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Royal

Commentaries.

reafon of fo much fadnefs, were touched with

cor

on

and

farrow

for thei11

And here

BLM

V:ttera

much

bewa~ls

the want of a

lnterpret:er,

that might.

by

a true and

fa1thfuH

underfrand1og of all that wa

,

have g1ven

better

fat~

faetion,

both

to

the

Indians

,

and to the

Spaniards;

for when tlie

Ambaffa<lours

heard talk of the Slaughters and Outrages committed in

Puna,

and

Tumpi~

they

ere apprehenGve

that

the

Inc;i

hacj entertained fome thoughts of

R~

e·

for the Interpreter neither knew

bow

to render the Words of the

Inca,

nor1h~

Anf

wer of

the

Ambaffadoms.

And

now

che

Ambaffadours defired leave of

the

to depart, and return to

·

their Companions; which was

readily

granted the

e

Inca

faying,

That

they

might depart

in peace, and that he would fpeedily go

into

C11ffemarca,

to vifit

th~

Sons of the

~od

ViracfJcha

,

a~d ~he

Meifengers from the

P

ach~ct11mac.

The

Spa.

ni4rds

departmg out of the Kings P'\lace, could not but agam admire the

Ri~

ches of

it,

and tbe Aqqration and

W

odhip

which the people !hewed

towar~

them; for

as

they

were

going to

rpourit their

Horfes, two

CaracM,

with their

Ser–

vants,

caqle to them,

defiring

that

tb~y

would not

dif

dain co accept a finall Pre-

f

enc,

though unworthy

the

acceptance of fuch Gods, or Godlike Men,

as they

were,

laying

before them

Riches

of

l~e

qualicy

as before, though

in

much

more

abundance, fuch as

Ve!fels

of

Gold

and

Silver, with

Ingots

of

Gold, and Wedges

of

Silver unwrought.

The

Sp4r;iards

being firange\y

aJl:qnifhed at this

e~cefS

of Courtefte,

began ro

quit

all fears and fufpicions of

any

ill

Defigns

of

the

Indians

towards

them, bla–

ming

a~in

the ignorance of their Jmerpreter, who for want of

Exprefftons

had

be..

trayed them to many

Errogr~

as

he

did afterwards

to many others,

as

will

appear

,in

the fequel of

this

Hifiory.

.

.

CH

A I?.

XXI.

Horv

the

two

Spaniards

returned again

to

their

Comp4ni–

ons, and how they prepared thenzfelves

to

receive the

Inca. ·

T.·

HE

two

Ambaffadours

being returned, made

a relation

of

all

the

Riches and

GreatneiS they had leen in the Palace of the

Inca,

and

of the

Courrefie

they

had received, which a

peared by

the

Prefents,

ofwhich a

<hare

was divided

to every Perfon.

Notwi~hll:anding

all which, like good,Souldiers,

and cautious

Men,

they

prepared their Horf

es

and Arms, not knowing the occafion

they

might

have for iliem the

day

following;

and

though they well knew che

multiruaes

which accompanied

Atahualpa,

yet

like brave

Sp.aniardr,

they

were

not

in

the leaft

difmay€d, but

prepared to receive them ;

w

lierefore

fo

foon as

it

was

day, the

Cavalry

ranged themfelves in three

Divifions,

of

twenty

in a

Troop,

for

cher

were

no~

in all above fixty

in

number; the Commanders, or

Captains

of

chem,

were

Hernando Pirarro, Hernando de Soto,

and

Sehaftian

de

Betalcafar,

wh~

at

~rll:

concealed themfelves under two old Walls,

that

fo

their fudden

Sally

might

give

the greater fear and furprife to the

Indi1ms.

The Governour himfelfwas fuppor..

ted

with

an hundred Foot-Souldiers, which in all exceeded not that number,

aod

for their better

encouragement,

be

put

himfelf in.the

Head

of them, on the fide

of the

Tampu,

which was like a great field, where they

placed

th€mfelves

to

expeet

the coming of the King

Atahya/pa

,

who foon after appeared , being carried

in

a

Chair ofGold on the

Shoulders

of his People, wioh fucb pomp, and

Majelly

borh

ofServants and

Courtiers,

as evidenced

hi

greatnefs

in

Power,

and War;

ge·

~

1ore