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Royal Commentaries.
477
CH A P.
XXXVII.
Of the lnformation
anJ Procefs
which
W/15'
given in,
ami
11,;de agaivfl
Atahualpa.
T
HE Trial
of
ArabtiaÍpd
was iong and folemll, though
G(JTJ1ara
touches up©n
ii:
in fhort. Bue che manner was chis:
· The Governour himfelf was Lord Chief Jufüce
of
the Bencb, and wirh hirn
prelided
Don
Diego
de
Almagro,
his Cómpanion; che Clerk of the Come was
San–
cho de
CJ1e!Lar;
chete was alío an
Attómey
General
appoinced
iu
bebalfof che King;
and Coundl allowed for
Atahualp11;
and cichers-were affignoo to bring
in
che
Wicneíles, and caké cheir TeftimO'nies upon twelve feveral lrnerrogacories; tnere
were alfo cwo ocher Jtidges named,
Có
oe
Affiftancs, and give
cheir
opini0lilS
m
che Cafe, whom, for re[ped, I chink not
fit
to nominate, though théy were
fuf-
ficiencly known to trie.
,
The
firfl:
Incerrogatóry was
chis : Did
you know.
Huajna
Capac
and
h.isWives?
and ho~ many ha_d ,he? The
2d.
Was
H11afc~r
ln~a_
his
lawfolly begotten ~un.
and Heir of chis K.ingdom? and was
Atah11~li a
1lleg1t1mate,
anda Bafrard, aod
not Son of che King, bue offome
Jndian
of
uitu
?
The 3d.
Had
the
blClt
(¡)rlner
Sons beíides thoíe before mentioneQ? The +t ·. Did
AtahHalp,
inhetit
this Hm–
pjre by virtue of bis FachelsTeíl:ament, or did he ufurp it by J'yrann~? Tlm
·)th.
Was
Hnafcar
diíinherited of his Kingdom br bis Father's Td'táment1 brwas he
declared Heir? The 6th. Was
Hua[car
íl:il living, or
was
he dezd? or di<rhe:
dye a natural Death, or was he killeti by order
0f
AttthH11lra?
'á1,1d when;
was
ir,.
either before or lince che coming of the
SpaniardJ
t
The
7,th.
Was.
Auhualptt
an
ldolacer? and did he command bis _Subjeéts to facrifice Meo aml Chífdren?
The
8th. Did
Atahualpa
raife unjuíl: Wárs? and was. he
guíley
of tBe Bloud of
i:nucb
People? The 9th. Did
Atahualpa
entertain many Coru:ubines? Thé
1
oth, Ii>kt
At1hua!pa
receive che Tribute of
the
Empire fine~ the
Spaniard,
·tóok che poffeffiotJ
of it? and did he confume and embezle ic ? The
1 1
tb.
Oo·
yon
knów
-ihát
fince che coming in of tbe
Spaniatd1
thac
ÁtahHalpa
hath given Prefencs ot
Gifts
om of che Royal Treafury to bis Kindred and Capcains? and
how,
at1d
itú~bar
1nanr1er hath lie embezled and waíled the Weafch of the PubHck~ The
i
1th.
Do you know that King
Arahua!pa
hach fince his lmprifonrrlmf created Mth
any
Captains and Souldiers
to
rebell, and raife War againíl: the
Spanlards?
ahd
whit
Levies of Men, and what Preparacions of
Amis
have been made·for War?
Up•
qn thefe lncerogatories they examined ten foveral Perfo~; fevm of wbich
were
Servams to che
Spaniards,
and chree of them were·not, that fo tbey might
nor.ap;pear
to
be their Creacures) yec they all declared-whatfoever
Philipilio
put into
1
their
Mouchs, as
Gomara
affirms. Onely there was oneWitoefs, who was none of che
Servams belonging
to
che
Spaniards,
called
f}_yefje,
who was Captain of
aCom–
pany, ' being che laíl: that was
to
be examined , fu[peéting that the Interprerer·
would fay fomeching which he had not cefüfied, he, to prevent it, anfwered
in
fhort, either in the Affirm1tive, or .in che Negacive, faying eicher
r,
wliich
is
yes, or
Manam,
which is no.. And leíl: che Interprecer íhould falfifie thefeWords;
which ~ere not well underíl:_ood _hy che Perfons prefenc? when he,fpake_in che
affirmat1ve, he would nod w1ch h1s Head cwo or chree nmes, and when m the
negative,,he would íhake wich his Head and his Right-hand, at which the Judges
rriuch admired, being·pleafed with che fübtilcy of che
Jndian.
Howfoever the·
Deach of
Atahualp;1·being
determined, Sencence was paífed upon him, and accor–
dingly he was execuced, as we have already declared, chough many of them, as
well fuch as belon¡:.,e<l
to
Pifarro;
as thoíe who carne with
Almagro,
who were
of
a generous Spirit, diffenced, and protei'.l:ed againíl: che Faél:. The Names of che
mofl: eminent :imongíl: chem were
Francifco de Chaves,
and
Diego de Chavu,
who
were Brothers, and Natives of
Truxillo, Francifco de
F11entes, Pedro
de A;ala, Die~a
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