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
in
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
I
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
¡
01
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:,
or
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.