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II.
Royal
Commentaries.
the Articles , for that Pride would not fioop, nor confent
to
a reUitutiqn of the
Kingdom to his proper and lawfull
Ma~er. ~fterwards
Anger
prev~iled, ~nd
raifed
War
between the two Cofnpamons
P1rarro
and
Almagro;
which bemg
maintained by Envy and Emulation,
on~
not
~upporcing t~~
greater powei: of the
other continued untill both of them penfhed
ma
compeunon for Authority,
fc?r
.Alma;ro
V\
as
killed by the Brother of
Pirarro,
and
fo
was
Pir,ttrro
flain by the Son
of
Afmag1-o.
Thefe Wars were followed
~Y
others
betw~e!l
chat good Governour
1/aca
de
Caftro,
(with
w~om
I
was
_acquam~ed ~t
Madrid
m
the
ye~r 15~z.,)
and
Don Diego de Almagro
Junior; for Pnde, which IS.the
~other
of
~dfenaon, .w~
fo
prevalent
in
the mind of tbis Youth,
t~at ~av1:0g
ne1t!1e!
a
Spmc t?
fub1!11t
t?
his Lord and Sovereign, nor Power
to
mamtam
h1S
Domimon, he perifhed
m
his
folly.
Soon afier Covetoufnefs and Tyranny raifed
a
War between the Vice-king
Blafco
N1mne~
Vela,
and
Gonyalo
Pifarro;
the which in a
few
years after was
fol–
lowed
by
Stirs and CombufHons between
Qon
Sebaftian de Cajfilla,
and
Francifco
Hernande:t
Giron,
occafioned by Gluttony and Luxury. All which
Wars
fuccee-
' ding one after th.e other, for the f
~ace
of twency five years, ':"ere
r~ifed
by the
malice and contrivance of the Devil,
as
we fuall demonfitace
m
their due place,
and were great obfiruCtions to the propagation of the Gofpel ;
for
by reafon of
continual difturbances, neither the Priell:s could freely Preach , nor had the Infi–
dels 1eifure nor convenience to receive the DoCtrine of Faith, being under
the
continual amazements of
Fire
and Sword, and other miferies ;
in
which the
Jn..,
dians
had a greater fhare than the
Spaniard1,
being opprelied by borh fides, and
compelled to fupply both Camps with Provifions, and
carry
the burthens for
them on their 1ho1.ilders with wonderful! patience and labour ; of which
I
my
felf
have in part been an Eye·witnefs.
~
CH AP. VII.
Of the Entrance of the
Spaniards
into
Cozco,
and of the
great Treafure
which
they
found
there.
S.
0
foon
a~
the
~nca
Titu Ataa_chi
ha~
difpeeded
Francifco
de
Chave1
and his'
Compamons w1th the
afore~d
Capitulations , be
fen~
an Expre!S Meffenger
to
Inca (Wanca Capac,
who was
hlS
~rother
by the Fathers fide,
with
advice of
!he Arucles agreed, and of all paruculars which had paifed; that
fo
being well
informed of all matters, he might be provided to
aCl:
and
treat wirh
the
SpaniardJ
The Ge1:1eral
~f:tqui~
Cent
in
like manner to advife him, that he lhould by
nd
means disband his Army, but rather increafe it, uncill fuch time as he had wholl
concluded
a~d ~etled
matters with the
Spaniard!,
left
being fecure, and over conlfl
dent of. theu: kmdneiS, he fuquld fall into the fame fnare,
and
run
into the
fame
fate
~hich
his Brother
-1tahualpa
had
~lready
fuffered.
.
With thefe Informations and Advices the
Jndian1
fent their
humble
Submiffi·
oh
to
Manco Inca)
acknow
l~dging ~im fo~
their Supreme Lord and King ;
for
t
ough they had been Enemies to him whilft he fiood
in
competition with
his
Brot~
1
er At~hualf
a,
yet that difference being now ended by his Death, all
was re–
conci ed ;
1t
bemg agreed at a Council of War, that the Empire fi10uld be re–
fl?re~
to that
pe~fon
unto .whom the Succeffion did by lawfull Inheritance apper–
rhm ·
~do~
thlS foundation they
r~fol~ed t~
unite their forces
for
Expulfion of
t
e
~amards,
m
~afe
they cou!d not live
m
amity with them, believing diemfelves
Flue more
~r~1dable
by
th~
concord and
union than
when
they were divided
mto feveral
raCl1ons
and
Pames.
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