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Royal CommentarieJ. BooK II.
· The Prince M uncoInca received che Advices of his Brorher, ahd rbe Addreifes
of ~i:u¡ui,:,, with mU<zh joy, b~in~ mue~ pleafed _r.o fi~d ~bar_ c~o[e w~o were his
late Enermies, were now reconc1lect and ¡oyned w1th lum mh1s 1uíl: cbun and citle
-rn rhe Empire. And herein he was che more fatisfied to underíl:and, char thé
spaniár"d1 concurred i~ che like_inr_<mtions, having .on ali occa~ons op~rily declared
their inclinations to nght and ¡ufüce. Upon wh1Ch prefumpt10n the Inrn adven–
tured to apply himfelf to the Spaniards t_o demand Peace and Friendfhip, and in a
fimple and fincere manner to reqUire the Government and Dominion over his
Kingdom, acc die Capitulatio:ins which his Brother Titu Atauchi had fent
ro 1-iim. And fhall leave 1hi1nfor a while in his preparations for fuch an
Addrds, untill me and platre, and return ro .ourFrancifco Picarro, wbo be–
jng bercer advifod by ihe late dari¡age ~hich his people had fuíl:ained from Titu
Atauchi,. did now mard11 wich more ·cautlon, and lefs fecurity than before ; fo that
rhey mee no t0nfiderable-Ene0unters, unlefs a few Aying Skirmifhes -near che City
of .Cot:Jo?:from whence .i:he l_nµabitanrs fallied _©lit;ro defend a País; bue making
e an1~ poor refülenc~, they1haíl:íly fled co their Houfos, from whence carry–
{ay their Wive~ ~nd Childrerl :rnd what·Stbck and Goods they could col–
iey rediredl inte·~he'Moumains, heing grea~\y4tfrighced with the reports of
whaI htla! lfuaceeded1irí ·CJ.f{amaraa ; for ~hat Countrey having been fubjeét co the
,bf1J1tahudpa, matle fome refülence, being defirous, if poffible, to revenge
>each "df'their P!1i.n~e. Gomura ·treaeing of chis particular paífage, hath thefe
-:,bí~' rifhe ne~t;Say die spnlfl~rds enrred into Cow wichout ¡my oppofitión,
'' .itncl p~fem\Y 'they ifell a~ fWork lfóryie to unrip, che Gold and Silver from the
ce W1Us!oe-tbe Tt!rnple, d'thersrc~l~ii 1op tbe Jewels and Veílels 0f Plate, which
" were buried with the Dead, orhers pillaged and rifled the Idols, and facked che
'' Houfes, and the Fortrefs, where íl:ill great quantities of Gold and Silver were ·
" conferved, which had been there amaíled and laid up by Guayna. Capac. In
ª fhQtJ,.Jh.ere w_;¡s more Gold and Silver found in chis City, and in the parts a–
,, bout ic, than whac was produced at Caxamalca, by the ranfome of Ataba/iba :
'' Howfoever, che particular fhare belonging to every individual perfon did noc
" amouut unto fo much as che former Dividend, by reafon that che number was
" g_reater wbich was to partake thereof; nor was·-the fecond fame fo loud as che·
" firft, which publifhed che Triumpb of 'R:iches ·with tbe lmprifonmenc of a
" King. A certain Spa11iard entering into a Vault, found the re Sepul·
" chre of Silver, fo thick and maífy, that it was wortb fifty pieces of
'~Jijg11~;' ~~btrs bad.tht fortune to 6nc;l fue~ as w~re of lefs v c was che
'"' cuíl:o\ne of rich Men of chofe Coumries to be.bufied in this manner up and
" down the Fields, and there ro be 'laid in Sr.ate like fome Ido\ :, Nor were che
" Spaniards contented with this prize, bue íl:ill thiríl:ing after greater Riches, were
'~ hoc in the purfuit of che Treafures of Huapa Capac, and of orhers hidden by
ce the ancient Kings of Couo, but neither then, nor afrerwards, were any of thofe
" ·TreafurJes Rnowrr; howfoever tbey tortured and.vexécl the,podr JndianswitJ1 fe.
'~1~1~er.é1 uíage and craeltiés;, to tbew arid dlfcoveri to tl~em the, tich Sepukhres.
Tcmus:faf aré1the Words of Gamara, ,extraóted v~rbatim from the u4th Chapter
dfrhirlñ.odk:, Carate in che 8th Chapter of his fe,ond Book; fpeaking of forne
Spaniio.di5. who wenr it11purfuit of an lndJlí?! Captain, faith as follo'ws : " And
" 1!10~ bhll~ table!C0 meet With him they.renir.ned CÓ CDw, wner.f they found a
'~,-Jg¡ieatebJ.}Drizé both ·of Gold and Sifver, ch~ thatinrciixama!ca; ali which che
'' ,Jaro,emour. divided:arpongíl: his people. Thus far are the WÓrds o( Carate•
.Awilnow ,Uuppofe •by,cthefe Authorities, ic hath bfen fufficümtly ·próved, rhac
che Riches which the Spaniard~ found•in,.Couo, weie greater than chofe caken in
Cajfam!zréa·; and éo'aéquit·iny felf in..ttre t~uch of what I relate, 1am pleafed to
cite, -o~.qüote¡.,t:be Spanifh-;cl:Iiíl:mriáns· ¡nd to fpecifié their Names, leíl I íhould
feem like,mhei,Ma,gpye, ,tq,~eck my ·ful(.wich borrowed (eathers.l:· 1
'' ;11 l.r, ,fil , ) , 1
--Buri tblvelll:1 n irow co thofe Treafüres, which, as Gomara menti0t-Js, -were dif–
<>:o~~re4h_)mtihe Spa11iards_Ut1de11,grnan~ ·.both. in Cow, and in the pátts adjacenc:
I't 1s cevtam,.othat for the-.fpace of kltr(in or e1ght years after che tpaniards had re–
n,a,inaj.'imi quiet poífeffion 19í th~t Ernr>ire, feverail Tteafures were difcovered
both .witMn.an.d withollt th€ City;, nd parcirnlarly within the Prednéts of tha,
Palace called Amurucancha, ( which upon che divifioa made, fell t0 che'lot of A»–
toni~ Altamirano) and where ic happened that a Horfe galloping roun9 a Courc- ·
· .• - yard