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Royal Commentaries.

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faid , that there was no reafon to expeét the reftauration of their Prince, for

the

Inca

wasalready diípoífelfed of his Empire, and the farne divided amongíl:

the

Spania,ds,

and proportioned by Pravinces, and Plantations, of which there

was no hopes ever to íee a reftitution : And in fuch ·a condition as this, a ·

Prince difinheri te d and diveíl:ed of ali bis Power, and Riches, would make

fuch a peor figure before bis People, as would give them Subjeét rather of Sor–

row, than of Joy at h_is preíence. And tho' the Vice-King promifed to make

him an allowance, wherewith honourably to fupporc him[elf and Family; ,yet

noc having allotted tbe Prov·inres, nor .oamed tbe parts from whence fuch

Re–

venue is to arife,

looks as if he intended to feed him wich empty words,

without any real or fubftantial performances: and in cafe wben au allowance

is afligned~ which dotbi not prove agreeable to the Quality of the Prince, he

had lived a more happy Exik within theíe Mouncains, than expofed abroad

to Milery and S_corn. Bue what fecurity have you, ~hat thefe

Spaniards

will

·r,ot <leal with this Prioce, as they fometime <lid with bis Father? whcm1, infi:ead

ofreturn ing bim ali che acknowledgments, which a·Soul endued with Humaoity,

ahd Reafoo, wascapable to render, they barbaroufly killed with the ftroak of

BowJ upon bi~Head, whikfi: he endeavoured to divertiíe, .and folace them

a that Game, in their Solitude and retirement with him, where he con–

c~aled and fernred them from the hands of their Enemies. Nor is it

long

fince tbe time of

Atahualpa,

but that we may rernember how they ftrangled

hirn againft the Faith and Articles of Peace which were rnade with them, ba–

ving chereby given usa clear Evidence, how far

che.ir

Honefty aod Promifes

extend.

T here and other Examples of the faithlefs and treacherous performances,

uíed by tbe

Spamards

towards the

Caciques,

and other

Indians

of Principal Note,

were particularly called

miod, and related (the wbich for brevity fake we

omit.) And afterwards the .two Opinions, wich che Argumeots on each fide,

being laid befare the Prince, he inclined to the advice of remaining in bis

Station, and not intrufting bis Perfon to the Hooefty and Merey of the

Spani-:

ards ;

and herein he was more ftrongly confirmed, ,when he reflec:):ed on the

Fate of his Father, and his Unck

Atahualpa.

And then ·e was, (what

Palen–

tino

foi

th before) that the Printe ordered the Letters, and Prefents, and Wri–

ti ngs to be returned to the Vice-King, and to tell him, That as he might do hi~

own will and pleafure,

he/ who was the

Inca,

was free and )ndependant of

any, aod

would continue.

··

. But whereas our Lord God had, out of his infinite goodnefs and merey, de–

termined, tbat that Princc, bis Wife and Children, and Family, lhould be ad–

mitted into the Bofom of our Motber tbe

Ro,¡1an

CatboiicJ, Church:, he

go–

verned che Heart of this Prince, that notwithllanding ali the Affrightments,

and Apprebenfions he conceived of incurring the like fate with bis Anee~

íl:ors, he yet in a f11ort time d1anged his mind, aod refolved to throw bimfelf,

and his Good Fortune, on the Faithfulnefs, and good Nature of the

spaniards.

T he which

Palentino

confirms, and íays, That after

']ohn Sierra,

and the others

were departed, tbe

Inca

diípatched two

lndians

afcer them, with Orders

caufe them to return, and give up the Commi~ion which was delivered to them.

Thus did this rnatter pafs, as tbis Author relates, tho' with fome difference

in reípeét to time, and the m·echod of the fevcral proceedings: l for my part

fet them down in that Form as . they fu"eeded, according as they were

often related to my .Mother, by our

lndian

Kindred, who carne out .with

the Prince, and made chis matter the Subjeét of their difcourfe at

t.he

t_ime

of thcir Vifits. But toba

íhort.in

this ·srnry, the Prince having, with a

fittie

time, abated his choller, which the memory ofhis Father, and Uncle, had

raiíed in him ; be declared ' hi~ refolution

viíit the Vice-King, who per–

haps rnighc thereby be inclifted to proteét, and favour bis Royal Stock.

Howfoever the Captains defired, and impQrtuned him

be more cautious,

and kind to himfelf, chao to expofe his life and fafety to the W.ill and Mer–

ey of the

Spaniards :

But finding the

Inca

refolute, and determined to go,

faying, that

was the Command of th'e

Pachacamac,

and of his Far.her the

Sun> the Captai ns acquiefced, and again h'ad their recourfe to the good

and bad· Ornens, and ~o coníult with Birds, and the Sky, and the weacher:

and foeing no unlucky appeara0ccs, they clofed with the delires of their Prince, ·

and