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Boox
II.
Royal
Commentaries.
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C HA P. ·
XI.
A1magro
and:
Alvarado
17larch
together unto
Cozco.
The
Prince
Manco Inca
comes
to
treat
with
1he Governour,
who gives hini a nzagnificent Reception.
(
:-:r
HE
Spaniards
having
with mutual joy
folemnized
the Peace
and
Amity
which
.·.I.
was concluded and agreed between both PJrties, the
two
Governou~
.Af ..
magro
and
Ai1faradu,
(for to the lafi
I
attribute the Title of Governour, as well
as
to
rhe
others, becaa[e that he
was
entred.into the fame Confederacy
and
League
with them) gave orders to Captain
Sehaftian de Belalfacar,
to return unto
~it11,
for fecaring the Peace and Qiiet
of
chat Kingdom; for that forne i:etcy Comman–
ders
of the
Indians
roved up and down the Countrey, ro cau[e D1frurbances and
Infurretl:ions. This being difpatched,_ other matters were
to
~e pr?vid~d
for, and
particularly it
was
thought
fit
to raife a Fortrefs, and
furm{h
1t w1th
a Gar–
rifon
to
defend themfelves from the
Spaniards,
who upon the fame of the vaft
Riches of
Peru,
crouded in great numbers from
Panama,
and
Nicaragua,
to take
a
fhare thereof with
the
prefent ·poffeffours;
to.
oppofe which the Garrifon was
provided with Men, and Arms, and Provi6on fufhdent to defend
it.
As
to
Don
Pedro
de
Alvarado,
who, according
to
the
Articles
agreed and publHhed, was
to
return unto bis Ships, and
fail
along the Coaft towards the Southward,. there
to
· conquer
and
poffefs new Dominions ofKingdoms and P,rovinces, declared,
that
he had
a mind
to travail by Land, and make
a vilit
to tne Govern-our
Don Fran–
cifco
Pifan-o,
and to divert himfelf
a
while in
the
fight
and Curvey of
tho[e
parts
~
the
wliich was but
a
bare pretence, that he
might
the better colour and conceal
the fecret agreement; and upon. this occafion
it
was refolved, that
Almagro
fhould
fend one of
his
Officer, who was called
Diego de Mora,
(with
whom
I
was after–
wards
acquainted,.) to command the Fleet in his place and ftead; and according–
ly
Alvarado
difpatched his Orders to
Garciholguin,
to
deliver up the charge of the
Fleet into the Hands of
Diego de Mora,
the Perfon commiffionated and emrufied
by
both
Parries,
in
regard, that according to the late Agreement, the Ships and
Men, and all that belonged unto them, were
to
be employed
in
the publick Ser–
vice
and defrayed
at
the common expence. Neceffary Orders being taken here..
in, the two Governours proceeded on their way towards
Couo,
where we
<hall
leave them in their Journey for a while, and return to the Succeffes
of
Pifarro,
who being left at
Co~co,
as vve have faid , many particulars vvere tranfaeted by
him,
which we fhall mention
in
order, that fo we may keep the due Method
of
our
Hillary,
both
as
to time and place.
,
Mancu Inca,
moved by the Advices which his Brother
Titu
Atauchi,
and his
Major General
~i~q!'i~
had fent
co
-him,
(as
we have before fpecified) prepared
himfelf to make a viht
to
the Governour, and co demand of hlrn the re/litution
of his Empire , and performance of thofe Capitulations which
his
Brother and
the principal Nobles of
his
Kingdom had made, and concluded with the
Spanj–
Ard.r;
upon which point emring' into divers Confultations with his Confidents,
whether
it
were better
to
go in
a
peaceable and friendly manner,
or
attended with
a
firong and powerfull Army ; in which matter the
ounfels were much divided
fo~etimes
being
of one Opinion, and fometimes of another; though the
gene~
rahcy follo ed the
Advice
?f
~i:qui~,
who was
of
opinion, that
the
Inca
ought
to be
we~
guarded , le!l:
his
Fa(e fhould be like to that of his Brother
Atah11a!pa,
who trulhng to the good
Nature
and generous
Dif
pofition of Strangers, fell into
thofe
~ares
wherein he perilhed. But whilft they were thus in Difpute, and con-
trovertmg the
matter,
die
Inca
fpake
co them
in
this
manner ;
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