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CH AP.
XXXI.
How
Hu
fc
ar Inca
den;anded
fuccour
and juflice from the
f
wo
iv
ho went o;n difcovery.
H
Enumdode
So.to,
and
Peter
del
.Barco,
having travelled above a hundred Leagues,
came at
length
to
SAu{a,
where
the
Captains
of
Atabuttlptrt
hejd
Huafoq
in
in1pr~f
ooment ;
of \
hich the
SpAni.aras
being -mformed,
they
defired
to
fee
him.
and the
Inca
being
in like maonef efirous
ther~of,
rhoqgh
he-w~s
kept under
dof~
cull:oCiy;) yet at Jeogch (hey
obraj~-ed ~dmiffton
:
What
difcourfe paffed
betwfen
Q1em.
?t
tha,t
time, 'vas
:i:ot
well uoderftood for want of Jn Iqte!"J)recer ; nQr could
they
expreCs thew.felves rn any
other
maoner, t]laq
by
f
igns.
Qqely
afterwar~
it
i?-·a.s
reported,
Tbat
Hufifcar
be~ io~orrned
b)7
~
Inrliam,
that
the
principal
de–
~n
of
the
Spaniards
was
to
doe
iufhc:.e,
and
to
reheve Men under
oppretfwn
and
v1o~ence,
which
pretence
(as the
Spanifh
W-rJ..te1s affirm) was
alw~ys
in
a fpedous
malll)er
ubJHhed
by
the
~!'
aniard1
from the time
pf
.their
firft
Invaflon
-0f
tbofe
Couotries, and
whl0J at
au
times
they
boafied
in
purfuance of
the
Commanqs
of
his Maj€ftr,
who e.Qjoyned
them
t-0
hurt
none, an,d to
rend~r
untQ every
one his
due : Of
which
(as we
fay)
Hnttfcar
being
afllired, be
with _more
affurance
of
re–
drefs?
complaiqed of
the
tyranny, cruelcy and
injuflice,
which
he had received
from
bis
B~other
Atahu4lpa,
who
not
CO)ltent to
defpoil
hlm
and
his
Heirs of
ms
Kin~dom
and Dominions, refolved
to
bereave
njm
of
his
llf~, an~
to
rbac
end
had
J.OJprifoned
him
under
ftritt
and
w.archfull
Guar&s
:
Whe1"efore
with
all
ear~
neftnefs
he
conjured
them,
nor
to ab.aij.don
and
lep.yehim in
th'~t
coQpitlon,
but
to
take
hi[J)
with them out of the
hancls
of
.tbat
Gµard,
whicb -de~gp~d
(fo
fo00
as they
were
depai:ted) to pur
him
to death. Arid wherecis
t~y
bad
~bllihed
and
made
kno'-' n
unto all
perfoos, that their intentions were to
eafe
and
relieve
rhe oppreffed,
he
was well affured, that
fo
foon
as
they had received rrue infor–
mation from the Captain-General of the jufiice
of
his caufe, they would
reftore
him
again
to his
Liberty
and
Kingdom:
lJ._pon which
condition he promifed
them not onely
to
fill
the Chamber with Veflels
of
Gold and Silver
unto
the line
drawn by his Brother, but that
he
would raife and pile chem up unto the very
ceiling;
for the
performance ofwhich, he ell:eemed nirnfelf mucn more able
than
his Brother ; in regard that he was
well
acquainted
with che
places where fecret
Treafures of
his
Father
were concealed, and where his Anceftours had
amafl'ed
immenfe Sums and Riches, which his Brother
would
have
embezled,
and
much
diminHhed, to build Temples and Altars for accomplHhrnent of his Vows;
in
which he had been
fo
profufe,
that he
was
become poor, and unable to comply
ith
the
Ranfome
which
he had
promifed.
In
anfwer whereunto,
Herna»do
de
S oto,
and
Peter del Barco,
gave him
to
underfiand
by
figns, that
in
obedience co
the
Command of their Captain-General.,
they
were obliged co proceed as
far
as
Coz:-co,
and for that reafon could not fl:ay with him , but at their return
they
would
perform
~
hatfoever
might
tend co his fervice and advantage
:
After which
they departed, leaving poor
Huafaar
more fad and difconfolate than before ; for
having once tntertained fome hopes and expectation of relief by their coming, he
became abfolurely defperate, and defponding of life and comfort;
believing,
as
it
afterwards happened, that their vifit and
difcourfe
was a
prelude
co
his death.
CH AP. ·