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Royal

Commentaries.

BooKl

reafon of

much fadnefs, were touched with compaffion and forrow for them.

And here

BIM

Va/e-(11

much bewails the wanc of a good Interpreter, thac núght,

by a rrue and faithfull u~derftanding of all th~t was faid, have given better

fatis-–

faél:íon both

the

Jndians,

and to the

Spamards;

for

hen die Arnbaífadours

heard t~lk of rhe Slaughters and Outrages committed in

Puna,

and

Tumpk.,

they

were apprehenGve thac che

Inca

had entertained fome choughts of Reveoge;

for che Incerprecer neither knew how to i'ender the Words of che

Inca,

nor

che

Anfwer of the Ambaffadours.

And now che Ambaífadours deíired leave of che

Inca

to depm, and

retom

' their Cornpanions; which was readily granced chem, the

Inca

faying,

That they

mighc depart in peace, and thac he would fpeedily go

inco

Caf{amarca,

vific

the

Soos of che God

Viratocha,

and che Meffengers from

the.Pachacamac.

The

Spa-–

niards d

eparting out of che King's Palace, could not bue again admire the

Ri–

ches.of

ic, and che Adoration and Worfhip which che people íhewed towards

them; f

or as they were going to mounc rheir Horfes, cwo

Curacru,

with their

Sé·–

vancs, carne to chem, defiring chac chey would noc difdain

accept a ftnall Pre..

[ene, chough ·unworéhy che ·accepcance of fuch Gods, or Godlike Men,

they

· were, laying before chem Riches of like qualicy as before, though in mach more

abundance, fuch as Veffels ofGold and

Sil

ver, with Ingots of Gold, and

Wedges

º'

Sil

ver unwrought.

The

Spaniards

being íl:range!y aftoniíhed at chis excefs of CourteGe, began

quit all fears and fufpicions of any ill DeGgns of the

Indians

cowards them,

bla–

ming again che ignorance oftheir Incerpreter, who for wanc of Expreffionshad

be,.

trayed chem to many En-ours, as he did afcerwards to many ochers,

will appear

in the fequel of this Hiftory,

P. XXI.

,,. c-r

. ' - ·;.¡

:. "_'

!¡lom ,the t~o

Spaniards

returned .again to their Compani–

c •·

ons, ancl how they prepared themfelves to receive the

1'1.

Inca.

. 'I ,

')()'

• t

two Ambaífadours being returned, made

relation of ali the Riches

and

•

Greamefs díey had feen in che Palace of che

Inca,

and of che CouneGCi!

thé~

ha<il received) which appeared by che Prefencs, of which

íhare was divided

'every

Perfon. Notwithíl:anding ali which, like good Souldiers, and caucious

Mdn,

1tbey prepared their Horfes and Arms, noc knowing the occaGon chey núghc

hav'e

.for them che

day

following; and though chey well knew the multitudes

whicb

accompanied.Atahualpa,

yet like brave

Spaniards,

chey were noc in che Ieafi

dHinayecl, bue prepared to receiv~ chem; wnerefore

foon as ic was day,

che

Civ¡iky ranged themfelves in three DiviGons,

cwenry in a Troop, for

ch~y

:we~e noc in all ab'ove Gxty in number; che Comrnanders, or Caprains of chem,

were

:fletnando

Pifartd ,

Hernando de Soto,

and

&baftian de Betalcafar,

who at

firft

coqcealed thémfelves under cwo old Walls, chat fo cheir fodden Sally mighc give

the greater féar and furprife to the

Indians.

The Governour himfelf was fuppor–

.ted with,an hundreg Foot-Souldiers, which in ali exceeded ,1oc that number,

and .

for.tbei1.1.better eocouragement, he puc himfelf in che Head of chem, on che fide

the

Tampu,

whiéh w~sl*e

él

grea~ field, where they placed themfelves to expecl:

the coming of the King

Atahualpa,

who foon after appeared, being carried in a

~hair of:Gold on che

Shoulders

his.People, wich fucb pomp, and Majeíly both

of~ervams and

Courtiers,

as evidenced nis greamefs in Power,

.and War;

be-

fore