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I told this American prince part of the (lory 

 of Don Francis de "Toledo^ viceroy of Peru^ who 

 publicly hanged the prefumptive heir to the 

 crown, and ordered all the princes of the royal 

 family of the Tncas to be killed, not even ex-* 

 cepting the Spaniards, who from their mother's 

 fide were defcended from Atahualipa. Don 

 Francis^ after fuch an execution, ejfpedled 

 to be raifed to the greateft dignities of 

 the ftate on his return to Spain ; but he was 

 very ill received by the grand chief of the na- 

 tion, who ordered him with a harih voice to get 

 out of his prefence, faying, I have not ap- 

 pointed thee to be the executioner of princes, 

 but to ferve me and ajTift the unhappy. Thefe 

 words flruck the viceroy dumb, and caufed 

 him fuch an illnefs that he died a few days 

 after. The fame king caufed the death of 

 one of his minifters that had impofed upon 

 him, merely by faying the word Hoolahe^ 

 which in the Indian language, fignifies, 

 What^ doft thou lye? The Cacique very 

 gravely replied, " But if the grand chief 

 " of the men of fire, appeared, as thou 

 *' fay eft, fo angry at the viceroy, on account 

 *' of the cruelties which he had com- 

 ** mitted againft his will, why did he not put 



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