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Royal
Commentaries.
vided, and the benefit which he expelted to himfclf alone, might be imparted
unto them
all together : S6
at the
Condufion of all,
h
neither
did good
to them, nor to himfelf.
I have thought
fit,
for
my
own Difcharge,
to give a Narrative hereof, that
my
Relations of. thofe parts,
may
not accufe
me either of unkindnefs, o• negligence, in not performing what
they
have de–
fired of me,
and
entrufted me
in.
1 lhould have been very
glad, if
I could
have performed this Service for them with the hazard
of
my
Life; but it was
imporrible
for
me,
to have
done
any thing in this matter; not b..ing able to
contribute
more thereunto, than
only
by
writing this
Hiftory.,
in which I
hope I have as well done
Juftice~
and Right to
the
Spaniards.,
who have Con–
quered this Empire, as to the
/nc11s,
who
were tho true Lords, and Po!fef–
fors of
it.
To the Divine Majefly, Father, Son, and Holy Ghofl, three Peifons and
·
one true Goa, be Praffe for Ever and Ever, who have !Jeen plea.fed
to grant me Grace, and aJ!iflanc;,
to
arrive at
the Vltimate
End and
Conclujion of this Hi/lory. May
it
be
to
the Honour
and
Glory
ef
his
Divine Name:
By
whofe infinite mercy, through the Blood and Merits
of
our Lord and Saviour Jefas Chrij/, and
by
the Interce.ffion
of
the ever
Bleffed Pirgin
Mary,
and of all the Court of Heaven, I beg Favour, and
ProteElion, now, and in the Hour of Death. Amenfweet
Jefus,
a hun-
•
Jred thoufand times
Jefus. Amen.
·
Praiftd /Jc
God.
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