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Pip trro
and
Franw
Hernande~
Giron,
in which moll: of them were {lain;
a~d
in
r~gard that Jyin
app
Jred
a
moft unlverfal
Truth?
~very
one
wo~ld
take
_1t
~or
his
own; but certain
it
ic;)
that
it
\'as the
~rue
pred1chon
~f
Captam
Francu
Pi farro,
to
the truth
of
which I alfo m able to give
an Attefiauon.
CH
AP.
XIV.
'
Fi~arro
mak__es a Voyage into
Spain,
and deJJzands Aid for
the Conqueft of
Peru·
F ,
RMcu
Pi farro
returning
with
all poffible diligence
to
Panama,
acquainted
D;e
go
de
Almagro,
and
Hernandez:.
Luque,
the Schoolmafier, his two Fellow-un..
dercakers, with the imtnenfe and incredible Riches which they had difcovered;
with
which News being overjoyed and encouraged, they agreed that
Fran~u
Pi–
p zrro
{hould make
a
Voyage
mto
Spain
,
to defire
a
Commiffion from the Em–
perour,
CJ.1arles
the S'th. for the Conqueft and Government of that
ountrey
which they had difcovered.
But thefe three Aifodates had
fo
wafted and
confumed their Eftates in this lace Undertaking, that they had nothing remaining
of all their own Fortunes, but were forced to borrow, and cake up a thoufan
Crowns
in
Gold to defray the charge of this Voyage.
Fran
cu
Pif
arro
delivered
in
co
the Council of the
Indies
a
relar"
n in
writing, wherein he g ve information
to His Majefty of
all
that he had feen, fupplicatihg, that
in
confideracion of his
former Pains and Labours
in
the Difcovery and alfo of the Hazards and Expences
he
was
for the future to undergo and fufrain in the Conquell:, adventuring the
Bloud and
Riches
of
his
Kindred and Friend , to gain an addition of new
King–
doms and Treafure to the Imperial Crown
of
His Majefiy, He "' ould be _grari–
ouily
leafed to grant
him
the Government
cf that
Omnttey. Many that heard
Pifarro
publi(h and boall: of fuch lmmenfe Riches and Treafure, did believe that
it
was onely
a
Sham, or a Decoy to invite Men to adventure with them, but
a
few years after verified the truth of his whole Narrative.
In
anfwer to this Peti–
tion His Majefl:y was pleafed to confer upon him all thofe Countries which he
iliould conquer, with Title ofLord Lieutenant of
Peru,
as
alfo of Captain Gene–
ral, and Governour of all thofe Countries which the
Spaniards
{hould conquer
in
Peru,
which then they called
New
Caftr./e,
to difringuifh it from thofe parts which
were named
New Spain,
both being gained after the fame manner ; that is ,
a~
Strangers fuy, at the coft of Fool, and Madmen, and defperate ellows.
Francu Pi farro,
to whofe N ame hereafter we will add the Title of
Don,
becaufe
in
the Cornmiffion from His Maje!ly that Honour
is
inferred; for in thofe times
the
Title of
Don
was onely prefixed before the N1mes of Noble Perfons, and
\Vas
not half
fo
common as it
is
now, when every little fellow affumes it, and the very
l ndian1,
whether Noble, or not, in imitation of the
Spaniards ,
give themfelves
' that
Title,
and
are called by it. We iliall alfo hereafter call
D iego A lmagro D on
D_icJ,o?
for
h~vin g
been a.Companion
wit~ Piptr~o
in his
Enterpr~fes,
and equal co
him
m all his
Undertakmgs, we annot
m
J
ulhce deny unto
hun a
{hare f
his
Honours.
•
Don Franci.r
therefore having received his Commiffion, and fitted
all
thing ne..
ceffary
for
his Voyage; and being accompanied with four of his Brother
and
many other Perfons of Qg_ality of the Province of
Eftremadura
he
embarl~ed
at
Seville,
and. having
a
quic~
an9 profperous palfage, he happily
a~rived
at
Panama:
But
D on
D1!go
\~as
much d1ffat1sfied to un.der(hnd that
D on
Frawci~
had
appropria–
ted all choie Titles and Honours
unto
himfelf and not made
him a
fh
rer \X:ith
him in.thofe. Offices, and. Places fTruft,
whi~h
were conferred
by
Commiffion
from his MaJeily,
f(
rgemng that he had equally fuffered with
him in
all the
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