634 / 1060
oyal
Con1nientartes.
BooK
II.
ruel I efola ion ''-'as op ofed by many of chofe "'ho \ 'ere then a oard with him
l o
fofi)
ing. hi e
il_
Imemion, told him. lainly, chat he was nor to exceed
ch
1
r of
h1
Captam
n tal, nor was
1c
humanity to forfake hi Compa-
i
1.1
in their
1
at
~llre~.'
kno\ving hm u[efull and nece!fary
that
Brigantine
\ a
to
ch m.
In
th1
pomt none \ as
more
zealous., and
urgent
chan a good
nar a
I ,
G1.t{pllr
:zrva1..
1l,
and a youn Gentleman,
ative of
Bada1
o:t..,
named
Henw :
i.
J
,,·de-
de
J
argM,
horn chofe
f
the contrary opinion made their chief.
an
w
i
'
·arm in heir
ebates on th·
ubjecr, rhac: the Qparrel had
corn~
t
Bloud h d not
Orell'1na
wirh fair and gentle W01d appeafed the Twnult for
r .
Jt
reie:ir.
m ·
?
ver he fo
wo~ked
afterwards \
ith rhofe,
ho had oppofed
h
Inrennon, th t \\ u
_reat
rom1fes he enticed chem all to h· party, and then
rud
ly
treated
c e oor nar, \ !1om
h~
had expofed to the fame famine and mifery
(had
it
not
n
r refpe
to his Habit and Pro_feffion) as he did
Sanche~
de Yargao,
f<
r wh m he thought
eath too mean a purufhment, unlefs attended with the
d'r full
ircumllanc
of
ruelty; and therefore left him in that
Defart,
encom-
4
n
ith high
ountain on the one fide, and· with a great
i
er on the
th r,
n
i
1
iifo
both with
a and Land, he
as left there to perHh by
min.
Afr
r '
hich
Franci[t.o
de
Oreluma
purfuing h'
oyage, renounced in a few days
tl e
m iffion he had received from
Gontalo Plfarro,
difclairning
all
fubjeetion
to him
Ut
pretend d to
a
a a
pt
in
immeaiately de_pending on
. Maje-
fiy.
he
hi
h
te
ri[e may
deferve the
term
of the higheft piece of
Tr
hery that e er wa aCl:ed; though in reality other Captains,
ho have been
cone me
in the
nque
f
chis
ne\: World, have been
guilry
ofAttions as in-
fam u as
th. .
p
in
Gon:uilo
Hn7r:1nd1~ d~Oviedo
&
Yalde.s,
who' as Hiftorio.
grapl er r His Cacholick
ajelty, the mperour
Char/1J1
the ..ifrh,
in
the
17th.
ook, and
l.oth.
hapter of hi General Hillory of the
lndie1,
relates villanou
A
ions
f
reachery, \: hich ' ere repaid in Coin 0£ the
like
nature, by thofe
' ho
e
t
fucceed
chem
in
the
fame
Offices, and places
of
Troll: ; to confirm
bi h Truth,
there ·
a
roverb
hich
fays,
KJI!, and
th(!f1
fh1tlt be kjlled,
m1d
th~
fh1iU k.jlt him
th,u
kills-
thee.
Were
it
to
our urpofe to enlarge on this ubje
e
were
able to produce many Infianc
of the bighell: PerfidioufuefS and
r.eachery,
a ed afc r th time
f
th· Hill:oriographer; bot
'tis
not oar baftnefs co rake into
fuch horribl
rori
s,
and th r fore we
fhall
rather paf5 them
by
in
filence,
cha
r peat thofe
irefull
paffages>
from v hich Men would not be deterred by Than..
der, L'ghtning,
or ocher
vidences of God's Wrath.
But to return
to
our
bufinefs
in
hand.
Francifco
de
Orellana
found
fomer
Provi.,,
fions amongO:
the Inhabitants on the
iver below,
h becaufe
they
ere fierce
1
and
ild,
and th
t
t e
omen came forth
V\
ith their Husbands
to
fighc, they
g \ e
it
th
name
f
rhe
i
er of
Amdwns;
the which T
rm
erved
to
raife rhe
Honour of this Atch1evemenr, and co induce the Emperour co b fiow the Go-
rn
nt
thereof u on
Orellana.
ro eeding yet
f<
n:her dm n chi River, they
f<
1
d
ther
Indians,
more ci il, or at leafi
le~
brutifh than the
thers, \,'ho rn-
ei ed rh m amicably, and with go d
elcome, dm· ing to behold the Brigan
4
tine, and Men
f<
firangely habited, but they treated them kindly, and furnifhed
them
\\'itb
as mu h ProvHion, as they had oc afion to uk. The
Spani11rds
remained
in this
lace
for fome day , ' here they built another Brigantine, for th
y
\-Yete
very
t
uch ftraitned for room in the firft ; and having fitted themfelv
well as
they \ ere able, they adventured out to ea, and having failed two hundred
Leagu
,
(a
the
hare
fi
ts
it
down,) they
arrived
at the Ifland of the Holy
Trinity,
after .havin pa ed fo many
ifficolties, as before related, and
efca~d
fuch Dangers m the
R.i
er, a that they often gave themfelves over to be
hiJ)-:
recked,
and
lofi. At thi
Hland
Orellana
bought a
hip,
with
which he. falled
int
Spain,
where he requefied His Majefiy' Commiffion for the Conqueft and
Government of that
umrey. To make this Enrerpri e appear\: ith greater Re–
putation he alledg d that it ' a a
ouncrey abounding
ith Gold, Silver, and
r tious
ton
, and in Teilimony thereof he produced the Riches which he had
brought~
ith him. Hi Majefiy having accordingly granted the
equefl: he ma_d
for the Govern ent
f
vvhat he fhould there conquer;
Orellan11
made
Levies
·
f
five hundred ouldiers, the greatell: part of vvhich vvere brisk young Gende-
l
en, and
rincipal Perfons
of Honour,
vvith vvhich he embarqued at St.
L11C11r,
but