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BooK
I.
Royal
Com1nentaries.
The S
tond
Part of
the Speech
of
Friar
Vicente de Valverde.
F
OR which rea{on the Pope of
Rome,
who
u
the High Priefl now living, having
un--
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derftood that all the People and Nations of theft Kingdoms,
leaving the Worjhip
of
the
true
M11,k._er
of
all
things, do hruti/h!J worfhip Idol!, and the Images
of
Devils; and /;e–
;ng willing to
draw
them to the k,zlowledge
of
the true God, hath granted the Conqueft
of
thefe Parts to
Charles
the 5th, Emperour of the
Romans,
who i.J the
mo.ftpoweifull King
of
Spain,
and Monarch of all the Earth, that
fo
he having brought the Kings, and
L1Jrd.r,
and People of thefe parts, under hi.J Suhjellion and Dominion, and having deftrqyed the re/;e/li–
o;u and di(obedient, he may gove-m and rule thefe Natirms, and red11ce them to the k_nowledge
of
God, And to the
obedience of the Church.
And tho11gh our
mo.ftpotent King he employed in the
Governmen~
of
hu vaft K ingdrrms and
Dominions, yet he received this Grant
of
the Pope, and refufad not the trouble for the good
And
for the falvation of thefa Nations; and according!J hath (ent his Captains and Souldie1
s
to
execute his Commands, as he did for the Conqueft of tbofa great Ifland.s and Countries
which are adjoining to
Mexico;
and having fohjeEted them
by
f srce of A rms, hath reduced
them to the aceyor:'Pledgment of the true Rcfjgion
of
{ef;u Chrift, for the f nme God hath com–
maml;ed, that
fa
it fhould
be.
For which reafon the Emperour
Charles
the rth. hath
chofan
for hu Ambaffadour, and
Lieute•ant
Don
Francifco
e
Pi~arro,
(who i.J here prefent) that
fa
the Kingdoms
of
your
Highne.fsmay receive alt the heneftts
of
Religion; and that a firm Peace and Alliance
may he co11cl11ded and eftahlifhed between Hu Majefty and Tour H ighnefs ;
on
condition that
your Highnefl, and all your KingdtJm hecome T'rilmtaries, that
u,
paying
a
Trihute t o the
Emperour, Thou maift becwe his Subject, and delivering upyour J(ingdtJm, and all the
Ad–
minijlration and Government thereof, Thou fhalt doe Mother Kings and Lords have already
done, and have the fame quarter a;zd conditions with them.
Thu
u
the
fir.ftpoint: N ow
M
t-0
the fecond: When thu Peace and Alliance
u
eftahlijhed, and that thou haft fobmitted
eithe-t voluntari{y, or
/;y
conftraint, then thou art to yield true and
f
dithfull Obedience to the
Pope, who
u
the High-Priejf, and thou art to receive and believe the Faith
of
{efm Chrift
our- God.
Thou-
an
al{o to r-ejell and total!J to abandon the a6ominable Superftition
of
I dfJlf,
which being done, we jhall then mak.,e k,ztown fo you the Sanctity and Truth
of
our Law, and
the Faljity ofyours, the invention and contrivance of which proceeded from the Devil.
All
which,
0
King, if Thou wilt believe me, Thou 011ghteft to receive with readinefs andgood–
will,
being
a
m~tter
ofgre-at importance to thy
[elf,
and to thy people; for
if
thou foouldft
deny,
1tnd
ref
P/e
to obey, Thou wilt
be
profecuted with the Fire
and
Sword
of
War, untill we
have conj/rained thee
by
force of
Arrm,
to renounce thy Religion;, for willingly or .unwil/ing!J
7hou muft receive our
Catholic~
Faith,
and with furrentler
of
thy King
dam
P'!Y a
Tribute to
our Emperour; hut in cafe thou fhouldft contend, and mak! rejiftence with an ohftinate
mi11d,
he a.J{ured, . that God
will
deliver thee up,
ao
he
did
ancient!J
Pharaoh,
who, with hu
"JPhole Army, perijhed in the
red
Sea; and
fa
/halt Tho11,
;ind
ftll
thy
Indians,
perifo. and
he
de
ftr'!)ed
6y
our
Amu,.
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