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Royal
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BooK
II.
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Thefe Articles being cohcluded and agreed between
Almagro
and the Mat–
quifs
Picarro,
the foregoing Defigns were publifhed ,
fv that
the Captains
pre–
pared themfelves for their refpeCl:ive Enterprifes, and accordingly raifed aoa
enrolled their Men.
A lon(o
de
A lvarado
lifi:ed three hundred Men for
his
Con–
quefi,
Garcilaf[o
de
la Vega
two hundred and fifty
for his;
and
he
that
was
in–
tended for the
Pacamurus,
wa provided
with
a
like number; and all three
entred into their refpective Divifions , where he
fullained gre:it Labours
and Hardfhips, by reafon of the high Mountains and Interruption of
River;
as \ e £hall hereafter iliew in their due places. The Recruits fent
to
Se/Jaftia;
de
Belalcafar
confified of one hundred and fifty Men. But
Almagro
made up a
Force five hundred and fifty, amongfi which feveral of them had aJready
Lands fet out to them, and commands over
Indians,
yet in hopes of better
Fortune in
Chili,
of whofe Riches there
was
great talk, they left
their
Pof–
feffions and Efiates about
Couo.
For in thofe beginnings every poor
Spaniard
in the condition of a common Souldier, thought all
Peru
but a mean Share
and Reward of his Labours..
Almagro
lent thirty Thoufand Pefos of Gold to
his
ouldiers, to buy Horfes, and Arms, and other neceffiiries ;
fo
that they
were all very well
provided.
.
[oh»
de
Saavedra,
a
ative of
Seville,
(with whom I was well acquainted)
was fent in the Van , or Forlorn Hope, with one hundred and
fifty
Men, to
difcover the Countrey, which they found to be very quiet, and in a peace-
·
able pofiure , by reafon that their
Inca,
Prince
Manco,
remained
in
the Hands
of the
Spaniards,
and that the
Indians
were
in
very great hopes of his Reftau·
ration to the Empire.
Almagro
left Captain
R.19
n;a~
,
and
[ohn
de
Herrada,
his intimate Friend, co
refide as Agents for him
in
the City of
Cozco,
co raife Men, and ro fend him
Recruits, and fupply
him
with what was neceffuy for the
War
againft the
Kingdom of
Chili,
it
being
reported
to be a Countrey mountainous, and the
People Warlike.
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