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R.oyal -Commentaries.

BooK

IX.

" as carne wicpin cheir reach. Thus far are the Words oí

Gomara.

But I have

[eea

íome Marginal Nqées in a Book wroce by one oí che Conquerours of

Peru;

in which is chis pafiag~ : " ~hac a:Monky thre~ a fione a~ a perfon a¡med ·

" wich a Croís-bow, named

Villa'fiajrtn,

and beat out cwo of h1s Teetb; he was

'' afrerwards one oí c~e Conquero_urs of

Peru,

an~ Lord of a greac Coumrey, cal–

" led

Ayaviri;

bue bemg taken Pnfoner, he_dyed m

Couo;.

he was one who took

" pare wich

Pifarro

Xaquíxaguami,

where one chat owed him a di[¡:>leafure gave

" hirn a cut over che face afcer he yielded to quarter : He was an honeíl: Man

" and did good co ali, though he dyed poor, afcer he was defpoiled of his

lndi}

ans,

and oí his Eíl:ace. This

Villacaftin

killed che Monky wich his Crofs-bow

" he ch:mcing to íhooc at che íame time chat the Monky threvv bis íl:one. Thu;

far are cheRemarks of che Conquerour ; che vvhich I can in pare confirm, becaufe

·I knevv.the perfon, ana favv füat he vvame€1 cvvó Teeth in r~e upper rovv ofhis

Mouch ; and it vvas the common report in

Peru,

that they vvere beacen 0\!,t ,by a

-Monky.

I have chought

fit

to_

infe,vt chis Srory as I do orhers of like nature,

for

the rruch oí vvhich I refer my felf

tO'

divers'M'itnefies. Other

lncM

and

Pal/tu

knevv, co·che nqrnb'er of cvvo hunéfred, vvhich vvere ali of che llóyal Bloud, bue

ot leís note rhai\ rhe,íe vvhich I forrrtet!y mentioned¡ vvho vvere che iminediaté

Sons of

Huayna CapaJ.

My-Mocher.rvvas

his

Brothers Dau~héer, vvhofe Name vvas

Hual!pa Tupac Inctt Yupanq'uí.

I vvas acquaintecl vvi~h 'one Son and cvvo Daughcers of King

Atahualpá,

ohe of

them vvas called

Angelina;'of

yvhom the Marquis

Don Franci[co Pifarro

begac a Son,

called

Francifco,

vvfio vvben vve vvere·oí che Age of eighc or nJne years, vvas a·

greac Anragoniíl: and ·compe,ticor yvich me for running ¡¡nd leaping, his Uocle

vvas

Gonfalo Pifarr.o:

Tbis Marquis bad alfo a Daughcer ca-lled

Francifca,

vvbich

vvas very bearitifull, ánd Married aftervvards to his Uncle

Hernando Pifarro

;

her

Father begat her upon aDaughter of

Huayna Capac,

called

Tnes Hua/l,u Nlifta,

vvho

vvas afcervvards Married ro

Martin de Ampuero,

an Inhabicanc of che City of

Reyes.

·The Son of che Marqui¡;, and anoch~r

dÍ

Gonfalo Pifarro,

coming into

Spaln,

dyed young, to che g1=eat griefof chofe vvho knevv chem, being che hope~

ful! Off-fpring of fuch renovvned Fachers: Bur as ro che orher Daughcet of

Ata–

lJ!lalpa,

I may ·miflake her Natne, vvhich vv:1s eicher

Beatriz:,

Jfa6e!,

<he Mar–

ried vvich a

Spaniard

called

B/,u Gomera;

and Wedded a [econd time vvich a Gen–

tleman, who was of

Spanifh

and

Jr.dian

Bloud, c:illed

Sunéo de

RojM

bue his Son

was called

Francifco Atah11alpd,

he was a very handfome Youth , well f11aped, and .

of a lovely counrenance, as were ali the ocher

Inc,u

and

Pallas,

bue he dyed young.

We íl1all fhorcly mentiorí him on occ:1fion oí a Scory which my old Uncle, che

Brother of my Mocher, cold me, when he relared che Cruelcies of

Atahua!p

11•

There was anocher Son of

Huayna Capac

remainiog, with whom I was noc ac–

quainced, he was called

M anco Inca,

and was che lawíull Heir co'che Empire, for

H11afcar

dyed wichouc Hfüe Male, of whom we fhall make mencion hereafcer.

CH A P.