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R(l_Yal Commentaries.

4tahualpa

[em

for much GoH and Silv:er

for

paymeni: of his Ranfome, whicl1

rhouglia-maifed.if.ljgreacquaf.l(ities, y~r wanted mucli of ariíing ro che line which

was

d~wri ;.

ío

r~ar ic feemed almofl imp.offible co comply .with che promifes

wlúch

Attihua!p.,a

had made; w.berefore

mtSpaniards·

i:nurmQted, and faicl,

That

Jfoce che Pri foner _Had

mpt

ccp~11plie~.

:,µ.~

tlie_pr.ómifes.. bé. had given wichin rhe

time

pref.ixed, rhey could

QOt

but

~ufpeét tliac.

the[e

d~ays were made on de–

~~1~

no

affemble ~rna:ter nur,n~~r-s, of _Sp~di~fS,. who~mighc _be able _to ~afier

and'

foil.

tbe:111;_,

a.ncf the11,free aP.d- refc~ tneir

~mg, Tñe

Spamards

bemg 1ealous of

fon:ii- íu,cli pnoiftt, appeared angry and~difcol'ltemt:d',;. whicq

Atal3ualP4

pem1iving

bY.· choii;

countenance,

fo .

~~·

'Yas,

v~!l}! q~ic.15,

appr~h_éilOon , dbnanded ché

aau.fü

. ofd1at

t_rQllbl~ wlv1:.fü-:appearecl·mrcfüi!r face~:

wht~ft

Wlíeo

he had under–

íl.Qoá,

fr.oin

$rfÍ¡¡cifpi

Rif11r.ro.

;,

·oer'

an.lw.ei:

ect,) rhat

if\ hiY

;r~~r~

info.rm

~d of the,

gp~~o

clHfance,

Gf

gi~

plafes;

-~ 0~

1

;Y.l~e,nc;e

· ..

Bt

~.a$

__

t_f!_

~;<tp,

91s yeí)e;s

Qf

G?l~

<1~:S1,hie1:r

they w,ould not; ~Fl~rp 1n fusn·,5_ar4 _tbo~@\ts,p{ ¡~ajo~µ~ cp~c.€r_QmgJ

ílJS,

mtfA~ons,;

f@r tbe,

f}fea~~!f

,P~;t:plJiis;

~ n,g>we.

.'W<lSr~ ,be:,~Fq.qgbt..from,

Coz.–

'

e~

l(a;f,acamac,1f¿g. uiitu,,_

ª'!ld-(~~era[lqt~.-

e;.:!1rg3i~~.6$,. ~ñ!:ñé!{I;reft

par~?(

which

,was,

f

f!_ch11~ª11?ª~?J

agd wac,,,~as

_él;

lea_

e._i,ggty

J;¡}agµes

,9i.fü

!nt;,

t:bat

fo~{}

was two,

ñundred Leagues off, and

~ir¡.-j

th!ee-R~ñdr$d·; and·that

if

~ge¡Y

-~~?}ibt~d

1

of

-th~

lil:tI.th.ot

wJJat,

4~ affirmed,,~~ei·m~.Qt~,

i,(

1

~eY.,R~~a(ed,,

f;nqr_!pflm(¡r~

1nt0.th

~fe

. g~r;C& co.

~ &

ap<¡J¡f~ v.

<nt

tp.~:r1;ea(u~~;'wfüPtli

0.

~:~91th~e,

:-ªP.S

!_!?J?~.

Rl~

c.ts.

:?f rhat

~g_d@1n_;.

ami~

Q.

1

~.1~g

~.us,~9r

1

wi1sfi:

ifii

.cw~p.t.~\

tb~r.e9~

puga~.

PélY,

t½~t1-1(el\les.–

'r-'ll:fi·1

the~

QW.~

pa~ds, ·, ~ }~e .!_m;1!J?~5~J;V.tpg

~hat

th,~ ·JN¡izq{d{,_'~O~ t~d of

tf.eir

ücun.t~

Wl&9-,,tíl0~

1

wpg~

,h~

WR/-llp

,e~p!8YvtOrf (2~~~}tt\k¡¡µ, lj<t\t~~fh·'!i';~a-;,

füres ;

he

toki

1

rh@m~,

e~

w.Q.íJí!h€,

w~

-~n,<:;~

1

afus

11

c~e_;¡..~f;e ~cure,, anqLQ~eaed

not to fear ar doÜbt of ihei;-f:iffi"tJI-: .Pil?qn,

'NüiJ;!pc{fe:,iJ~~Wr. Jpt.o~

·ánd'.

r,~t,,e.n

</.1.:i

Barco,

Native of che Town of

L;'Gon;

refolved'

fo'

travel as

iat atb·léo .

