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Royal
Commentarie1.
Book
Ill..
nour to offer unto him, and all his Souldiers and Followers, in the
Name
of
his
Maje~y,
a
genera_l Pard'?n for whatfoever was
paffed,
provided he returned ro his
Obedience, and hfted h11nfelf under
the
Royal Standard ; ahd that having
Dis–
banded his Army, he. promifed
to
confirm
this
Pardon with Honours and Prefer–
ments.
A!mag_ro
readily made anfwer,
t~at
he
accepted
the
Conditions, provided
~he
Pardon might be General both to himfelf and
his
Alfociares,
and
that
the
Government of the New Kingdom of
Toledo,
the
Mines of
Goid~
and all the
Lands and
.T
urifdietion over the
lndian1,
which
his
Father poffefied, fhould
be
re–
fiored and fecled upon him.
Alma1.rowas moved
to
make
this
extravagant demand, upol\
an
aifurance which
a
certain Clergyman gave him, who fome few days before was arrived from
Pa–
nama,
and told him, that all the talk and news there was, that the King had fealed
his Pardon, and given
him
the Government of che New
Toledo
in which
Co~co
was comprifed ; of which he gave him joy, and asked
a
reward
for
his good
news.
Moreover, he informed
him,~
that
Vac4
de
Caftro
had but a fmall number of
Souldiers, and chofe
ill
armed and difcontented: the which News, though h:irdly
to
b
befieved, yet
Almagro
entertained with fome afiurance, becaufe it was
in
his
favour; and
was
thereby encouraged to make thofe high demands to the Gover-·
hour,
w
hofe weaknefs, · as he fuppofed, would caufe
him
to yield unto all rhe
Ar-
ticles he could propofe.
.
·
After
"f/aoa
de
Caftro
had fent a
way the two Meifengers before mentioned, he
difµatched a Souldier called
Alonfo
Garc.iawith feveral Letters to the Captains and
principal Gentlemen of
Almagro's
Army, promifing them pardon for whatfoeyer
was pafi, and a reward of great and large poifeffions and jurifdiction over the
In–
dians.
This Meffenger went in the Habit of an
Indian,
for
his better difguife,
and took a by-way out of the Road, that he might not be feized or intercepted
in
his Journey : But the misfortune was, that it had Snowed chat day, fo that
the
Scouts of
Almagro
difcovering the impreffion which he had made in the
Snow,
tracked him by his foetin
nd
fo
followed, and took him, and carried him
with
all
his Letters and Difpat
es to
Almagro
;
who? as
Gomara
reports in Chapter
15oth, and
CarJtte
in
the 16th Chapter of the 4th Book, was highly incenfed,
and angry at the double dealing of the Governour, who at the fame time that he
was in treaty with him, was making Divifions and
Mutinies in his
Army:
At
which he was
fo
greatly enraged, that he immediately caufed the Souldier to
be
hanged, both becau[e he came in a difguife, and broughc Letcers of Treafonable
importance; and in the fight and prefence of the two Meffengers caufed
his Army
to be drawn out, and ranged in
a
pofiure ready to engage, promifing to whom–
foever fhould
kill
the Govemour, to befiow on him his Lands, his Wife,
and
all
his Efl:ate : And
fo
he returned anfa er
to
the Governour, that he would never
own or obey him fo long as
he
was affociated with his Enemies, who were
Pedro
Alv are.?:, Holguin,
and
A!onfo de Alvarado, Gomez de Tfrrdoya, {ohn de Saavedr11,
Garfi·
,,,..
laj[o
de
la
Vega,
Tllen Suarez de
Carvajal,
Gomez
de
Alvarado,
and all
the other Gen–
clem~n
·ho had fided with
Pif arro.
Thus much
AfrfJagro
uttered with intent to difcourage the Governour from at–
tempting any more the way of dividing his people by feparare Treaties, or indeed
to put him out of all hopes of atcaining anv thing by way of Accommodation;
for
if
one of his Conditions \.Vas ro cafhier all thofe who were of
Pifarro's
parry,
he mull: be contented
co
remain without Army or People, which he knew could
never be affented unto. And moreover, he fent him word that he would doe
well to leave off that way of [educing his people from him, for he mighc be con–
fident there was none of them which would be tempted
to
forfake his party, but
would all unanimoufly joyn in Bartel to defend that Countrey againfi him, and
all the World, which he
\xt
ould fpeedily 'erifie by marching out jmmediarely
to
meet and fight him;
Almagro
was as good as his word, and accordingly
arched
againft the Governour with courage and refolucion to give him Bartel ; the which
was confirmed
by
an unanimous confent of all his Souldiers, who generally dif–
dained and refented the fea·et and treacherous dealing of the Governour, and cau.–
fed them to adhere more clofely to the party of
Aimagro
;
concluding
within
themfelves, that he who \"v·ould be falfe towards their Captain, might very well
· be
fu[petted of the like perfidioufnefs and breach of Faith towards them.
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Whence