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.fti!ian
manner_, -and bid him welcome; andthe
Inca
replied, that he was come to'
ferve and adore thofe whom they efieemed for Gods, and as Meífengers fent from·
the fuprerne
Pachacamac.
Their Words wer-e few, ahd their Difcomfe íhorr, for
want of good lnterpreters; after which che Governolir prefencly retired
to
give
place to che ocher
.Spaniard.s,
and to his two Brothers,
;¡ohn
and
Gonfafo Pffarro.
The
Inca
being advettifed that thefe two were 1Brothers of the
Apu,
which-is, Cap-
'
tain General, he e1nbraced and ,íhe.wed them_great refpe6l:; for· it
is
obfervable,
that the
Inca,
before he carne to ·this Interview with che
Spaniard.s,
had provided
Jiim(elf With a cert<Iin
Jndian,
who -was
well
acquainted with che
Spaniard.s,
and
gave him no~ice of the feveral Captains, and Comrnanders, and Officers, and oí
their Degrees and_Qualicies: This
lndian
was Servanc
to
a
Spaniard,
and informed
a
Curaca
which Hooa neár to che King.ofevery Man's có0dition, which he -accor–
dingly whiípered
him,
fo·
thac being advertifed thereof, he treáted every Man
wich fome kind ofdifference, tefrifying to all
-in
gen~ral bis Love and Affeétion
for daern, which he·expreíied by tfae chearfülmefs ·ofhis Councenance, his Words
and Gefiures. And ac lafi, curning ro bis own People, ,he faid to che fame pur–
pofe as
Atahualpa
had cdone, when he
fir{l
foy
Hern;1ndo Pirarro,
and
Htrnando de
Soto.
The{e
Men
(faid he)
are,the true Sons of our God
Viracocha,
for fo they refemb!e .
"bim in their Behaviou-r. intheir Beards and Habits., and there.fore do jff.filJ challenge a/1Dut_J
and Service
forr¡
u1,
according to the Commántls enjoinef' us
by
our
1
F,ither
Huayna Capac,
-a1 ttppearJ by hú !afl
Will
and 'Feftament.
C.H A
P.
XII.'
.The
Inca
Jeniands Reflitution o[ his
E111;pire; ,
and wha/ An...
f
wer ·was r~tián~d ;to
,
him
theteupon.
'
T
H<fe
D~[cour(es bei~g ended, the
Spaniards
mounted on_Hoí:feback, and
the
Inca
mto h1s Chair; then the Govetnour took the Lefo hand of the
Inca
and·his Brothers, ar¡d che other Capcains and Souldiers marched
in
che front, each
Company by
it
felf; one Company was comrnanded to bring up che Rere, and
a Guard of twency four foot-Souldiers \3/ere ordered co actend and march by the
Chair ofche
Inca.
Thus when che
Jndians
found chem[elves
to
join in one Body with
che
Spaniard1,
they were highly pleafed to be fo honoured, and eíl:eemed worrhy
to
aífociate and to join cornpany wich chofe whom they adored for Gods.
In
this order
they encred into the Cicy with grea\: Joy and Triumph, che Inhabitants going
forth ,to meet them, wich 'Dances and Songs compofed in Praife ofche
Piracoch.u;
for che poor people were'overjoyed
to
[ee their
!ne~,
and to underfiand thac the
true an_d lawfoll Heir, which had e[caped from che Tyranny of
Atahual¡a,
was
now to focceed into che Throne of his Anceíl:ours. The Street through which
the
Inca
was to país, was covered with
á
fort of their Ruíhes and Canes, and
fome triumphal Arches ereétecl at a certai.1'1 difiance.each from the other, decked
wich Flowers afcer che Faíhion which rhey ufed at che Triumphs of their Kings. ,
The
Spt1niards
conduéted che King to one of the Royal Palaces, called
Caf{,ima,
fi- ·
tuaté in che Markec-place, fronting
CQ
che
Co!of{eo,
belonging to che Jefüites, where
they left him highly plea[ed, and big-with expeétation to be refiored to his Em–
pire; for rneafüring the good lntentions of the .
Spaniards
by the kind reception
which they gave him, che
Inca
and bis Attendants were fully perfüa_ded that ene
days were now returned, in which they íhould enjoy ·che ancienc Peace, QQ_iet
and Freedom, which flouriíhed in che time of their
lnctU.
So foon as 'the
King
was fettled
it1
his Lodgings, che Officers delivered the Prefents which they had
brought to the Governour and l\is
ViraCf!chM,
who re<::eived them with
fo
many
Thanks and kind Words, that che
I11dians
were infinitely pleafed and overjoyed
.
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