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at his return; and therefore he defired his licence to make that Journey for a few
ays,
leaving in the mean time his Brothers, and other
Spaniardi,
in the ServiCe
of
is
Highnefs, "'ho, he (uppofed, would be acceptable to him,
in
regard
he
ellee–
med diem for
his
Kindred, and to be of the fame Lineage and Off-fpring from the
Sun. To which the
Inca
made anfwer, that he wHhed him a pro[perous Jour–
ney; and as to his two Brothers, and the ocher
ViracochM,
he would take them
into his care, and treat them with Cuch ref
peel:
and kind ufage, as that he iliould
have cau[e to render him thanks for the fame at his return. And having
faid
this, he immediately difpatched
a
Meffige c:o the Commanders of the feveral
Pla–
ces and Countries through which the Governour was to pafs, that they fhould
ap–
point their Subje& and Vafials
to
attend his coming, and wait on him in the
fame
manner, as on his own Perfon; and moreover, that they fhould provide
a
Guard
of two hundred Men to attend and condutt the Governour, and to change them·
every three days,
fo
that they might be more frefh and aetive in
his Service.
The Governour having underfi:ood what the
Inca
had appointed in reference
unto him, took
his
leave and farewell of him, making choice of thirty Horfe to
attend
him
on this Journey; and being come to
Saufta,
he received ·ncelligence
that
Don D iego,
and
D . Pedro
de
Alvarado
were to pafs by the way of
Pachacamac,
to
vifit rha£ great Temple in thofe parts: Wherefore he hall:ened
his
Journey, that
he might meet them
in
that pleafant Valley, and there receive and treat
Al'l(arado,
and demonfirate that honour to him which was due
to
a famous Captain of
his
Quality and Renown, and accordingly preparations were made for his reception
and treatment. Twenty days after the Governour had been at
Pachacamac,
Don
Pedro de Alvarado
arrived there, being received by him with all the careffes and de–
monfirations of refpetl: and kindnefs that could be expreffed; for he gave pofi–
tive command to his People and Officers, to own and acknowledge
Alvarado
for
their Chief and Governour, and to give him that title folely; and
as
to himfelf .
and
ALmagro,
to
diftinguifh them by no other titles ofHonour,
than
their own pro–
per
Names.; and accordingly, during
all
the time that
Alvarado
remained at
P11cha–
camac, Pirarro
refufed to take cognifance of any caufe, matter, or thing, whatfo–
ever, but referred all to the judgment of
Alvmado,
whom he commanded his peo–
ple to obferve and obey ; feeming extremely rejoyced with the fight and prefence
of
fo
many Illufirious Cavaliers, who were come in the train and company of
Al–
varado,
and whom he honoured and complemented
with
all rhe demonfirations of
refpett and civility that could be exprelfed. After fome days had palfed with
ceremony
and
complement, and with the fatisfaCtion of mutual contentment,
Pi-
Every
. P~fo
ptrr
aid
co
Alvarado
the hundred thoufand Pefos of Gold, as was agreed, with
~f
G1id
15
a-
an a oitional Aid of twenty thoufand more to pay the charges of his Journey thi-
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thev, befides many .
E~eralds
and
~orquoifes
?f confiderable value, and
feveral
which
is
nine
V
effels of Gold for his ufe and ferv1ce. And mdeed the fuccour and reputation
lh~Jliogs
En·
which
Alvarado
brought to
this
enterprife might well deferve fuch a reward for the
ghfh.
Horfe,
Men
and Arms which he bro.ught
~ith
him,
fo
terrified
a~d
affrighred the
ouldiers of
Atahuttlpa,
th~t
they entirely y1el9ed and
r~figned
their
whole Empire
into
the hands of the
Spamard1 :
In
confiderauon of which, the Governonr honefi–
Jy
and jufily, without farther difpute or fcruple, paid the Money, as was agreed,
with the other advantages as aforefaid ; though others were of opinion
(as
Go–
mara
and
Garate
report)· that
Pif arro
had done better
if
he had not paid the Mo–
ney, but rather had taken
A lv arado
and fent him Prifoner
to
Spain,
for
having
by
force of Arms invaded his Territory,
in
regard that fuch a compatt which was
made with
A lmagro
by force of Arms, was' not obligatory ; or at leJfi
if
the Mo–
ney was to have been paid yet that he fhould pay him no more rban
fifty
rhou–
fand
Pefos of Gold, (which made one hundred thoufand pieces ofEight) becaufe
that the Ships and
Arms
,~·ere
not more worth, two of the Ships belonging ro
Pi–
f arro
himfelf; and
as
co the Men, Horfes and Arms, they belonged not to
Alva–
rado,
but
~ere
the Goods and EO:ates·of other
i\1en.
Howfoever,
Pifarrtrbeing
a
Man of honour, and one who more regarded his word and reputation, than the
evafions which fome would foggell: to him, whereby
to
<:aufe him to violate
and
break his Faith and Word : He paid
A lvarado
in
that
noble~~enerous
manner
as we have exprelfed, with regard co that honour and refpec1: wl1ich one Gentle–
man ought
in
all
dealings to perform towards another. And though the
agree–
ment was made by
his
Parmer, yet he efteemed it obligatory to himfelf, prefer–
ring
his
Paroll of
Honour before
any intereft \vharfoever.
And
though fome
did
objeet