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BpoK

VIII.

Royal

Commentaries.

more antient Subjetl:s followcd, until at length, in the hft place, the

/ nc,u

·them–

fel ves carne _iy1med~ately b_e~ore_the Priefts, mi~ed wüh _a_number of p:ior Peo–

ple, _to íignt~e their Hum¡l1~y

a fow and mean condmon, having loft their

~mp1re, thetr Houfrs, lnhernance, and all their Re_venue panicularly belong-

rng to them.

This being the order direéted and obferved in the·Proceffion, divers

Jndians

frnm

the

Canaris

intruded themfelves amongft the croud; for thou1>h thac

Provin~e

not ~i~hin the Precinfü and

uriídi~ion of

C~:{.co,

y_et thofe°People

alfo.da1med a pnv!ledge to appear at the Solemmty; and

thetr Chairs or Se–

dans, made a diftinét Company by themfelves, becauíe many of their Nation

fived in the City, ofwbom the Head and Chief was

Don Francifco Chillcho_ Can–

nari,

of whom we made mention formerly, and fec forth,how that in che time

<;if

che Siege; when

Hernando Pipirro

was greatly diftreíled by the Prince

Manca/n–

ea,

chis

Canarian

killed in the publick place an

Jndian

Captain belonging to

che

/nea,

·who challenged the beft man of che

Spaniards

to a fingle Combat. Tbis

Don Francifco

a[cended the Stairs of the

Cymeterie

in a·difgui,fe, covered wich his

Mande, and his Hands under it, and in a Chair plain, without any trimming

either of Silk or Gold, but painced with divers colours, and in che four Pannels

thereof were defcribed the four Batcels between the

Jndians

and the

Spaniards.

Being come to the height of the

Cemyrerie

to the right-hand,where che Officer.s

the Corporation were.placed, and with them my Lord

Garftla(Jo-de

Vega,

who was then Governour of the City,and his Deputy

Monjar,u:.,who

was a very

able Lawyer, and a perfon of great Prudence and Difcretion.

Behold on a

fudden chis

Indian Cannari.threw

off his Mantle, whilh ferved him for a Cloak,

and

delivered it to one of bis Servants, and

remained in

rntrpo,

wich a clofe

Coat

girt

tohim,according to theirCuíl:om,when they are prepariogtofight or

to perform any other Afüon, or Feats of Afüvity; in his righc-hand he h~ld

by the locks the 1?ead of an

Jndian

carved in Wood, and painted.

So foon

as the

Incas

faw . 1t, four or five of them 'bruíl:led up to che

Canarian,

and

catched him up from theFloor,intending to chrow him headlong from the Scaf-

fotd, which caufed a tumult amongíl: the

Jndians,

who remained on each fide

the Scaffol.d, where the moft Holy Sacrament was expofed;

that the

Deputy

Monjaraz.

was obliged to interpofe his Authority for keeping the

Peace. And demanding of the

Incas,

for what reafon they were

much of–

fended

one

t~e graveft amo~gft them made an~wer, ~aying, This Dog

Auca

or Rebbel, mftead

commg to celebrate th1s Feíbval, comes with

Head, to revive the memory of thofe things which had better been for-

gotten.

Then the Deputy asked the

t!annarian,

What was the meaning thereof

which he reply'd, Sir, I cut off the Head ?f -a.n

lndian,

who challenged any

of che

Spiiitiards

to a íingle Duel, at •chat tlme when

Hernando Pifarro,

and

Gonfalo Pifarro,

and

'john Pifarro

my Lord, and Mafters, with

200

Spaniards

more, were beíie~ed in t_his Mark~t-place:. and in regard there w~s no

Spaniard

but who thought lt a d1f-reputatton to h1m, to engage fingly w1th an

lndian;

I took up the Q!)arrel my felf, and obtained Jeave to accepE thi.: Challenge,

and engage in che Combat ; which l performed with fuch goorl fuccefs, that

overcame the

Jndian,

and

cut

off his Head in this Markec-place; and then

pt>inted with his Finger to the very plat of Ground where the Duel was fought

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Moreover,

faid he,

thefe four Piétures which are io che four Pannels of my

Chair, are a defcription of the four Batcels in which

was engaged on ihe ftde

,of che

Spaniards

againft the

lndians;

chat it is no won·der, if on fuclJ a day

as chis,

fhould boaft and glory of tho[e i:xploits, and Feats of Arms which

have performed in fervice of the Chrifl:ians. To which che

]pea

again re–

ply'.d, Thou Dog and Traytor, didíl: thou qo this Afüon by ¡hy own cou–

rage and · bravery,

or by vir"tue and aílifi:ance of this

fachacamac,

befon;

whom we are now prefimt, and by meam, and under the aufpicious condufr

of the

Spaniarc/.s

orcune

Do!t thou not know, that thou, and ali thy Linag~

were Slaves to us, and that it was not by rhy Prowefs and Va!our tha~

thou didíl: obtain chis Viétory, bue folely by virtue of that power we have

befare mentioned? lf thou wilt make cryal of che truth of what

fay, fince

we are all Chrillians, get thee to the Market-place, and provide chy felf

wir h i\rm•, and

there fl¡all

meet thee one of che meane!t of our Serv<!nts, who

i i i i

fhall

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