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Royal
Commentarie1.
BooKlt
at tbe gratefull acceptance of them..This was the onely happy day, crowned
with
Ho~our
and
C~mtentm~nt, tha~
this
po~r
Inca
had ever known in
all
the courfe
ef
h1 former Life ; for
m
the time of hlS Brother
Atahualpa,
he remained under
great.
perfecuti~ns,
flying fr?m
pla~e
to
pla~e
in
perpetual. dread and
fear ;
and
the
remamder of his Days, unttll the time
of
his Death, admmed of little more Con–
folation than the former,
as
we fhall fee hereafter in the Sequel of
this
Story
When the
Inca
bad a little repofed himfelf
in
his LDdgings
7
he fem to
Francifc;
Chave1,
and
his
Companions, letting them know, that
he
was defirous to fee
and
to be acquainted witli them on the good report and charaeter he had received'
from
his People concerning them ;
fo
foon as they were come he embraced them with
all
demonO:ration of kiodnefS, and having drank with them, according to the
cu–
fiome of the
lnctU,
he told them, befides many ocher kind expreffions, that their
Aetions (hewed them
to
be the true Off-fpring of the God
Viracoch1t,
and Brethren
of the
li1cM,
becaufe they endeavoured to deliver
Atahualpa
from Death, whi
h
worthy Aet he would ever acknowledge and recompence, defiring them to efieem
him for their Brother, confidering that they were a
\1
defcended from the fame
Race and Lineage of the Sun; and then he prefenced them with Ve1Tels of Gold,
and Silver, and precious Stones, which
he
had brought apart for this Gentleman,
and
hi
Companions,
which
were taken
fo
kindly, that
Chave1,
in the name of
the refl:, returned his Complement, and
faid,
that they were all Servants of his
Highnefs, and would e\ idence
fo
much wheo occafion iliould offer, and that ·what
they had endeavoured for his Brother, was onely in compliance with their Duty>
and Obligation, and that
if
he doubted of their Reality, they defired him to make
a
trial of their good-will and fervices for him. Then the
Inca
embracing them
again, difmiifed them , highly fatisfied wirh the Prefents he had made them
of
J
e\\ el , and of Gold, and Silver, Turquoifes, and Emeralds.
Two days after
his
Arrival, the Prince
Manco Inca
propofed
to
the Governour
that he might be refl:oreq to his Empire, according_
to
the Articles agreed between
the
Indians
and the
Spaniard1,
and that a firm Peace and
an
Alliance might be made
between them: That Priefls iliould be fent to preach and propagate the Law of
the Chrifl:ians unto the
Indians
,
as
the
Spaniard1
had themfelves propofed ;
and
that for what concerned the
Inca
to perform, he was ready to give his orders,
that they fhould be well received, and treated with high Veneration and Ell:eem
in
all the principal Provinces of
the
Empire; where they would find the People
very docible, and willing to be infhulted
in
their
Faith,
upon the affiirance tney
had received from their Father
Huayna Capac,
who at the time of his death did
at–
teft,
that the
Law
of the Chrill:ians was better than our own: And ' hereas
this–
their Father had by his lafr
Will
and Te!l:ament ordained, that his People {hould
obey and ferve the
Spaniard1,
they were ready to comply
ith his IojunCtions there–
in,
and to refign
[o
much, and what paJt of the Kingdom they fhould defire,
into
their Hands.
To which the Gm eroour returned this Anfwer, That his HighnefS
V\
as welcome
to his
m'
n Imperial City, and that he fhould rell:, and take hls Repofe with
qui–
ernefs and fecurity: That he
was
very well pleafed to know his
Will
and Plea–
fure, that
fo
he
might give him a proofof his
readine~
to comply with his De–
fires:
And that
as
to the Capitulations which were agreed, they were
Co
jull:
and reafonable, that nothing could be objelted
a_gainfl:
the performance of them.
Afrer \ hich fome Difcourfe pafr, but very fhort, for want of an Interpreter.
The next day the Go ernour holding a - nfulcation with his Brothers, and
the reft of the Captains, touching the demand \\ hich was made
by
the
Inca,
[e
e–
ral
opinion aro[e upon the Debate, but
it
being confidered, that the poffeffion
of the Kingdom had
n
other meaning than the binding of the
Inca's
Head
v
ith
the coloured
W
re th, the Governour, with his Actendant
"'em to the Houfe
of the
Jnca,
and without farther
reface, or long Oration; dehrPd him to take
im–
mediate poifeffion of his
Empire;
for had he
een acquai1
tcd
with the cufl:ome
of his Countrey, he fhould not have remained one moment without the
Enfign
of his Royal Dignity upon his Head; and that as to the
n·\
Hion of the Kingdom,
they would treat more fully hereafrer, \\hen matters were a litde better
fc
cded
in
quiemefs,
for
that
r
prefent the
l 11d1
rm
had made Infurreclions
in
divers
paces,
which \.Vere not yet appeafed; but
as
to the
ervices \\
hich tLe
l ndi1w
·ere
to
erfonn towards the
Sp,miards,
and che modifi
tion of the P ace,
\vhich
was r
be maintained he
remitted
all
to
the
ifpoficion
of
the
Inca
co order
and
defig
t
at