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Boo

IV.

Rl!Jal

Commentaries.

ftand with his hand in his pockets

untill

the other fhould cue his throat.

And

therefore r:ither than go in fuch manner on this errant,. he would chufe to

_r~curn.

' unt hi own hou

n retirement, and there expeet his fate,

chan

to anuc1pate

lii

dea h by oing tot

place of

e~ecution.

ri zeus

feeing the refolu tion of

Pi~arro,

and confidenng the reafons which

he alledge<l, could not but concurr

with

flim

h~s

opiniotl as _reafon ble, and

therefore permirted him t

raife Men,.

un~er

notion onely of hIS Guard and.

defend

as feveral Aurhours averr,

his paffage through thofe Mountams,

wherein

ch~

rince

Manco

Inca

had fortified himfelf. And with th. Jicenfe, and

under

ch·

colour

r railing Men, he increafed h. numbers to

four

hundred men,

Gtm1ara

faith

th Horfe and

~oot;

and as fome fay to many more: which

when he

ity'

obferved, they began to repent them of their

ection and

fign, which put on the face of

ebe!lion rather than the hum le guife of

~eti

tioners; againll: which way of proceedings many made their protefts, and parttcu–

larly the three before named,

Gomara

reports. Howfoever

Gonyalo Pifarro

ur–

fui

his defign, wrote ery infiant and urging Letters unto all

par ,

where

Spa–

niards

inhabited, and not nely co the three

ities before mentioned, but to the

Plantation

Ind1an1

;

addreffing himfelf to them

all

particularly with fuch en–

dearing term as might befi affett them, offering to them

his

Life and

ortune to

fpend

their ervice, either upon the prefent emergencie or upon

any

other oc–

cafion \ hich fhould occurr for the future: by' hich his defign was no longer un–

der a dubiou fenfe or difguife, but became clear and evident, a the three

Hifto–

rians write,

for

chat he fer up a claim and title to the fole Government of

Peru,

by ircue of an and nt Patent rom the

erour to h· Brother

Franciflo P1ptrro,

con!Htuting and a pointing him chief overnour, and after him whom he iliould

nominate to

fucce~d

him during

life; fo

chat the Government was given for two

Lives, as was alfo the dillribution of

Indian1,

and chofe held by vaffalage for t o

es,

according co the original Granes given to the

firft

Conquerours.

C H A P.

IX.

Gon~

Pi arro,

having

named

and appointed hi feveral

·aptains and Officers, departs from

oz o.

The Vice-

k.ing

in lz/CJe manner a/femble

People,

and· appoint

Captain

and

imp1 ifo11

a ro,

and

other prin-

cipal men of note

and quality.

ITH ch·

fpecious pretence

Gonfalo Piptrro

proceeded in raifing Men,

. .

.now

it.

feemed rather an open War than an Addrefs

way of Pe–

tmon

for

rel~ef

agamfi

ppreffions ; and

make his defigns yet more manifeft

fenc

Fran

ci~o

de AlmendrM

(who

was

odfacher) into the great

oad

lea~

dmg to

t.he

Clty of

Lo1

Rcyfu,

with a parry of twenty Men efide

Jndian

care–

fuhlly

ercept all. perfons that palled, not permiccing any to travel thither, ei

er fiom

G_ouo

Rimac.

All the Gold and

ilver hich

as in the King's Trea–

fa~

he fe1fed, as alfo the

!l:aces of perfons deceafi

and Monies depofited .

1ci.hhe

ook up by \\'ay of loan, and

re-pay che fame again with incerell:

\ '

ma~e

ufe of

for

payment

fhis ouldiers, and carrying on his defign'

The Cannon ""h1ch

Gafpar

Rodrigue~

and his Companions tranfported from

H111t–

m~nca ~o Co~co,

and '. hich

wer~

many and ery good, he feifed upon, and cook

with

h1?1

for

his.

~ram

of Amllery ; for the fupply of which he

ga\

order to

mike

gi~a.t

antme of Gun:powder, for compounding which they wanted not

?a r- pecer m.

abundance ;

for m

t~e

par

near

o~co

the bell: Sak-peter

digged

in.all that Kingdom. The Captams named

for his

Army were

A lonfo de Toro

tam of Horfe, who had .formerly been Major General

D on Pedro Porto Carrero

Pedro Cermenno

was

app

meed

aptain

of the

Har

uebufier ,

f ohn

Pde

de G11evara'