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Royal
Commentaries.
BooK
I.
compallion to the t;ue and legitimate
Prince
of that r-,mpire, v-vho vvas ~erai,ne,d
and oppreífed by tyra1\nical -hands : rhe fum of chis Me~age vvas,
to
1mplme
vvich all humilicy, che Juíl:ke, Righteoufneís, ~nd Proteéhon of che
So_ns of_
the
God
Viracocha,
vvhich he did_ not aoubt
to
rece1ve_
from chofe
vvh0
pubhfhed •aod
gave out in all pares, thac their deligns were to relieve and f~ccour che oppr~Jfed ,:
T
O
vvhich che Governour anfvvered, tbat he vvas novv on h1s vvay to adminiíiter
relief unto che unhappy
Inc11,
and to füccour ali others vvho vvere under vvroag
and oppreffion.
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CH A P. XVII.
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Of the EmbaffJ and
Prefents
which
the
Inca
fent
unto the
Spaniards.
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days afcer chis the General received :morher Embáfly more folemñ
tban che former, from che King
Atahwilpa,
b1~ughcby
a
Brother of his owa
boch by che Facher and Mocher's íide, called
Tit,, Al11t11chi,
who
in
fe\
words de–
clared, chac che
Inca
had [ene him to give
a
hearcy "' elcome to t~e on of bis God
Viracocha
;
and in token
of
che good will he b re chem,
a«d
of his delire ro Íet1'e
them wich ali his powerJ he had fent cl1em
a
Prefent of fuch chings as their Coun–
trey afforded, deíiring them to refrefh and enjoy chemfelves wich the plenry of
fuch Provilions as he liad made for their Journey, for chac boch he and a!J his Sub–
jeéts were deíirous co fee his Kinfmen, who were related wich
l
,im
co
cheir com–
mon Facher che Son, whom therefore chey honoured, and
to
whom
ti
ey promi–
fed ali obfequioufneís and allegiance. And having exprefftd chus much in behalf
of che
Inca,
he afcerwards (for füch were his infhu[tions) made chis Speech from
hi:nfelf:
Inca Viracocha,
faid he,
thou Progmy of the
Srm,
ftnce it hath bem my fortH11e
to carry you this happy Mejfage, I pre(11me -,,.,ith this occajiw. to befcech yo,,, that you wo11ld
gr11tio!(Jl.J be pleafed to grant
me
thefe three Requefts : In the.firft place, that you would efteem
my
Inca,
and King
Atahualpa,
for your Friend, and enter into
II
perpetu11! League of peace
,mdfnendfhip with him.
Secondly, thatyou wou!d forgive, ad pardon what crime or fau!t
foevn-
our peop!e have either out ofignorance, or want
of
due conftderatim, committed againft
you : And laft!y, I befeechyou, that the punifhment nihich
by
Command
of
thegreat Godyoltr
Father,
Viracocha,you
have injliEted on thofe of the ljland of
Puna,
and thofe of
Tumpiz,
1tnd other parts,Jou would moderate and remit towards thofe
of
Caífamarca,
and {Hch others
whom you/hall
mett
;
and that in re!,ard you are
,m
Inca,
and defcendedfrom the Sun, that
)'Of{.
would pardon and rxtrcife th11t Clemency, which is one
of
your divine Attributes.
And
having faid thus much, he commanded thac the Prefents fhould be dellvered ro
the Governour, and the ocher
Spaniards
his companions; the which Prefencs were
Goats, Sheep, dried ílices of che Aefh of wild Beaíl:s, fuch as of the
Huanac,,,
che
Vicunna,
Srags, Elks, and fallow Deer; of which chey brought rnany alive, thac
fo
they mighc fee of what forc of Beaíls chofe ílices of dried Aeíh were: chey pre–
fented themalfo with carne and wild Conies, Partridges both dead and alive, wich
Wacer-fowl, and with innumerable fmaller Birds; likewife wich Mayz in che
~rane, aud fome made up in Bread ; as alfo wich Fruit both dry and green, Honey
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the_ ~mbs, _and in Pors, wi~h
lndi4n
Pepper, which chey cal!
Vchu,
and great
quantmes of dnnk made of their Wheat, and of tbat grane which they call
Mulli.
Moreover, chey prefented many Veíl:ments of the fineíl: fort, fuch as thofe with
which the
lnc,u
were cloathed, beíides Parrots, Monkies, Apes and Marmofets
and other Animals and íl:range Infeéts, which, as we have faid, were comrnon
¡~
thac Coumrey -: As alfo many Veífels ofGold and Si-lver to drink in, with Plates
a_nd Diíhes for che Table, with many Emeralds and Turquoifes. And as a par–
ticular íignal of re(pell:
to
the General, they broughc hirn a pai.r of fuch Hofe as
che