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_Royal Commentaries.

íln.d

Officers ; rhe muilricudes,of c.omlíllon people; wbjch remainéd

ali

ve, fled, ,and

füa,y~d

abroad like fheep withouc a fhepherd

1

and many of them wandring a–

hou.,

and noc

knóv:

1

ing

where

tb

go, furren~rt:d wem(dves_.ro:the ,Enemy, not

being,ivilling

to

enjoy cheir freedom wh~n

the¡rincJt

was

a

Pn,fo,o.e~.

Wirh chis viól:ory and fütcefr,

aop

w1th

fo.rgr~t .a

Trophy of

H,

as che Perfon

of

f.luafcar,

rhe

0tabi111/pians·

w.er

~ ,highly ,exalc~d ; and for fr~ufü.y of che

~rite,

rhey cor.nmicced hi_m,t© the

cuCT:od.y

a~d,

cbargo:of.íour

Capcams, nnd otberSool–

diers.of

greac fideluy,.,1who

fo

rnarr,owly

\,VaKhtd h_4rl1

leíl: he íbould make an e,

fea-pe,

1ubat he nevec 1vas ouc of.theidighc eirhler lli;ymighr or;day.,_.

~

And

now

Huaftar.

being in theit baqcjs,.

i~

was ch~ught nec:eífary1

to

publifh and

bla;ze his Impriforlmen~ throúg~1 t~e:whole Ernpirf, ;that

fo

in·~afe ány People

ou

Armies fhould be .rnmmg

to

h1s ~íl;íknce, or f.urc;our, they rn1ght .upon (udi ad.

vices be diverted fro:n their .proceedings,;

b.ut

prin,ipally

che

news mereof was

difpaoched with ali diligence

to

dieJGngArahual¡m.

·r;·

·r

,i, .,..

,

J.

This·was ·che

ÍUJJJ

of

che m(])Ítl! máieria'1

paill¼g~I'(¡¡; this

Wa.tí;

b.ehvéeh the-two

Bi:otl1~us, who were,Oie l~íl:

Kjngs·;0f

!eru;

a~to'o..ther Battel~w!,lich the

Sp4ni(h

H1íl:onans rel~te, t~ey ·were 0rlt.Skrnm1fhes wh1dn paíled .omtlieifbníiimfb of1one

Ki11gdom and che ·otner, on ócrafton

of

Inc1nÍldAS, which tlne-Jffil11>rajos andrGo.

veFnours of Garrifons made

e

Amd.

ias.

to

the 1mprifonment

óf

:IJ1flhpa/pa;

io

iws

a

fh~m, or

a

falre repon, whiofü he himfelf h,acl giv..en ouu~ amu[e bis

Brcchet

Hµa.[iJAr

and his Subje<fils, as 'l-·ás aHb that wHifühe Qad div,u1gearin

fayiog,:,that

.when

he was in l?iifon~ his Fatmertthe Sun

lµ.,

Ltwm.ed

him into·aícrr,enr,:chat

fo

J1e might efcape by ore~ping through -a 'hole,

wHiah

was

in ,o~,€hmnber .:

wlirith

was oncly che Storiy mf a Miracbbr.coached -and

frarntd

to i.ntr:QJduc€ bis Father

dJe

Sun

foF

an Authour

am:I

Favourer.ofhis Tymnnies5 tbe which r,epor,t

eafilYc

gained

p~lief in the fimpie minds of thac pcople, who ~er~ dedul9us

of

any th~ng

wbid1

was mentioned in fa.vour of that c;oncernment wniclftht Sun had cowardsliisown

Off-fpring. The ufe which

Atahualpa

made of this viétory, was with all the cru–

elty :rnd treachery imaginable ; for publi(hing in ali places, that his intentions were

to

reíl:ore

Huafcar

again

to

the Government of bis Empire ;-but yet under certain

cautions and reflriétions, which wereto be-agreecJ-and capim1ated between them ·

he fummoned ali che

lnw

of che whole Empire, together with che Governours'

M:ijor-Generals, Captains and, Souldiers,

to

appear at

Cou:o

at fuch a cerrai~

time, that

fo

they might

be

Witneffes

to

thofe Arrides whicp fhould be confer–

ted between thefe two Kingsfor the mucual peace and quier ofeach orhersSubjeéis.

Wit~ thefe fair pretences and all~rements ali che

ln~a1

of che Bloud-Royal being

.deceived, fa1led not to make tbeir appearance; wh1Ch they,perfonned with that

readinefs of mind, ,that neither fickneís, nor old age, nor

far

diílance did debar

or hinder their coming; nay, even chofe who might have excufed rhemfelves

by

reafon of the remotenefs of their Countrey, ami which might have rerarded rheir

Journey by ílow and dilatory Travels; and which were fufpicbus and jealoas of

what afterwards fucceeded

;~t

even thefe againíl: their own fears and inclinations

fuffered themfelves

to

be ráken in the open and app~aring foare : For

fo foon a;

Ataht1t11/fa

had goteen thvm into his ppwer, he commarided, that chey íhould all·be

put ¡t9 oeath ; wlüch &ntence was executed by various

forts

ofcruelty, which fer–

v:~d

,rp

·w<;ure his Empir<; from all lnfur~eétions., or Plots agaioil: him.

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