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Royal Commentaries.
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B
o o
K.
~III.
j)er when l was a Child, -1heard of tl'iree or four fuch Robberies, which were
committed by the
Indians
:
But_
fo
foor1 as thac
Inca
dye.d,
all was quieted, and
no
other .Spoyls enfued.
.
~
Notwithftanding whicl'i,the Vice.King was indticed to follow the advice offome
éounfellors, who fuggeíled,
that the
Inca
lived in places on the frontiers frotn
whi_€h he much annoyed the
Sp~niards,taking
awáy their Cattle, and robbirig their
-Merchants: And
that
it was impollible
to
keep thc
Jndians
quier, and within
terms of Peace, whilll the
Inca
was fo near thetn, and dayly in theit Eye, that to
ferve
him,
they would adventure
tó
comn'tit the gteateft Outrages they were
able. Ttte VÍce-King, (as we have faid) being overfw.ayed by this way of rea–
foning, committechhe charge óf this enterprife
to
a ct!rtain Gentleman, named
Mart~n Garcia Loyola,,
who in times paíl: had petformed- great Setvices for bis
.Majefty. Acáirdirlgly Souldiets were taifed, upan precencé that they were
to
be
feht
t0
Chile,
fer recn~its_ agaínft the
Araucans,
who very much oppreíled
1
and ftreightned the
Spaniards.
About
2
50 Men being armed, and provide<l with .
Weapons offenfiv~, ,and defenfive, they marched direll;ly
to
Vtllca
pa,mpa,
the
entrance _whereúnto was made very eafie and plain, after the Princé
Don Die–
go Say11i
t
upac
had apandoned bis Habitatidn there;
fo
that they rnight go in,
and_coipe 0ut from thence without any difficulty.
The Prince
Tupac
Amaru
having received intelligence,
tñat
fome Forces were
entered within his Jurlfdiél:ion, he_prefently fled cwenty Leagues within· the
- Country down a Rivd'below the Mountain. The
Spmlliards
inftantly füted them·
felves wich Boa
es,
and Floats, and therewith follé>wed and purfüed afcer him.
T11e Prince confidering that he had.not People to make refiftance, and that he
was not confcic:ms to himfelf of any Crime, or difturbance ~e had done or
raifed; foffered himfelf to be taken ; chuling rather to entruíl: himfelf in the
hands of the
Spaniards,
than to perilh in thofe Mountains with Famine, orbe
drnwmtd in thofe great Rivers, which
fall
and empty themfelves into
the Ri-
1 ·
ver of Plate. Wherefore he yielded himíelf into che Power of Captain
Ma¡tin
Loyolq,
and his Souldiers, in hopes, that when they foun~ him naked, and de–
prived of ali fübfülance, they would take Com_paillon on him~ and' aUow him
the fame Penfion wh1ch was given to his Brother
Don Diego Sayri Tupac,
little
fufpcél:ing that they wouhr kill him, or do him any harm, fince he wlls guilty
ofno Crime. The
S'panúzrds
in this manner feizing on the
Inca,
and on
all
the
Jndiv.n
Men and Women, who were in Company wich bien, amongft which was
· his
Wife,
two
6ons
1
anda Daughter, returnéd
with
themin Triumph
toCo.z:.–
cQ
;,to which pla'.'e the Via-King went,
fo
foon·as he was informed' ofthe
im.
prifonment of chis poor
Prince.
CH A P.
XVII
Procefs is
rmide, ,a'ñd
tm,
Endiélme,nt
drawn
up
againjl
the
P,rincft, ánd
a,gai11ft
ti>e
Incas
his Kindred of the B!ood
R.~yal:
*
alfo ,againft
the Sorzs
of
Span.iards
horn of
lndian
Wónzen,
t(Jough
their
Fathers had heen the
-Co11qtte–
rours ef
that
,E111pi:re.
S
O
foon as thep faw 'thanhe Pri'nce was taken, t'he A'ttorney Gtlr¡eral was ·or–
·de-recl'to draiv upa Clíarge ag"ainft him~ wh'ich
was
done according
IJG
r.he·Af.
ticlcs
1
before .m~ntioned, accú'fing
1
him to 'h~ve áp;p-ointed and 0rder•ed his Ser-·
vants, amd Valfals, to in'féft'the lloáds,a~<!l;tdb the
'Spanifh
Mercha-nts, as
1
11hty
.paí–
fed upon their Lawfu1 occafions
1
dec1anng a
1
II
'~hofe
1
his En~mjes, ,who ·oad made
al'ly League or t,;on-traé't
w1rh
'che
lnclls
h'is Ancell:ors, dr -who liived•or in'habit<ecl
,,..rn9ni ft che
$paniards:
A'nd'tha'~
át
fucha time,and upon fu0h a
day he
1
had
enter–
,ed into an agréeme·rrc'with the
<;:
aciq1m,
who were rnade•Lor9s ofMan'non;,.and
Cdmrnanáers of
ln'dians,
b'y
Anéieht
Grants ifrom his
Ancefü5rs,
t©r,ifefo,J\'.ums
·
a~~fr