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R .oyal Commentaries.

BooK

rdi;

a-H

wA1rczh

he,farther ehforced and confirrned by virtue of

rne

Co¡nmand aodh

<Ch'arge co1nmitted unto him

hi.s Father

Huayna Gapac.

_'.

Wich fi.tchArgumer_1rs as the(e, a~d in h~pes aod e~ll:a~ons tbat the Capitula..;

ticrl'ls would be mainta1rred,

f2!!¡;;,qirr:,;,

remamed veiy.fécure m che matters of Wan

aRd choogh he received imelligence that th_e Govemours were marchiog towan09

him,

yet

}¡¡e apprehended1no hure, .nor rece~ved an Alla~t!1, one)y l:e decached a-=

bout

hurtdred StYt.ildti.crs, under a Cenounon or Captam, (wfoch 1s the frnalleíl::

number thacche

Jndúm1

have in a Company,) this Cencurion che Pliíl:orians·Go-'

ma,ia

and

áara~e

cal!

SataÍlrco,

which "figoifies íix Mol!mtains, for

C.,

Oéla

Úgñifies

fo~,

and

Orco

aMou'nt¡¡.in~for J1e was•born in

VaUey between íix lofty Mountains;

(foco as

iwe

common in,rhat Countrey,)" 'and the1/.,fay, :clhadiis father and Mothec

,vere,in his,f0mpany, which mufl be uporr fome excramrq.ioary occ-afion,, for Wo

meo mever

to the War wid1 rheir M'l!lsbands; perhapg-Jic migbt be

keep up

thdlory<of hisBirth,

amd

of his Life,

fof,

che

lndian1

b'y fuch like Names, and by

fuch Sa,yings,

by Cyphers, or Hierog,l,yp,hicks, an<l by théir Verfes and Poetry

have coníerved rhe Traditions of their Hiíl:ory; and have therein comprehended

the íucceís of ali their Macters in a compendious manner, as for example; the Em–

baílies fent

their

Jnw ,

and their Anfwer tbereunto; the Speeches made in

Peace and War; what--fuch

Ki0g- 01.'-G0v<m1<:~ilr rnrnmandecl, with the puniíh~

menes infliél:ed; and in íhort, wharfoever was tranfaél:ed in che publick Affairs.

All whith che Hiíl:orians, or Notaries, caught unto cheir Children by Tradition,

iníl:ruél:ing them in Cyphers, and íhort.Verfieles, and in fuch íhorc Words as the

Name of chis Captain, and in fuch orher Brief Sayings as we have already decla–

red; by help of which, and of their Knots, an

Indian

would read or recounc rhe

paffages of his Time, as well, or faíler than a

Spaniard

could reade Books writ wich

,Letters, as

Ácofta

tefüfies in the 8th Chapter of his 6th Book; not thac thefe

Knots furniíhed him with Words, bue onely c:illed things to his Memory, which

having íl:udied day and nighr, he becarne verfed in every particular,

as to be

able

render an accounc of his Office. Ali which though we have forrnerly de–

clared at large, yet having fo pertinenc an Inílance as chis Name of Ca(?tain

c,oilaorco,

we have tho'ughc

not impertioeht to repeat che Carne, that we may

verifie what we have forrn€rly reported; and to help the Memory of the Reader.

This Captain, as

have faid, was fenc by

f2!!.i:,;,qiti:: ..

for a fcout to dilfüver che

March and Force of the·

Spaniard:1

and to know their Intencions towards him;

but che filly Wretch was not fo cautious as he ought

have been, bue fuffered

himfelfto be furprifed, and taken by the

Spaniá'rd.I,

who carried him to

A/varado,

and by him the

Sp11nit1rd1

were informed of the place where

.f2.!!.h ..

quiz

was quárte–

red, and of the numbers and force he had wirh hirn,

they marched wirh ali

expedicion mwatds him, and being near, chey watched all nighc to beat up bis

Quarters early in the morning. This Exploit was committed

a party of Horfe,

wfiich trawJl!ing over.rocky Hills and Ways, for the fpace of a Day's

ourney,

moft of che t-Iorfe caíl: their Shoes,

that they were forced to íhoe chem by can–

dle,lighr, as the Wricers of this matter do generally agree. Ali the next day

ihey continued tlwir Journey wich great haíle and, expedition, leí!:

!2.!!i:,;,quiz-..

thould receive intelligence of their March, by retum of fome of rhofe they met,

and

chey proceeded umill the nexc day in rhe E.vening, by which time they

were come wíthin fight of che Camp of

~i:,;,qui:,;,,

who upon their appearance

immediately fled, 'with

:ti!

his Women and Attendants. This

affirmed by

Ca·

rate,

and

Gomara

reports alnioíl: the fame thing; the which is a fufficient proof,

that

~izqui:,;,

never intet1ded to rnake War on the

Sp11niard1,

ot was provided

füt

it;

for if he had, certalnly he would have been

bmer

guarded, ehan by a com–

pany ofWornen, and domeíl:ick Attendants; nor were his Souldiers

inex_pert

ot únskilfull in War, as not to have appeared with Arrns at che Carnp, or Ren:

dezvous upon the Summons of cheir Captain, which might have been fpeedily

éffeél:ed by paffing cheWord frorn one to the ocher. Bue this amufernent and íl:u–

pid fecuricy of

~i:,;,qui:,;,

rnay well be attributed to the Providence of Heaven

which hád defigned the

Spaniard.I

Preachers ofche Gofpel. Moreover

~i:,;,~

qui;¡;,

depended on the Capitulations which the

India111

had made wich

Francifco

chave1,

of which chofe

Spaniard1

who marched againíl him were not informed,

for

Don Diego de Almagro

was departed frorn

Couo

with his Forces, in fearch of

Al–

v;i~ado,_

before

Francifco de

Cha~n

had bróught the News thereof. So che

Spaniard1

bemg 1gnorant ohhe Goo.iw1ll and Imencions of

~i~qui::.,

went wirh Defign.