The royal commentaries of Peru : in two parts / written originally in spanish by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega; rendred into english by sir Paul Rycaut.

BooKI. Royal Commentarie~. e HA P. XXXIIt . Of the. Subtilty of ,A:tahualpa, and the Death of the King Huafcar Inca. A, Vguftin d~ Carate havi~g related the Difcourfe which H11afaar Ínca had ent~r~ tained with Hernando de Soto, and Pedro del Barco, (which was the Carne that w,e,have already relaced) aI1d bow they had left him in.a fad and c;lefpairing <;on- dition, he farthér proceeds in the ftxth Chaptér of his fecond Book in thiS man- ner. , · ..· · . .. .. , . . ..... ·. . . . · , . ' 1 And fo (fays he) they proceeded on their Journey, which was the caufe of " the Death of.Huafcar,.and the lofs ofall that Gold which he had ·promifed; for " the Captains to whofe Cuíl:ody he was ,.committed, immediately _gave intelli- " gence to Ataba/iba by the Poíl:, of all that had paífed; which when he had " wellconfidered, and that if once che lnjufüce whlch he'had done to his Bro- ,, ther íhould come to the knowledge of theSpanijh .Gov:ernour, together with· ' " the Prornifes and lntimation which f111afcar had giveaof a greater abundance ot ·<' Gold than he could engage far; he greátly feared that his offers would be fo ' " prevalent with the Chriíl:ians, (whom he obferv~c;I to be covetous and thirfiy · " ofGold,) that they woul<l not onely cake the Kingdom from him, and tranf- " fer it to bis Brother, bu.t? .to free themfelves from all other troubles ofcompeti- « tion rnight alfo deprive nim of his Life, for which they had fo juft an octafion " on che fcore of bis Brother, whofe Kingdom he had traiterouíly ufurped, with " the Death and Slaughter of all his Kindred ; for which reafon he refolved to " kill Huafcar: Bue iff regard he feared to comrnit that Murther, becaufe he had " heard the Chriíl:ians frequemly fay, thatone of their principal Laws was, Thac " he who íhed Man's Bloud, by Man íhould his Bloud be fpilt; he therefore, " befare he would enter upon this Attempc, thought . fit to try ch~ Mind of the - " Spanifh Governour,-in whac ·rnanner he \:VOuld be concerned far an Aét of chis ~' nacure. Tp·.perfarm. ,which wich the more Subcilcy and Diffirnulation, he " feigned hirnfelf one day to be very fad and dejeéted, weeping, and fighing, and " refufmg to eac, or fpeak. And though the· Spanifh Governour was very iin- ~' portunace to kl}OW tfie caufe and reafon ofhis Melanchoiy, at lengch wich much ' ' adoe he rnade Anfwer, that he had received infarrnati0n, how that one of ·his ~' Captains had killed bis Brother Hua[car, in the Hands of chofe to whofe " Cuílody he had comrnitted him; che which he deeply refenred, for that he " was bis Elder Brother; and his Father ; and though he detained hirn a Prifo- ~·- ner, and under reíl:raint, yet it was not with any inrencien to doe him hurt, " bur onely to fec_ure him in fuch a capacity , as mighc difenable hirn from ~' rnaking any Atternpts pn his Kingdom of ~itu, which did not ac ali ap- " percaiJ.1 unto him; for tnat Provine~ having been obtained by his Father's Con- ' ' quefis, was.conferred and bequeathed by Teíl:arnent to himfelf, being no part: " of the Inheritance which belonged to the Elder Son. In Anfiver hereunto the' "· Governour bid hirn be of good chear and cornfort, for that Deach was naturai u and cornrnon to a-11 ; and tbac fo foon as the Councrey was quiet and fettl,ed, ,he ' ' would enquire into this Murther, and punifh thofe who íhould be found gújlty '' óf that gr-eat Crime. Araba/iba obferving thac Marquis Pif.arro was little .con- ,, ~ned for the rnatter, refolved to kili his Brother, and accordingly ~ Com• " rnands were puc into Execmion wirh füch fpeed, chat it was hard to diíl:inguiíh '' rvhether Huafcar was puc to Death befare or after tl1e time that he teíl:ifled bis· " Sorrow in prefence of Pffdrro. · The fault of this unhappy acciden~ is common- " ly objeéted againíl: Remando de Soto, and Pedro del Barco; for chat they being " Souldiers, ought nqt to h.ave been ignoranc of the Dury and Refpeét they owe " to the Cómmands of their Genef:l l, which are noc to be -difpenfed with on any ' · prerence