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II.

Royal

Comnientarief.

tbac which íhould be moíl: agreeab1e to his own Good-will ano Pleafüre, which che

Spaniards

WQuld embrace wich a chearfull readinefs; but as to che Preachers which

were incended to' infüuét .h~ People in ,che Divine Law, they had

few Prieíl:s

amongíl: c~em, that as yet they could not [pare any, but thac when a new fupply

can:ie, which rhey did fhortly. expeét, they fhould be immediacely difpeeded upon

this Erranc; for chat rhe chief Defign of che Chrifüabs was to retraét che

Indians

from che Errours of iheir ways, and ro fhew unto them che folly of cheir Super:

fürion and Idolacry. Wich cheíe Affurances che

lndians

were greatly fatisfied, and

the

Inca

delayed noc immediacely to bind his Head wich che coloured Wreach;

which Ceremony was-actended wich great Joy and Triumph, though for wanc of

thofe of che Bloud füi>yal~a11d of many

Cúra

cas,or

Barons, woo were cut off by

the Cruelcy óf

Atahualpa,, the

folemnicy

w.as

nothing

fplendid and magnificent

as in che times of che ancienc

Incas,

he1:u

ihe great numbers of Nobilicy added

Glory to che Courc; yec che young Ga-Ila'nts rejoiced to fee thac Fefüval, how

mean foever, at which che'old Men ,gri@ved, who remembred the times of the

Greac

Huayna

·capac,

and haa feen·the-fplendour of bis Court

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Hów

the t~o Gn:vemours

marthed in

purfuit

Major

G~·;

neral

~zqtijz!

1;r

·1N

our former Difcourie, we tefe

Do~-

Pedro de

Áh.1arado,

and

Doñ Diego

Al-'

magro

wich their .brisk Souldiery·on-their march toward_s

Couo,

where.thé

Governour

,Don Francifao

de"

Pifar'ro

képt his Court; and as they were on

their

o/ªY,

News was broughc them, that .the Major General

.fl.t!i:i:,qui:i:,

had

gachered ·greac Forces, and was encarríped in che Province of

Cannarü,

having

With him(much Gold; .and Silver, and other pretious Corrimodities, with greac:

Flocks and Hérds ofCatee!. Thé Fame hereofincreafed in the telling; as is ufual¡

wherefore che Governours refolved to march that way to defeac that Army, and,

defrroy che •Tyrant, having underfiood from the

lndians,

thac there was no ocher

Army beíides that in

ali

the Ernpire. Though

fJ.!!.i:i:,qiti:i:,

was frrong in bis num–

bers, yet he was not willing, or very ready to engage witq che

Sp,miards;

for

regard thac both-he, and,the

Inca Titlf Atauchi,-

had fent the Arrides ·and Capjtu-.

latíons to ·the Governour, which·they had concluded and agreed with

Francifco

dé

Chavés

al)d bis Companions,. (as we hav.e before mentioned,) they remained in ex~

peétation to hear of a g~neral:?eace-between_the

lndian~

and the

Span~ards,

ª?d

little dreamed ofany Forces-,which were marchmg to defiroy them. ' ThIS fecunty.

and co11fidence was mueh increafed by the perfuafion of the

Inca Tit'u Atauchi-,

orr, .

whofe Words utéered at .che hour of bis Death chey much relied; for we muft:-

know, thac chis poor hiúclied a few days afcer he had difmiffed

Ch11ves.

and his

Companions; bis end being.hafined by the melancholy, he conceived for the fad

face of his Brotl:íer

Atahu-aipa,

and by thé news .of the bloudy Tragédy, aéted by_

thac Traycor

Rummin11vda -~itu

on bis Kindred, Brochers, Capcains, 'ánd on the

innocenc feleét Virgins.

,:All

wbich Maífacres and Villanies commicced

aVaf;

fa! on che Bloud Royal; :.ind oh the Life ,ofbis own

Inca,

he eíl:eemed to b.e.fore:

runnérs of the emire fub_verfion. of che.Empire, and of th~ Majeíl:y of bis Family

and

being overwhelmed -with .the fenf~ thereof, he called for

fl!!_i?:-quí:i:,~,

aod bis,

other Capcains, and told them plainly, tbat rhey fhould endeavour to make a )2eace

,With che

Pir~rocpas,

~nd íhould ferve and adore thern, according as:the

Inca HnaJs.

"ª

Capac

had by his laft Will and Teftamenc ordered and commanded cbem; who

being the Oracle of cbat ri(ne,tbisOrdinances and Rules were efieemecj indiípenfi~

ble, therefore-they {hould endeavour to pleafe t,he

Viracochas,

who were the Off.'

fpring 4~f(e1:1d~·

(rom

th€ir 'father che Suri, ,¡r¡d of the

fa~~

Lineage with the

'In:

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