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_ yard of that Palace, fhook one of his feet into
a
hole,
which
they fuppofed
a~
Erft co be fome old Sink, or drain for Water from the Houfe ;
_bu~
lookmg more
mrrow
ly
>
they found the hole opening to a Jar of Gold, weighing above
tw? .
hundred pounds weight, for the
J~di11tn1 ~ake_
greater,
o~
lefs, of. chefe,
~ the~r
occafions require ufing them to boil their
Dnnk
and L1quours m. W
1th
this
rear Jar, they found ochers
of
Gold and Silver; and though they were
l}Ot
fo
Farge, yet they were valued at above eighty thoufa_nd Ducats. M?reover, m the
Convents
of
the Select Virgins, and parucu1arly m that pare which fell to the
{bare of
Pedro de! Barco,
and
afrerwar~s
came to the poffeffion
~f
Hernando
1e
S~~o,
· who was an Aporhecary and w1ch
whom I
had an acquamrance;
this
Her–
vi_ad
altering his Houfe and :emoving fame part
of
the foundation, found a Trea-
f
;;e
~f
feventy two
tho~fand D~cats, wit~
which
1
and with above.twenty _thoufund
Ducats more, which he had gamed by
hlS
Praeti~e,
he. rerurned
;1fltO
Spam,
wh~re
1
fa
w
him at
SeviUe
where
in a few days after h1s Arnval, he died for mere gnef
and Corrow that·he'had left
Coz.co,
as feveral others have done,
wh~m
I knew
~
the fame condition. Hereb
y it is
manifeft,
t~at
the
Treafure~ w~ch
the
Spani–
ards
found in that City, when they made therr entrance
fyft
mto
1t,
were
yery
confiderable, as "ere thofe alfo which were afterwards
d1fcover:ed..
And
1c IS
probable, that the Riches had been much greater, had not rhe
Jndi1tn.1,
as we have
fuid
in
~he
firft
Part
1
hid
them away, to conceal
them
from
the fight of
the
Spanittrds.
CH AP.
Vilt.·
.
I
_
()[the
Co11verfion
of an
Indian,
who de.fired to be
infor111ed
of that which
was
the true Law
of
Manf<!,nd.
, .
,
T.
H E
~rll:
day
that
the Cnrifilans entred into the Imperial Cicy of
Co~o,
an extraordinary matter
pa~d
between a
Spaniard
and an
Indi11n,
which was
this: A
certain Gentleman,
who
was a
Native
of
Truxillo,
called
Alonfo
&y~;
roving about, and facking the City as the others did, chanced co enter into
a
Houfe, from whence the Mafier came forth courteouily to receive him ; and at
:firfi fpeaking to him with a fmiling countenance in his own Language, bid him
welcome, telling
him,
that for many days he had expeeted liis coming, for
that
the
Pachacamac
had by Dreams and Vilions affured him, that he ffiould not
dye
umill a ll:ranger Nation fhould come, which fl1ould infirutt hirll
in
the true
Law
which he was to follow.
And fince,
faid he,
I
have languijhed ail my life
with
thii
deftre
in my heart,
I
am
confident
that
) 'OU
muf! be
that
perfon
which
i1
deftgned to
inftrull
me..
The
Spaniard
not underftanding at firfi the words which the
Indian
faid to
him, yec he apprehended, that what he uttered was very kind, for he had learned
thofe
two words in the
Indian
Language,
You are very welcome,
which the
Spaniardi
exprefs in
four~
and alfo gueffing by the chearfulnefs of the
Indian's
countenance,
that he was defirous of his converfation,
fo
often
as
his leifure would admit , nor
fo much out of a placency in his company, as for fome fober and religious end,
he
r~folved
to fiay, and take up his Lodging with the
Indian,
who, during the time
of
~IS
aboad? entertained and treated him with as much kindnefs and
accommo~
da.tton,
a~
his Cottage could afford. At length three or four days being paft, and
thmgs a little fettled and quieted after the
Sp1miards
had
fackea the
City,
Alonfa
R~ ~ent
out. to
fin~
Philip
the Interpreter ; and having found him, he returned
wuh
him
to
his Lodging to be better informed of what he as
yet
imperfectly un-: .
derfiood ;
~n~
at
~rft
he propofed feveral Qieries concerning his
Cuftoms,
and
banner
of
livmg; m anfwer unto which, he gave chem
to
underfiand, chat he
ad been a Man of an humble and peaceable Spirit, contented with his owri
fortune,