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¡he De.ath ·of the(e t'wo Brother-Kings; ( oi- ~ath~r-En~mies)

Hua[car

;nd

Atahua!¡'a]f.tbe Spaniar'di

became,abfolúte Lords and Maíl:ers of both tbeir

·Kingdoms; thete being none remaining

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clefend. the.People, or.make head

againíl: them; for th€·rate of the

lnctU,

being almoíl: extin&, the

Jndians

were

Jike Sheep without aShepherd, having none to govern ·thellrl, eicher in Peace or

·War; and befüles, the Civi:P and intefüneDifcords becween che Faétions of

Huef–

·car

ang

'Atahualp_a

were become irrecor.dleabfe, fo that.

botb1

Parcies, being defi–

rous to gratiíie tqe

Sp11niards,

made them the Iníl:rurnents of each other's Revenge.

Moreover thofe.Captains who were of

Atahualpa's

_party were divided amongíl:

thernfelves; for fome of them,made head againft the

Spaniards.

as we íhall fee

hereafter, and others disbanded the Armies 'under their Command, with inten–

tion to fec up an

Inca

of their bwn choice, fuppofing that he would be ·more ·

kiad ano -indulgenc to them than a firange Prince; the 'Perfon

wbom

they elec–

ted was

Paullu;-

the Son of

Huayna Capac,

being one of thofe who had made bis

efcape from ~he Cruelty

ofAtahualpft.

,The Perfon who had the principal hand

tfüs Eleétion, was the Major General

.f2!!iUJ.uiz,

who was in

Cuntifo;u

when

the News carne ofche Irnprifonment of

Atahualpa,

and untill that time had been

an Enemy

Paul!u.

Bue urgent and violent neceffities caufe Mento íl:oop unto

mean and low Aétions, and more· efpecially Tyrancs ; ·and Men of poor. and

báfe Souls, who finding themfelves finking, regard neither Honour nor Confui-·

ence, bue onely fuch means as tend to their own vile and mifchievous Defigns.

~izqui,:,

was an Officer of

Atahualpa,

anda íl:out and an experienéed Souldier.

Paullu

they gave rhe coloured Wrearh, but he received·no fatisfaétion

chac

Royal Signal, becaufe he knew that the lawfull Inheritance belonged to

Manco

Inca,

and not to himfelf; which when

.f2!!i,:,quiz

obfervecl, and that

Pau!t;e

was

cold, and not defirous of the Governmenc, he then fet up for himfelf, refolving

to contend with his own Force and Prowefs; and accordingly having raifed an

Army, he marched towards

Ceuo,

to know what was become of his King

Ata–

hualpa;

upon which March we íhall leave him, untill we come to the ~e and

place of bis Afüons.

The

Spaniards

obferving wirh what Honour and Adoration they were generally

received by che

Jndians,

and that, according to the reporc made them by the fix

Spaniards

who went on Difcovery, all Veneration and Service was paid to them;

they often entertained familiar Difcomfes one with the other on that Subjeét,

rnaking various Reflexions on the caufes thereof, as the fancy of every Man did

fuggefr.

Sorne would attribuce che füccefs of all to their own Prowefs and Va–

Iour, for that the

Indians

feeing them

íl:out and refolute, believed them to be

invincible, and

out ofmere fear and terrour fubmitted and yielded, and framing

a thoufand Rodomontado's of their own Conduét and Courage, fearched not for

any caufe beyond themfelves, nor refleéted on che Prophecies of

Huayn11 Capac,

which fore~old the coming of the

Spaniards

into their Countrey, who íhould de–

firoy. their Ido.latry, and their Ernpire; and out of this fuperfütious Beliefyielded

ali up without refiíl:ance. Howfoever there were fome more confiderate than the

reíl:, who being zealous for che fervice of God, and for the propagarion of the

Chrifiian Faitli , amibuted ali their Suo;eífes to the miraculous Operations of

God, in·favour to the propagation of the Gofpel, that fo the Faithfull, as well

as Infidels, beholding them w1th wonderfull attention, rhe one might be thereby

induced to receive the Faith wich readinefs and leve, and the ochers be encouraged

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