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Ro_yal
Commentaries.
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fortune, and never offered injury or iolence to his Neighbour ; That he was de–
firous to be informed of that which' as the true Law of Mankind, for that
his
own
Law
did not anfwer or fatisfie the many notions he had conceived
in
his
mind of a better and a more fublime Religion.
Hereupon the
Spaniard
endea–
voured in the befl: manner he could co
infiruCl: him
in
the Principles of
rhe
Ca–
tholick Faith, \ hich true aith
as,
That he
fhould worfbip God in the Trinity
and the Trinity
in
Unity
:
And becaufe ( as we have intimated before) thaf
chere
~anted
words in the
Indian
Language
to
exprefs that My!l:ery, he advifed
him
to
keep the word
TrinilJ,
and the word
Credo
in his memory , for that thofe
~ords
i
ould let him in unto that Faith, which the
Roman
Church, which
is
the
Mo
ther of all good ChriO:ians, doth believe and embrace.. And having repea–
ted
the.le\ ords often, and having
to
feveral quefiions
made
to
him,
anfwered,
Tes
in
t
he Affirmative; a Prie!t was
called,
who being fatisfied in
'hat had paffed
and that the
Jndjan
defired
t0
be a Chriftian, he was baptized to the great
fatis~
facl:ibn of all three that is, of che Prieft, the Perfon baptized, and of
Alonfo
&p:,,
who
was his
Godfather ;
in
a
fuorc time
after which, the
Indian
ended his
days
with
much ioy and comfort, that he died a Chrifiian. Afterwards
Alonfa
RHJ~
re–
turned into
pain
with
fifty
thoufand
pieces
of Eight in his Purfe, the which he
had gained
in
Caf[am11rca,
Couo,
and other parts; but being troubled
\iVith
fcru–
ples of Confcience for having gained his Wealth unjufily, he applied himfelf co
the Emperour with words
t0
this
purpofe:
Moft
Sacred ..tMajefty, I am
one of thofe Conquero11rs
of
Peru,
to wborr;
a
Jhare
or pro–
portion
of
the fjoils thereof
have
been divided to the Import of fifty tho#fand pieces
of
Eight,
which
1
h1tve brought with me into
Spain ;
but being trouhle#.
r11
Confcience for thefe
iltgot–
ten
goods,
I come
here to
ma~
reftitution thereof unto your Maje.fly, who
u
SHj>reme
Sove–
reign of that Empire.
If
your
Majefl.
will
be
fa
boHntifull
M
t9
grant me
any
foare thereof,
1
jhttll
receive
it
M
from the true Lord and
Mafter,
who hath
pow1r
to
ma~
me a
juft
and
lawf
u/L
tit~
thereunto
;
and
if
not, I fhall remain contented, and
believe
my
fe!f
1111wort"1J
of
yoHr
Majeft/s Grace and
BoHnty.
The Emperour accepted the Refiirution as an effect of an honefi and a confcien–
tious
mind;
and in lieu thereof, befto"':ed upon him a Revenue
in
fee of four
hundred thoufand
Maravedis
of
yearly Rent, together with the Comm
and orLordlliip
of a fmall
Village called
Marta,
fituate near rhe
City
of
Truxillo;
whic.fl,
now a
ephew of this
Alonfo
RHJ~
dorh poffefs and inherit ; and befides t
he qui–emefs of confi ience which this
Rtp·~
reaped by this refiitution, he alfo inaeafed
and
improved his Efiate thereby, having obtained a greater parcel of Land chan
his money could have purchafed, given
in
fee to himfelf and his Heirs for
ever~
CUld
\tvhich at prefenc is defcended and poifeffed by hi own kindred; whereas the
Divi!ions
made
in
the
l ndiu
were not to
continue
longer than
for
two Lives,
which
are alroofi all extinfr at this time. And
it
is very remarkable, that what Efiate
hath
be~n
brought
frGm
the
Indie1,
(though not
arHing by
the Divilion of Lands,
but
by
other ways) hath not continued
to
the third
Heir;
whereas chis Eltace of
RRi~
wears Hke Iron, and defcends
in
tailed
to
the right polfeffour, and his Heirs
for ever. And
fo
let us
return to the thread of our Hillory ..
HAP.