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Royal Commentariu. ·

Boé>K

IX.

thac not one, whether Legitimare, or Baíl:ard, efcaped che cruelty of his Exe–

cucioners; for he'killed and defhoyed tl}em by various kinds_of Deaths: of fome

he cuc che Throacs , ochers he Hanged , others he threw into Rivers and

Lakes

with weighrs about théir Necks, that they might not fave themfelves by fwim–

ming, ochers were ~hrown dow~ _Rocks :a~d _Pr~cipices; all whic~ was aéled .._

with che greateíl: d1Cpatch and d1hgence 1magmaole by che Execm1oners ; for

chis Tyrant could never chink himfelf fecure, untill he had feen chem all deíl:royed,

or h@arlhhac chey ,werulead ; for nc:.icwichíl:anding all his Viétory, be duríl: not un-

till

chen país beyond

Saujfa,

which che

Spani1trd1

call

Xauxa,

being ninety

Leagues

difiant from

Co~co :

Bue as to che poor

Huafcar,

they kept him

íl:ill

alive, referving

him for the fuppreílion of infurreétions, or tumults, which mighc arife againíl:

Ata–

h11alpa

;

for chey well knew that che

ord and Command of

Huafcar

was fo pre-

valene, ,ando( cha.e .?llth0rity ~ith his Subje~, chaeit was able to quell and calm

,any~R"!liJJinies, ,or diflqtb~nces, amongíl: them: Howfoever, for his grearer mor–

ti6c-füÍ0JJ,¡

cfley wo.uls.i ,oft~n br.iRg,chis unfortunace Princ!'! from his confinement,

fue~a~&:.at>@ur,of(the -tlá!!ght~rJ~nd maífacre of·his Kindred, which affiiéting

,[tght

was

éJ.

,mor_e Íl'/~~ble <ror¡nent

him ehan Deach

felf.

· ·

· Nor .,<lid his

Cmelty

cont>ain it felf w.ichin chefe bounds, but extended

all che

;fr.tfefíer-s,.,leíl: rhey

-ooi~g

Glt,ral}M

_an~ Men of inceFe"íl: in che Empire, and

a,f..

foéti0.nare

,che caufe

,bluaf car:.,

,(h,;mld contrive means

for

his delivery:

WJ:i€~erOr\t! brciAging

piem

all fonh witn their hands tied into an qpen

Plain

.th~V

ail~ey of

Sacfah:,Jqna.

(

where 1he &ttel was afrer-wards fought ,between the

-Prefidencl;afoa and

fl.on¡

¡alo Piprro)

~hey were ranged in arder on each .Ctde, and che

p@or

.f.Iuafaar

clo11ch~~-

Moumi[!g wJch

'his

han~s tit?d behind hirn, was made

1d)'pafs pe~ween-rheQT, wich -a-R0pe about his Nec.:k; which when the llliferahle

Q¡pt~ves :fáw, and r,peir Pr;ince

iirt

thacrdefpicable ,condition, they lifced

thci,:

Gries to HeélV€ñ, ,and ~rQíl:rat~d-their .l3opíes on

che

Earth, adored and woríhip–

peci hit'n, which

,;.ras

all the honour they could tefiifie, or help they could g,i~

.himrin that,_µnhappy .fiare, Ih·púElifhmc,m'for which Fe.fpeét chey killed them aU,

e¡ch~r w-ith Pole-a:Xes or .f.hort Cl~s_,. _which

cl~tlY

c_all

Cha~pi

;

f~r

a bigger

for-t

~ f Clubs and Pole-axes they u(e m,F1ghc,

wmu;h

they w•eld w1ch both hands.

thJs

1'il;mner 't-hey ,kil)ed

-ali ché

Curdca~

and- Capfains

prefence of the

K.in~

.that

-fu\rEerany

N0ble ,Per.f0n ~foaped

·rheir

Tyranny

antl·Cruelty.

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