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R..oyal
Commentaries.
BooK
II.
to be comprehended within the new Enlargement which Hi Majelly
gave co
r
ptrro,
though the number of Leagues were not fpedfied in that Gram.
'-
Hereunto the Party of
Almagro
replied,
that in
ca(e
the
difl:ances
were
to be
meted by the Heavens, and not by the Land, they were not to
be
taken North
and South, but Eaft and Weft, which gives Eighty Leagues
co a
Deoree·
But
in
regard that neither fide would agree to that Meafure, the matter
as
0
th~y
faid
ought to be accommoda,ted , and forty nine Leagues allowed
ro
~
Degree
and
then
th~ Jur~fdicti~m
?f
Pirarro.
would nor reach farther than
fix
Degrees'from
the
Eq~mochal,
y1eldmg
forry
rune Leagues
to
every Degree; now in cafe the
Pi–
pirro1
yielded
to
any of thefe three forts of Meafures, neither
Co~co,
nor
/os RCJeJ
-
would be comprehended
·irhin
· Jurifdilt:ion.
,
In
chefe Debates,
pro
&
cqn,
many Days we e fpent,
-~
hich were oftentimes
fo
warmly argued, that had it not been for the Moderation and Difcretion of
Diego
de
Alvarado,
Uncle
to
the Gener
l
Don Pedro de Alvarado,
and
Gome~
de Alvarado
a Perfon of great worth , they had proceeded to Arms, and open violence.
~
came in company with
Almagro
unto
Cmli.,
and being fenfible of the evil Confe·
quences \vhich a Breach or MiCunde,rfianding of this nature between the Gover·
nours would produce, he
fo
laboured to beget a good correfpendence b€tween
them, that at length, by confent of the major part,
it
•was agreed that
Hernnnd<>
!hould ir1timate co the Marquis his Brother the Demands and Precenlions of
Al–
magro
j
and
that
untill
an Anfwer fhould be returned thereunto,
all
matters
fhould
rem1in in fu[pence, and
Alts
of Holl:ility fhould
ceafe,
which accordingly
\.\as
ob(erved for fome days
j
but fome Men of an unquiet humour, who were deft–
rous co difl:urb that Union and Friendfhip which was efiablifhed between thofe
t\VO
Companions, foggefted
co
Almagro,
tnat
he had done
rn,
and
(Q
the prejudice
of
his
own right, by referring the Title a d Claim which
he
jufily had by
Grane
from the Emperour,' to the
Will
and PleaCure
of
another, That
Hernando
Pipm·o
had re[olved what to doe before
he
wrote, and that this pretence of Writing
was
onely
to
keep himfelf in his fiation
fo
Jong as he could; for it could not
be
ex–
peet:ed that the Marquis fhould ever be contented
t0
refign
and quit che Imperial
City
of
Co<:.co,
and that the Agreement which was made, being without limitation
of time, might bind
Almagro
for ver, in cafe
p;farro
fhould not return an Anfwer
thereunto. Wherefure in rega
·d
his
laim
to
the Government of chac
City "as
clear, and without difpute, he
·a ad\ ifed \Vithout farther Ceremonies, or paufe,
to take Poffe!Iion thereof,
it
not being probable
that
ever
the
contrary parry
(hould
affem
to the Surrender of
a
Jewel
fo
rich and important as that City;
and
therefore., that he fhould look to his own Intereft, and not make delays
in
a
mat·
ter which
fo
much concerned
him.
Almagro,
who bad no need of Sparks to enflame the butning
heat
ofAmbitioni
which v,1as finochered in his Mind, immediately cook Fire at thefe Incentives, and
embraced the Advices, which were given him by
his
evil Companions, for
fuch
Counfel a
the[e a1e never projecred by good Men: Wherefore without
far·
ther ConCulcation with
his
wife and true Friends, he raChly anempted the lodg·
ing
of
Hernando
and
Gonfalo Pir;arro,
and in a dark night, and with armed Forces,
broke in upon them, for che Guards were afleep, and fecure, on confidence of
the
Truce
which was
fo
lately
made; howfoever the matter
~as
not
fo
covertly
carried,
but
that Intelligence was brought by one of
Almagro>s
Men of the danger
appro1ching, the which
Hernando
P~farro
would not believe at
firfr,
or conceive
ic
poffible,
tha~
a Gentleman fhould
fo
manifell:ly violate
Ns
Word, and the Faith,
he had given; but whil
£l:
l{ernando
was
thus arguing, a noife and combalHon was
heard \\'ithour, and then he that brought the
1
ev;s faid,
Sir, jince ·you give no
credit to rvhnt you hear with your Ean, believe whP.t you fee with 7our Eye.t,
for,
hehold,
they
are come.
Hereupon an Allarm was given to the Servants and People belonging
to
the
Pirarros,
who inll:ancly armed., and ran to defend the Doors of the Houfe,
"hich
had
been fortified, and firongly barred, as were
all
the QQ_arters of the Ciry where
the
SpaniPlrds
lodged, ever fince the time that the
Inca
departed. The
Almagrian1
not
finding a fpeedy Entrance, fee Fire
co
the Houfe in feveral places: Hereup–
on ;he Defendants giving themfelves for loft, opened the Doors, and
fo
Hernan~
and
Gonfr;tlo Pifarro,
\
ith many of their Friends and Relation , who were
all
of the
Countrey of
Eftmnenno,
or
Ejl-nmadura,
vvere taken, and
put
coeecher
into
a
firait Ch mber of the
Caf{ana,
which they made fecure with bars and bolts of Iron=
ome