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IV.
- ----e-nl;¡ed-from his retirement, and appear in his prefence , and ·ferve his Majefiy
in any thing, as occafton. ího~l~ offer : the
Inc~
was ind~ced _at the perfuaíion of
the
Sp,wiard1
co make th1s Pet1t1on , who told h1m, that 1t m1ghc be a means
to
open a way
to
his recovery of the whole Empire, or at leaíl: of the beíl: part of
•
it
The
Span~11rds
alfo wrote as from themfelve5 defüing a pardon for what was
p;ft, and a proteéti~n or fafe conduét in the attendance of bis Lotdíhip, to per–
form their duty to h1m.
Gomez
Pem,
was che perfon appointed and eleéted to be Ambaffüdour from
the
Inca,
attended With
1
o
or
11.
Indian1,
who by totbmand of the
frica
were or–
dered to doe him fervice ; and being come to the Vice-king, he prefented his
Left'ets of Credence
to
him, giving him a large relation of the State a11d Condi–
tion of the
Inca,
and of his true and real defigns to doe him fervice. The Vice–
king joyfülly received the news, and granced a
ful!
ánd arnple pardon of all Grimes,
as defüed. And as to tbe
Inca
he made mahy kind expreflions of love and
refpeét , truly cortíidering tbat the Incere~ of ~he
~nea
1Jiight be advantageous
to
him .both in War and Peace. And w1th th1s fac1sfaétory Anfwer
Gomez Pe–
rez,
returned b©th
to
the
Inta
and
to
bis own Companions , they provided to be
gone, and with all co
nvenienc [peed to attend che fervice of che Vi€e•king; bút
E/afeo _N'unne:,;, Vela
was
n.otro
f?rtunate as ~o obtain a~d enjoy fo_great a good,
_fot
now 1ll fuccefs atc€nd
éd h1m m every thmg, as w1ll appear m che follow1og
ChapEer.
CH A P.
VII.
Of the unfortzmate J?eath of Pritzce
Ma11eo Inca,
alJ(l ·o¡ the
Mutinies which arofe among(t the
Spaniards
by
r-eaf
on
of
the ,12ew Laws.
T
HE
Inca,
to humour the
Spaniard1
and entettain himfelf with them, had gi–
ven direétions for making a bowling-green; where playing one daywich
Go~
me;;;,
Pem:,;
he came
to
have fome quarrel and difference with chis
Pem:,
abouc che
rneafure ofa Caíl:, the which often happened out between them: fot this
Pern,
be–
ing aperfon ofahoc and fiery brain, wichouc any judgrnenc or underíl:anding, would
cake the leaíl: occafion in the "orld
to
concend with and provoke che
Inca
;
who
nocwithíl:anding being a very difcreec perfon and of good cemper, did moderare
and difguife his paflion, and would not refufe co play with him, as he did wich
other
Spaniards,
who \'_'.ere more obliging, and lefs offenfive in cheir garning: bue
Gomez
Pmz,
being pufled up wich the late favours he had received fromche Vice–
king, and with rhe hopes he'had in a fhorc time to difengage himfelf froin that
Place, becarne more rude and infolenc cowards
cl't
Inca
than he had formerly been;
treacing him with che fame terms rhat he did thofe poor
l ndiam
who were his fer–
vancs and ílaves. Ac lengch
Come"' Perei
became fo imolerably infolenc, thac, pJay–
ing one day with the
Inca,
he fo affronced him, that, being no longer able
to
en–
dure his rudenefs, he punched him on che breaíl:, and bid him
to
confider with
whom he rnlked.
Pm"-,
not confidering in bis heac and paílion either his own or
the
fafety of his Companions, lifced up his hand, and with the Bowl íl:ruck che
Inca
fo violencly on the head, that he knocked him clown : The
Iiadians
hereupon
being enraged by che deach oftheir Prince, joined cogetber againíl:
Gomez
and th~
Spaniards,
who fled into a houfe, and with their Swords in their hands defended
the_door, ~he
Indians
fet fire to the houfe, which being too hoc for them, they
falhed out meo the Market-place, where tbe
Indians
aífaulted them and íhoc chem
wich rheir Arrows unrill they had killed every man of chem: and rhen after–
wards, out of mere rage and fury they deftgned either to eat them raw , as their
cuíl:ome was, o~ to bum_them and caíl: rheir aíhes inco the river, chat no fign
ot appearance m1g!it re~am_of them ; but at length, after fome confultation, they
agreed ro caft
che1t
bod1es _mto the
open
fields, to be devoured by Vulters and
bird