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VIII.

Royal

Comme!ltaries.

CH A -P.

IX.

The fu/pidan

and

fear which the Governours of the Pri11ce

conceived on occafion of the MP/[age which

the

Chrijlians

fent

them.

The ways, and diligence

they

ufed

fecu

themfelves from thefe

jea!ouftes.

His Author, in the fourth Chapter of the third book of his Hillory, faith,

.as follows. The

rier and

Betan¡os

being come

Coz.ca

it was order–

ed, That. they fhould remain bebind, whilfl: the Govcrno

M11nnoz.,

and

Don–

na Beatriz..

went before che Ambaffadours, with her Son

']ohn Sierra,

the

Inca.

Which being

agreed,the Frier and

Beúm¡os

went ont of theCityt hree days be–

fare them, pretending

fray and_ expeél: them on the road: ,Bue to gain

che

honour of being che fidt t\ mbafladours, advanced as far as the Bridge called

Ch11q11ichaca,

which borders on theJurifdiél:ion ofthe

Inca: And

having with greac

difficulty palfed the Bridge; they were detained by_t he

lndian

Souldiers, who

kepc watch and guard on thacfide, and there kept w1thout other hure or da–

mage done to them ; not fuffering them to proceed forward, nor return back

again; and

remained until thc next day, when

']ohn Sierra,

with the Ambaf–

fadours from the

Inca

carne to rhem, with ten,other

Indians

who were fen t to

meet the Ambaifadours:

fine,

']ohn Sierra,

and the Ambafladours were per–

mitted to proceed, but

Betan¡ os

and the

rier were detained: The

Inca

being

informed that

']ohn Sierra

was near at hanQ, and alfo thac a Frier and

Be–

tan¡os

who were Ambalfadonrs from the Vice-King were not far difrant'; he

difpeeded a Captain with

200

Indian

Souldiers, (whom they called

Caribdes

and are of

that

forc,

who eat the Enemies which they take in the War) t;

fignifie.to

the Ambalfadours, that the

Inca's

pleafure was, that they fhould de–

clar~ the M

elfage they br$rnght unto his qen~ral. Accordingly the

firfr

day paf–

fed

complement, the General only b1dd1ng them welcome: Bue the next

day

'John Sierra

b~ing a~mitted to Audience, he was feve~ely reproved by the

General for commg w1th the attendance of

many Chn(han Souldiers :

which

'John Sierra

excufed himfelf, faying, That he broaghc them by the ad–

vice and order of th~ Governour of

Coz..-co?

and his Aune

Donna Beatriz..

;

and

then he declaredto h1m the occafion for wh1ch he was fent, and read tohim rhe

Lecters from his Mother, and the Governour, with th;¡t alfo which the Vice-

. King had wrote to

!Jonna Beatriz.. ']ohn Sierra

háving thus delivered his Meffage,

Betanfos

and the Fner were alfo called and admitted to the fame place ; of whom

they demanded the fame queftions, to fee whac difference there was in tbe pro–

poíals which were made.

. .

The

rier and

Betan¡os

produced the Wrmng of Pardon, and declared the

fubfl:ance of the Embafly upon which they were employed, and delivered the

Prefent which the Vice-King fent to the

Inca

of feveral pieces of Velvet, and

Damask, and two Cups of filvergilded,together with other things of curiolity.

After which the General and Captains fenc two

Indians,

who had been

prefent at ali the difcourfe, to give

relation to the

Inca

of the parcicu–

lars which had paifed; which when the

Inca

had heard, and thought well

upon, he gave an(wer, That the .Ambaífadours fhould immediately return

from whence they carne, with their Letters, Aél: of Pardon, and Prefents

for

that he would not have to do with the Vice-King, bnt remain free,

and independent of him, ·as he had hitherto done.. But as

.'John Siem,,

and the reft were departed, orders were brought after them by cwo

l n-

4ians,

that they fhould recurn immediately, and appear before the

I nca,

give him and his Captaios an account in perfon of the Embaíly

they

had brought;

and being on their way, and not above four Leagues from

the

Inca,

another Command was given that

']ohn Sicrri:1

lliouid come alone,. and

Lllll 1

that

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