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for though
Almaf..ro,
who was much inferiour in number, not having the four
ch
part of the people which
AlvaradiJ
had with him, was well pleafed with the Trea–
ty ; yet ratlier than condefcend to bafe and difhooourable terms, both he and his
people were ready
to
dye b ·avely with words
in
their hands
:
But the Souldiers
on both fides (as we have Caid) being inclinable to
an
Accommodation
a
Truce
was made for twenty
four
hours ; during which time the Generals met,'and with
the affifl:ence of che Lawyer
Caldera,
a Native of
Seville
;
they agreed on feveral
Articles
and Conditions,
as
followech
:
That both
fid€s
fhould equally
fhare
in the prize
already
gained, and in what tbould be gained for the future. That
Alvarado
fhould march with his Forces along the Coafi: co the Southward, co make
difcovery of the Kingdoms and Provinces which lay on that fide. That
Picarro
and
Almagro
fhould remain in poffeffion of the Countries they had fubdued,,, and
labour
to
fecure their Conquefis. And that the Souldiers both of one part, and
the other> might freely
pafs,
and travel from one Jurifdiction to another, either
into
the new
Difcoveries, or
into
the
Countries already conguered. Thefe are
the
Articles which were
then
publi!hed to plea
Ce
and
gr~tifie
die Souldiers of
A
lvA~
rado,
ho, as
Ciepi,
GtJrflara
and
Carate
report were compofed of many Gentle–
men,
that were apt to
refent che leafi: matter
which
might be ungratefull to chem.
But
the fecret
Accord
not fit to
be
publifued was
this :
Almllgro
engaged
to
pay
unto
A lvarado
a hundred thoufand Pefos
of
good
Gold, ( accounting four
hundn~d
and fifty
Maraved.U
to
e~ch
Pefo) a
~efo
in
EnglHh money makes about a No–
ble.
In
confideration of theSouldiers Horfes, and other Accoutrements ofWar
which he had brought
with
him, that having received
this
Money, he
ould re–
turn to
his
Government of
H11ah11timall11n
;
and that he fhould
f
wear, as afterwards
he did, never more to return unto
Per11,
during the Life of the two Companions,
Pifa-t'?"o
and
Almagro:
upon which agreement both parties remained with mutual
acisfaction.
The Articles being
in
this manner concluded and figned,
Al~ro
burnt the
cu...
raca
alive, for having treacheroufly forfaken
his
Colours, and had
in
the fame
manner dealt with
Philip
the Interpreter, had not
A/11ar11do
interceded
in
his behalf.
Upon which paffage
Gomara
in
the
129th
Chapter of
his
Book, difcourfeth as fol–
lows
:
"
Almagro
(faith he) did not find wherewith to
pay
thefe hundred thou–
" fand Pefos of Gold
in
compliance of
his
obligation to
Alvarado,
out of the be–
" nefit and gains of the late Acquifitions, although
in
C11ramba
there was a Tern..
'' pie plated
in
the in-fide
with
Silver, which perhaps he would not take away,
" untill fuch time, as either he had
firfi
procured the confent of
Pifarro
thereunto,
" or elfe had found fame ways to difpofe chereo£ And
fo
both of them proceeded
" together unto
t.
Miguel
de Tangarata
;
but
Alvarad()
difmiffed feveral of his
" Company, fuffering them to plant and fettle themfelveswith
Belalcafar
in
~i
ce
tu,
conferving to himfelf the braveft and ftoutefi: of his Companions. Thus
far are the Words of
Gomar11,
which I repeat and alledge his Authority for what
I have declared. Of all which matters and occurrences
AlmAgro
gave intelligence
to
Don Francifco
de
Pifarre.
CH
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