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Royal Commen:tanes.
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II.
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Mow
ihe
Body
of
Atahualpa
w~
ca¥ried
to
Q.uitru ;
and
of
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1
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·the
Treqfou
of
Rurominavi.
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0 foqn as
Don Fr11'1cifao
Ri
fa.r~o,
and
Don
Di~<'
Mi
.Almagro
had buried
A t'ahn.:
..,
# pa
th~y
µ-avelled
ro
Couo
vifiting
in
their
way
trucl;~r,
that
very
rich
TerfJ
[~
which was fituated
if)
the Valley of
Pachacamac;
l,r9m
whence
they'
can(ed,
away all
the Gold
and Silver
which
Rern4mJ.o
Pifarro
b d left
behind
noo
ha~{l&
been able to take
it
with
him.
From
thence they
proceeded
to
Couo
in :Whkh Journey, tliough. tbey had many fieep and craggy
Mountains,
many
fw1ft
Torrents
and de€p R1vers
t~
pafS, yet
they
met
no very great:
difficulty,.but
that
Of\ftl.¥
whicn
we
ffiall
h€reaft€,t
relate.
r
.IJ.
•
A~
thus
l~avit:ig
heqi on
t~eir
way, let us return
to
t
e Ge0eral
Challc11chi1t111..,
ai;id
Qil}~r
Captains
of
Atahualpa,
who
joyned
th~m{elves
with
the
Nobles of the
Cour~,
and
other
principal perfons, who
remained
in
Ctijfamar~a.
So.
~on
as
the
S.paffiart!r
werv-<;fypa~ted
fiom that Province on tmeir Journey to
C0«0,
the-In–
dia~
topk
up
the-
~OOM
of
their
~g
, and
according
to
his CoQJlilliUld
cranfpor–
tet\
it
to
~itH, wner<~
they
in~~~d
it with
fuch decency
as became
the
Burial
0
f
a
Prince,
and
ye
witl.i
(uch
little
RQm_p,
as was
agreeable
to a conquered people,
rbat
had
yielded
rq
th~ ~bj~6tion
of
alqreign
and
firanger
Natioo.
&tmmHiavi
feern,ed
th
D)Oft
forw(\rd.
ofi
anfi
oo~h
to
receiv.e
the-
Body
of
tlre
I\ing,
and to
Embaln}
it
t~~ugh a4~dy
COtb4
ted,
at}d
tending
to putrefda:.ion;
and, in
the
mean
tim€
he
f~a;_etly.
made
Levies;
and
prepared
a
way
to
fee
up
hiJDf
~f
in
the Government, diITembling
cUt
refg~~
and obedience
to
~il/ifaa
cha,
tbe Brorh<;tr o
Ata/?ualpa
;
and
that he rniglit try
in
what manner
his
mindi
ftood
affeeted to Rufo <tnd
Do11l=lin~oo,
lne
perfuaded
him
co
bind his head widr
a
colour~d
Wreath,
if
he
were defirnus to rev nge the
Dea~h
of
hiS
Brother;
All which
Rummin411i
utt€ted with, defigo to
blmd
~he
underfianding of
~illif
c11cha,,
and cover his. plot-s and evil intel)tions,
untill
he could bring his affairs to
mac.qricy; but to
th~
perfua(jon
!Q±ilJifcacha
refu[ed to hearken,
faying,
That
the
S13aniards
would qot eafily quit tiheir Empire; and
in
cafe they would, ye
there-
w~re
fo.
many Sqns of
H111lJnA
Capac
furviviog, who were ready to lay their
cla·
ffl
to the Gov€mment,
and had
a better right and title to it
chan
himfelf;
that
forn~
or other
Qf
them
would
adventure
to affume
the
Government ;
and
thac
the
~ople
would
appear
in vindication of the jufi title and caufe of the un–
doubted Heir, for whofe fufferiogs by the late unhappy Wars and Miferies they
had a
true fenfe and compaffion.
This prudent and
cautious
Anfwer of
f2.J!illifcacha
did not alter
che
finifier de–
figns
and intentions of
Rumminavi
,
for
being both a
Tyrant
and
Barbarous,
he
refolved to proceed, and fee up his own interefi, telling his familiar friends in
their private difcourfes with him, that according
to
the Pra&ices and Examples
which he had
feen,.
the right
to
Rule
and
Govern belonged to the firongefi;
for
that
he who could wre!l: the Power into his own hands, and kill his Mailer, as
.Atahualpa
had Murthered his Brother, and as the
Spaniartb
had
A tahualpa
;
the
fame had title fufficient
to
confl:itute himfelf Chief and Supreme Lord.
Rummi –
navi
remaining firm in this principle, and refolu<e in this defign, made great pre–
parations to receive
Atahualpa'·
affembl~ng
the people
roge~her
under pretence of
performing the funeral Obfequies of their late
Inc~'t;
the
whICh
Solemmty, though
formerly continued for the courfe of a year, was now. concluded within the fpace
of
fifteen days.
At the
end
of
v;.·hich>
R111nmina-i·i
judging not
fie
co let pafs
fo
fair