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DOOK

R oyal

Co:nmeJJt.:iries.

Hutifcv.r,

King of rho[e Countrie,, and for defigning to rai[e Vhr againíl: rhe

Spania,d1,

though chis laíl: \Yas a fal[e and malitious fuggefüon of

Phi!ipillio;

who

" brought rhe

Jndiam

for \iVimeffes, making rhern ro fay whar he plea[ed ; and

" in

regare! rhe

Spani,1rd1

underíl:nod not che Language, whereby

crofs exa–

" mine

rhe Wimeífes, all thac

Philipillio

alledged paífed for currem, and good

" Teftimony; how[oever

Atabaliba

füfly denied ir, faying, Thac fuch an Accu–

fati

on could have no ground of Reafon in it, confidering thar he remai–

" ned under fuchGuards, and Chains, thacit was impoffible for him to make

" an

eícape ; . wbereíore he perfiíl:ed in his Denial, threacning

Phi!ípif!io ,

and

" detiring che

Spaniard1

to give no credence

bis \iVords. Afrer Sentence of

" Dearh was paífed upon him, he ,complained much of

F-rancifco Pifam,

for

" thar having promi[ed him his Life upon paymenc of che Ranfome agreed ,

'' he afterwards faltered with hirn, and puc him to Death. Wberefore he

" earnefüy intreared him rather to craníporc him into

Spain,

chao ro imbrue

" his Hands in rhe Bloud of a Perfon who had never offended him ,

bue

" 1:ather enriched him, and done hirn good.

As tbey carried hirn ro Exe–

" cúcion, chofe who arrended to comforc him, advi[ed him

deftre Bap–

" ciíin befare he dyed, for chac wichoric chac cbey tbreacned to bum hirrí

" alive: Whereupon being bapcized , he was bound to a Poíl: ; and chere

'' firangled: His· Burial was celebraced according to the Manner and Rites of

" Chriíl:ians,

Pifarro

alfo put him[elf i11to rnourning, and perforrned his

Fu–

" nerals wich Pomp, and Solemnity. As to tbo[e who were the cau[es of

" his Death, Divine Vengeance overtook chem for chis fin ;

that in a

" íhorc time afterwards chey carne all co unhappy ends , as will appear in the

" fequel of chis Hiíl:ory.

Thus

Atabaliba

dyed by a violen

D_earb , before

" which he ordered his Body

be carried

~itu,

and there buried a–

,, rnongíl: che Kings, his Anceíl:ours by che Móther's fide.

che

BaptÍGn

he·

" defired was from bis heart, moíl: happy he, bue if not, tfae Murchers and

" 'Bloud he was guilry of wilt be fec

his Account in che World to come.

" ·He was nacurally of a good Diípolition, wi[e, courageous; frank and open

" hearced. He had many Wives, and left fome Children: Though he ufur–

,, ped che Dominions of bis Brocher

H1tafcar,

yet he would neYer aífume che

" purple Wreach , or Di~dem , untill he was imprifoned ; rior would he ever

" fpit upon tbe Ground , bue, for Majeíl:y and Scace, ( wh~fi he had occa–

" fion) he would fpic in the Hand of a principal Laqy, whom he .<loved:

" The

Jndian,

_were in greac admiration, when they heard of his untirnely,

'' Dearh, which chey eíl:eemed for an accornplifhment .of che Prophecy of

Hua(car,

who being of che true and legitimare Off.fpring of the Sun, ·was

" divinely in[pired to forerell che corning of bis fpeedy Fate. Thus far are the

Words of

Lopc:i:., de Gomara.

Bue

to remrn nmv to the Remarks which chis Auchou~makes on che

ilI

In–

teprecation of chis

Philipil!io,

and how he fuborned che

Jndian

Witneífes to te–

füfie whacfoever he dt?fired ; he concludes chat che faulc was chiefly bis,

regard

·1al the

Spaniards

wanting Language, could neirher examine the rnat-

1nr

dive inco ,che Truch of ir. And hence we may colleét what falfe

,rfeét Nocions he muíl: have rendred to che

lndians

che Cacholick

that as for want of a true

tt.:iei

1:anding of the

l ndian

Language,

He1

, "·

Sqto ,

and

Pedro del Barco,

abandc-

Huafcar ,

and expo'fed bis

Life

rhl,

fubtilcy of his Brother; fo alfo

Ataba/iba

dyed, and both chefe powerfull

Kings incurred che

farr..

fate for want of true underíl:anding, and faichfull

In–

terpretation of all 111atcer~.

Atah11alpa

ordereci hi,; ~0r1y c0 be enterred in

~itu,

amongíl: che Relacions

of bis Mocher , rarher than in

Cow,

with che Anceflours of his Fathe

r; for

chough che Funerals of Kings were much more pornpous and íl:arely

Coz.cu,

chan che Solemhicies u[ed by che

Caciques

~ítu

vet

conftdering how de–

teíl:able his Memory would be to the People of

e~-

,·

for

cl-;e Cruelries and

Murthers he had commitred on cheir natural Kings , he believed chachis Bo–

dy would be abufed, and bis A/hes never fuffered quietly

repofe in 1he

Sepulchre of his Anceíl:ours ; and for thac reaíon he chofe rarher to be buried

p p

amongft

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