4000003871

Royal

Commentarin.

BooK

bad

.;L

p~riíh~r;l wi,th ,cold, bad they not been reliev~d by the

Jndians,

and con–

ducl:ed

fome warm caves, -' hereof time are many

thac paíTage, which were .

hewen out of the Rocks.for receptiori of Travellers.

The

Spapiards

no~ having_ been a,cquainted_wich che ruggednefs of the

"'.ªYS,

had

not provided chemfe\ves w1th Si)oes for ~he1r Horfes, nor Sm1chs to nail chem ;

for wanc

which cheir Horfe~ nad, fufl:ered ·much , had not che

Indians

melced

fome 'of 'él-ie1r Cold and 'Silver, and ,therewich.forged Shoes of Gold, inítead of

Iro

n, for

che

u[e

of cheir Horfes.

Gomara

at the end of ché 114th Chapcer of

li)is

60.qk.

men~ic;ms ~his, paílage in the[e words

1 'Fw

want of !ron,

fome

food their-,

Bor/es :witl¡,Sifver, avd- fome with Gold.

Afrer rnany füch d~ff:icultie? and hardfh1ps as tl1efe,

.Jf_ernando Pifarro

and

Cháll

(ttchima

arrived in

Ca./Tamarca

;

where

Challcuchima

being about to enter into the

place where the Inca•r~':nain~d, -and·hav~ng

firíl

puc .off his_Sho~s, anp caken fcme–

thing.·on his íhoulders in token of ferv1cude ,, he w1ch much tendern~fs buríl: out

inco cears

foon as he faw hís ~ing _i.n, Chains, and Jadeµ wich_lron, attributing

bis Imprifonment by_

e~~

Span_iards

~1s owr defaµlc a~d ;il;>fence.

Bue

che

Inca

rep

ied, thac his ·abfence was noc to, be blamed, nor could any ocher c:mfe be aí–

íigned hereof, than onely-che Detree of the

Pacbacamac,

of which rnany Prophe–

cie6 and Prognofücations had for many years paíl: preceded, forecelling their Inva–

íicn by new and unknown Nacions, who fhould déflroy their Religion, and

füb–

verc cheir Ernpire ; as

his

Fatlm

HÍtayna Capac

had foretold at che hour of his

Deach. And for better aífurance' of the truth hereof,

foon as he was caken,

fenc to

Couo'to

cqpfült with ~is,Father che Sun, and with che otf1er OrJC!es,

which refolved Qg_eíl:ions and Demands in bis Kingci,om, and pa:rcicula11ly wich che,

prating Ido! in

che VaJl

ey of

Rimac

which notwichíl:anding its fonner readine[s

of fpeech was

beco.me

íilent; and what was mofl:

be admired,

was,

thac che

hidden Oracle in che Temple of

Pachacamac,

which had undercaken on all occa{i.

ons

anfwer the doubcs and quefüons which were made concerning che fucce!fes

of Kings and great Men, was alfo become dumb; and made no aníivers. And

though ic was tole! to chac Oracle chat their

Inca

was held in Chains, and was con–

jured by;d

to af1vife a remedy for his releafe, he became deafand filem: And

moreover c'

f.te

Prieíl:s, an& fuch

formerly encercained free and familiar difcour–

fes wich ~be qclier Oracles, ~epo~eg, thac cbey w_ere noc able to obtain an anfwer,

or fcrew out the leaíl: word from thern ; for wh1ch cau[e

At11hualpa

faid, chac he

was greacly croubled and difl:~aéted in h~.cho?ghcs, fearing, leíl: his Father che

Suo

had abfolucely abandoned him ; for otherw1fe he would noc have cied

che

momhs of bis ldols on a füdden, which he had formerly caufed to be free and

familiar wich devouc períons, n_ocfuffering tl1em

advife, and yield them com–

forc

in cheir ultimare diíl:refs :

Ali

wbich were certain and unevitable íignals of

their approaching mifery, and alienaüon of cheir Empire. The[e and füch

/ad

apprehen(ions

Atahualpa

uttered with extreme grief of hearc to bis General

Chal!cu–

chima

in che Prifon where he was, beginning then to feel therangs of confcience

for his Treafon and Rebellion againfl:

Huafaár;

in reward o which, and of ali

ocher che Tyrannies and Cruelcies he had committeq againíl: him and

bis

family

he confeffed himfelf

be now juíl:ly punifhed with the

croubles and anguifl;

.io

hi.,s

,own

Soul.

·.

CH A P.