594 / 1070
560
Royal Commentariu.
BooK
11.
'' Moreover, we have feen , and tried , how fuch a ·handfull of -Men have
'' been able
to
defend chemfelves againíl: fuch multitudes of ours, without Food,
t,
Sleep, or Reíl:; that when we imagined, they y-Vere wearied, faint, and rea–
,, dy to yield, they appeared formidable, and refreíhed wich new Vigour.
All
'' which being confidered, 'tis a¡:,parent that the Hand of. God is in it, and thac
" che
P.achacamac,
who favours them, doth difcourage and infufe fear into our
" Minds; wherefore !et us yield our felves, rather chan bring
fo
many calami·
" cies upon our own Heads. For rny pare, I am refolved to retire within the
'' Mountains of
Antis,
and there fecure and defend my felf better, than I am
,¿
able to doe wich all rny power; and there living quietly, and without of-
-" fence, I {hall noc provoke chofe Strangers
to
doe Hure and Mifchief urito you
" for any Caufe or Reafon of mine. In chis my Solicude and Baniíhment it
ce
will be rny Cornfort to hear thac it paífeth well with you, and thac ye live
ce
wich Liberty and Contentment under chis new Government of che
Spaniards;
ce
wherefore iníl:ead of ·my laíl: Will and Teflament, and in purfuance of thac
" Command !efe us by my Facher, I do conjure you to ferve and obey chem, to
" che ucmoíl: of your power,
fo
{hall ye be well treaced and ufed by them:
ce
And fo farewell, and remain in peace; and now methinks I am very forry
" to leave you in the Hands of Scrangers, wiíhing with all-rny Heart, that I
~' were able
to
take you all with me.
When the
Inca
had ended his Speech, his People dropped a Floud of Tears~
with fuch Groans and Sighs, that che fulnefs of Sorrow íl:opped tbe utterance
ofWords; nor duríl: chey diífoade him from this refolucion, perceiving that he
determined
fo
to
doe; wherefore in che firíl: place he disbanded all his Souldiers,
thac were under Command of their refpeétive
Caciques,
advifing chem to repair
unto their feveral Provinces, and there patiently fubmic unto, and obey, and
ferve che
Spaniard1;
bue che
Inca
colleél:ing as many as he could cogether of his
own Bloud, and Family, boch Men and Women, Aed with them into the wild
Mountains of
Antü
,
anq feaced himfelf at a certain place, called
Villcapampa;
where he paífed bis time (as we.may imagine) in Solicude, like a Prince
depofed and difpoífeífed of his Scepcre, and chere lived, uncill he was killed
by
a certain
Spaniard,
to whorn he had given Proteétion, and coníerved from his
Enemies, and who mofl inhumanely fought his Life: As we íhall fee in ics
que place.
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