4000003871

Royal

Commentaries.

BooKlX.

Co~and€d by thofe famo?s and' experienc~d (a~tains which his_ Father had

ldi1. aíld r€c@mrneoo@e:i to h1m ; two of which Q~cers were efpec1ally famous

;fü~ve .rhif r~{l:, one of'whicñ was ca-lle~

Cha/Jc~ueima,

and .che orher

f2.!!.i~ui~;

ánd

Atahua!pa

gave out,, thac he wo?ld h1mfelf

Pe~fon brmg up che Rere.

'Huafcár

placing greac confi~ence

t~e words of h1s Brocher, ~nd much mo~e

in thac unta-inrnd Loyalcy which the

Jndians

had ever born to their

lncM

;

a tefü~

tnóny of whkh faithfulnefs

given by

Adofta,

in tbefe words, caken out of the

twelfth Chapter of his fixch Book: " Wichouc doubc, faid he, greac was che

" revernnce and affe~ion which _t'his people fbewed to their

lncM,

ic having ne- .

" ver been known chac any on~ of fhem was ever gu1lcy of High-Treafon,

&c.

for whie:h reafon

H~afaar

fufpetting nothing

)efs

tha~'fuch a faithlefs and treafon–

able' ~Mign, did w1ch all freedom and generous hberty g1ve order, that they

fhould be fupplied wirh all Provifions in cheir way, and ali kind treacmenc íheweé! .

them as beficted Brothers, who were travel.Ung to perform the Funeral Rices of

uheir 'faGher, and to tá~e che Oachs of Fealcy and Allegiance. Thus boch Par-

.des moved on different confiderations, that

óf

Huafcar-1

wích

aU,

che fimplicicy

and ílncerity imaginable, and che other of

Atahualp1;

with :ill che fubcile :irtifice

and omning chac could be concrived and learned in che Schools of Malice.

, For

Atahualpa

being inferiour in Power and Strengch to his Brother

Huafcar,

durft nót adventure on an open War'; but covercly inanaging his deíigns, made

fure

his game , which he had certainly loft, had he profeffi:d an open

en–

ínity.

;

C H A P. XXXIV.

Huafc_ar

being advifed of the Tre,afon, alfembles his

Forces.

N this orc1er t~e people of

.f¼itl!'.

marched for the fpace of four hundred

Leagues, uncill

they

carne w1rlun a hundred Lea_gues of

Co:tco :

which

March, feveral experienced Governours of Provinces chrough which rhey paífed,

obferving thac che order which theíe ·people kept, looked more like che Difci–

pl1ne·of an Army, chan che Rule of Mourners going

a Fuáeral,' or of Vaífals

goink

take the Oa1hs of Fealty and Allegiance ;- for thac on eit~er of rheíe oc–

cations five; or fix r~oufand Men werefufficienc; and chac for giving Fealcy, ché

in–

t-ercoutfe of Capt-ams and greac Men was onely reguifite amd nefeífary, rather–

thán fiwh

croud And mulcimde of co\nmon Souldiers : And fanher reRe,lting

tne·ntrbti1enc and unquiet temper of

Atahualpa,

which was always fal[e

and

lhis

hurnoor Mar

tia

l 1 rh'e

y could-110~

bue

fufpeét, 'thar there

was

fomedliág hio~

inrended'

chis

warli.ke

Preparauton,•than whac cendbrl ro Péá<!'.e, and die

flt"O·

f.efi!oi:1s.é)'f a·J3ro

rher añá

a SqbjeGn; on which füfpicion and jealóutie ther di~t–

ched fecret imelligence to

Huafoar,

be[eeching him noc to

truíl:

his. Brot-bér

:z'ltahualpá~

vyho.

cerrainly c:arne with onher deíigns

~ªQ

whan.

liie

©utwarqffpre:

tended!.

º '.

·•

•

1 ,,

Úpón

·cbis informáti0n

Huafaar.

awakening himrelf fí·om

th<l!t dreárn

fecurify'

which,he

ílept, di~a:rehed Meifemg'ers wich ali diligente

p0ffible

ro tMe

Gover–

noqrs of .the Pr9vip~es of

Antifayu

and

Collafuyu,

~ommanding -them- immediclfdy

ma¡-0h

Co<Lco

w1th

w.hat

fov~€s

they were able

levy : ~ut'.to

die

Diviúoµ

Chincbafayu,

which was of che

gtea,neíl:

extenc, and wliich was the moft'

wm:–

like Nªtim:fof al!

the

·QWlers,

h<:i

omim;d

fentM'lis

Or'ders,

~ta,uíe

Ehey

were

already joih€cl w1rh

the1ér1e1!liés"A(my as they.J

paíléd

tbmugh•

cheir

~ounttey.

'fhe peop-le

Atahualpa·gr_owin~

cqnfülé~t, and.e~boldned by

rhis

negligence

and

fecunty of

H'tlafcar,

amUlis

$ub¡eas,

arnved

Wlth1n

forcy

Leagues-of

Co:i:.co

;-and

ilirn