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Royal Comrnentaries.

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the Inrerprecer

-v.:ere

of a contrary fenfe ro the matter difcourfed, which caufed

the

Inca

fay,

This

ammering Fe//ow runs from oné' word to dnother, ií:iithout under-

ftaJ1di11g, and from one árour to another, that his Si!ence were

_b'etter

than his Words;

Which Expreffions of the

Inca

were more íignificanc in the

Jndian

than in the

Spa:.

nifh

La,nguage. And alfo the Capcains and .Lords being fenfible of che Defeéts

ofche lmerpreter, did atcribuce che ill.Expieffions, and wanc of Senfe

his lgno–

rance, and noc

wam ofllnderíl:anding in the Ambaífadours; whom they eílee~

med for Gods, and aclored them for fuch, and accordingly the

lnc,t.

retumed this

Anfwer to che Ambaífadours.

am rimcb pleafed; éfaid he) Divine Lords, tbat you and your Corripanions

· "'·ar~ in my days come into thefe remote Countries, that

mighc fee chofe

" Prophecies and Prognoíl:iq1tions fulfilled which our Anceíl:ours nave lefo us,

" -though in reality rny Soul hath much niore -reafon to befad; when

coníider

" chac che end of our Empire approaches , of whic~, according to ancienc Pre–

" difüons, ymir _coming is a Forerunner, and yet

·canno.t .bue ·fay .chat thefe

'' times are. bleífed, in which óut"God

Viracocha ,

hach fent" füch haPP.Y -Gueíls,

" which íhall cransform the Scace of our Góvernment imo a better corídition, of

'' which Change and Alteration we have cercain aífuraaée from che,Tradiuon of

" our Anceíl:ours, and the Words of the laíl: Teíl:ament of our Father

Hua'Jl'la

Cap¡ic;

fqr which Reafon, though.

had cercain-lntelligence of your encrance

" inco c:iur..Countrey, _and the Fortifications you made in it, and ofche Slaughrer

" you committed-

Puna, Tumpiz.,

and other pares, yet neicher

nor my Cap–

" cains, have encred into any Confultation, how, or in what mannerf we might

" ,.expell yon from hen·ce; becaufe we hold and believe,' that you are·ch~ 'Sons

" our greac God

Yiracocha,

an4 Meífengers of the

Pachacamac;

for which caufe,

" and

confirmation of what my Father delivered us, we have m~de ic a

Law,

" and publiíhed it ·in the Schools of

Coz.co

th~t none íhall dare_ to cake up Arm}

againíl you, or offend you_; wperefore you inay doe with us· as yoú pleafe,' it

" being Glory fufficienc for us to die by your hands, whom we eíl:eem che

Di-

~" vine Meífe.ngers ofGod, by whom you muíl: be fent,, coníidering che Afüons·

" you hav,e already performed : · Onely

defite to be fat15fied in one doubt, How ·

' " comes it to pafs, as yóu fay, thát you come to treat ofFriendíhip, anda perpetual

" Peace, in die Name of che two before mentioned Princes, and yet on the other

" fide, wlthout fo múch as any Summons, or fending toJreat

wi.th

us; or know out

" Will or Pleafure towards you, .you have comm.itted fuch olitrages and f1aughters

'' in the Countries through whicn you have paífed?

conteive _thac -ihe two

" Princes which employed you, ·have given you fuch C6~miffioh to aét with

." fuch feverity againíl: us, wichouc any fault of ours; and

imagine. that che

Pa–

chacamac

hath fo commanded them to proceed, wherefqre

fay again,

Doe

" your pleafüre with us ; onely

befeech you to have compaffion upon my poor

~' Relations, whofe D~ath and Misfortunes will grieve me more tban my own.

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· The

Inca

having ended his Speech, all his Attendants-which fl:ood rourld abdué

him,

were

fo affeéted wich bis laíl: Words, w.hich declared the lofs of ·che

Em:.:.

pire, chat they íhed many Tears, wich an abunc¡ance of Sighs and Groans, for what

the

Inca

had.now pronounced concern~ng the Deílrufüon of his Empire, he had

at ocher times formerly repeated. And whereas bis Father

Hut-!Jna ,Capac

had ut"–

tered this Prophecy, and mentioned the time

to·

be íhort, and ready to be fulfilled;

Atahua!pa

thought of nothing elfe, bue coµcluded the Fate unavoidable, and the

Decree of che great

Pachacama-c

npc to be r~liíl:ed; the which fuperft-itious opiói–

on being fixed, and impre(led in his Mind, was che, caufe that the

Spaniards

eaíily conquered and fubdued bis Countrey; and debafed .bis Soul and Spiric.,ac

_fhe prefence of the

Spaniards;

amongíl: che reíl: of che Company, which

was

pre–

. fent with the

Inca,

w_ere-two Ac~ornptants, or Hiíl:orians, who-with their Ifoots

ma.de

certain Ciphers, de[cribing or figuring _-all che paílages of chat Auclience;

}Vith the Words of

Hernando de S9to,

and with the Anfwer of the

Inca,

though

was very

ill

expreífed by the lnterprecer.

· The Ambaíladours were much aílonifüed to

[ee

the Lamencations, and hear

the

Críes of the Lords and Captains chere prefenc, and yec obférved a íleaddinefs

aod

coofrancy

che Councena9ce of the

Inca,·

and not. knowing che

caufe and

_ .. .t. ·

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reafon .