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BooK

1) oyal

Commentaries.

. 457

" fiarting up, ran to

hi C

mpanions, crying out, that the Gofpel was defpifed,

and trampled und ·r foot;

Ju~ice an~

Revenge

u~o~

thofe who contemn

~or

" Law

and

refure our Friendib1p.

like manner, 1t 1s fabulous what they wnte

" of the

Inca,

that he !hould

fay

that he was free, 5nd owed,not Tribute to

~ny,

" for

chat he

knew

no King foperionr

himfelf.

fhould

1:5e

glad to be

fnend

"· to the Emperour, who hath evidenced his Power and

Gre~tnefs

fen~ing

Ar-

mies into Countries fo remote; but as to what you mention of Obedience

'' the Pope,

cannot underfiand the Reafons which iliould oblige me

a fubjec-

tiQn unto him : For he who pretends to transfer another's

right

unto

his

friends,

'' and commands me to quit and renounce the Kingdom, which I hold by Inheri–

,, cance

know not whom, iliews himfelf

Man

of little underfianding, and

'' lefs

j~!lice.

And as

~he

change of my

R~ligion,

whi~h

am in my con–

" fcience fatisfied, and believe to be Holy ;

would be ditbonourable, and

" folly in me co quefiion the truth thereof, which by ancient tradition, and uh-

,, doubted refiimony, hath been approved by my Ancefl:ours.

All

which

fay was falfe, and framed by the rnifiakes and flattery ofWriters;

for

At4hualpa

never quefiioned the right of paying Tribute, but ohely infilled on

the Reafons why, and wherefore it was due, and expeeted from him; which de–

mands,

or quefiions, put the

Indians

into

combufiion. The Commander in chief

of the

Spaniards

and Captains tinder him, fent notwithftanding the former relation

which they had forged unto the Emperour, and forbid all people under fevere pe–

nalties

to make any other report or narrative of what had pa!fed in this particuiar :

the truth·of which is, as I have related

it,

and which may be proved nor onely by

the Hifl:orica1, or Hyeroglyphical Knots of the Province of

Caffemarc1t,

but by the

tefiimony of feveral of thofe Conquerours, who were then prefenc at thofe

tranf–

aaions.

BlM Valera

faith, That one of them was his own Father, from whom he

hath ofcen heard it confirmed. In iliort, we fay that

)ooo

lndiam

were killed that

day,

)oo

of which were flain with the Sword, the reft were old and infirmMen,

and

Women, and Children, which were trampled and trodden under foot,

for

innumerable number of

all Ages,

and bath Sexes, were gathered together to fee

the Solemnity of this firange and unheard-ofErnbaify. Moreover a.great num–

ber of

Indians

perifhed under the Ruines of

Wall,

)'vhich

fell

force of the

violent crouds

of people, which premd under the Jhelter of

it.

Two days after

this

defeat, the

Crofs was found

the fame place where Friar

Yalverde

had lee

fall,

for

Indi11n

durfl: approach near it, becaufe perhaps it was

that which

the

Indians

adored in

Tumpiz.,

believing

that

there was fom€ Divinity, or myfieri–

ous Power in that piece of Wood ; and being ignorant

the Religion of

Chrill

Qur Lord,

they asked pardon

for

thofe offences by which they had provoked

bun

to anger.

And now the

Indians

began to call to mind the

an~ient

Prophecy, delivered

Tradition from their

Inca J7iracocha,

whereby he not onely foretells the change of

their Laws, People and Government, but alfo that their fuperfritions and religious

Rites and Ceremonies lhould be

confurne~,

and perifh by fire. And in regard

they

were ignorant of the time when thefe things were

be -accomplifhed,

whe–

ther now or hereafter ; both the King and his People were !hook with fuch afto–

ni!Jime!l~

that they knew not what

determine , nor did they relolve on

any

thing

either

defen~ve

to thernfelves, or offenfive to the

Spaniards,

on ly they con–

fidered and worfiupped them as Gods, and Melfengers of the Great

Viracocha,

whom

they

aclo~ed

under this denomination and belie£ Thus far this Relation

exqac–

ted one of the Papers of

BltU

Valera,

which I

!hall

willingly quote hereafter

fe–

veral

partsrgt

is following Hifiory ; for he was not ondy a religious Man but

chne very

us in finding out the truth, and fincere

laying down

rnatt~rs

ey really ere atted ;

which he

was

not fatisfied by his Enquiries from

Spani–

Ard.r,

....

bu~

ewife took his Informations from the

Indians

themfelves' : For whicli

~urw11erefo~ver

find. any

thin~

of his

t~nding

to our purpofe, I

!hall

quote

·them as authent1ck for their authoncy ; and m the mean time cannot

but

much

lament

his

lbft

leaves, and fcattered fragments.

CH AP.