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BooKlI.

Royal

Commentaries. .

che Arrides , for thac Pride would noc fioop; nor coníent

co

a reílitucion of che

J(ingqom

co

bis proper and lawfull Maíl:er. Afcerwards

Angér

prevaüed,

aiid

raifecl War between the cwb Companions

Pifarro

and

Almagro;

which being

n:iaincained by Envy ancl Emulacioµ, one noc fupporcingJhe greacer power of che

órher, continué'd uncill boch of chem periíl1ed

in

acom~~¡don

for

Auchoricy, for

A/maJ!.YO

was killed by che Brother of

Pifarro,

and

fo

was

Pif.'fYYD

ílain by che Son

9[ Almagro.

Thefe Wars were followed by ochers betwe'en éhat good Governour

'l(aca

.4e

Caj}ro,

(

with whom

I

was acquainced at

Madrid

in the year

1561.,)

and

'J)on D_ieto de Almagro

Junior; for Pride, which is che Mocher of Diffention, was

fo

prevalent in che mind of chis

Y

óuth; chat having neither a Spirit to fubmit co ·

his Lord and Sovereign, nor Power to maintain

his

Dominion, he periíhed in

his

folly. Soon afcet Covetoufnefs and Tyranny raifed

~

War becween che Vice-king

Blafco Nu,met- Vela,

:md .

Go»falo Pifarro

;

che .which in a few years after was fol-

_ Jowed by Scirs and Combufiions.between

_Don Sehaftian

de

Cajfilla,

and

Francifc().

'Hernandet- Giron,

occafioned by G1ummy and Luxury. All which Wars fuccee- ,

ding one.after che ocher, for the fpace of cwemy fiv~ years; were raifed by che

malice and concrivañce of che Devil,

as

we (hall demonfirace in their due place,

and were greac obfuuétions _to che propagation of che Gofpel ; for by reafon of

continua! difiurbances, neicher che Priefis coi.lid freely.Preach , nor had the lnfi.C

dels,leifure nor convenience to receiye che Doéh-in~ of Faith , being under che

copcinual amazements of Fire and Swor.d, and;other miferies ; in which che

111,;.,

dian1

hada greacer íbare' chao che

Spaniards,

bemg opprdled by boch fides, and

compelled to fupply boch Camps with Provifions, aod carry the bürchens

for

them on cheir fuoulders with wonderfüll patience

and

l¡bour; o( wbich

I

my

felf

have in pare been an Eye·wicnejs.

1

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.,

r

,'

r

';"r

..

C

H

A P. VI l.

,

Of the Entrance of th,e

Spapiards

into·

C9zco.,'·

a~d-of

tqe'

great Treafure which they

found,

there.

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f •

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S.,

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foon as 'che

lnc.1

TitH

Átaúchi

had difpeeded

Francifc/

de

Ch;v;,

and

his

. Companions wich che aforefaid Capitulations, he fent an Expref¡•Meífenger'

to

lncti Manco Capac,

who was bis Brocher by the Father's íldé, wJch advice

o(

the,Arcicles agreed, and of all parciculars which had paífed ;. chat fo being well

ipformed of all macters; he miglit

be

provided to aét and tteat with che

Spaniard1.

The General

f2!!,it-quit-

fent in like manner to advife him, that. he íhould by

nd

means disband

bis

Army, bue racher increafe it, untill fuch time as he had wholly'.

, concluded and fecled macters·_wich tne

Spaniard,,

left being fecure, and over confí.:'

dent of their kindnels, he fuould fall into che·fame fnare, and

run

into che

fame

fate which

bis

Brother

Atahualpa

had already fuffered.

. ·

_With .thefe lnfonnations and Advices che

Indian;_

fent tbeir hiimbleSubmiffi,.,

ons

ro

Manco Inca,

acknowled_ging him for their Supreme Lord and

King;

for1

though they had been Enemies to him whilfi

he-fto.od

in ,competitioncwith hiS'

Brocher

Atahualpa,

yet ·chac difference being now ended by his Death, all was re–

co-nciled ; .it being agrecd

at

a Coürkil of

W

ar, thát the Empire fhould be re–

ftored to chac perfon unto whom che Sueceffion did by lawfull Inhericap-ée app~r~–

tain:

Aod

on

this

foundat~n they refolved to unite .théir forces for Expulíion of

the

Spaniards,

in

cafe they i;onld noc

live

in amicy with tbem~ believing trnemfelv~

,i;nucli more formidable by· chis concord

ami.

union;

tha:n

when

,bey

weré divicled·

.inco

feveral Faétions and

Partiés¡:

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