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R.oyal
Commentariet.
BooK:I.
CH AP.
XIII.
Peter de Candia
infor11is
his Companions
of
what
he
had
feen, and .therewith
they
all return ·unto
Panama.
P
Eter
de
Candia
being
abundantly fatisfied with what he had
feen, ·retw·ned
with
all
Joy imaginable to
his
Companions, raking much larger
fl:eps
back
than his gravity allowed him
in
his
march towards the people. He then
informed
them
of all
which
had
paifed, and
what
imrnenfe
Riches
he
had
feen,
at
which
his
Companions remained with afl:onifhment,
being
fcarce
able
to give
credit
to
his
Relation; howfoever
being ready
to
believe what
they
fo much defired,
they
were abundantly fatisfied
with
the Labours they had formerly full:ained
irt
quell:
of thofe mighty Treafures, and Riches, promifiog unto themfelves the polfeffion
and enjoyment thereof, had
they
but the forrune to entice and perfuade Men to
adventure
for
diem. And having thus difcovered
what
they defired,
and more
than they expelted, they returned to
Panama,
having not force fufficient to pro–
ceed
farther.
hlg11.ftin
Carate
reports,
that
three
Spaniards
remained on the
place,
after the others were departea; or, as
Lopez de
Gomara
fays, but two, who out of
a.
curioficy of feeing thofe Riches
which
Petet'
de
Cttndia
had
mentioned,
or
ouc
of
a
covetous deflre of gaining fome of
th~m,
in
cafe
they
were
fuch as were repor..
ted, refufed
to
return with their other Companions. But
it
is not known
what
afterwards
became of them,
the
Spanijh
Hillorians
fay,
that
they
were
killed
by
the
Indians,
but that
is
not
probable,
becaufe they were worfhipped
and
adored
by them. as defcended from the St:tn ; but it may rather be fuppofed that they
dyed
ofSicknefs, that
Coafl:
being very unhealthfull
for
the Bodies
of
Strangers;
and
thefe being thofe who perilhed from the number of the thirteen,
dying,
as is
be·
lieved
amongO:
the
Indians,
their Memory was forgoteen, and no
mention
made
of them
in
the Exploits recounted of the
other
Companion . Thefe thirteen
Spa–
niards
confumed at leafr three Years in the·difcovery of
Peru,
as the
Spanifb
All·
thour tefiifie.
A11guftin Carate,
in the
zd.
Chapter of his firfl: Book, hath
chefe
Words:
c
Having made there Difroveries in the fpace of chree Years,
they
re..
" turned to
Panam1t,
during which time they full:ained much hard(hip, and
under–
,, went many Dangers; they endured Want, and Hunger, and received Wounds
c.'
in their kirmHhes
with
the
Indians;
but mofl: of aJI, their greacefi difappoint–
" menrs proceeded from their own civil Difcords and Diffeotions, the
which
Pi–
"
rarro
did often
by
his prudence and genclenefs accommodate and appeafe;
giving
'' them great encouragement by the affurances he made
them
of the
faithfulne!S
" and
diligence
of
Almagro,
who
was
making provifions of Vietua]s,
of Men,
" Horfe and Arms; and indeed
Almagro
and
Pifarro
were both
fo
cordial, and
'' zealou in thi Defign, that they fpared neither their
Efiates
nor their Lives
in
" this Adventure, having made themfelves poor and indebted, who were
before
" the richeft of their Countrey. Thus far are the Words of
Carate;
likewife
Go..
mara
avouche
the
like in
chis
manner.
"
Francu
Pirar.rofpenc
three years in
this
" Difcovery of
Peru,
having undergone great Har
dfhips, and Labours, ' ith
Hun–
" ger,
P
ril , Fear , and many other firaits. And fo concludes the Chapter.
Amongfr the many acute and witty Sayings which are recounted of this
famous
Captain
Francu Pifarro,
and that which he would often ufe, when he perceived
that his Companions were wearied, and difcouraged with various Labours
they
fuflained in this Difcove1y, and alfo afterwards, when they were entred on rhe
onquefi,
h~ ~
ould often
fay,
Miferable
11re
we who harafa and wear
out
ol!r
fe!vu
fg
J!,ain
Jlrange
Empiru
and
IGngdoms, which neither we
our
felvu,
nor oHr
Children,
h11t
whe
kpow not who,
jhalt
enjo7 them.
This
Sayi~_g
I have often heard repurted from.
t
e
mmuh of thofe who were Ear-Wicnefies
thereof,
and who vvere Companions
Vith him in thofe Exp]oits. Likevvife thofe very Conquerours vvou1d
ofren
re–
eac fhac
faying, vvhen after the Conquelt the civil Wars arofe becvveen
G~
11
f
1110
f1 farro