.

Wlien

·

Atahualpa

underíl:ood that

Hernando

would leave him , he was much troubled

5

for having beeri the firíl: Chrifüan he had feen, he entercained a particular kind-.

nefs-fór ñis P-eríon, oelievmg·

rrurt

orr

aU· omrfions amr emergencies

he-

wou14

preve

his

Friend and Protecl:our. Howfoever, he durfr not fay any ching againíl:

' bis going, le(l: ic íhould beget a jealoufie, and contradiét che profer he had rnade,

and which the

Spaniattiir1md

accep,red: :BefideS'lthef~

twC'1"6paniards,

four others

refolved to cravel into·óther Provinces for difeb~ery of rheTreafures which chey

' yielded; one therefore defignedfor

f2.J!itu,

another for

HuayllM,

another for

Hua–

machucu,

and a fourch ÍQr

Sicillapampa

;.

all which, befides their prirnary int~ncion

of difrnv:eny,

Jieceiv.ed

: Imíl:fucl:i©ns:

to

obierve_

w

hetlfrér 3in;y Levici were.making

for refcue of their King

Atahualpa_

from bis_Prifqn ; but

bé,

poor Man, being

far

from fu[pecl:ing che Faith and'Promjfes

whkh

rHe

Spa~i11rd.r·

bae

given hiril, .bufied

- bis thoughts on no_ocher contrivances, chao the ways

to

amafs füch quantities of

Gold and Silver as he had bargained wich che

Spaniards

for his Ranfome,' not

dG>.~bting.but up.o~cbe deli~e1ty thereof~} <:?-.~~~~;his ~bai.n~.~

pq_Sh_ackl@s.kqoc:

ked

?ff.

~pon_wfüd1 fuppoijc1~~

1'lt

_!ncl't.Q!9e.re.d'.

pl)}2I~ck l'>i-odam

_atJ.Qn

to .

~e.macle

m

atl tus Kmgdoms,. to receive.

~ ó

t!ie:JC

tbe

.Chnthans, travelling finglY, 1nto re–

moce pares

witñ.

ioy and' kind ti:eatrt1ent

in'

atf

pl¡¡ces wh.ere they fhould arrive :

In1vircue

of

wnich Comrnand

fraro;

rge-

l r,cd,

~d

odr

qf

an opinion which

che

JnJi¡:¡n,s

encertai~d~ tha-t

d'1e

SpaJJ.idridJ

wete,

G0ds, ancl.Meffenge¡¡s of th@ moft

l-lígtt God; ( as, cbey, cñemfelves.·,t¡::gofo~4.

.ft.M

µubJiíhed in.

:{ll

place~) and were

córifirmed

in

a

odiet tbcreqf fr<W1.tbé

?,éUoniQf

P'eter

de

Capdia,

who ki!Jea

che

wild

Beaíl:s {as.

ha.ve

.

f_;M-)'

,j~

7'ú..1?-1Pii1-

they teceive.d:

d;i_~JE

hJ.

their Towns

and' Villages wtfü

áll

thf!;h'o.h6ur; jpy,.

1

a.r.d

kiod treatmeoc

cftac

they were ,c'ible to

exprefs. They pre(ence.d t'h~(n

wito.

Gifü,,

and fuch curiofities-as tñeir Coumrey

yielded, and offereaSattµkes

t,q

chem·;,

for out o{ tiheir 4Qt1.ndant firpplicity and

Úiperfü&ion chey eíl:ee·med

o( tne

Spanif1rd,,.

á"sG'od's :

Añd

tbough-

they were noc

ignorant of eñe g

~eat1la.ia#1ter

,the.y ltad cp~tpj~te.d 1,n;ion

tl're-l~di,ans

in

Caf[am~rca,

and on chofe wh1ch endeavoure.d to mak~ tñe~r e'fcape, yec fhll they rnamtame-d

an opiniom, tbat chey,wfile Gods,

out

crud

and

terrible, aod fuch as were

to

be

appeafed with Sacriñces-~ and thoug& thefe angry Deities were never to be

per[eaded into that gentle M0od of dojng g_ood to them ,. yec perha¡:1s they

mighc be

~tened',

and relltáined :from domg_them farcher mifchiefs.