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Royal
Commentarie1.
BooK
I.
o foon as the Ambaffadours were returned back again to their King the
Spa–
niards
made
many reflexions, and put divers interpretations on the M;fJage and
Prefents which were
Cent :
Some were of opinion,
that
rhofe Gifts and Offerings
by how much the more rich and magnificent they were, by
fo
much
more
they
were to
be
fufpelted; fan7ing that they were defigned with inteQtion to
amufe
and
lull
them into
a
kind
o fecurity and confidence
in
their
faith
and
fimplicicy
and
[o
furprize
and
kill
them with more eafe and advantage; and
therefore look:
ing
on
th
fe Prefems as fallacious,
and
defigned for traps and fnares, it was
argued
that they 01ould be the more watchfull and circumfpelt in
all
their proceedings:
Howfoever the other
Spaniards,
who were the greatefr number, being of a
lefS
fufpiciou nature, were of opinion that thefe Gifts and
Offerings
were onely evi–
dences of the good will of the
Indians :
And that though the Rules of Military
Difcipline did oblige
chem
to be always vigilant and cautious in an
Enemies Coun–
rrey, yet they coula not but
applaud
and efieem the Magnificence of the
J
11
c
11
th
fuavity
of
his
Words, and the Majefiy of
his
Embalfy ; which to render
more
honourable, he was pleafed ro perform
it
by the hands of
his
Brother,
whore cour–
tefie
and
difcretion
were
very vifible both
in
his
Reafons, and
in
his
O>mporr...
ment ; though for
want
of a good Interpreter to underfiand the Language of
c*
co,
much of
his
fenfi
and
words
loft
their true force and vigour :
toe
which
ap.–
peared
in
his
Spee
h,
which
feemed
to
be uttered
in long
Sentences, wich
rheir
due Accents, Paufe and Periods ; but
in
the rendering of them, the
Interpreter
deli ered them in
fuch
broken peecbes, without coherence
or
fenfe,
that they"' ere
fcarce intelligible co the
Spa?Jiards
;
but howfoever they cook all in good part,
that·
hich \
as
wanting
iri
the
ords, being fupplied by the better effe& of Preferus.
That night,
and fe
eral
other
days after, they cheered themfelves
wirh
the
Prelftus
of
Arahu~lpa,
and fo
marched towards
Caffem11rca,
where
though they
found
not
the
Inca,
as
was expeeted, yet they
ere received there by the
Jndlatu,
who,
by
order
of
rhe
King, had affembled both Nobles and Commoners
to feafi
and
creat
the
ff-fpring of che
un, and Children of the God
Vir'1cocha,
firowing all
che1r
Chambers ana Lodgings with FlO\ ers, and
f
weet-finelling Herbs; likewi[e
they
entertained
chem~
ith plenty of Meat and Drink ; the
care
and charge of
aU which
\ as committed to
C111lq11i
HlfTnan,
who was the
Gm:1ca,
or Lord, of
Caffem11rc11,
and who
in
obedience to che
ommands of
his
King,
did
endeavour to
exceed
in
all points
of civility and
ref
pett
rm
·ards
rhe
Spaniards.
But
amongfi
che many
ervices "' hich the
lndiam
fbe\' ed to them, there wa one of fingular remarks
which was, that they obferving that the Bies and Curbs "bich the Horfc
had irJ
their mouth , were made of Iron, they prefently imagined that the
Iron wa rhelr
Meat; and therefore not
to
be defetlive in
any
point
f
ervice to\-;·ard
the
SpA-–
niardl,
rhey
read1ly brought (everal Ingots of
G
ld and
ilver, '
hich
they
)aid
in
the
Mang r
before the
H
rfes, d firing
them ro
eat of thofe
Metal , \\ hid1
w
re mu
h
mo
·e delicate Meat
rhan
the
Iron;
the
SpaniardJ
'
1
h
ble1
ved
and
laughed
at
chi
fimpli
icy
f
rhe
Jndi11111,
comm nded their kindneG to'che
Hor
Iii
telling
them, that they ould not o
ige th
~m
i
ore,
than
by
gi ing
them gooa
fiore
of th
t
P1
vinder..
.
H
r,