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I. ·
Royal
Commentaries.
" The two Captains of
.Atahalipa
returning
to
their Lord, carr_ied
Hltafaar
_Prifo–
,, ner \ ith them; to
whom
in
dlltir
Journey
they
gave nothing. but Urme. to
" drink, .and no other Food to
eat
tha~
Warms,
~d.
other.
filthineG. .
Whilft
cc
thefe
things
pa!Ied
Francis
Pif4rro,
with other
Chrilhans
his
Compamons,
en...
'' tred the
Coumrey:
and took
Atabalipa
Prifoner
in
Caxamal.
T!ms
far
are
t~e
Words of this Authour, who,
io
another pl_ace:r fays
that
rh~y ~lled
Huafcar
1n
Andamarca,
and
Atabalipa
in
Caxtt:mar_ca,
that
IS
Cajfanutr_ca,
which
IS
the
~unn:ey
or
Province of Froft,
for
Cajfa
fignifies
Froft, and
Marca.
a
Coumrey ;
likewife
Andamarca
ought to be wrote
./blta Marca,
for
Anta
fignifi5
C<>pper,
andAnt~
Marca
the Copper Countrey.
CH
AP.
Don Diego de Almagro
conzes to
Caffamar~a;
and what
Fears and Apprebenfions
Atahualpa
conceived before his
Death,
by
Conzets and
Apparitions
zn the
Heavens.
A
Fter the
Death
of poor
H11aftar,
which happened
in
the
manner as
before
re–
lated,
Atahualpa
did neither thereby obtain the liberty of
his
Perfoo, nor
{ecure his
Life;
but on the contrary, in
a
few days afterwards, orders
were given·
to
put
him
to death, the manner of which
is
related
by
A.Nguftin de Carate,
and
I;.ope~
de
Gomara,
both
which agree
in
the particulats
of
this
pafjage,.
as they
doe
in
other matters of this Hiftory.
·
_
Heaven often punifhes thofe who truft more
in
their own Plots and Artifices,
than
in
the ways of Reafon and
J
ufiice; for God fuffers
their
Mifchiefs and Con–
trivan~es
to fall upon
their
own Heads, an Infiance
of
which
we
fuall
fpeedily
give
in
the fequel of this Hifrory.
For now we muft
know~
That
Don Diego
tk
Almagro
was departed from
Pant(lma,
on a very good Ship, carrying with him .frdh
Men, and good Supplies, in order to a farther Conquefl:; and his Enemies reporr,
that
his
Defign was to advance farther to the Southward than
Pifarro,
whofe
Go~
vernment, as yet, was not extended more than two hundred Leagues to the South,
from the Equinoilial Line; and that he intended to fee up for bimfelf, and att on
his own Foundation; the which, as
is
reported, was difcovered by the Secretary
of
Almagro
to
Pifarro,
whom
his
Maller hanged for his Treachery. But be
it
as
it
will,
tills is
certain, that
Almagro
being on his way, and receiving intelligence of
the lmprifonment of
Atahualpa,
and of the incredible Riches which he offered for
his
Ranfome, refolved to change his Defign, and to join himfelf with his
vieto–
rious Companion; for that according to Articles ofAgreement
between
them>
one half of the Benefits ana Profits appertained unto him. Accordingly
Alm11tgro,
With his Souldiers, arrived
in
Caf{amarca,
greatly wondring to fee thofe heaps of
Gold and Silver which they had amaffed together. But
in
a iliort time afterwards
the Souldiers of
Pif
arro
plainly told the People of
Almagro,
that
in
regard they had
not
been
prefent at the taking of
Atahualpa
Prifoner, no iliare of thofe Riches and
Spoils belonged to them, wliich were already gained, nor no part of that which
was
wanti~g
to reach the
Lin~
which
Atahualpa
ha~
drawn, and promifed
in
pay–
ment of
hlS
Ranfome. Which when the
Almagrians
had heard and conlidering
the largenefs of the room, believed that if all the Gold and
Sil~er
of the
World
were amaffed
to~ther,
it
would never arrive or reach to the height of the Line
7
they prefently cried out, that the
Inca
fhould
be
killed, fo that they might receive
their iliare of what !hould be colleCl:ed after
his
Death. Thefe and rhe like rea–
f~ns
were fufficient to arraign and execute this great Prince
AtahualpA,
who obfer–
vmg
the
Qg_arre~
amongft
the
Spaniartb,
and
ilieir
incefiam noife, and
wranglinf;'~
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