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V-HI.

Royal

Commentaries.

999

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two years of Age : _For

AtahiMlpa

took

Htt4car

Prifoner in

the

year

528,

and the

Span1anls

entered meo that Emp1re

1530,

and as others will have

153,

;

and when. the

_lnca

~nd bis wife the

Infanta

were bapcized, ic was in

th~ year 1558; wluch berng at the end thereof, che

!nfanta_

according to

th1s account muft be above

years of age; whereas, _ rn reality, when

fhe

was baptized, íhe was not qbove

years old,

ic muft have been an Errour

in che Calculation, by calling her Daughter inftead of N iece. She was a W ornan

of great Beauty, and had been much more Comely, had fhe been fair; but chac

, tawny Complexion, whichis common to the Women

that Countrey, mucha–

bates that fweetnefs of Air, and chofe good features which are natural to them.

The Prince

Sayri

Tupac

hada fancy to have the name of

Diego

(which is

'Jame.r)

fuperadded to him at his Baptifm, in refpeét to that glorious Apoftle

St.

'James·

who according to a Tradition received from his Father, and his Captains, ap~

peared miraculotlfly in favour and defence of the

Spaniard.s,

when they were

befieged in that

Gity.

The Inhabitants of the City honoured the day of the

ln–

ca's

Baptifl,ll with the fport of Bulls, and throwing Dares, ahd other fignals of

joy, appearing in rich Attire and cofl:ly Liveries. I

felf am an Eye-witnefs

thereof, having been a chief Altor in thefe divertifements. After thefe Fefti–

vals were ove'r, and fhat the

Caciques

had, nade their Vifits; the

Inca

remained

fome days in .che Converfation of his Friends, and enjoyment of hi,mfelf with

eafe and plenty, · during which time he vifited thac farnous Fortrefs which his

Anceftors had buih; much admiring to fee it fallen to decay, and partly de–

molifhed by thofe, whofe Glory and Honour it was to have kept up fuch a Mo–

nument and Trophy of their Conquefts ;

as this Hifi:ory teftifies. He alfo

vifüed the Cathedral Church, and the Convent of our Lady of the

Merceds,.

and

of St.

Franci.s,

and St.

Dominicfo

in all which he adored th~ mofi: Holy Sacra–

ment, calling it

Pachacamac, Pachacamac,

(which is God of Heaven and Earth.)

And with the like profound Reverence he worfhipped the Image of our Lady,

ca1ling it Mother of God. Tho, fome malitious Men, who fpeak well of none,

feeing lúm with great Devotion on bis knees before the Moft Hol

Sacramene

in the Church of St.

Dominick..,

faid, that he was worfhipping t

he Sun his

Fa–

ther,

and the bodies ofhis Anceftors which were interred in that Church.He alfo

vifited the Houfes of the Selell; Virginsdedicated to the Sun: but paffed by the

habitation ofhis Anceftors,which were totally demolifhed,and other newEdifices

ereóted by the

Spaniards

in their places. Ali thefe particulars were not perfor–

med in a day, nor i.n a week, bue in many; making thefe vifits bis recreati–

on,

and paftirne, to fiU up bis vacant hours. And having paffed feveral _Months

in this manner, he wei¡t to the Valley of

íucay,'

ratherto enjoy the Air, ancl

ddights of that Pleafant Garden formerly belonging to his Anceftors,

than

in vegard to any Claim or Propriety he haa therein. And there he continuoo

· during che fhort time of his Life, which did not continue above

three

years afcerwards. He left a Daughter, which was af.t:erw·ards

ma-rried

Spaniard

caUed

Martin Garci¡//, de Loyola,

of yvhom we fhall fpeak at large

its due piace, arid-0f the manner how he ended h:is days.

· ·

·fl

A P.

XII.

'Tbe Vice-King=

raifes,

~ni

,maintain~

.Horfe~

-tNZd Foot

for

· ,

{ecurity of the Empire~

Fóu~

the

tm1ze~t,

Conquerours

dye ·a na,tura.l ,Death.

. .

_·

,..b

•)

•

.t.

Vice~Kihg, having acq~itted himi-e' f of th'e impo~tuniti~s

tho'fe

who pretended to Lands a_nd Eftate's

reward of the1r Serv1ces,,

ex·

pelling them out of

Pme

;

havrng alfo put thofe to deaGh who had. fid_ed