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Royal
Commentaries.
Rloud-Roya\, hoth Men, Wornen_and Children, over which
mo!·e
tender Sex, tha~
hiscruelcy rnight triumph, he fub1eéted tbem
to
the mofl: exqmfüe torments that
his, ryrannical rna!ice co_uld invent; and not fatiating himfelf fu~ciently wich his
own fle!11 and bloud, h1sunhumane rage proceeded ro a deíl:ruét1011 of ali the Ser–
vants andDependancson the Royal Courr, which (aswe have faid) were very
numerous ; for Offices were not confined
to
fingle perfons, bue to Villages and
T
owns which were obliged to ferve in rheir turns, foch as Porters at the Gate
Sweep~rs Warer-bearers, Gardiners, and che like; all which by cheir Village;
and Con{munities being employed in tbeíe fervices, had cheir Habitations for che
[pace of five, íix and ~even Lea~ues round
Co:u:o,
~hom he totally deílroy~d; and
nocbeing contented w1th aMaílácre of che Inh1b1tants, he demoliíhed their Dwel- '
lings, and put a\l
to
a miferable devaíl:ation ; and yet his cruelties h~d proceeded
fanher, had not che
Spaniards,
who in che furious progrefs of hisTyrannies, encred
that Countrey, given a íl:op to his farther executions.
. Nowwhereas rhe
Spaniards
in a
fhorc
time after their coming toók chis Tyrant
Arahua!pa,
atid in the publick Market-place putting him to the Wrack, executed
hi.m before che people in che mofl: exemplary manner ofpuniíhmenc; which when
che
Jndians
obferved, chey praifed their God the Sun, who had fent che
Spaiiiards
to perform juíl:ice, and revenge himfelfofche Tyranc, who had defüoyed his Chil–
dren, and ali chofe ofhis Bloud and Family : For which reafon che
Indians
looking
upon che
Spaniards,
as chofe who were Cent from cheirGod, did yield entire obedi–
ence to chem, fürrendring chemfelves abfolucely to their difpofal, which was a
rneans
to
facilitare cheir Conqueíl:s ; for chey adored chem as the Progeny which
was defcended from their God
Viracocha,
who appeared in a dream to one of their
Kings, and therefore they gave che Name of
Viracocha
to che
S¡a11iards.
On chis falfe fuppofüion chey conceived chis íimple fancy, chat when chey heard
the Cocks crow, which the
Spaniards
broughc in, and were che firíl: that were ever
feen in
Pcru,
they imagined chat che Cocks pronounced che word
A1ah11a!pa
in ab–
l,orrence of his deteíl:able cyrannies; whence contrafüng che word, they called
Cocks and Hens by che Name of
GHalpa:
And whereas ene
Indúms
recounced cheíe
f ables to their Children, whereby they defcended by way of tradition to afcer A–
ges; che Boys, when chey heard the Cocks crow, would anfwer in che fame tone,
crowing out,
Aeahualpa ;
and
I
muíl: confefs, when
I
was a Boy, thac
I
ufed, a–
mongíl: che other young
Jndians,
to imitare che fame tune when
I
ran about che
Streets.
And thus we Childre¡:¡ quavered out
Atahua!pa,
imitating, as near aswe could,
che voiceof che Cock: Nor did we onely tune his Name
to
our Song, bue we
broughc che Names of his principal Captains into che Air of our Mulick, as
Cha/1-
cHchima f2!!illifcacha :
And
Ruminavi,
which fignifies the Eye of a Stone, becaufe
he hada Pearl (as we ca\l it) on one of his
E
yes.
BIM
Valer1t
having in his loofe
and fcarce1:ed Papers given an account of che fudden Death of
A1ah11a!pa ;
farther
faith, that tbough he had been cruel to his Relations, and chofe of
his
Bloud, yec
jn che Governmenc of his own people he was endued with incomparable Excel-
. !endes, endearing them to him by man'y obliging circumfl:ances, -and at laíl: in Ele–
gant Latín ufes chefe words: " Hence it was, rhat
fo
foon as bisDeath was di–
" vulged amongfr his Subjeéts, they ,~ould comfort them[elves in faying, chat the
" very Cocks which che
Spaniards
had brought over would not fuffer che Name of
'' fo
great a Perfon to peri01, or be forgotten, lamenting in their dolefull tone che
'' Name of
A1ah11alpa ;
and cherefore they gave che Name of
AtahHalpa
to ali
'' Cocks, which word che
Indians
of ali Nations vulgar!y received, as did alfo che
"
S¡mniards
and Preachers cake up chat word, when chey would exprefs che Name
" of a Cock to che
Jndians.
Thus far are cheWordsof
Bias Va/era,
wbo receiv'ed
chis Relacion in che Kingdom of
f2.!:!iru,
from che Subjeéts of
Atahuaip(I,
who were
as well inclined to hirn, as good Subieéts are to their natural King : And on che
contrary, foch as lived in
Cow,
and \lvere of a differenc fafüon, interpreced the
crowing of the Cock with
Atahualpa
in his voice, to be by wayofabhorrence and
deteíl:ation of che many cruelties and tyranniesofwhich he wasguilcy. By which
I
fuppofe, chat
I
have fufficiently now confuted che rhree former Conjedures;
and
that
I
have clearly preved, that tliere were no Cocks or Hens in
Pm,,
pefore the
Conqueíl:
whicq
che
Spaniards
made of
it.
1 ,
As che
Spaniards
brought Hens and Pigeons
firíl:
into
Peru,
fo
alfo chey brought
Peacocks thither from
Me.'ti,o,
for before
that
time none of
that
kind had beea
feen