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Which having faid, the Captain ended his Difcourfe, whereupon a gener'l}
Infurretl:ion was concluded and
refolved.
In
purfuance whereof,
Me1fengers
were difpatched with great fecrecy to the Captains
and
Officers
in
all
parts
of
the Kingaom,
enjoyning them to
raife
what Souldiers they were able, and upon
one and the fame day
to
furprize and
ma1facre
all their New-come Gueils
and
to furnHh and
fupply
the publick
Granaries,
or Magazines, with all the
Pr~vifi
ons
they could
amafs
and gather.
And
in regard thofe
Repofitories were much
emptied
by
che late Wars of
At11h11alp11,
they ought to be again furnnhed
and
fupplied from private Stores; for which
fatisfaction
and reparation was promifed
to be made to every particular perfon, after thefe Enemies
and
Tyrants were
de,.
firoyed
and confounded. That
in
the
performance of this Exploit, the Jife
fafety and liberty of them all did confifi from the leaft to the greateft of them'
even
to
the very
Inca.
Upon which Command of Prince
Manco
lncfl.,
all
ch~
Souldiers which inhabit the Counrrey from the City of
los
ReyN
to the
Chi~htU
which
is
three hundred Leagues and more
in
length, made a gem:ral Infurre?tion;
and
put
themfelves
into
a
pofrure of War :
But
on
the
other fide of
the
King~
dom, which is from
Zo1
Roes
to
f2.!!.itu,
all was quiet, for that the people
were
dellroyed
by
the Wars of
Atahualp11,
and
by
the Daughter the
Spaniards
nad
macfe
of them on
occafion
of the Im_prifonment and Death of that King.
In like
Qlan1
ner Advices were fent
by
difguifed Mdfengers
to
the Kingdom of
Chili,
wh9
were publickly
to
pretend, that they
ere fent
to
enquire of
the
Health ·of
P11Hll11,
and
the High
Prieft
Vill11c
V1m1,
but
were fecrerly to inform
chem
of the truth
~md
depth of
die
defign , whofe part therein was to fall upon
Alm11gro
and his
people,
and utterly to
ddlroy
them; without which there was no hopes for the
lnc1t
o{
Refiauration
to
his Empire. The people being
in
Arms the
Inca
gave
unto
th~
people their
refpective
casks
and
parts of the
ork; thofe who were the
In-land
Inhabitants, as far as from
At11huay/l11,
and thofe along
the
Coafi from
N11ttefc1t,
which were
on
the fide of
Chinch4fay11,
were
to attempt
Rim1tC,
and
kill
the.Gervernour and his Company. The people of
CHntifay11,
and
C0Dafuy11,
and
4ntifo.JH,were
to
undertake
Couo,
and there co kill
Hern4ndo
Pifllrr(),
and
his
Brot
hers,
andall
the
Spaniards
with them,
which
were not above two hundre-0
in
~11; ~nd
Captains were named with inferiour Officers both for one and
the
other
.f\rmy..
The
fuccef5
of which, as to what relare
to
che
City,
we !hall
declare
in
the
Chapter following, wherein the
Mercifull
hand of G6d
did
manffeftly
appear in
favour of the
Spaniards,
that the Gofpel
might
be
propagated amongll:
th~
Gen–
tiles, and their Idolatry confounded.
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