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" granted .or Freedom intended. Afterwards fixty of thefe Advencurers recur–
" ned in[o
Spain,
having made a Divifion of their Spoils, which amounted to ·
'' forty or fifty.thoufand Pieces of Eight aMan, befides che fifth which appertai~
" ned ro His Majefty. Thefe ferfons deparned afi:er
Hernando Pifarro,
and over–
c,
took him at
Nombre de Dios,
where chey embarked) and returned alcogether in
" company co
Spain.
Thus we fee how all Authours· agree cogether in che fame
Relation of chis matter,
.
Soon -after the Departure of
Hernando Pifarro, Hernarido de Soto
and
Pedro del Bar–
co
recurned from
Cow,
giving a Repprt of che Riches which they had feen in
chat City, as alfo in che Temples ofthe Sun, and in the Palaces of the late Kings,
in the' Forcrefs, and in the Sanétuaries, and private Cells, where the Devil en–
tertained Difcourfes with cheir Wizards, Prieíl:s, and others his Votaries; ali
whiéh places being el:teelJ\ed facrced,, were.adorn~d with Gold.
ami
~lver; ~he
like report
was,
alfo broughc by che
otheu
four D&overers. The
_SpamardJ
bemg
highly pleafetl with this News, w·ere im_paüent
urnm
_they cou:ld take poffeffion,
ofthefe Treafures; which thac chey mighc hafien winn che more convenience and
ferurity, they fpeedily determined che Deach of
At11hualpa,
to prev<mt the infur–
reétions of the People, chat wich che more ~afo~ and with che leaíl: oppoGtion,
they might feize the Gold and SHver which wa-s lodged in the Impevial Cicy, and
in otheli·
(l)artS.
Boch dne aforefaid Authours agree in all che material drcumílances
relating to the Deáth qf
Atahualpa;
wherefore we íhall repeac che very Words of
L9pe:,;,
de
G(JrYlar~,
fpecífied in che
119th
Chapter of his Book, the Titfe of which
is
as followeth.
I
•
1.
CH A P.
XXXVI.
Of the Death of
Atahualpa;
and horJi he was an:aigned
by
·
Juflice, and upon the
J
alfe lnformation and Teflimo-ny
which was· given againfl hi111.
T
HE
Death of
.í'ltahaliba
was forwarded by a means, the Jeaíl: expeél:ed, for
·-;~',
l'hilipilio,
the lnterpreter, falling
in
love with one of che Wives of
A1a–
"
bali6.q•;whom
he intended co marry, afcer he was dead, raifed a reporc, chac
~
.~11~11.li.h11.
had fectetly
!
~nd
under hand,. given order to
I
raife fyien, whereby
·:\to
overcome' che Chníbans, and free htmfelf. So foon as chis report carne
;'
td
be f~read, and noifed atilongíl: che
Spttniardi,
cheir 1e:tloufie creaced a Be-
5
lief;
fo
that fome Gried out to have
him
killed, for fecuricy of cheir own Lives;
;' arld of thofe Kiogdotns; othets were of opinion, thac che'y íhould noc imbrue
4
their Hands in che :Bloud of
fo
great a Prince, chough never fo faulcy, bue ra–
,, cher that they íhould fend him
to
the
Emperour: This certainly had been che
'' beíl: ,ourfe, bue the other prevatled by means (as fome report) of chac parcy
" which carne with
Almagro;
for they conceiving thac no íhare of the Spoil
" would appertain unco tnem, during che Life of
Ataba/iba,
and uncill the condi–
" tions were complied wich, which, according co Agreemenc, were made for bis
" ranfome; and
Pifarrs
being alfo ofopinion, tbat his Death would' free che
Sp¡y
"
niard1
of much trouble, and render tne Conqueíl: and Poífeílion of che Countrey
. " múch more eaíie , a refolution was taken by general c.cnfent to puc him to
" Deach.
In ordei: co which, that things mighc appear with a becrer face of Ju–
~
füce,
an
En'diétment.
was brought againíl: him for che Mmther of his Brorher
Íluafc11r
.,