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Royal Commentaries.
B
OOK·
VIII.
. told
tlíem~
1
thac h~ wás glad
tÓ
obtain the benefit ofthe Chriftian Oi-dinan~es,
üpon the Teftimony,and ·Authority of his Grand-father
Hu111na C-apllc,
who
. declared, That the . Law which che Chriftians taught them, was better than
cheir own; and be~ng by Baptifme rece_ived int~ the Church o~Chrift,_he would
,be cálled
Philip,
after the name, as he faid, of h1s
lncll,
and Kmg,
Drm Ph1l1p
of
.Spa~n:
Bue this
f
11nétion was _perf?rmed with as 1:1uc~ Sadnefs'and Sorrow,;is that
.of his Brother's wás celebrated w1th Joy and Tnumph, as before declared.
.
-Though this Sentence againft tlie Prince was publiíhed every where, and
tliat alllwe have faid, ·and nmch more appearcd,(which we for brevity fake omic)
.wbich might perfwade che World, that che 'fame would be executed: yec
the
Spaniards
of the Cicy, as well Seculars as Religious, were of Opinion thac
,the
V
ice-King wo~ld"not,proceed ~o ~n A0:
fo
uah~mane ~nd 'bar~arous, as ro
,kíll-a poor Prince ~epofed, :and d1f-_rnher1~e~ of h1s Emp1re; wh1ch ·could ne–
ver be .pleafing and acceptable to
Kmg
Phil,p,
whofe Clemency would rather
-have ordered his TFanfpbrtation inro
Spllin,
rhan 'paffed chis Condemnation of
him ro death, which he had neverdeferved. But the Vice-King it feems was
of
·anoctiei- Óprnio¡i, as
wé
íhaH fee prefently in the ·fo_llowing Chapter.
CH A P.
XJX:
The Sentence is executed upon, the Prínce.
The
endeavours
!'fed 1,0--prevent
it.
The
Vice-King refúfes to heark._en there–
~int~.
With .wha-t Courage the
Inca
.recpived the ftroak.. of
Deatb.
·
:
,... ·
.._T'
·,
He
f:
Vice--Kirtg,tefo'1ving
to
etecute
his
Sent
1
énce;
which
he
believed
to be
·
·
for
the' Safety
and
Security of th:) Empire, caufed
a
Scaffold to be raifed
,ih tné'éhiéf place_of the City.
This ~as
fo
new and ftrange a refolution ro all
PeoJ?le, that the Gedtlemen, Friers, and other grave Perfons were
(o
concerned
·for
1t,
that they menogether, an4 drew upa Petition to the Viee-King, repre–
:fenting _to him the Bá.rbarity oft_he
f
aél:, which would be fcandalous to che
·w
orld, and difapproved by his Ma;d\:y. That it would be much better to
fend him il,lto
Spain;
for tho' Baniíhment be a lingering Torment, yet it is
a
tokeñ of Glemency,
mueµ
racher tb~n the Sentence of a fpeedy Death._
A
Peti·
tion be_ing drawn up to _chis effeél:, wit~ delign to be delivered with all the fup–
·plicacion'and ini:erc~!fi\1p,--in 9e~alfof th~ Prince ; t_h~. Vice-King, who had his
-fpyesabraaéJ, and by them was rnformed of the Petmon which was preparing,
wifh the SuQíc,ripcion qfltriany hands thereunto, réfolving not to be troubled
·wi,th fué:h lmpoi:tuniti¡:s, gave Order ro.have the Gates ofthe Court íhut, and
. ·no'_Man{uffered ~o comé to him upon p~in of Death: -And then immediately
he 1il"ued_out a Warrant
to
hav.e che
Inca
brought forch, and his Head c-ut off
,without 'farther d~lay .;·th_at
fo
the dift_ur_banc;
of
the Town. migh_t be appeafed
by a fpeedy executton ; whereas by.g1vmg time, a Combuftton m1ght be raifed,
3nd ·rhé_Prince refcued 'out of hi$ hands: .
, A-c~ordingly the poor Prin,ce was bro~ght out o( the Prifon, and mounted
óh
a Mule, with
hi,
hands tyed, anda Halter about.his Neck, with a Cryer be·
fore ·him,·p~bli!hing and declaring, that he was a Rebel anda Traytor againfl;
the ·<?rown of
bis
Catholick Maje~y. , The P¡ ince n?t un?erfl:andin~ ttte
Spllnifl,
Language, asked ofone of the Fnéi:s. who went w1ch hun, what 1t was that
the Cryer faid
?
And when it was told
l:\im,
that he proclairned him an
Auca
which was
a
Traytor;•againít the Ki·ng ·his
Lord ;
whic;h when he heard h;
caufed
~h~
Crye~ to be ~alled to'him, and defire_d him to forbear to pnbli(h
foch
hornble Lyes,
1
wh1ch he_kn~w
to.befo, for that he néver commicted any;
aét of Tr~afon, n'or ~vér had ic in h
i~ Hnagiciatiom,
as the World very well
\~ew :
_Bitt;
_fays
~e~
~elf_t~em, that
theY,_
~lt'?i?e without other caufe,
than
0;1ly
that tbe
f
!•e-K,ng
wtll
have
tt
fo;
and I
cnll
God, ihe
Pachacamac
of
all,
ro w1tnefs, thllt
•
·
what