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Royal

Commentaries.

BooKI.

CH A P.

XXV.

~he

great

tüitíult

and d:zfl'urhance which happéned between

tlíe

Iñldíans

a1td

th'é

Spattia:rd's.

Inca"

óbíerving the.inabilicy of the focerpreter, endeavoured

affift

him

expreffing his·Anfwer : Firíl:, by uttering his Speech by fhort¡eri-

,. ods, ca'uftng hirn ro

éxptéís

one chirig; befare hé proceeded to another , an , fe–

cohdf

fpake·

iñ

the Langüage of

Chinqafuyu,

wnich che Incerpreter underíl:ood

better tháfr

the

Language

óf

Couo

;

by which mea'ns

Philippi!lio

did better exprefs

che fenfé anci'intentioti' of che

Incd,

though he diµ it

a moíl: barbarous man~er.

foon as che

Inca

had ended bis difcoúrfé, che *éépersof che

f2/!ipm

were com–

mañded ro note che feñfe.

imd

párcicular~ of .ali diihgs delivered by their Knots,

which were the onely cyphér they liad whereby to conferve their craditioñs

fu-

cure

Ages-.

· By chis time che

Spaniirds'

growiñfweary of chis long and cedious difc9urfe, be–

gan to quiftheir pfaces, áñd cc:irné

up clofe co the

Indiam,

to fighc wiih chem, and

rob them of

their

Jé'wels of Gola, ahd Silver, and precious Stones, wich whrch

chey_had thar day decked ·chemfelves, ch'at

a fqlemn rnanner chey mighc appear

ill' cheir finefy, to receive che Embaífy which was fent

them

from che Univerfal

Monarch of theWorld : Sorne

Spaniit,-ds

alfo climbed_ a liccle Tower cb plunder

Ido!, whicli chey had adorned

with

Places ofGold, and Silver, and pretious Stones

the wliith outrage cau[ed greac noife and tumult amongíl: the

B1dians;

which when

che

Inca

percéived, he cried out with a loud voice to his people, that they tbould

neither húrt, nor offend che

·Spaniards,

though chey !hould take or

kill

their

King

Himfelf.

0.n

which paífage

BlM Valerct

takes occafüm to fay, That

God by che

prefence ofQueen

Efther

mollified the Spiric

King

Ahafmm

by means of

the Holy

Crdís,

which the good Friar

Va/verde

held in bis hand, he ch:mned the

Spirit of tliis Cholerick and Warlike Prince

Atahualpa,

noc onely

a degree of

gemlenefs, and quiet temper, bue even to an entire fubrniffion, and humble refig–

mition : che which we oughc to attribute to a Miracle of the divine Merey ; for

God defigning

reduce this people to a knowledge of che ctue Doétri!le of the

Holy Gofpel, was pleafed by chis, and other miratulous iníl:ances, whid1 we fhall

find fcattered in divers places of chis Hiíl:ory, to operare on the Spirits of chis bar–

barous peop)e.

Sorne Wricers blame Friar

Vd/verde

for chis difotder, faying, chac

lie

moved che

Spaniards

thereumo, and encouraged thern to lay ·hands ón cheir

Weapons, requiring them to doe jufüce, and cake revenge for the affront which che

Kin~ had given chem, by throwing che Book on che ground which ¡:he Friar had

put into his hand ; and fome

[~y

chis could noc be che caufe, for chac neither che

Friar delivered aBook into che hands of the King, nor <lid he receive it:

Bue

che

truth of ali was chis, Friar

Va/verde

íl:arrled ac a fudden out-cry ofche

Jndi'ans,

arofe

up on a fudden from che feac on which he face, difcourfing wirh rhe King; and

._ running in haíl:e; his Book, and rhe Crofs which he held in his hand, fell on che

' ground ; and then catching chemup again, he ran with fpeed, crying co his Com–

panions, tbat they fhould offer no hure

che

lndians,

for

chat At11hualpa

was kind

and well affetted towards them, and thac he obferved by his Anfwers, and de-

1~ands his good _imentions,

fatisfie them in all marters according to his 'capa–

rny ; bue the no1fe and ouc-cryof che people was fuch, thac che voice of che Friar

was noc heard amongíl: thern. And here ic is to be noced, chac ir is not true

whac fome Hiíl:orians report of

Atahualpa,

chac he fhould fay, "

You believe rhat

Chrift is God, and that he died :

adore the Stm and the Moon, which are immortal :

And who taught you, that your God created the Heaven and the Earth?

To ,vhich

Va/verde

maae aófwer,

This Boak__hath taught it to m:

Then the King cook it in

:: his h_and, and ope~ing che Leaves, laid it to his E~r ; and noc hearing ir fµeak

ro him, he chrew 1t upon the ground. Upon wbICh, they

fay,

chac che Friar

'.' ílarring