh~
right
of his Succeffours, which his Fm.her had
neith
r power
to
'ehJ
in,
nor
he~
perform : But
in
regard his Father
had
fo commanded
it,
and
he -aifented,
he
wts
illing to confirm the fame
Gran
m him on two Condidons . Firfi,
that-h
tfo
not
add one
Foot
of
Land
m
his pre(ent
DominibAs,
for
that
a1r
his Cottqu'efts
do of
right belong to
the
Empire ; and,
fecondly-?
that
as
.a
Feucfatery
he
pei10rm
to
ards him Homage and
aifatage.
·
This
Meffilge
Atalfualpa
received" itb
all 'the
fubraiffion
and
fmmility
imaglh'a..
ble
7
an~
having
take~ chr~e
days
~ime
to
roourn
his
~nfW~;
he
w
~th
alt
the
feign•
ed affea:ion,
ana fubule
d1ffimuiation,
he
~uld
COI1tt1ve,
made
tb1'.s
Reply :
tBac
he had always
in his heart
el-lt'ercained
obedi~at
tho11ghts
toWards
'his
'Lord
Afld
Sovereign the
Capac Inca
;
and rhat as
trn
evidence
thereof,
he
~ould
t1ever
attempt
to
encreafe,
and enlarge his
Dominions of
~iJHJ,
but
by
the
order,
and
with
the confent
of
his
Majefty,
to
whofe-pl€Afttr€
he. was 10
ntitely
devoted~
that
in
cafe he
fhould think fit to
difpofe orherwife
of
his Kingdom, he
would
, illingly
refign all to his command, and live as privately in his Court, as
any
odf
his
Uncles
and Kindred, ferving
him
both in
Peace
and Wa \vith
faichfulnefs
an
diligence.