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Commentaries.

A P.

XXVII.

ffow

ihe

Spaniards

t.ook.. the King

Atahualpá;

H E

Sp11nijh

Horfe fallying forth, attacked th~ Squadrons of the

Jndia111,

and

r-an-them chrough wich cheir Lances, withouc any oppofüion, and at the

fame time

D. Francifco Pifarro,

and his lnfantry, affail€d

Atahualpa

wÍth

í:heir

fury ; for rhey imagined, that

cafe they could once make chemfelves Maíl:er of

that Jewel, ( which

was the King}

they íhould foon gain all the Treafures of

Peru;

bue che

lndians

with

grea.tnumq.er~

encompaffmg the King's Chair, did not offend

the

Spaniards,

but o

ely endeavoured to deferid ana cover their King from hure

and mifchief: Howfoever the

Spaniards

wounded them on ali·fides, and lanced

them through the lides, though they defended not themfelves, onely interpofed

i'heir'bodies becweeil the King-and the

Spani'ards;

in·

fine, with muéh ílaughter

tbey 0pened their \~ay to theKing; the firíl that carne up to him was

Francifco

Pifarro,

who laying hold on h1s Veíl:ments, fell with him to -the ground, though

fome Hiíl:orians fay thac he took him by che Locks, which were very long ; buc–

thac was a mifiake, for the

lncM

wear very íhort Hair.

íhort, che

Sp11niards

having overthrown

Atahua!pa,

they took him Prifoner

contirmation of which

trurh,

·comara

hach thefe words

" There was not one

Spaniard

either killed or

'' wounded, onely

Francifco .Pit¡arro.received

a finalLhurc in his hand

a bJ9w of

" one of his own Souldiers, who-füook ac

Atahnalpa

to knock him clown ;

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whence it is teporced, that ic was óot

Pit¡arrg,··but

another which took che King

Prifoner: J\i\T¡i:h which Words

Gomara_

ends bis

3th Chapcer.

. Now to add unéohis Hiíl:ory, whac he hath omitced, ( as we have declared we

would) we,aver, thac this'Souldier was called

'Michael Aftere,

who afrerwards

li–

ved in che Cicy of

Huamanca,

where he poífeífed,fome Lands, and commanded

over the,

Jndians.

When

Atahaafpa

was ,fallen, chis Souldier cook off che coloured ·

Wreath wbich encircled bis Temples, the which was as bis Crown or Lau–

rel of Royalty, and kept ic for bis prize; wlñich gave occafion for the report,

tihat

Atahualpa

was taken Prifoner by che Souldier, and n9t by

Pifarro;

bue be che

matter how ir will, fmce bQth vvere

near cogecher, and che thing doubcfulI,

the Honoµr oughc ca be· given to the chief Commander : Hovvfoever

Michael

4.ftcre

kept che coloured Wreath by him, umill the year r

vvhen he be–

:fiovved

on che

Inca Sayritupac,

vvho cheri deferted the Mogmains to vvhich he

vvas rerired, as íhall,be related in ics due place.

The

Indians

fe~ing cheir King caken,. and che

Spaniards

íl:Hl

purfuing them wich

wounds and ílaughrer, íl:aid no longer, ~uc all put themfelves to flighc,; bue_not

being able co make cheir efcape by che way, ( for the Horfe h_ad poífeífed them–

[elves

of that pafs) they made cowards a certain Wall, builc of freezed Scone,

-the time of the Great

.Jnca Pachacutec,

when he had conquered

Ca./Jamarca

and

being in greac multírudes, and many hands, they oveNurned above a hundred

paces of che VVall, and climbed over che Ruines, over which tqe Horfe noi be–

ing able to follow chem~they efcaped into the Plains. And here a cert.ain Au–

·rhour fairh, thac che Srones of thefe Walls were more tender and compaffionate,

·than che hearr.s of che

Spaniards;

becaufe chac beiog charm~d wirh pity for che

·miferies of the poor

lndians,

they trembled and fell, to make way for cheir flighc

and efcape.

Sorne Hiíl:orians fay, chac

theSpaniards

not fatisfied co fee rhem fly,

.purfued and rnafficted them, uncill che nighc puc an end

their cruelty

And

then,afterwards raking che plunder of the Field, they divided che fpoil which con–

fified of Jewels, Gold, Silver, and many pretious Stones. And

Lope,:,

de Gomara

,giving a relarion hereof in che

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4th Chapter of bis Book ; fairh , " Thac.in

" che Palace and Bath of

Ataba/iba

onely chey found five thoufand Women;

" which rhough forrowfull and de(timte, yet they puc on a chearfu11 coúnte–

nance when they faw che Chriíl:ians treating chem with Prefems of tine Gar-

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