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BooK

II .

Royal

Commentaries.

1:,

Funeral;

tbe which, and other

Circumfiances,. preceding

his

Death,

by

whicli

µ:

(as we have fpedfied) he would rake no warrnng, are

fo

firange, as

can~

at–

"' tributed to

no

other

caufe

than

to the

unfeaLchable Judgments of

Almighty

•' God. Thus fur are the Words of

Caratc.

.

ln

which place he makes a comparlfon

between the

J?eath and Bunal

of

41m11-

oro

and

this

of

Pipirro

•

the

circumflances

of whofe Life

and Death. were m all

th~

agreeable.

The/

were

companions,

.and bad

[~om

Friendfhip, and

ent~ed

'into

Articles

to

gain

and

c-onquer that

Em¥>l!e,

and

1t

1s

firange to confider

w1th

what

equalicy

Fortune

balanced the

courfe

of their Lives, and the circumftances

of

-their

Dearhs.

As the fdme

Otratc

reprn-rs

in

the

Chapter

following.

.

c<

MaAy Years after, '61.iih

be, that th.e

Wars were ceafed in

that

Kingdom,

"<

r~e

Bones

of

this brave and

worthy Gentleman were

taken

up

out

of the

"' iGrave and with fuch decent Solemnity as

·became

them, were put jato a Coffin,

" and

in'terreO

1n

a

Y

auk

6f

me

C-athedral Church,

on

the Right hand of

the

'~

High

Akar: Where

it

remaiJred

in

the

Year

1

5

60.

when

I

came for

Spain :

·The

Death

of

.the

Marquis harpened on the

zoth

of

111ne,

in

the Year

is

41.

Clft'me,

-who was a good Hifl:omo, imitated the

method

of the

great

Plutarch,

c0mparipg

-the

Lives of thefe

two

famons Heroes,

who

w;ere

unbappy

Spaniardi-,

iana

ijq

r.ewarded

by

the

W-erld.

Rowfoever he

judges

them fo worthy,

that

he

~~ul~

never

~efs

fufficient wherewith

to

.exalt

their

Praiies; and comparing

their

Lives, Cuft0JDS

and Death

together,

fills a whele

Chapter

with

that

Sub–

lett,

which

is

the

9th

of the

\th

BOOk, which being

transferred into

thefe

our

C0mmentaries, fuaU

rerve for

the -8th

Cha~ter

of the

3cl

Book

of eor Second

Part;

the Words whereof

verbatim

are thefe.

L~

~J

Jhe

and

0fa/ities

of

~h~

Marquis

Don

F9ncif-co .

-

Pi~ar

d the

L<Jra

Deputy

Don Diego

cle Almagro.

*

rr

hJ

•

•

I

'

.t

l•

I

N

te_gard

that

the

Difcovery

and

Conqu~ft

of &is

Ptovince, (

w

hkh

is

the

«

Srlbjett

of ihis

H1ftory , )

bad

its

Original 'from thefe two

Captains

0f

'' whom

we

have

hitherto

difcourfed,

namely,

~he

Marquis

D rln

Fran__cifao

Pif arr-a,

.'' and

the

Lotd

6eEuty

Don

D_i~o

de

AlrrM(/'o~ ~e

are .obliged

1n

jufl:ice

to

their

~(

memories

to

defcnbe the Q9atitications

ma

MtiOns

of~

WO

w

ort'hies,

ia

(C

'~(')mQat"ifon

of

-each

With

the

other'

imjrating

wein the

thod

Of

p

fut

arch

«

who havin_g

wrote

the Lives

of

two

great0rp~ams,he

in

d1e

next

zt>lace

com

par~

c

t!1em rogetl}'er,

fuewingwh~relnrhey

were equa{, and

wh~rein

tbey

d~ered.

1

'

As

.to

-w.Jhar-concerns

thqr

Parent.age) and Farru'1ies,

'we have

dlready

.dif–

" co0t

flS"

d

other

~ers~

.they were

both

coura~iPU$

in

their

r>erfons

.:; bold

$tiilg,

yatient

of Laooulj

:rerruous and

friencHv_,

being

re~y

to

per:

form

good Offices, tkongh at

-tn~

own'"Charge

ana·

~ence.

They re–

<c

f

emb1ed each other in

the'it

natural

Inclinanons, patticufarfy in

their

condition

c

find

fiate

of

Life,

for qeither of

them

Wet$

mar

tbau$h

when

~hey

dyed

'' tlie youngetf was artivetLto the Af,e of

fixcy

-five

~

·

~

" '' They were both

indtned

to

War, th9Ugh

A!magto

having {or

tbe

cliiefe.

ll:

-part of

bis

Life no bccafion ro1exerc

mrelf

in

.A!ms,

'app1ied

his

mind

with

cc

innch

earneftne{S to heap

and

iather

.

-

(°( "'

T~~r wer~

both .of

~a

Y

ecmvti

ev-f:irft

emred upon the Conqueft

-0f

~'

f

er11,

m

wh1Ch

th~rr

L'ab_ours

w~e

iJS

_g_r~t

as we

have

formerly

d~fcribed

;

6

.~on~h

t)leMarqUJS .fuftamecl more of 'Danger. tberein iban the Deputy had

" acne,,,

be~e ~w\lilft

-che one

e~ofea

htS

Perfon

m1he

firft Difccwery,

·cc

tpe

Pi:her cont'mued m

P'1'llama,

to

p,:ov1ae

all

neceffaries

required

thereunto., as

oath

beet,i

'before declared,

" "

They~ehotb of~

Minds, and entertained high

Thoughts,

which

they

, were enabled to pnt mto pratlice

by

their extreme

Patience,

joined to that

~

affible

and obliging

13eha ou

~

hich

they

·ufed cowards their ouldiers.

The ,.