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Royal Commentaries.
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P.
XL. .
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Ef/eás which the Civil
1¿,ifto'.ds
heúvet:n
the .
t~o
lnca1;
Jfrngs,
who
weré Broth~rs, id~~ produá.
T
HE
W'ar
vvhith was i11aifed hii~eeh the,
Í:wo
King;
Huafcar
a~ci
Atah~alpa,;,
who were Broéhers, vvas ch~ taufé
ot
the total fübverfion ofthat lirnpin~,
{lnd
facilicated the Entran,é, an<i! cheConqbéft which the
Spani11rds
rnade of that
Coumrey, vvhith being
fo~
tbe
1t101l:
pare
craggy and .rnountainous,
ahd
füll of
difficult
Paílages, .mighc othervvife have been
eaíily
defénclC:%d.
Bue.God, vvho
in his Iv1.ercy élefigned che _propagation of the Gofpel 'in thofe Countries,' vvas
pleafed for the more eafie ilitrodufüon thereof, to perrnit ,chofe feuds betvveen
thofe cvvo Bró~hers.
.
Acofta
fpeak.ing furntnarily of this Poinr, in che 1.1.d. Chapter of his'6th Book,
hath thefe Words.
«
HNayna
Dipac
vvas fücceeded
in
Qouo
by one óf his Sons,
" called
Tito Cuji Gualpa,
(
he means
lnti C11ji Gua!pa)
aftervvards he vvas called
,."
Gunfcar Yn{a,
and bis Body burned by che Captains of
Atahua!pa,
vvho alfo vvas
" rhe Son ot
Guq.y,MCapac;
and raifed Arms againíl: bis Btother in
~itu,
and
" carne againíl: him vvit
h apovverfull Army. At that time the Captains of
"
Atahualpa,
namely
~z!
J.ui:t-,
and
Chilicuchima
feized u¡;,on
Guafcar Inc¿,
in
the
" City of
Co~'Co,,
after he vvas declared Sovereign Lord
arid
King, and indeed he
" vvas che lawfull Heir and Succeífout. Grear was the Confufion and Naife
." which this Aétion made through all part~,
ooth
-0f ttif Kiogdorn, abd of che
" Court. And whereas it was their Cuf.l:ome upon all gteat Ernergencies of Af..
" fairs, fo have r-ecourfe unto Sacrifices, the People,findiHg thernfelves in no ca-
" pacicy to relieve t,heir King, who was in the Hands ofthe Captains·of
,4.tahual-
_
"
pa,
and guarded by a powerfull Army, tbey therefore agreed, and, as chey
fay, ·
" by arder of their Capcive King, to offer a folémn Sac:rHice to the
Viracocha Pa-
"
cl¿yachachic,
(
he fhóYld have faid
Pachacamac)
who is the Creatour of che Uñí-
,, verfe,·praying, thaé fince they were not able of themfelves to deliver their
'' King out of Prifon, that he would be pleafed to fend
fome
People from Hea-
" ven , who might: procure his Freedorn. Whilíl: chey were lment tb che
fo-
" lemn performance of chis Sacrifice, News was broughc, chac a certain People
" was come by Sea, and having landed~ had feized
Atahunlpa,
and kepc him Pri-
" foner. And in regard thac chis Affair happ_ened juíl in that conjunéture oí'
1 .'
time, when chis Sacrifice was offering, and thac the Peoplé were very few
in
" riumber,
w
ho had feized on
Atahualpa
in
Caxamalca;
they gave the narne of
"
Vi,acochM
to che
Spaniards,
which name continues to them unto chis day; upon
" a belief, thacthey were fent from God far refcue of cheir King; and indeed.
" che People would have been confirrned in chis opinion, had the
Sp_4niards
fol..
" lowed chofe Methods which were purfüanc thereunto. And on this
occafion
'' we ought feriouíly to contemplare the Wifedorn of che Divine Providence,
" which conduéted _the
Spania,ds
into chofe Countries in that feafonable con.,
" junéture of Affairs, when the Diviíionsberween the cwo Brochers were growii
" up to a Civil andan Inceíl:ine War; without which advancage, which begat
in
'' che
Jndian1
a belief, that the
Spaniard1
were aPeople dropped from
Heaven,
it
" hadbeenimpo!lible for füch a handfull of Mento have becorne Conquerours of
''. rhac numerous People, the lofs ofwhoíe Countrey was recompenced to them,
" by the gain ,vhich Heaven was
to
rheir Souls. Thus far are che Words of
Acofta,
with which he concludes that Cbapter, wherein wirh rnuch brevity he
fums up the War becween the,cwo Brothers , che Tyranny of the one , and the
Right of Succeflion whicp apperrained to the ocher, the Imprifonmem of them
both, and the
final!
number of Men which took
Atahualpa
Priíoner, and
how gratious -che Oivine Providence was to thofe poor Gentiles in their
Cemvedion; what
Name
they gave to the Ch ·illians, and the Efleem which
rhey