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.

BooK l. Royal Commentaries. " Th~ two Ca¡;>tains of Atabalipa returning to their Lord, carried Huafcar Prif07 '' ner with che\n; to whorn in their Journey they gáve nothing. bue Urine. to " drink, and no other food, EO eac chan Worrns, . ~d ocher filthrnefs. Wh1líl: " thefe things paíled, Francis Pifarro, with otber Chri,füans bis Companions,- en- " tred che CounrteY, apd mok Atabalipa Prifoner in Caxamal. Thus far are th~ Words of this Auth01.m wh0, in another pl~ce, fays thac they killed Huafcar _in Andamarca, and Atabalipa in Caxamarca, that is C,ajfam11rf fi, which is th~_Coimtrey o~ Province of Frofr, for Gaffi:i fignilies Frotl:, ancl Marca a Counttey; likewífe .(Jnd,arparc(I 0ugh~ to be wmt-e Anta Mar~ti, for Ant11. ftgrüfies Copper, and Anta Marca che Copper Count~e-y. , LJI CH A P. XXJXIV~ ·- .. ¡· Do11 Di~go d~ AJina.gro- c9!!~~$ ta Cciffama:rca i ~nd t:rhqt Fears and Appr.eherzfions. .A:t~huaJ.pa coneeived before his Death, by Comets ~nd Appár-itions in the Heav~ns. - ' . A Fter the Peath~f ppor H11efc4r, whl~h ha~nid iÍ~~¿ ,m~Per ~ b~fore re.: , . lated, Atahualpa diq neicher thereby obgün m~ . U~rcy of his P~rfon, nor fecure bis Life; but on che contrary, in ¡¡, f~vy days af~erward~, orders w13re gjven to 'PUt him to death, the rp~nm~r pf w_hiqr ~~ reJ<W~¿ ~y 4JJguftin ·dp <;arare, anc.} f::,ope~ de ,Gomara, bothwhic;P. .mcte iµ th~.pa,rµ~~rs ,q{ tpl§ p;i~ge, a~ chéy g~~ in other ma~ters ofchjs fiil}:o¡y. , ) 1 ,. - • , • • Heaven often punifhes dlo(e who tr,qfi: '.l)Jp,r,(f jn tb~lr own Plo~w.l}d Artifj~e~; than in che ways ofReafon a,nd Juftice; f~rG0.cj fgffefl> ~jr Mifr;hiers alicJ Con~ trivanc~ to fall upoo their PWJJ B~ad~ ,, ~O. :ln.Jl~~e ,9f_ wJj_i~h we fhall fpe;edily give in che f~quel of ch¡.s HiJ.l :o.ry . For mw we ¡:nµfi I_Jf!Q\Y;: Thctt '/i)op _Dieso de Almagro was departed from Pan~m11, opa yery -g0og ~@¡p, rnff;yi9g \WUh bi,m fJ§íh Men, and good Supplies, in order to a fartber Conquefr ;, and his Enemies report, that bis Defign was to advance farther to che Southward than Pifarro, whofe Go. vernment, as .yet, was not extended more chan cwo hundred Leagues to the Souch, from che Equinoétial Line; and (bat he intended to fet up fü: himfelf, and aa: on his own Foundation; the which, as is reported, was difcovered by the Secrecary of Almagro to Pifarro, whom his Maíl:er hanged for his Treachery. Buche ir as it , 'vil!, chls is certain, chat Almagro being on his way, and receiving intelligence of rhe Imprifonment of Atahualpa, and of the incredible Riches which he offered for bis Ranfome, refolved to change bis Deúgn, and to join himfelf with his vitto- rious Companioa-; for -that accordiag to Ar-ticles ofAgr-€emeElt ootween them, one half of the Benefits and Profits appertained unto him. Accordingly Almagro, wich his Souldiers~ .arrived in Caffamarca, greatly wondring to fee chofe heaps of Gold and Silver which they had amaífed cogether: Bue in a fhort time afterwards che Souldiers of Pifarro plainly told che. Pe.ople of Almagro, that in regard they had not been prefent at the taking of Atahualpa Prifoner, no fhare of thofe Riches and · .Spoils bel9nged to them, which were already gained, nor no pare of that which was wanting to reach che Line which Atahualpa had drawn, ahd prornifed in pay- ment of his Ranfome. Which ~hen the Almagrians had heard, and confidering the largenefs of che room, believed that if ·au the Gold and Silver of the World were amaífed together, it would never arrive or reach to che height of che Line, they prefently cried out, that the Inca fhould be killed, fo that they might receive . their fhare of what íhould be colletted afrer his Deach. Thefe and the like rea- fons were fufficient to arraign and execuce this great Prioce Atahualpa, who obfer- ving che Q!am~ls amongfr the Spaniards, and their inceffant noife, and wranglings, . he