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BooK

IX.

Royal

Commentariu.

better credence to

m_y

words,

J'OU

may be p!eafed to cort

'le forth,

and fee the truth hereof tejl-i~

fted byyour orvn Eyes; and then

you think_ jit, you

may.be

pleafed to tale! farther informa–

tion Jrom the other Divinen, or Magicians, conc'erning thd~ prodigiom Apparitions.

The

Inca

accordingly carne forth from his Chamber, and havíng beheld chefe Signs iri

the Heavens, he called for all che Diviners and Prognofücacórs which he qiaincai–

ned in his Courc; amongfr which chere beirig one of che Naüon

Yauyu,

wbo

was·much efieemed above che reft , and thac having beheld -ánd confidered rhefe

Circles, gave che fame judgmenc thereupon as che former had done. Howfoever

Huayna Capac,

though he encertained fad apprehenfions and fears hereof within his

own

Breaíl: yec not to difcourage bis People, he feemed to make finall. acrnum of

thefe affüghting Sco1·ies, telling che Magicians, chac unlels the

Paéhacamac.

hímfelf

íhould revea! che fame ·co him by his own

ords, :he would noc give credic

fuch Sayings;

For

poffible,

faid he,

that my Fathér thé

Sun

jhot1ld abhor and. áetejl–

his own B(oud, and

far abandon them,

toyield thern up to a tQtal dejl-ruEtion?

And

difmtffed his Prognofücators. Hówfoev_er refleétiñg wichin himfelfupon whac they

had faid, and con.fidering how it agrned with·the Prophecies ofati áncierit Oracle,

an~ comparing pafi things with ene pr?digious Novel~ies pf ,the prefe~c.til~es,

whichappeared and íµewed chemfelves mevery plement; as al(o che Sh1p which

failed ,dong the Co~fr; with

fort of People never before f

eert

i(l thofe Seas; all

tnefe things bejng caRen cogecher, did greatly move and diíl:u.rb che ~d of

Hu–

aJna Capac

with inward fear and apprehenfion; for which reafon qe

lyvays kept

an Army in a readinefs, compo°'d of his moíl: experienc1 Souldiers alia Officer~,

whicb he ~rew out from the Garrifons of chofe Provine~

f!,e

-~~dained alfo th~¿

rnany Sacnfices íhould be offered to che Sun, and that all tb,e~iymers and Mag1-

cians i~their refpeétive Provinces íhould confult their fa.1niliar rYlínons, and par~.

ticularly the _great

Pachacamac,

and t~e pracing Devil of

Rim~r.~¡

who always·gave; ·

anfwers to all demands; and co enqurre and know of them whether chofe frrange

and new Apparitions in the Heavens, and in the Sea, di'.d poi-tehd eicher good or

evil to the Empire. The Anfwers from

Rimae

were fo dubious and obfcure, chae

they could not promife themfelves any great good, nor yec did cbey feetñ to prog-

. noíl:icace any affiighting evil. Howfoever all che DM.ners pr,efaging,nothiqg but

ill,

che whole Empire remained

terrour anq (ear of foiíle a~proaching mifchief

apd calamity; yec in regard no confiderable misfortune befell ~hat people for the

[pace of chree Ór four Years, che remembrance chere0f began to wear our, every

one remrning to bis ufual quiecnefs, and fetled way of living, in whích they_con–

tinued for feveral

ears, untill t:he deach of

HuaJna Capac.

The relations ofrheíe

Prognofücations which we have mentioned , were, befides the common report,

delivered particularly by cwo Capcains, who had fqrmerly been of the Guard co

Huayna Capac,

and being each of chem of the age ofeighty years, ·were boch bap–

tized; che eldeíl: of them was called

rohn Pechuta,

his own Name remaining ÍQr a

fumame after Baptifm, as was common to the

Ind,ians;

che other was called

.Chau–

ca Rimachi,

but· his Chriíl:ian Name I have forgdt:

' Thefe Ca_pcains, when they

relaced che íl:ories of thefe unhappy prefages, with che fucceíiés of chofe times,

they would always buríl: into Tears;

fó

chac ic was neceífary to diverc chem with

fome ocher Difcour[e, before they would ceafe their Tears and Lamencacions.

The Teíl:amenc and Deach of

Httayna Capac,

\Vith mahy other parciculars which af–

terwards fucce@ded, were delivered to us by an old

Inca,

whofe Name was

Cuji Hu–

a!!pa;

but che cruelties which

Atahualpa

exercifed upon all thofe ofche Blond Royal,

I received from tbe relation of my own Mocher, and her Brocher, who was called

Don Fernando Huallpa Tupac Inc,r1upanqui,

who were in thofe days, boch of tbem

Children of ten Years of age, and lived in che fury and rage of all chofe troubles

which continued for che [pace of two years and a half, untill fuch time as che

Spa–

niards

invaded thac Councrey,. as we íhall relate in its due place, t9gecher wich che

manner ho'w they, wich fome few ochers of che Royal Bloud, efcaped from death,

which

.Atahualpa

had defigned for them, which tumed greatly to the advancage of

the Enemy.

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