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BooK

II.

Royal

Commentarie1.

lo chis manner

the

Marquis

and

the

ochers, thought

fie

ro

amufe

the

mind

of

tbe

/11&11

M1111Go

and flatter

his

homour with

gentl€

hopes, left

b~ing

a Perfon of

a great fpirit

and

tourage,

though he

had long

diffembled

the

abufes

and affionts;

which

by vciin

delufions

had

been

impof~d

upon him, he fuould

at

length grow

impatient of

longer delay ,

and plot and attempt fomething towards

hiS

R€fia~

·

ration, and co rhe execution of the agreement efiablilhed.

Though

the

l11ca

did

n6t

like

chis mannet of

proceed~,

no:

etlffiU

them

for good figns or fympcoms

gf

rtal intentions towards his

Reftauratton ;

f

ft

not

to

'41lger

the

Marqms,

or pro–

voke him ro fame worfe •.

juries

and wrongs,

he

with prudence diilembled the

whole matter confenting co whatfoever the

Marquis

required ofhim; and

fo

put·

ting

a good

c~ancenance

on it, he chearfully went to the Fortrefs ; and to fuew

his

humility and

plain dealing, he

walked a-foot up the

Hill

unto the .CaCHe: So

foon

as the

Spaniards

faw

him there, they made him a Prifoner, as

G<Jmara

alledges

in

Chapter

1

34,

according to thefe words following :

...

''

Mango,

the Son of

G

11ay111

Capac,

to whom

Francifco Pifarro

gave the

co~~ured

" Wreath

at

Pilca1,

fhewing

Iumfelf

to

be a Man of Valour, and of a

Spine

ro

" refent affronts, was clapt into Irons, and imprifoned in the Cafile of

Couo

Thus far

Gw11tra.

So foon as the

Indians

perceived that their

Inca

was

in

Prifon, and that their

hopes

were

vain,

and

all

the

promifes vanifhed, they made fad complaints an}!

la–

mentations; but Prince

Manco

Inca

comforted them,

faying,

that

he was refolved

to obey the

Spaniards

in every thing with a

ready,

and with a willing

mind,

and

exhorted them to doe the like,

in

regard that fuch was the Command of

Hutl.J1!a

Capac,

f

pecified

in

his

laft

Will

and

Tefrarnent

~

and

therefore that

they

fhould

not

be

inftant,

or

precipitate

matters, untill thev had feen the

ultimate

Hfue

of

this

refolacion ; hoping

that

the

Spaniards

had put

him

under

this

refuaint, that their

munificence and generofity might be more evident to the World, when at the

fame time they iliould rell:ore

rum

to

his

ljheny

and to

his

Empire ; and

in

the

mean time,

that

they

!hould

entertain no

thoughts

of

thePiracochM,

bat fuch

as

\Yere

juft

and

good,

confidering that they were

a

people deiCended

from

Heaven.

Thus

che:

Marquis fairly took his

leave

of

the

Inca,

but privately enjoyned

his

Bro–

thers,

[ohn

and

Gonf':tlo

PifArro,

and the Guards to take care of

his

Perfon, and fecure

him: And

fo

he

proceeded on his Journey to the

City

of

/of

Reyn,

where he re–

ceived his Brother

HernandtJ,

who

brought

him

his

new Comrniffion, Honours and

Titles.,

and welcomed

him

with

Magnificence and Triumph; which

Gom11r1e

in

!he

133d

Chapter relates

in

thefe words :

'' Soon after that

AlmAgro

was departed trom

Chili,

Fernando

Pifarrr>

arrived at

''

Lima,

a

Cit1

of

los R!Ps,

bringing to

Francifco

Pifarro

the Title ofMarquis

de

Los

(( Atavilltu,

and to

D. Diego d4 Almagro

Cominillion for the Government of the

.

«

New Kingdom of

Toledo,

which was bounded

by

the

Territories

of

the New

"

CAj1ile,

then

under the Command and

J

urifdiClion of

Pifarro,

and did extend a

" hundred Leagues South-Ea0:

from thence.

Moreover,

Hermm"o

required

from

'' the Conquerours, in

behalf

of the Emperout, the whole furn received for ran-

,, fome of

Atabaliba,

for that the ranfome of one King is the fole right of another:

" To whkh demand anfwer was made, that the Emperour bad

already

received

~

his-Fifth,

which was as much

as

his

Right

came to, and thac

nothing more

was

,' due

to

him. And herein they grew

fo

warm, that matters proceeded almoft

,:

t~ ~

Mutiny,

faying,

that

in

the Court of

Sp11in

their

Services were

defpifed

and

,,

~1lifi€d,

and that they were

efieemed

rather for

~laves,

than for Souldiers and

4

A~venrurers,

who deferved the Countrey and

Riches

they

had

AtGhieved

by

cc

their lndufirY and

Val~:mr

: But

~o

appeaie them,

Franoifto Piprrro

told them ,

, shat:

what

they had gamed by

their

Bravery and Virtue, they defer ed to enjoy;

,: and

t~at

they

merited the fame

Franchifes

and

DigniE~s

as rhofe who aflified

,, thhe King

DfY,-,

Pelayo,

and

his-S11ct:efIOm;s,

recover

~aln

out of £he hands of

t

e

Morrn

;

and therefore he told

his

Btother, that he was ro feek and contdve

:

f~rne

other expedient to fatisfie the promife he had made

to

the Emperour ;

for that none

of

them

w0uld

willingly

FefuttcJ,

nor would he force any perfon

:: t0

reHng?ith hi&

right. Thea

Hern11ntk

demanded

fo

much

per cent.

out of the

Gold

wfo<;h

w~s

melted down

1

by which

he incuned

thf great

difpleal\)re

and

·

Z

z z

atred