Chap. III. 



AMERICA 



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His ditcoorfc witlva Sfa* 

 M>/b ]}j.lhop,arid h« apparel. 



But Attabaliba a Tertian fcrince , inform'd of <Pi-%arro and Ahmgro's coming, 

 commanded them both to depart out of his Kingdom ; but they not regarding 

 it, march'd directly toVaxamalca, where Attabaliba kept his Court, who again 

 fent other Meflengers to them with command to leave his Dominions. Via&fro jv^jj*' m ^^ td 

 made anfwer, that he could not obey any Commands but thofe of his Maftcr 

 the Emperor, who had order'd him to fpeak with the King himfelf at his own 

 Palace. 



Attabaliba hearing that Pi^arro refolv'd to come forward, fent him a pair of 

 Painted Shooes and Armlets, that he might put them on when he appeared be- 

 fore his Throne : Captain Ferdinand Sotto march'd before with twenty Horfe,paf- 

 fing clofe on, the Flank of Attabaliba s Army : The Indians amaz'd at the praun- 

 cing of their Horfes, retreated into their Fortifications, but were for their 

 cowardize immediately flain by the King's Order. 



Sotto fent a MelTagc to Attabaliba, That the Spa?iiards defir'd peaceably to Treat 

 with him, to which he received anfwer, That no Peace could be made, unlefs 

 they reftor'd the Gold and Silver to the Owners , which they had Plunder'd 

 from them, and forfook his Territories ; which fo doing, they fliould have 

 Audience the next day : Hereupon the Bifhop Vincent de Villa Vtridi was con* 

 du<Sted into the Royal Palace, in the City of Qaxamalca, and brought before At* 

 tabaliba y who came thither in great State , with a Guard of twenty five thou- 

 fand Men ; he was carry'd on the Shoulders of his prime Nobles in a Sedan, 

 about which hung Garlands of Gold, and divers coloured Feathers ; himfelf 

 was cloth'd in a white loofe Veft, without Sleeves 5 his Temples were bound 

 witk a red Ribbon , with a long Taffel on his left Cheek . on his Fore-head 

 ftuck three curious Feathers 5 before him March'd three hundred of his Life* 

 Guard, all in one Livery, who cleared the way through which the King was 

 topafs. The before-mention'd Bifliop carry'd in one Hand a Crofs, in the 

 other a Book, difcourfing with the King to this effect ; That God is the Trinity , 

 Adam the fir/l SMan • Chritt Bom of a Virgin , dyd on the Crofs • the Pope God's 

 Vicegerent, y>bo according to the Tower he had from Heaven, had given Peru to the Em* 

 peror Charles, as alfo all other (ountreys in America ; and if he fhould prove obflinate, 

 and refifl, he muft expeB nothing lefs than utter mine. Jttabaliba reply'd, That heferVi 

 Pachamaca, being the Creator of all things j and next to him the Sun and Moon : How 

 glorious do they appear (faid he) in comparifon of a Crucifi'd God ? To make Peace and 

 jilliance with mighty Princes, was the true Foundation of loife Government : But the Pope 

 muft needs be fenfelefs , devoyd of all reafon, and withal highly unjutt, to give away v>hat 

 -was none of his own y viz. other mens Kingdoms, in Tt>hich he never had the leafi orfmalleji 

 concern. Moreover , he would not defert that Religion 'which he and his Mceflors had 

 maintain dfo many Ages, and the rather, becaufe there are no apparent or Juffcient Tejti- 

 mony of the truth of Cbrijlianity. The latter claufe was thus anfwer'd, faying, 

 Tins Book, IQng, "which J hold in my hand, proves and declares all that you que/Hon. 

 Attabaliba looking upon it, turned it over Leaf by Leaf, then look'd more in- 

 tcntively upon the Print, which done he clap'd it to either Ear , and at laft as 

 altogether unfatisfi'd, in difdainful manner threw it away. 



But Ti^arro gaining time while the King and Bifliop thus difcours'd, had. 

 drawn his Men in Battel-Array , his fixty Horfe he divided into three Wings, 

 Commanded by jhis three Brothers, Ferdinand, 'John, and Gon^alvo Ti^arro, left 

 the Captains Sotto and SaValca^ar in an Ambufcade 5 Peter de Qanada march'd in 

 the Van, and he himfelf in the main Body, leaving Sotto in the Rear. 



So foon as the Bifhop could acquaint them in what fcornful manner Atta* 



N haliba 



