4000003871

J_{oyal

Commentaries.

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~ins, dy¡ng onely for a liccle feigHed laughter, whic~ tr;mfported

this

Tyrant b~–

yond his fenfe~ : But r~is villán~ paífed.!1ºt unpu~ed ; ~or ,ifcer .m~ny other

Oucrages he had comm1cced,

purmg

the time o

f hIS Rebe

lhon,

,agamíl

che

Sp,¡–

niards,

and after fome Skirmiíhes with

Sebafti

an Be1alcaf.ar,

who was fent to

füp-

. prefs hirn , as we füall hereafrer relate ; and aft.er he

,had

found

experience;

thac he was neicher able to refill: che

Spaniard[,

nor

yet .by reafon of.his detefta-:

~le cruelties

l~ve amon~

che

fn~iam.;

'Y~$

forced

to retire·with h~ ~amily

meo che Moumams of

Antu,

where he fuffered the -fate,of Gther Tyra,nméál

U–

fürpers, and there mofi: miferably periíhed.

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Governour

Don Pedro de

Pif4rr;,

and

bis

fellow

Soliidiers;

whích \v,it~

che recruits that

Almagro

brought with him, mad€.up the

fil).mber

ll-QO,dt

three hundred and fifty

Spaniard.t,

marchedcareldly tó\vards

Co~co,

and'with

!fudi

fecuriey, as if chey- had no Enemy to encounter, and as:it

tbe

whole Kingddiij

had been their own, travelling from one Town t@another, .as in thérr

O'fn

Uoun~

trey, wichout :ftar or apprehenfion of any thing.

Carilte

in che 8th Cnapter of

his fecond Book, toudies on this particular, and relates a b~ave &épldlt

perfüt-L

med by che

_Indian_

Capcains, as we- íball fee hereaft~l", though he variés fómeth!n~

from ochers mtheir Names. The

Inca

Titu

AtaHch,,

Broth~r

óf

AtahHd/pa,

fee1~

che King a Prifoner, and his Ranfome :tgreed, travelled into divers

p~rts

of the

Kingdom to co!leét all rhe Gold and Silver he was able, that therewith he

might

purchafe the freedom of his Brother ; and being remrned as far as

Ca}Tamarca

with

vaíl: rich'es in Gold and Silver, he received news of the Deach of bis Brother,

and thac che

Spaniards

were depatted for

Couo,

and fecurely travelling on their

way thither in no order or pofture to receive an Enemy : the,which when

Titu·

AtaHchi

had heard and conGdered, he disburthened himfelf ofhis Riches; and ha–

ving gathered and joyned whac forces he could in a Body, he purfued che

Spani–

,1rds

as far as

che Province

HuayllM,

and amonglt che peóple ca!led

Tollo,

where ,

with fue thoufand Men he made an aífaulc upon che

Spaniards,

and took eighc of

them Prifoners; who were as yet in their Quarters, amongft which was

Sancho

Cue/lar,

who was the Clerk that drew up the Indiél:ment and Sentence of Death

againft

Atahualpa. Carate

touches upon chis paílage, and.fays it was

f2!!.hqu;~·

that

did chis Exploic , but he miltakes one for che other, and makes no rnen–

tion of any taken. Whilfl: macters paífed chus in

Hu¿,,y!IM,

the

Spaniards

had

añother Skirmilb wich the

Indians,

who were Commanded by Major-Genernl

!2.f!!~quh,-

one of the moíl: famous Capcains belonging to

Atahualpa,

-of whom we·

have already made mention : For he Having at

Co~co

received advice that bis King

was taken and made aPrifoner, marched with bis Squadron, confifüng of eleven or

twelve thoufand Men towards

ca}[ainam1,

to endeavour either by fair or foul

me~ns che releafement of his

Inca

;

bue meeting with che

Spaniards

on bis march

rhither, he enga~ed wich them, and foughc a íl:ouc Battel, which Hiftorians re- .

late in fhort and qonfufedly, bue much in favour of che

Spaniards.

The truth of

what paffed is chis:

.f2.._ui~qui~

having underíl:ood by bis Scouts, that che

Spani–

,ards

were approachmg, anct chat che

y m

arched carelefiy, and wichout order, h,e laid

an Ambufcade wichin the Woods :i.nd Rocks; and having ranged

his

Men in

, half circle, he attacqued chem in the Rere with fuch bravery, chac four

se11niar¡ls

were wounded, and tenor twelve

Indiam,

cheir St:rvanrs, were killed. The Go–

vernour, who marehed in the Van-guard, beingAllarum'd at the fürpriZe of ~is

Rere,