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II.
Royal
C<Jm1nentaries.
with haughty and proud Language told
th~m
plainly, that he had no
ne~d
of their
Coun[el in this cafe, nor in any other wharfoever; and therefore he required them
as
the~r Genera~
to obey and follow. him,. if they hoped
~or
Succefs and Victory
in this Enterpnfe. But the Captams , who from the tune that they had been
worfied in feveral Skirmifbes,
v~·hich
they had had with
Alvarado ,
and
A!magro,
began co lofe much of the Refpelt and Honour which once they conceived for
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becaufe they believed he had not beJ1aved himfel[ with that Courage
which he profefled in divers Engagements agamfi the
Spa_mards;
fo
that now ,
quitting all Refpeet towards him , they cold him plainly , .That fince fie was
fo
averfe to all Peace and Friend!hip with the
Pir11cochflls,
and
fo
refolute to maintain
the
War,
and confident of Victory, that he fuould make no Delays, but imme–
diately engage in Fight witb the
Spaniards,
which would be much better than
cowardly to retire, and rather honourably co dye like brave Souldiers , than to
~eri!h
in the Mountains
a~d D~farts
with
h~nge~,
like miferable People: And
this they declared to be their ult!mate Refolut10n m the Cafe.
f2.!!.iz:,guiz:,
was not a little nettled
to
find his Captains replying
fo
briskly upon
him, the which confirmed him in the belief
of
what
he
had for fame days
fuf–
peeted, that there
was
fame Mutiny contriving againft him in the Army ; and
therefore he told them, That he plainly perceived that they pa«ed or transferred
the
refpeet they had for him unto Captain
Huaypallca,
the which he could not en–
dure, and thereof admonifhed them to amend fpeedily
J
before he proceeded to
punifh this their Offence. And in the mean time he gave them to underfiand,
That he took notice of the liberty they ufed in their infol6)t Difcourfe, which
fa-
. veured of Rebellion and DHobedience towards their Commander; into which
he would make a firitl Enquiry, and Examination, and punHh both the Muti–
niers, and rhe chief Leader of them.
Huqypallca
thinking himfelf reflelted upon
by
this Difcourfe, .began to huff, and be very angry; and being elated, and his
Spirits raifed by h1
late Succeffes, and being fenfible of the great Efreem which
tfie Captains had for him, he made an Attempt, which none believed he had
C~urage
to doe, and wrefied the Javelin which
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held in his-Hand, and
forced
it
from
him;
the which Weapon was the Enfign
of
his Command , like
thofe Truncheons which our Generals carry
in
their Hands, and is called
by
the
Iw/ians C,huquiapu;
with this Lance, or Javelin ,
Huaypallca
ran him through the
Br afi, and being
in
like manner feconded by tpe other Commanders, every one
of
which had a blow at him with his Weapou, he was foon ,.difpatched. Thus
!2.:!_i:{,quiz:,
ended his Days, being the laft and the rnoft famous Souldier of all the
Cciptains and Servants of
Atahualpa;
his Fate was like that o(
his
other Compani–
ons, for the
J
ufiice of Heaven allways provides puni!hmeots agreeable to Mens
Offences, and raifes up one Tyrant to punHh and affiiet another. Hereupon
H11-
~palka,
and the other Captains disbanded their Army, and every one in a dif..
guife iliifted for himfelf, retiring into places where they thought they might live
moft hidden and obfcure; howfoever they lived
in
perpetual fear and
apprehen–
fion of
being
betrayed by
their
own People.
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