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BooK

IX.

Royal

Commentaries.

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HA P.

XXXVIII.

I-low fame of the Blo11d-Royal

efcaped the

Cruelty of

Ata–

hu c: 11J.1.

Ome, notwithllanding all

this,

efcaped

ou~

of the

City,

fome came not with–

their power, and others by the conmvance of the people of

Atahualpa,

who being fatiated with this flaughter, and touched

wit~

f<;>me

rem~rfe

to fee

that

bloud

plentifully fued, which they

one~ ~dore~

for

p1v10e,

conmved at thee–

fcape which fome of them made out of the rude m which they were encGmpaifed;

and not onely fo, but fome gave them opportunity to change their f\pparel, which

was the badge and dillincl:ion of an

Incaf

for difguifes

a~ce~ th~

Habit of

c~mmon

Indians:

For, as we have faid before,

lnctU

were d1ilingui{hed by their Gar–

ments ; but thofe whom they permitted to make an efcape were Infants, and Chil–

dren under the Age of ten or eleven years, amongft which my Mother was one,

together with her Brother

Don Franc'ifco

Hualip4 Tupac lnca

Yupanqui,

with whom

was acquainted, and who, fince

abode in

Spain,

hath wrote me feveral Let–

ters: befides which I knew very

few

who efcaped from this miferable Outrage,

from whom

received the Relation of all that

report concerning this execraole

flaughter.'

knew alfo two

A11quu

who were Princes, being Sons of

Huayna Ca-–

pac,

the one called

Pa11!111,

who was

.ene-e.f

thofe who efcaped, as we have men–

tioned ; the other was called

Titu;

and being

'1-

Child then, was afterwards bwti..

zed, whofe Chrillian Name we have formerly fignified.

Pdullu

Iefc a Son which

defcended from

Spanifh

Bloud, whofe Name was

Don

Carlos

Inca,

he was

S\hool-fellow, and afterwards Married with a Noble Lady born in that Countrey,

and from

Spanifh

Parents, by whom he had

Don

Melchior Carlos

Inca,

who in the

lafi year, which was

1 602,

came into

Spain

to fee that Court, but chiefly by the

advice of fame friends, who perfuaded him, that he iliould receive great rewatds

for the Services which his Grandfather had performed towards the Conqoefl: and

Settlement of

Peru,

and afterwards for the refifl:ence he made againll: thofe

Ufur–

pers and

Tyr~nts,

of whom we fhall fpeak in our Hillery of the Empire· but a

more efpecial

refpeCl

was due to him, for being the Great Nephew of

Huayna Ca.–

pac,

and defcended by the Male line fo that he is the Head, and chief Family of

rhofe .few which remain of the Bloud-Royal. He now at prefent refides at

Val–

ladolid

in expeCl:ation of rewards; which though they may be great and confidera–

ble, yet can fcarce be fuch as may equal his merit.

know not whether

Titu

had any Hfue; but

remember two

NuftM·,

or Prin–

ceffes, which were the lawfull Daughters of

Huayna Capac,

one of which was cal–

led

Beatri:;:, COJa,

and was afterwards Married to

Martin

Muftincia,

a Noble Per–

fon, who was Accountant of the Revenue of the Emperour

Charle1

the Fif

Peru

;

they had three Sons which were caJled the

Bu.ftincitU,

and another called

rohn Sier/"a

Legui:;:.ano,

who was a fellow Student with me at School; the other

Nufta

was called

Donna Leonor

Coya;

the

full:

time <he Married was with a

Spani–

ard

called

{ohn Ba/fa,

with whom

was not

~cquainted,

being then young; they

had a Son of the fame Name,

-v

ho went alfo to School with me : Bue her fecond

Marriage was with

Francu

de Villacafti n,

who was one of the firll: Conquerours of

Peru,

as alfo of

Panama,

and other Countries. There is a Story which goes of him,

worthy to be noted , which

found in the Hill:ory of

Francu

Lopez.,

Gomara

lvhich is,

'' That this

Vi!lacaftin

was the firll: that planted Colonies in

PedraritU.,

lVombrc

D ioJ

and

p anama

;

that he opened a paifage, and made

Road

fro~

o~e

T '?wn

another,

_wit~

great pains and charge, through Rocks and Moun–

', tarns,

m : hich were

mfi~1te

numbers of Lions, and Tygers,

and

Bears

and

,, fu h mult1tnd s of fyionkies

all forts and fizes, that qeing

di.ll:

urbed, they

would make fuch a hideous no1[e, as was

ufficient to make T r

avelle

rs deaf: and

" would

imb up Trees with great Stones, to let them fall on the heads of' fuch

,, as-