526 / 1070
494
R.oyal
Commerttarin.
BooK. 11.
CH A P.
111.
How
the
!3oáy
of
Atah1Jalpa
wa.s
carried to
Quitu ;
and of
the Treafon of
Rurnminavi.
S
O
foon as
Don Francifco Pi-Farro,
and·
Don Diego de Almagro
had buried
Atahu–
a!pa,
th_ey travelled to
C~w,
viÍtting in their way tnither, that very rich
Temple, wh1ch was fituated m the Valley of
Pachacamac;
from whence rhey
carried away ali the Gold and Silver which
Hernando Pifarro
had !efe behind, noc
having been ab!e to cake it witb him.
From chence tbey proceeded to
CoCGco,
in which Journey, chough they bad many íl:eep and craggy Moumains, many
fwift Torrents and deep Rivers to pafs, yet rhey mee no very great diffirnlcy, bue
chat onely which we fhall hereafter relate.
And chus leaving them on cheir way, lec us return to the General
Chtt!lcuchim11,
:md o~her Captains of
Atahualpa,
who joyned themfelves with che Nobles oí che
Court, and other principal perfons, who remained in
Caj{amarca.
So fcon as
che
Spaniards
were departed from that Province on their Journey to
CoCGco,
che
Jn-–
di11111
took up che Body of their King, and according
to
his Command tranfpor.
ted it to
~itu,
where they interred it wich fuch decency as became tbe Burial of
a Prince, and yec with fuch little pomp, as was agreeable to a conquered people,
that had yielded to tbe fubjefüon of a foreign and llranger Nation.
Rumminavi
feemed che mofr forward of _any both to receive che Body of che
King, and to Embalm ic, though already corrupted, and tending
to
putrefaétion,
and in che mean time he fecretly made Levies, and prep:ired a way
to
fet up
himfelf in che Government, dHiembling ali refpeét and obedience ro
f2.!!il/lfc4...
cha,
the Brorher of
Atilhualpa
;
and that he might try in what manner his mind
íl:ood affeéted
to
Rule and Dominion, he perfuaded him co bind his head wich
a,
coloured W.reath, if he were defirous to revenge che Deach of
his
Rrother.
Ali which
R1tmminavi
uttered with defign to blind the underflanding of
fki!lif
cacha,
and cover bis plots and evil intentions, umill he could bring his affairs ro
mamrity ; but to chis pel'fuaíion
f!.!!illifcacha
refufed
to
hearken, faying, That
che
Spaniards
would not eafüy quit rheir Empire ; and in cafe chey would, yec
there were
fo
many Sons of
HHapa
Capac
furviving, wl:o were ready to lay cheir
claim o che Government, aod had a better right and citle
to
it than himfelf;
that fome or other of them would advemure ro affume the Governmem ; and
that che people \ ould appear in vindication of che juíl: riele and caufe of the un·
doubted Heir, for who[e fufferings by che late unhappy Wars and Miferies rhey
had a true fenfe and compaflion.
This prudent and camious Anfwer of
$.J!illifcacha
did not alter che finiíl:er de–
figns and incer cions of
Rumminavi,
for being both a Tyrant and Barbarous, he
refolved to pr ceed, and fec up his own imerefl , telling bis familiar friends in
their privare di[cou -fes with him, thac according
to
the Praétices and Ex:imples
which he had feeo, che righc co Rule and Govern belonged
to
rhe íhongefl ; for
that '.e who coul wreíl: che Power into his own hands, and kili his Maíl:er, as
.Atahualpa
h:id Murth~red his Brother, and as the
Sp11niard1
had
Ar,,hualpa ;
the
fame
lm:
titie
fo
1Cient
to
coníl:imce himfelf Chief and Supre11:e Lord.
Rm1;mi–
navi
remailling firm in this principl~, and refolute in chis deíign, made great pre–
parations t receive
A
ahualpa
I
affembling che people cogether nnder prerence of
performing che
fi_
ne al Obfequies ofcheir late
I
nea
1
che which Solemnity, rhough
formerly continued for che courre of ayear, was now concluded within che f¡,ace
of fifceen days. At che end of which,
Rumminavi
judging noc
fit
co let pafs
fo
fair