4000003870

BooKI.

Roy~!

Commentaries.

the

fnc4

himfelf w-0re with two Bracelets ofGold, which they call

Chipana ;

the

which two were for

~ariery

and change, becaufe the

Inca

~ears

but one at a time,

and that

on the Wrifr of his left Arme; which

fignal of Military Honour,

which none are -qualified to receive, bttt tbofe of the Bloud-Royal, or Captai_ns, or

Souldiers, who had fignalized themfelves by fome nota.ble

~cts

of bravery; m re–

ward of which, the

King

conferred that Ornament with his own hand? and on

both thefe reafons and refpeets

Don

Francifco

was ·efreemed worthy of

th~s

fignal

favour : For in the firfr place, be was belie\Ted to be a

~egitimate

Hfue defcended

from the Sun, and their God

riracocha?

and fecondly,

his

Aas

ofValour and Bra–

very did bef

peak

and proclaim him for a famous and

~enowned

Captain. And

thus having made their Prefents to the Governour, and his

Spaniards, Tt'tu Atauchi.

de[tred them to pardon this prefumption, of having made fo

rrean

and Jow an

Offering

the

bildren of the Sun, unto whom hereafter they would endeavour

to make amends by their future obfervance, and datlfull performances. The Go–

vernour and Captains taking very kindly

their

obliging Complements, and

much

more their' Prefenrs , returned in the

firfi

place their thanks to the

lnc1e,

and then

to his Ambaifadour .: but when they underftood that he was Brother to the King,

they

!hewed him extraordinary honour and refQeet according to his quality ; and

having given him a fhort Anfwer to his Embaffy., he retUrned fully fatisfied, and

with high contentment. Their Anfwer,

fuort, was

this,

That the

Spaniards

were come by Order and Commiffion :from the Pope, or High Prleft, ro tarn

them from their Idolatry, and

infi:ruct them in the true Religion of the Chri-

, ftians : They were alfo come from him who was Ernperour, and King of

Spain,

who was the _greatefi Prince of the

Chri!l:ians,

to enter into a League of Friend–

iliip, and a perpetual Peace, and to make an Alliance with the

Inca

and all his

Empire, and never

doe them hnrr, or offer them any violence, befides many

other things which they wottld more at their leifure communicate to the

Inca

but neither

Gomara,

nor

.A.nguftine

de Carate

make any mention of thefe

rich Pre–

fents, nor of an Ambaffadour, who was Brother to the

King,.

not of any Anfwer

made by the Governour; onely they fpeak of fome Hofe and Bracelets, which

they brought to the Commander in

chie~

and offome R.effies or Cuffi for Shirts,

but thefe Authours did not confider that the

Indians

their natural Habit do not

wear Linen. The King

Atahualpa

fent that Me!fage and Prefents to

the

Spani"–

ards,

with an opimon, that thereby he might appeafe the Sun, whorn they fanfied

to be angry, ana difpleafed

reafon of the refifrence, which the

Indians

of the

Ifle of

Puna,

and the Valley of

T11mpk

had made againfi: the

Spaniard1,

of whom

fame of them (as we have faid ) being

kilk~d,

they feared a thoufand judgments

and punifhments for their Rebellion againft thofe who were defcended frmp the

Su~,

an9

their

God

Viracocha :

the

t~rrour

this

appreh~nGon,

the Prophecy

which his Father

Huayna Cttpac

had delivered, came freib mto memory : which

was, that after his time a firange Nation, which

was

not feen or heard ofbefore,

fhould enter their Countrey,

mine

their Empire, fubverc their Government,

and

deihoy their Idolatry. And now the

King

Atahualpa

did really believe that the

time for accomplifhment of this Prophecy was come; for that unlefs thefe few

SpaniaraJ

had been afiifred by the power of the Sun, who was angry with his peo–

ple,

were impoffible that fo fmall a handfull of Men fhould' be able to make

fuch flaughters as they

had

done

Panama, Puna,

Tumpi~,

and other parts. And

now fearing

the

like

his

own home, he ordered his Brother the Ambaffadour

to make diofe three Requelts, before mentioned, in his own Name ; for tpough

Atahualpa

was unwilling to difcover any

fuch

fear, or timoroufnefs in himfelf; yet

the apprehenfion and dread of thefe things were

fixed in the mind of

A tahualpa

that his fpirit and courage, which was furmerly ]Jrave

~nd

afpiring, was now

be~

fOme cowed and low with thefe imaginations , and became

intimidated thac:

he never

dur!l:

make any refifience

or oppofition

againfi the

SpaniardJ.

Thofe

who

con~der

well thefe matters, have a

la~ge

fcope to _make reflexions thereupon;

fome attribute

th.efe

udg~nems

to the

ufhce

of God m

puniG1ment

of their Ido–

latry, a_nd Cruelties exe!c1fed on

tJ:e

true Family of the

l ncM;

but others perhaps

may

w1~h

r~afon

interpret

this Invafion of the

SpaniardJ

to be directed

the

.gra~1ous ~rov1dence

9od~

who out of

co~paffion

to the ignorance and ob–

fcunty m which tbefe Gentiles lived, was pleafed by there means to introduce the

light of the Gofpel into thofe dark and unknown parts of the World.

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