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by the
Indians,
v ho were ervaors
to
the
Spaniards,
and had been taken with them
and whom
Titu Atauchi
taught and infl:ru ed word by
\\rord,
that
fo
having
th~
matte_r well inculcate9 to them,
~hey
might be better able to. utter and exprefs his
meanmg. The
Spamards
ob[ervmg the great generofity with v:;hich they were
treated by
Titu Atauchi,
and his people ; and tnat when they were Prifoners to
th
m, and
lay
at
their mercy, and that they might have proceeded againfl: them
as guilty of the Murther of their King, and DHl:urbers of the common peace and
quiet of their Nat_!on ; yec then on the contrary they fi4nkly refrored them unto
thei lib_erty with Prefems of Gold, Silver,
a~d
precious Stones, difpeeding them
a
way wuh attendance to carry them , and with other Accommodation for their
Journey
:
In
fine, when they confidered all this, and the reafonable Articles
and Terms which the
Indians
propofed, they could not but admire, and remain
confufed at the peaceable and quiet difpofition of the
Indians :
Moreover when
rhey were under cufrody, and
in
hourly expeltation of Death, and
had
time
as
Men, to refleet on their prefent condition, they much lamented their
remif~efs
and want
of
care to infiruCl: the
Indians
in
the Dofuine of the Gofpel;
howfo~
ever, refolving for the future to make amends for
that
default, and being embold·
ned by the gentle temper of the
Indians,
they adventured to ask leave, that they
might demand onely two things from them: To which the
Indians
replied, That
whatfoever they iliould require, fhould readily be granted. Hereupon
Francis
d~
ChavcJ
faid, that he did in the NamB of the Governour, and
all
the
Spaniards
reguire that the
IncM,
and
all
their Captains and Lords, fhould receive
the
La\~
of the Chrifl:ians ,
and
confent, that
it
iliould
be
freely preached in all
parts
of
their Empire. Secondly, That whereas the
SpaniardJ
being Strangers and
Aliens
in
that
Countrey, had neither
Servants
nor Lands to ferve and maintain them;
iliac
a
fublifiance fhould
be
granted to them,
as
to the
Natives
of the Kingdom,
ihat
Indian
Men and Women may be allowed to ferve them, not as Slaves, but
as hired Servants. To which anfwer was made, That as to what concerned the
Law
of the
Chri!l:ians,
they did not onely not rejeet
it,
but
did
earnefily
intreat
them
immediateJy
to
fend to the place where the Governour refided, defiring
him
with
all
convenient fpeed to furnifh them with fuch Preachers and Priells,
as
might
infuutl:
them in thofe Precepts and Principles which were neceffiiry
for
them to know, promiftng for their parts to treat and ufe them kindly, and wirh
fuch
honour and reverence, as
if
tney were Gods ; for they were well affured
:from the tefiimony of their late
Inca
Huayna
Caeac,
that the Law
cf rhe
Spaniardi
was much better than their own ;
and
though they
had no
other reafon
to
enter
tain
fuch
a
belief,
than
the bare recommendation of their
lnta,
yet that was
fa
prevalent, as to engage tbem to all obedience, ufefulnefs and fervice towards the
Spaniards;
the rrutn ofwhich had been evidenced· by their
lnca Atah111tlpa,
had he
been fuffered to live, yet he had fealed this fincere obedience
with
his bloud ; and
therefore they might be confident chey coald ask nothing but what would be
granted to their fatisfaction. The Covenants which were thus agreea, were
by
their Hilloriographers recorded on their Knots; and licence being given to the
Spaniards
to depart, they took their farewell, and being laden with Prefents,
and
accompanied with
a
numerous Attendance, they proceeded on their Journey ir1
fearch of their Governour. And
as
they were on their way,
Francifc() de Chave.r,
and his Companions, being conftdering Men, fell into difcourfe concerning the
late paffages; and refleCl:ing thereupon, they were of opinion, that
the
words and
atl:ions of that people were fo well agreeing to reafon,
as
did not favour of the
Gentilifin and Barbarity in which they
V\
ere nurtured,
but
were
Miracles
of
rhe
divine infpiration infufed into
the
Souls
of
that people, difpofing their minds to
receive the Do&ine
of
the Gofpel with eafe and readinefs;
on
which encourage–
ment
they refolved
to
perfuade the Governour, and the other
Spaniards,
to fend
Miffionaries to that intent and purpofe into thofe parts : And though they were
all
generally of the
fame
mind
in
this particular, yet the Devil, who is the com-
. moo enemy of Mankind , endeavoured
by
all
his wiles and artifices
co
obfiruet
the converfion of thofe
Indians
~
the which in
a
great meafure he effetted by
the aid and affifience of his diligent Minifiers the feven morcal Sins, which being
in thofe
times
of liberty let loofe, greatly prevailed, committing
all
thofe
ourra–
geous Villanies which might bring a difrepute on the profeffion of the .GofpeL
Hence arofe thofe Wars, which in a iliort time after were waged between the
Indians
and the
Sp11ni1mlt,
occafioned
by
perfidioufuefs
and
non-performance
of
the