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Royal

Commentaries.

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IX.

Don Diego

de Almagro

joins

his

Forces

with

Don

Pedro

de Alvarado,

and

Belalca<;ar

to fupprefs

Rumminavi.

on Francifco de

Pi~arro,

and

D. Diego

Almagro,

were. bufily employed

g_a–

thering, heaping and difpofing of the Treafure which they had found

Couo,

and the parts tliereabouts, when the News came that

Don Pedro de Alvarado

was arrived in

Peru

with Commiffion to Govern and Command all thofe parts

which he {hould conquer; that he "!'as inforced With five hundred .Men, mofr of

which \\ere Gentlemen of Noble Birth, and

the flower of

Spam,

well moun–

ted on Horfe-back, \\ell Armed, and well Accoutred with all matters

fit

for

War. This news poffeffed the minds of the

Spaniards

with an apprehenfion of

jealouGe, that there people came to

difpoffe~.

them of the Riches and

ealth

which they had gained ; for fuch

the condltlon of humane nature, which can

never be entirely happy, or profperous without forne mixtures of

allay.

Where–

fore the Governour

fent

his companion

Almagro

with a hundred

Spaniard1

pre–

vent the rnifchief which might happen; and

to defend the Sea-coafi, as to ob..

ftruB: their Landing, or otherwife to corrupt the Army by certain

inf

muations

and promifes, alluring them to abandon the defign of their own Leader, and join

with them in an enterprize which was already profperous,,, and brought to matu–

rity.

Almagro

aCl:ed according to chefe InfiruCl:ions, but the fuccefs thereof we

£hall declare afterwards, being obliged

firfi:

to recount other important matters

which were tranfatled at that time ; for we mufi know, that foon afrer the de–

parture of

Almagro,

Francifco

Chaves,

and

his

Companions, arrived at

Coz.co,

gi–

ving an account unto the Governour, and the other

Spaniards

of the ci

vil and

ge–

nerous treatment which he had received from

Titfll. Atauchi,

and his Captains, fpe–

cifying the Care, the Entertainments, and the Prefents befiowed on them, as alfo

the Attendance and Accommodation which had been afforded them for their

Journey; and alfo the Articles which they had emred into,

behalf of the

Spa–

niards

with the

lndianI;

and

, in fine, they related the methods of Jufiice which

had been executed on

CueU.ar

with the formalities of the Cryer and Executioner.

Great was the joy

which t

he Governour, and the others conceived to fee

Fran–

cifco de Chavef

and his Companions, ( whom they had given over for loft ) to re–

turn in fafety ; and more was their wonder,

underfiand and hear the civility

and kind treatment which the

Indians

had ufed towards them; as alfo the Parti–

culars of the Death of

Cuellar,

being a paffage very obfervable, that they iliould

6nely vent their anger and revenge on his fingle Perfon, and not onely fuffer the

ochers to efcape but

contribute to their departure with freedom and honour :

But

that at which the

Spaniards

mofl: admired, were. the Capitulations and Con–

ditions propofed by the

Indians,

whkh evidenced a fincere defire of Peace and

Friendfhi~

with

t~e

Spaniard1,

and a Zeal

imbrace the Doltrine of the Holy

Gofpel ; m all which the

SpaniardI

were defirous to agree, and comply with them ·

but the

r_roubl~s

which arofe upon the coming of

D_on

Pedro de Alvarado

gave a fiop

to tho[e _mtent10ns,

that there was no farther difcourfe of peace and quiet or

propagauon of t)1e

~ofpel,

onely alarums and incitements to War and

Cru~lty

were

beard,

Yvh1ch mvolved the

Indittns

and

Spaniards

in a mutual calamity as

will

appear

the fequel of thi Hill:ory.

At the fame time almofl: intelligence\\ as brought to the Governour of the

great fiaughre_rs and tyranny which

Rumminavi

had committed in

~_itu,

that he

vas

the:-e ra!fing Men againfi: the

Spaniards.

To fuppreiS which Infurrection,

an.cl

pumfh

tl11S

Tyrant, and obviate all thofe mifchiefs which there beginnings

m1g

pro

du_ce , the Governour immediately difpeeded away Captain

Sehaftian de

!alcaf.ar

with

~orfe

.and

Foo~,

well provided of all things, to re-inforce

Alma–

gro

;

who

marchmg with all diligence, and with more care and watchfulnefs than

former] ,