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Royal Commentaries.
the which was
fo
ill
expreffed; that the
Indi11ns
~elieved he was Supe~iour to alJ,
as \1\-'ell in Héaven as ón E:irth. Many ocher thmgs he declared, whICh were as
ill
undéríl:dod as thoíe preceding, which for brevicy fake we país by and omic.
And here
Bl,u T111lera
cakes notice of a moíl: cercain ;md obíervable cruch; that to
chis day
thotigh che
Jndian
Children which are bred up and educated with our
y
ouch, 'fo chae
Sp11mfh
is become almoíl: t~eir natural Language,. or a~ leaíl: as ~afi~
co chem as the
Indian
;
and are very well 1r\íl:ruéted and catechifed
\íl
the Prmc1-
ples
ahd Myíl:eries of the Chriíl:ian Faich, yet dare noc prefüme to explicace che
Doétrines of our Religion
to
che
Jndians
in their own Language, for fear leíl: che
b;irrenl'l€fs ofl:keir
T
ongu~ íhould not be able to reach the height of our myfieri-
6us
Faicl), and tliereby adminiíl:er _occafion to them_ of many ~rrours and n:iifiakes.
So thac
if
in theíe lace days, wheremMen are boch míl:ruéted
m
our Learnmg, and
praétifed in both-Languages, fuch .diffi~ties do ariíe i~ thi~ matter; what in–
congruities what nonfenfe, and what
Ch1 mu
may we 1magme, were at
fuíl:
uc–
tered, whe~ Men endeavoured to exprefs
fu
lime
Myfl:eries with
a
babling and an
imperfr:ét Tongue
?
CH A P.
x·x1v.
The Anfwer which
Atahualpa
gave to the Friar'
s
·speech.
W
Hen
AtlfhHalpa
underílood
che
conclufion of che Speech, which was, Thac
by fair means, or foul, he was
to
renounce and quic his Kingdoms,
and to remain
a
Tribucary Prince, for
fo
was che command of che Pope, and che
pleafure of che Emperour ; and when chey chreamed bim w.ith fire.and fword, as
appeared by che figns they made, by bran<lifhing their Arms ; and thac it feemed
as if noching was prepared bue ruine and deílrufüon for himfelf and his Army,
like thac of
Pharaoh,
he became extremely fad and melancholy, believing chac chofe
whom chey c:illed
Viracoch.u
(
for they conceived t,hat che
Spaniards
were Gods)
were curned from chem, and become their mortal Enemies; and cnerewich
he
fetched a deep figh, and cried
At11c,
which is as much as Oh mofr unhappy and
miferable;
which
wofull groan was an evidence of che forrow he conceived ac
the conclufion of the Friar's Sermon: But at length recolleéting himfelf, he
anfwered in che manner following.
Though J'OUhave denied me all the requeft1 1made to )'OUr Mej{engers, yet it wou!d 6e a
great fatúfaélion tome, to grant me the favour onely to exprefs your fe/ves
6y
a
more 1kflfull
andJaithf,dl lnterpretcr, becaufa the M11nner1 and politic11l Live1
oJ
Men are better under–
ftood by difcourfe, than by f,gns or aétion1; for though you may be Men endued with e:,;tra–
ordim1ry vertue1 and abilities, yet unlefsyou ma~ them
appe.trto me by wórd1 and difcourfe,
1jha/1 never be made capable to 1mderftand them
6y
out
ward jign1 andgejfores: For
if
there
be a necejfity of a common Language between 1Vation1, whodejire commerce and converfation
togethcr, much more ú it requijite between peop!e fo remote
tU
we are; for indeed to treat
by lnterpreter1 ignorant of both Tangues, ú liJ:t the inarticulate found of dweftick Animals;
and fuch,
O
Man ofGod, feems thú difcourfe thou hajf made me
by
thú lnterpret~r.
And
now, fo far
tU
f
underftand, methink¿ the difcourfe feem1 m,uch dijferent to whatyour Am–
baf{adour1 late/y propounded , for they treated of nothing but Peace 1nd Friendjhip, of Alli–
a~e and Confanguinity; but now a/L the Word1 of thú
Indian
are nothing but Menaces of
Wars, and Death, and Fire, and Sword, with theExtirpation anaBanijhment of the
Incas,
and their Proge'!); and that 1muft voluntari!y, or byforce, renounce a right to my J(ingdom,
and become Trib,itary to another. . From whe~ce 1co/leéf one of thefe twothings ; that either
you andyour Prinr;e are Tyrants; and rove 11bout to p!under the World, and to difpof{efs o~
ther1 of their Kingdoms, kj_//ing and fpoi!ing thofa who orve you nothing, and ha11e never
of–
feredyou injury or vio!ence; or otherwifeyou are the Miniftm
of
God ( called by m
Pacha-
camac)