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'' tenant Governour, and of which he was afterwards made Governour and
'' Marqui!S;
and living in the
City
of
Vr1tw1
with
the
Indians,
he endured much
'' Famine and Sickne!S, for which Services
his
memory
will
ever
be
efi:eemed
Thus
far are
the Words of
de
Ciera.
He
was
alfo in company with
the
famou~
Captain
Bafrd
N1mne~
when difcovery was made of the South
Sea
and
when
No"'1!Jre de !Jior
at1d
Pa11ama
were fubdued,
he
was
then
with the
Gov,tnebr
Peter
:Aria1
de
Avila,
as
Grnnara
reports
in
his
Hifiory of the
Indies.
·
But ncither
Pir;arro
nor
Almagro
being fatiated
with
their former Glories
thir–
fied frill after greater ACl:ions ; and incited with the report they had
recei~ed
of
the fimple and mean condition of the People of
Peru;
thefe two great Heroes
made an agreement together
for
the Conqueft of it; joining
with
them
Henrando
de Luque,
a Schoolmall:er in
Panama,
who
was
Lord of
Taboga.
Thefe threefo–
lernnly fwore in publick, and encred into Articles under
Hana
and Seal, never to
forfake each other
ir1
any Dangers or Difcouragemerlts whatfoever, that lhould
happen untill they had made an entire Conquefl: of
Peru;
and that vvhat Riches
or Booty they fhould gain , fhould be friendly and amicably divided between
them.
It
was
agreed, that
Hernando
de
Laq~ihould
remain,
and be their
Agent
at
Panama,
to order and provide for their
Affairs,
fo as
to
yield them fuccours·
that
Pifarro
fhould be employed
in
the Difcovery, and that
Almagro
iliould go
and
come
with
fopplies of Men, and Horfe, and Ammunition, for relief of
their
Companions, who were
immediatel~
employed
in
the Conqueft. This School–
Mafier they called
Hernando
the Fool,
or
Co~comb,
and the fame might be
faid
of all the three; for who cannot but blame fuch Men as thefe, who having encfu..
red great Travails and Labours in the World , and already entred into years,
fo
that the youngefi
df
them paffed
fif
ry, abd
all
of them rich and commodioUs
in
rhe World, yet that Men under thefe circumfiances iliould engage themfelves
in
new Adventures, full of uncertainty, without knowledge of the Countrey, whe–
ther it w.ere rich or poor, and without confideration of the hazards and difficulties
of
it,
feems the Work and Defign of rafh and adventurous Fools. But the good
fortune of rhofe who now enjoy the Benefit of their Labours, was that which
called them to this Enterprife; or \Clther. the
M'ercy
ahd Providence of God
fu.
wards thofe Gentiles,
whd
was
pleafed to make ufe of thole means for prop"1·
tion of the Gofpel
in
thofe parts, which he confitined
by
fuch
figns and
W
ondeis,
as very much conduced to die
eafinefs
of the Conquefr.