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Ro al

Co1nmentarie1.

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t

Now as to thefe rn o

inion , I leave e

ery

one free to follow that "hich

feem

befl:

ro

him.

For

I being

a

parry, and bia!fed by

affeCtion

to

my

own

unrrey,

dare neither pretend

to

favour

that

~

hich applaud the grandeur

and

glory

which

Peru

hath

br

ught

to

Spain,

nor

yet oppofe the other,

Iell:

I

H

1

ould

teem

partial,

and

c

affeetionate

to

my

own Caufe.

And

fo

we

{hall

proceed

nd ake

the thread

of

our

Hi!l0ry,

parring by

divine favour through

the beginning

m·

ddle an<l end of

this famous

Trium irate.

'

We

fay

then,

chat

thefe three great Men having entred

into

an

Agreement

and

ociety rogerher,

and afiigned to each other his

fe

eral and

difiintt

Charge

and

ffice.

The

firi{

ching

they did \\as to build two Ships, upon

one

ofwhich

Fran–

cu Piptrro,

in the

Ye;ir

15.25.

de2arred

from

Panama

with

an

hundred

and

four–

teen Men,

by

licenfe and permiffion of the Governour

Peter AritU de Avila,

and

having

failed

about

an hundred Leagues,

they

arrived at a

Countrey

very

moun..

tainous , and fubject

to

Rains: The Natives

were

as fierce and rugged as the

Comurey

they inhabiteq,

and in great

numbers

fallied

forth to join Battel

with

the

J'f'aniards

of which they killed fome; and in four SkirmUhes

Pifarro

received

[even

wounds

with

Arrows,

but

he

being

well

armed,

none of them

proved mor–

tal; ho foever

they

~ere

forced

to

leave

the

Countrey, to

their

great

difcourage–

menc ,

repenting

now of the defign

they

had

undertaken.

Alm1tgro

foon after–

wards departed

from

Ptmama,

in quefi of

Pifarro

,

and coming to the fame

Land

which

was

appointed for their Rendezvous, were entertained with the like

trear–

ment;

for the

Indians

being flefhed

by

the fucceiS of the late SkirmHhes,

fallied

out

againfi: the

sp~niards

lth like

courage, and

having

killed

many

of

them,

and

beaten

out

one of the

Eyes

of

A/fnagro,

he

was

forced

likewife to

leave

the

Coun–

trey;

but

what

land

or

part

this

was,

the

Spanifh

Hillorians

do

not

tell

us:

At

length

Almagro

going

in

fearch of

Pifarro,

joined

with him at

Chinchttma,

where

they agreed again to

land

{heir

Men,

but

this

Counrrey

proving

as

mouncainous,

and as fubjett

to

Rain

as the other, and the People no le!S fierce

and

warlike

1

fallying out upon them

in

great numbers, forced

them

again

to

rerreac

unco

their

Ships,

beil:owing on them a thoufand

Curfes

and Reproaches at

their

de–

parture.

All which is related at large by

Lope~

de Gomara,

to

whom

I

refer the

Reader,

in

cafe he deftres to know more paniculars of that

Expedition.

CH AP.

VIII.

(

retz1rned twice

to

Panama

for Succour

and

I

1

1

lA. ~

tfil"

this

ill

fuccefs

A/magra

returned

to

PaHdma

for

new

Recruits,. and

11.

brought

with him

eighty

Men; and et

for all

this

force

the

two Captains

durft not attempt the

Conquell:

of

any

Countrey,

by

reafon

that the Natives made

a

bold

and

fi0ut

refifrence;

howfoever

~iling

along

by

the Sea C-0all, they

came

at lengch to a Countre called

Catame

,

which ' as plain and

leve1,

without moun–

tains, and

abounding

with

fuch

quantiries

of

Provifionsl that

they furnHbed

them–

felves with all

things

neceff'ary for humane

fufienance;

and

there

obferving

thac

the

Indians

\\ore

great

rud and Plates

of Gold on

their Faces, ''

ith

fine

Eme–

rald and

Turquoi[es,

the

Sj>a11iards

became again elevaral

in

rheir

hopes, not

doubting no

but to make a good

Voyage,

and

to

gain Riches and W

eakh. co

their full

fc

ri

fa

i

n.

·

f<

n after the

Spaniardt

loft rhe

hopes and

expe

of all their ·maginary

lt , {(

as

they

Ct

w

the

l11dian1

come dm n

them

in

great number ,

wich

goo

Orders,

and

·ith defire and courage

to

;

with which the

Spani.irds

b me (( difcouraged, that

they

durft

not

engage

with

them; and though the

' ere at

leafl:

two hundred

and

fifty

Men,

yet

by

common

con·