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BooK

II.

Royal

Commentariet.

·

'' accufl:omed

thereunto

and encouraged

by ·

Admonitions and Direltions from

~' Farh~r

Andrew Lope:t,

~ho

was a Jefoit, and his Confeffour, he continued his

" Devotions of Prayer not

onely

for his friend,

but

for all thofe who were there

cc

buned,

without any concernment

or

difiraetion

of

~ind;

exhorting likewife

" others ro join

with

him both

in

their

Prayers

s. And afterwards,

by

" the advice and example of

this

Perfon , the

who

were the Sons of

"

Spaniard.r

.

oegotteh on

the

Bodies

of

Indian

en, did

in

the year

I

58

I,

'' cranfporr

~he

Bones

of their

Fa~hers

from

that place to the City of

Co:tc.o,

where

'' they

buried them in an

Hof

pual,

and caufed many

Maffes,

~s,

and

ot~er

.

'' pious Works

to

be celebrated

a~d

performed

fo~

them ; to which

~I

the·City

cc

concurring

with

a general

Alacrity, from that ume

forward

the Vifion

ceafea

(<

co appear. Thus far are the Words of

BlM

Ya/eta.

And now to complete the fum of all thefe Cruelties after·this unhappy Bat-tel,'

there

remains

hothing more to

be

related than onely the Tragedy of

D<m Diego

d~

Almagre

him(elf; the

confeque11Ce

of which was the total defiruetion of

bodi

the

Governours,

with their

Confidents

and

Abettours,

in which calamity the com–

mon

Welfare

of

Peru

was involved.

In

which Relation both the Hifiorians una·

nimoufly

agree, that is

to fay,

Carate

in

the

1

ith Chapter

of his

third Book, and

Gomara

in

Chapter

14z,

have

thefe

Words, which

are

extralted

ver6lttim

in

fuch

manner as we

have

recited them

m

the following Chapter.

CH . A~

P.

fI

J

'~

His Vietory being obtained, and

Almagro

taken,

one

fide was enriched,

:,

.

and

the

other

impover~fl:ied

;

which

is

~he

n_atural

confequence

of

~

Ci-

vil War, w:aged between Cmzens and Relations m Bloud

and

Confangumityo

"

Fernando

Pit.arro

immediately took po!feffion of

Ca:tco,

thou~a.-

not without much

" difcontent and murmurings of

the people ;

for

thoµgh

h~

·

~e-d

the

fpoils a–

" mongft

them,

yet

there not

being

fufficient to

fati~fie

the

-expe&ations

-of

eve–

" ry perfon, Mutinies

were feared ; to prevent which

1

the

Souldiers

were

em..

a

ployed

on

new Conqnefrs, and to make chings

more

faf~,

the

friends-J)f

Alrlfd'°

«

gro

;vere

joyo~d

to

the otber6

without d;.ftinetion: And

tp

take

away-farther

<"c

caufe, or

occafion

of

Faetion

·~md

Mutiay,

Don

Diego

de

.4.lmttgro,

Juaior, was ·

: fent

a

P~ifone~

(o

the City

of

los

Reye.s

_;

as

~o

Almagpo

bimf~lf;

P1-Qt;.efs

was

" .made agamO: hun? and a report was

publifhe~,, ~hat

he,

t~her

with

fhi

Son~

\~as

to

be

fent

Pnfoner to

lp.1 Reyes,

and thence

lflE<t}

Sp"i!J.

But

whereas

it

was

<~

commonly talkecl, that

Mefa

and others

intended

to

relCtie

hil}l

sa

the wav

:t

which

was a

m<;re pretenc€

to cloak the feverity

of

theiti

}i)roceedin~, ~Y

fen:

,; tenced him to

Death.

The cmnes laid to his charge,

wer~,

that he had

entred

cl:

~(J:tCO

by

force

<Vf

Arms; . that he had _caufed

tire

clfulion of much

Spttnifh

,,

Bl~~d

s

that

he

had

entr~d

into a fecret

Treaty

with;.Mango Tnga

againili

the

«t

s~,,~ards

;.

that he

ha~

given

ancl

prefcribed

Limits wr-Gov:etlfment

~tid

Judf-

,, d1chon

wuhout

licence from

the

Emperour ;

that

he

had

lbr~en

all

ms

Arti–

ce

cles and Oaths_; that contrary

t9

the Peace of their So

ord

the

King he

cc

had.fou~ht

tW0

1

iBattels, one.

at

Abanca;,

and the othe

I

t

befides rcttVers

,,

orh~r

Mifdemean<?urs

comi;i1tted by

him

of

lefier moment.

lmagro

griev~ufly

refented

the

{eventy

of

this

fentence ,

and made fuch

fad

lamentations

there–

~'

·upon,

as were

fufficient

to draw Tears from

th~

moft

obdurate

heart:

And

~'

though