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that might not be
oppr~ifed
with all his
G~iefs
at the fame time , the fecond-
.ews,
_of
the lof5 of
his
Forces,
~nd
Impnfonment'of
Alvarado>-
ame
JlOC
ro
him unull two days after
th~
Receipt. of the former, which ferved to augment
r~e
fen[e
he
conceived for his late Mi.sforrunes. Whereupon giving a fiop
to
his March , he refolved
to
return agam to
/01 Re;·e1
,
though he was already
advanced
t
enty five
Lea~es
upon hi Way; for. that when he departed
thence, he had. made preparations onely for a
War
agamil: the
lndinns;
but now
the Defign bemg changed , and that he was to fight with
Spaniards,
another
fort
of Arms, and other accoutrements of War,
\\Jere
to
be
provided,
as
neceffi..–
ry
again
fr
this Enemy.
Moreover he thought it advifable firfl: to make n·ial of the more moderate
Terms of Treaty and Accommodation, not being \\ilHng to tempt Fortune
a
third time, which had been fevere to him
in
two former Adventures. He ·
farther conGdered, That
his
Competitor was fl:rong, both in Horfe and Foot.
and that they were wellarmed; and that the mofi: fafe and eafie way to
ex~
tioguifh· that Fire
which
was now kindled
in
the Breafl: of
Almagro,
was to
re.
vive the ancient Conditions of Brother-hood and Friendfhip, whic
had been
fo
ofcen confirmed , and ratilied under
f
o.
many Oaths and Religious Vows .
by Virtue of which, that great and rich Empire having been gained, and
con~
quered; it would be mofi lamentable
to
fee the Enjoyment of chofe Bleffings
difappointed,
and at
the end of
all
7
to
fee nothing
intend~d,
but the Ruine
and Deftruetion of each other•
. On thefe ConGderations he difpatched the Lawyer, Dotlour
Efpinofa,
unto
Co~co,
with lnfrruet:ions,
if
poffib1e, to conclude fome middle Terms of Ac–
commodation between
him
and
Almagro;
and that he fhould efpecially endea–
vour to make
him
fenGble, that in cafe their Quarrels and Difiencion fhould
be made known to His Majell:y
and the Difference between his Gover–
nours, fuggefied as irreconcileable ;
it was more than probable ,
that
His
. Majefiy would, before they could lay the matrer open oefore him, provide
hirnfelf with another Governour to fupplant them both, and ''ho , without
Svveac, or Labom, vvould immediately enter into the Poifeffion, and En.
joymenc of that Dominion, ' hich they, at the Expence of
fo
much Bloud '
and fndufiry , had atchieved. That he fhould confider, that
a
good Peace
was better than an evil War, and that though rhofe Word are commonly in-
erted, yet under the prefent Circumfl:ances they vvere moft certainly true. And
lall:ly, vvhen he fhould fee that
Almag"(o
vvas not to be prevailed vvith
>
on
any equal Terms, that then he fhoula conclude with him on Conditions
to
releafe
his
Brothers;< and that as
for
the
atter of the Government of
Co~co
,
he Orould rule and govern there
in
d's Name untill Cuch
time
fs
that the ca[e being frated, and made knm
n
to
His
Majell:y , he tbould be
pleafed to determine the particular
Limits
and Precin& of each other's Go–
vernment : Provided alfo in the mean time, that
Almagro
ihould not make
any Attempt on the
Ciry
of
Los
Reye1,
nor on any of the Territories thereunto
belonging.
.
·'
DoCl:our
Efpinofa
being
thu~
difpatched with this Commiffion, and thefe
In–
fiructions, he arrived at
Couo,
'~here
he
~propo[ed
all matters accordingly
to
Almagro,
and
his
Officers; but they vvere become fo high, and elated, with
their
former
Succefs, that they vvould neither yield, nor hearken
to
apy
Pro–
pofals: And though
Diego
de
Alvarado ,
with
his ufual Candour and Mode–
ration, infifl:ed, That the Articles now offered , ·were the very fame chat they
formerly required ; for that they never demanded more than Poifeffion, and
quiet Enjoyment of the City of
Couo ;
·
yet .they
rejeet~d.
all his Counfel
~
and Offers, faying, That he was not to pref
cnbe
them Limits, or confine and
refirain them from marching toward
lo1
Re:Jes;
for that he was not
to
be
im–
pofed upon within his own
J
urifdietion, but in that profperou and flourilh–
ing fiate of Affairs, rather
to
give them
to
recei e
Con~i~ons
from others.
To which
Diego
de
Alv arado
made Anft,.ver,
th
t
the Conditions were Cuch as
he himfelf gave, and not received ; but
all
he could
fay '
as in vain, and
inJig–
n·
fican~,
for
it
was
entirely rejecred.
And
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