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Royal
Commentaries.
B
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VIII. '
wíth him
for having left the Mouncains, and atl accompanied him to the lodg–
ing which was provided far him.
.
The next day a e:ertain lnhabitant of_ that City, called
Michael A/tete,
carne
io make him a Vific, and prefented to h1m the coloured Wreach, which he de–
clared he had taken from the King
Atahualpa
in
Caf{amarca,
when he was
made Prifoner .by the
Spaniards,
and that now he was glad of the occafion to .
réfi:ore it unto him, as of right belonging to the Heir of that Empire.
T-he
Prince outwardly feemed to receive it with man
y
exprefiions of Thanks : and
it was faid That he paid a good reward for it, in Gold, a11d Silver, and Jew–
els.
Bue ~e may believe otherwife, and that this Prefent was difplealing, as
che Pr.ince ofcen lignificd in fecrer, and that
it
was abominable and odious to
him, for having belonged to
Atahualpa
: .
For all the Kindred ~f che Prince
were of opinion, that the War, Rebelbon, and Tyranny wh1ch
Atahualpa
made upan
Huatcar
che lawful King, had been the caufe of ruine and deftruél:i–
on of che whole Empire: ~nd for that reafon, that the W reath ought to be
burned, which that
Auca
or Traytor had
worn,
who had defl:royed them
and their Poilerity. This, aod m
uch more on this Subje~ our Kindred related
to
my
Mother, when they carne to
Coz.co,
and made her nheir Vilits.
The Prince having pafled
H1jamanca,
by
ealie Journies carne at length to
Coz.–
co,
and lodged in the Hou(é of his Au~t
Donna Beatriz.,
whích was on the back
fide of my fathers dwelhog, to wh1ch place al! thofe of the Royal Blood,
both men and women reforted
to
welcome him to the Imperial City: and
I
my
felf went in the name of my Father, to ask ·leave that he might perfonally
come and pay his refpeél:s to him;
l
found him then playing at a certaio game
ufed amongfr the
lndians,
of which I have given an account in the
firft
pare of
thefe
Commentaries;
l
kiíled bisHands,and delivered my Meffage; he commanded
me to Ítt down, and prcfently they brought two guilded Cups of that Liqoor,
made of
Mayz.,,
whicb fcarce contained four ounces of. Drink; .he took
them
botb, and with his own Hand he gave one of thetn to me; he drank
1
and
1
pledged him; which as we have faid, is the cuftom of Civfüty amongft
them. This Cerernony being pafi:, he asked
me,
Why
I
did not meet him at
Villcapampa?
I
anfwered him,
/nea,
as
I
am but
a
Youngman, the Governours ,
make no account of me, to place me in fuch Ceremonies as thefe. How,
re–
plied the
Inca,
I
would rather have feen you than all the Friers and Fathers
in
Town, though ic were the Father in the Frock, or he in the Surplice:
and tell my Aunt, That
l
kifs her Hands, and· thac fue thould not come
hither, far
I
will wait u'pon her my felf, and rejóyce ac our happy meet-
ing.
·
In this manner, he entertained me a great while, making many enquiries
of my condition, :md h_ow I_ fpent my time; ~nd takiog
my
leave of him, he
delired me afeen to v1fit h1rn. As I was gomg away,
1
made him a fub–
rniffive bow and revereoce, afcer che manner of the
lndians,
who are of his
Alliance and Kindred, at which he was
fo
much pleafed, that he embraced me
heanil y, and with much affeétion, as appeared by his Countenaoce. At
that
time
al!
the
Caciques,
and as many
lnd_i,:m
Ofücers as were from
Coz.,co
to the
Charcas,
(which is a Traé1: of Land reaching
200
Leagues in length, and above
120
in brcadth) were then p_refe~t, and. aU attending .on the
Inca;
for
whofe fa ke the Feaíts and Re¡oyc10gs wh1ch they rnade were celebrated
with more
Joy
and Solemnity than in the parts and pl_aces of the Jouroey,
t hrough whtch they had patfed: thonghothers of more w1fe and fober ternper,
were greatly troub!ed toconfider the meanneís and poverty of their Prince and
that fuch Maygames as thofe were invented to exprefs bis Grandure.
'
Whileft thefe Shews were aéring, the Prince delired, that he might be ad–
mitted to Baptifm, and that tity Lord, and Father
Garfiía!fo
might be his God–
father, as it had formerly been agreed amongfi: them, bue he being then very
weak and lick was not able to perform chis Office,
fo
that another Gentleman
one of the moft antient and pincipal Citizens -called
Alon{o,de Hinojof a·
a
Na~
cive of.
Truxillo,
was fubfl:ituted in his place ; "."ith this
inca Sayri T11pac,
his W
I
fe named
C11fi
Huarcay
was alfo bapc1zed ; who
( as
p
a/entino
faith
J
was the Daughter
of
~uafcar- Jnca;
perhaps rather {he might be
his Niece, for to have been hts Daughter, the muft at leaft have been
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