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. 4

Royal

Commentaries•

BooK

IX.

fo

thJt not one,

whether

Legitimate, or Bailard,

~fcape~

the cruelty of

his

Exe–

cutioner ; for he killed

and

deftroyed them

by

vanous kmds of Deaths

:

of

fome

he cut the Throats ,

or~ers

he Hanged ,

other~

he threw into Rivers and

Lakes

with weights

about

their

Necks,

tliat

they

might not

fave

themfelves

by

fwim–

ming ,

orhers

\\ere

~hrown dow~

.Rocks

.and

_Pr~cipices

; all which was aCl:ed

with the greatel1:

d1fparc~

and. diligence

1magu~aole

by

the Executioners

5

for

chi Tyrant

could .never think

h1mfelf

f~cute, u~ttll

he

h~d f~en

them all defiroyed,

or 'heard chat they

were

dead ; for

notw1rl1ftanding

all

his

V1Ctory, he durfl: not un–

t

ill

then

pafs

beyoµd

Saujfa,

which

i:he

Spani1irdJ

call

Xauxa,

being ninety

Leagues

diftant

rr

m

Couo :

But as to

the

poor

Huafcnr,

they kept him fiill alive referving

him for

the

fuppreffion of

infurreltions,

or

tumults, which might arife

a~ainll:

.Ata.–

hua!pa

;

for

they

well knew

that

the Word and Command of

Hnafcar

was

fo

pre–

;v~ur,

and

cJf

chat

authonicy

with

his

Subjetts,

that

it

was able to quell and

calm

a1llY

mJ:t

mies,

or

dilbuDbamces,

runongQ

them :

Howfoever,

for

hiS

greater mor–

tifiGatiG>fl,

they

wolid<d. often brjng this

unforc1.mare

Prince from his confinement,

1:0

t>e

a pe&aoour

<iif

robe

i!laQgbterand

tinaflacre

of

his 'Kindred, which

affiicting

~

ht

wzs a more

f

enlih>re

tormeRt to him

han Death

it

fel£

0r

did

is

C

uelty-contain ·

t

fe1f

wit-hin thefe bounds,

but

extended to all

the

Pr;if~liler&,

!efi

~hey

rOOBg

Cur.11eM

,

and Men

df

incere!i:

in

the 'Empire,

and

af ..

fe&iipnare ro

tme

reaufe

-of

Huefcar,

G1

ould contrive

means for

his delivery :

Wk"etefore b>ringing

blem

all forth

w.

ith their hands ried into an open

Plain

in

Lrae

~alley

of

Sacfahumza

(

whel!e the

Bartel

was afterwards foeght between

the

Rretldent

Gafc

nptlo Pi9arro)

they were ranged in order on each fide,

and

the

poor

H.itafcar

in

Mourning

with

his hands tled behind him, was made

o pafs-hetwe

whh

a

o~

abput

his

Neck; which

when

the

\lliferab1e

Capvi~

faw,,

and

rtheir

Pr'

nee

in

inha-c

alef~ica@le

conclinion, ithey

Hfced

up

tlieir

cries

1to

Heaven, and cprolhated 1;heir bodies on .the Eanth, adored and woolhip–

ped him, which was all the honour they could tefiifie, or help

they

could gi\Tc

;him

m

that

nhappy

~

!

In

punHhment

for

which

re

ey

kitled

them

all,

~rilier ~itrla

Pole-axes,

or fh@rt·

C

1

l~bs,

which

they

call

;

for

a bigger fort

-of

Club>s amd

P<Ye-a..~

they

.ufe in Fight,

which

the

with

both

hands.

In tbis

inaARer they

killed all

the-Ottracas

and

Captains

m

prefence

of

rhe

King,

that !Carne

aRy

Noble Perfun efCaped

their

Tyranny

and Cruelty.

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CH AP.