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BooKIL

Royal

Gommentarier.

557

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H A P.

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The Flight of

Villac

Umu.

Philip

the Interpreter pu-

nifbed.

The Prince

Manco Inca

leaves his

Empire,,')

and

remains

an

Exile

in

fo,·eign

pflrfs.

W

E have

in

the

fotegoil'lg

Chapters declared, how

that

Ptihce

Manco

l n'cA

fem Meifengers

into

Chili,

co

advife

his :Brother

P

a11/lu,

and

the

High

Priefr

Vi/lac Vmu

1

of

his

Defign,

to

kill

and defiroy

all

the

Spaniards

that

were

in

Pe;u.,

as being

th~

onely means thereby

to

recover his Empire,

defttirtg

them to take

the

fame courfe

with

Almagro,

and

his

People, whG were

in

thofe

patN~w

we mufi know; that

this

Intimation was brnught

tG

Chili,

19efore

Alma–

~"was

departed thence, howfoever

Paulik

having confulred with

his

Fri~nds,

Sid

conclude and

agree~

that

they were not. then

in-

a c©ncdidon co

fight

the

Spa–

niardr>

in

regatd

that

having

lo'fl:

above

ten tlioufand

Jwdi1111s,

by Colds,

and

Snow;

in

paffing the

M<:mnrains, (as

we

ha\fe

formerly

me ·

oned,)

Eheir

Force

was-

much

decreaf.ed,

and not! capable to

Ol}l:JCJfe.

the

Spaniards

in open

Field,

and

that

fU(h,

was the V

igilancy

of

the Enetny, as well

by

night as by day, being

always

on the Guard,.

that

there was

little

hopes

m

take an ativantage

on

chem

by

frirpr.iff

~

wheref01e

it

wa.~

thought moft

cGnVenier1£

ta

dillembl~

their Dif-

·

contents

winh

a colour

of

Service and

FicreUty

to

the

spaniards ;

untill a more

iit,

opportunity did happen for execution

df

th~ir

Deliign ;. in

ot-der

whereunto;

P11ullu.and

Pilklc

Vms·

being

men

together

iti

Tacamtr,

(

wnich

is a oontrey

of

Pd11"'

diftinet. ii-om the

Defavcs

of

Chili

1

a-s we have mentioned in the

2

zd

Cb~t~r

of

this

Book.,.)

they

agreed, that

th€

High

Priell:

fuonld

leave the

Spa–

~ds,

and

be

gone,

bnt

that

Uaultu

fuouldJ

continue

with

them

for a Spie, to

give

lnrelli~'Ce·

to

the

hied,

his

:Bro~herr,

of all the

Defigns

1

which were contri-

vw

agaifl~

mm

I

Gomara

reports, that both of them fled away together, but

Carate

faith other–

w~ ~

fOn

in

tl1e

fuft

ChatJter

of

his

third B0ok , l:le mentions none but the

High IJJfurfl ,, and in the fourth Chapter

0f

the fame 13ook,

fpeaking

of

Paullu,

lie

1ad1·

~hefe.

W

orcls~

cc

Almagro

made

PlflFllg.

rAa, ,

~md

bef.fuwed on

him

the Imperial Wreath; be...

a

caufe iliat

M anco

l~c~,

heing confcions of

his

evil Intentions, was

fjl~d

witli

"

man~

$ouldiets-int©

ehe

high· Mountains

of

Ande1.

.

Thus

fur

are rhe Worais of

Car.ttte,

whofe

Teilirnony (as

we

have faid) we

_ fhaU

alwa~

follow, where Authours

difagre~

becaufe

·he was

refident

in

Peru,

and the

~ther

was

not.

In

like

rnaoner

Philip

the Interpreter, who

was

with

A l–

maoo,

ma~~

his Efcape; for that: ever fince

rlre

Death of

A

~h11atpa,

he was fear·

full of

the-

Spnnia-~ds,

amtl delired

to

get as

fur.

from thetn as he. was able not that

I

1

1e

k~t

a

Co11refpondenee:

with

t

e .Jndian'.r,

for

they

we,.i-€

alway

jealo~s

of

him,

till

h€

lhouM

betray' them; but he was defirous

to

imicat.e

d:\e

od:ier

Indian1,

and cafi

trhe.

Spa~iard1,_

who.m he

ab~orr,ed

1

i~

his

very Soul. Bur

chis Flight

was

fc

hurr;

fot

no

bang

acquamt~di

vtu1tt1

tb€--Counrrey, he fell

into

the

Eiandg

o

meigro,

.

and his,

~o~lei iets, ~ho

@.Hing

t{!)

mind how he once

deferted

At/t&a-,:ttdo,,

and

having

ai

futp1G1on

tlnat

li~

wa·

pr~

to'

th

Efcape

of the

Hig-h

P.rdeilij

~d

\l)0uld

nun

riev.~ai

it

he

was:

fentenc;e4il

tb

be hatlged and· quartered.

U }l>0n,

tb:i6

~aff

age ,

nhouglli

n0

aa:otdtlfg:

to.

the

ot.d~ ~f.

t

•·

ne ,

G

om#~

,

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