4000003870

BooK

Royal

Commentaries.

A P.

xxx1x~,

the

Difcourfes

which

the

Span·ards

made

upon

thefe

fairs.

the Death of

thefe

two Brother-

Kings, (

or rather

Enemies)

Huafaar

and

A fahua!pa,

the

Spaniards

beca~e.

abfolute Lords and Mafrers of both their

Kingdoms; there beiag none remaining

defend the ?eople, or

~ake

head

,againfi: them ; for the race of the

l~c~

bemg almofi exttn&,

· ~he I~d1ans

were

like Sheep without a Shepherd, havmg none to govern them, either m Peace or

War ; and befides, the

Civil

and intefiine Difcords between

the

Faetions

Huaf–

car

and

Atahualpa

were become irrecondleable, fo that both

Parties,

being deft..

rous

grati~e

the

Sp1iniardf,

made them the Infiru,ments of each

~t~er's

Revenge.

Moreover thofe Captains who were of

Atahualpa

s party were d1v1ded amongft

themfelves; for fame of them made head againft tlie

Spaniards,

as we lhall fee

hereafter, and others disbanded the Armies under their Command , with inten–

tion to fee up

Inca

of their own choice, fuppofing that he would be more

kind and indulgent to them than a firaoge Prince; die Perfon whom they elec–

ted

was

PauUu,

the Son of

f!Rayna Capac,

being one of thofe who had made

hi3

efcape from the Cruelty of

AtahHalpa.

The Perfon who had the principal hand

this Eleetion, was the Major General

fl!!iuiuiz,

who

was

Cuntifu;u

when

the News came of the Imprifonment of

Atahualpa,

and

untill

that time had been

an Enemy to

Paullu.

But urgent and violent necefficies caufe Men to froop'

unto

mean and low Aetions , and more efpecially

Tyrants,

and Men of poor and

bafe Souls, who finding themfelves finking, regard neither Honour nor

Confci–

ence, but onely Cuch means

tend

their own vile and mifchievous Defigns.

f2.!!J~qui~

was an Officer of

Atahualpa,

and a flout and

experienced Souldier.

Paullu

they gave the coloured Wreath, but he received no fatisfa&ion

that

Royal Signal, becaufe he knew that the lawfull Inheritance belonged to

Manco

Inca,

and

not to himfelf; which when

~i~quiz.

obferved, and that

Paul"'

was

cold, and not defirous of the Government, he then fet

for himfelf, refolving

to contend with

his

own Force and Pr9wefs;

and

accordingly having raifed

Army, he marched towards

Cezco,

to kriow what was become of his

King

.Ata–

hualpa;

upon which March we £hall leave him, untill we come to the time

and

place of his ACl:ions.

The

Spaniard.t

obferving with what Honour and A<loratlon they were generally

received by the

Indiam,

and that, according to the report made them by the

fix

Spaniards

who went on Difcovery, all Veneration and Service was paid to them;

they often entertained familiar Difcourfes one with the other on that Subjeet,

making various Reflexions on the caufes thereof

the fancy of every

Ma11

did

fuggefr.

Some would attribme the fuccefs of

all

their own Prowers and

Va–

!ou:,

~or

that the

Indians

feeing them

fi:out and refolute, believed them to

mvmc1ble, and

out ofmere fear and terrour fubmitced and yielded, and framing

a thoufand Rodomontado's of their own Conduet and Courage, fearched not for

any_

caufe

beyond them[elves, nor reflected on the Prophecies of

Hul!JnA, Capac

which fo!etold the coming

the

Spaniards

into their Countrey, who lhould

de~

fhoy

th~1r

Idolatry, and their Empire; and out of this fuperfiitious Beliefyielded

all up

w1chou~

Gfiance.

Howfoever there were fome more confiderate than

rhe

reft,.

~ho

be:ng

zealo.us

for the

feryice

of God, and

for

the propagation of

the

Chr1ll:~an

Fa.1tli,

attribu

ted all their Succelfes to the miraculous Operations of

God, m favour to. the propagation of the Gofpel, that fo the Faithful!, as well

Infidels, beh?ldmg

tne~n w~th

wonderfull attention, the one

might

be thereby

mduced to

receive

die

Faith

wuh

readinefs and

love,

and the others

encouraged

Qqq~

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