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HAP.
xx
xv.
H rnando
Pi~arro
1·eturns to
Spain,
to give an Account of
what
had
fucceeded in
Peru.
T
HE
Governour,
Don Francifco Pi farro,
not regarding the fears and apprehen·
fions of
Atahualpa,
was elated
in
his
Hopes and Expe<ions, by thofe
fa–
vours which good fortune had caft upon him ; and refolving to follow and im·
prove his fuccefs, he judged
it
convenient and neceflary to render an account to
His
Mljefiy
of all matters,
which
unto that time had occurred
in
Peru;
the
which
Intention being moved to
Almagro
,
his
Companion , and
his
Brothers,
it
was
agreed by them to difpatch
Hernando Pifarro
into
Spain,
with Advices to His Ma–
jefiy
of what had happened, that
fo
their Services might be rewarded according
to their Merit. And in regard
Hernando Pifarro
was employed as a publick Per–
fon in behalfof the Commonalty, or the wliole Company,
It
was ordered that
fo
much
ihould
be
taken out of the
heaps
which were already colleeted
for
the
Ran–
fome of
Atahualpa
1
as would ferve to defray his Charges; and moreover that he
fhould
carry
with him the value of two hundred tnoufand Pieces of Eight
in
Gold, and one hundred thoufand
in
Silver, for that
fifth
part
which
appertained
to the King, on account of the Ranfome of
Atahualpa;
the which Gold and Silver
· were as the
firfi
Fruits, and as an earneft of that Treafure and Riches which they
have already, and are
yet
to carry from
my
Countrey to
His
Majefiy. The Silver,
as
Auguftin
Carate
reports, was carried
in
pieces of maffy Plate , a Relation of
whidi
he gives
in
chefe Words:
'' They
agreed ( faid he) to fend
Hernando
Pif arro
to give a N arrative to
His
" Majefry of their profperous Succeff es, which had occurred untill chat time · but
'' whereas as
yet they
could not make a jufr computation of what fhare
H is
a–
" jefiy was
to receive out
of
the Colleltions already made; they took from their
cc
Heaps the value of two hundred thoufand Pieces of Eight in Gold, and twenty
" thoufand Marks in Silver; for
V\
hich they chafe the moft
fair
and weighty
" Pieces of Plate, for the better fhow and
appearan
e
in
Spain.
All which were
~
weighed out, and the Jars, Pans, Figures of Men,
and
Women, and Sheep,,
'' were all
cafi
into the Scale to make up the full weight and value already men–
,, tioned. With this
Prize
Hernando Piy_arro
embarked, to the great
grief
of
Ata–
"
baliha,
who had a great kindnefs for 'him, and entertaiaed fuch confidence
in
'' him, that he freely communicated all his thoughts to him, wherefore at his de-
,, parture he faid
to
him:
And
do you go, Captain, I
am
trouhled
for
it
at
my very heart,
·
"for
-when
you
are gone,
I
am
fure that
f at
Fellow, and that hlind
Rafcal, will
foon makf!
"
an
end of me;
meaning
Almagro,
who, as we
faid
before, was blind of one Eye,
«
and
Alon(o Requelme,
His Majefry's Treafurer, whom he had obferved to mur-
:: !J1Ur
and quarrell about him on the occafion before related. And fo indeed,
1t
happened ,
for no fooner was
Hernando
departed ,
than that immediately
" they
contrived his Death by means of their Interpreter
Philipiliio ,
who was
" an
Indian, &c.
And
Gomara
confirms wh(lt we {ball more at large here–
after
relate, That
Hernando Piyarro
carried the
fifth
pare of what appertained
to His Majefl:y on account of the Ranfome of
Atahualpa,
and he farther adds
thefe Words.
'' The Truth of what pa!fed is this:
Hcrhttndo
Pif.arro
carried no more with
" him from
CaffemiJtrca
than what is before mentionea; but foon afcer his depar–
" ture followed
the Death of
A rabaliba,
and
then
a
Divide11d
was ma<le
of
his
" Ranfome;
untill
which time his
Ex~cution
was rather deferred, than his Life
Ppp
~nred
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