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" hatred of the people ; but that not being granted, he wenc to
Cov:o
and en·
'' deavoured to gain the good
will
of
Mango
Inca,
that
by his favour'he might
'' procure
a
confiaerable quantity ofGold
for
the Emperour, whofe Coffers were
" greatly exhau!l:ed by the expence of his Coronation, and'by
his
Wars againll:
" the
Turk_,
before
P'ieflmt,
and by his Expedition
again.fl:
Tunu.
Thus
far
are the
Words of
Gomara,
With which he concludes
tha
t Chapter. But we fay that
the
Marquis
fent
his
Brother
to
Couo,
with Commiffion to oe Governour there
in
his ftead,
and with Infiru6tions to
be
carefull .to
fecu_r~
the
Inca,
whilft
he him–
felf
remained
at
los Re;es
to
people
and
increafe that lilantation.
.
.
CH AP.
XX
II.I.
The Means which Prince
Manco Inca
praClifed in order
to
his
Re(lauration unto the Empire.
'
T
HE Prince
M11nco
Inca
being now
a
Prifoner
in that
FortrefS which
his
Ancefiours had built,
(for
ofientation of their Glory, and
as a
Trophy of
their Greacnefs, little imagining that it fhould ever become a Prifon for any of
thofe defcended from them) did by his prudence and patience of mind endea–
vour to fweeten the bitternefs of his Prifon, by careffing and treating the
Spani–
ard!,
both Ciommanders
and
lnferiours;.. with gifts and prefents not onely
of
Fruit,
Birds,
FleCT1,
and other ProvHions; bllt llkewife with Gold and Silver, Eme–
ralds and Torquoifes: And moreover,
his
communication with them
was
fo
affa–
ble and obliging, and with figns of
fo
little regret and difcontent for his Irnprifon–
rnenc,
that
the
Officers being well affured that he would not endeavour
an
efcape,
gave him the liberty
to
walk
freely within the
Precin&
of the Forcrefs.
During
which time the
Inca
received
imelll~eAce,
that
Hernando
Pifarro
was
upon his
Journey to
Couo
to
be Commander
in
Chief
in
that City ; upon whidi advice
he made more urgent infiances, that he might have the liberty
to
live
in
one of
his Houfes within the City; the which
he
eaGly obtained, for he was
fo
much
in favour with the
SpaniardJ,
that they refufed him nothing of what he defired :
And this requell: the
Inca
more earnefily preffed at that
time,
that
Hernando
at
hi coming might not find him a Prifoner, and under chat notion fufpe6t him,
and caufe him to pay his ranfome, and not give him credit oi: belief in
any
thing
that he {bould promife.
In
which particular we !hall quote the tefiimony of
Go–
mara
and
Garate,
who relate the matter almofi in the
fame
words.
Garate
in
the
third Chapter of
his
third Book, faith
as
follows :
''
Hernando PifarYo
being arrived at
Co:tco,
made great Courtfhip
to
the
Inca
;
" and
thou~h
he treated
him very kindly yet
he
always had
an
eye
upon
him :
cc
We
may
believe
that this
extraordinary kindnefs wa
to
introduce and u01er in
'' the Requefi he had to make him
for
forne Gold, both
for
die
Emperour and
'' himfelf. Two Months afier that
Hernando
arrived at
Couo,
the
Inca
defired
" leave of him,
that
he might go
into
the Councrey of
'lucaja,
\X.
1
here
a
certain
«
FefiivaI was celebrated ; whence he promifed
to
bring him
a
Statue
of
Maff'y
' Gold,
'~· hich
was made
in
reprefentation of his Father
Gua_ynacava;
and be–
,, ing on
biS
Journey thither, he then completed that which he had meditated,
" ever fince the departure of
Almagt:d
from
Chili. ,
Thus
far
are the Words
of
Carau.
.
...
It
is certain
chat
the
Inca
did ask and
obtain leave to go unto
r
1teaya,
which,
as
ve have formerly mentioned, was the Garden of t:hofe
Kings,
and about
a
League
from thence, near
the River
fide,
was the
place
of
their Sepulchres,
called
'Tampn,
.
where