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Royal Commentaries.

finding a defart and defolate Councrey, .and

w~nt

of all provifions, he

refolve~

return again

fl..t!_itu;

which he accordingly

did,

after he

had

pur~ued

the

Ke–

kmg for

long a time, and through fuch a va1l

traet.of

Land, as 1s

befor~

men–

tioned : and we may confidently avert that from t

he City

Plate

(from which he

firft

began his March)

the City of

Pafto

are feven hundred leagues,

long

. may

be compmed co make a thoufand of our ordinary leagues of

Cajlile,

&c.

Thus far are the word of

Garate,

to which other Hifioriaos add, That the Vice–

king

having paffed the River ?f

Hot

Waters,

did imagine that his

~emies wo~ld

have remained fatisfied therewith, and d fifted from all farther purfmt, confidermg

that

they had driven him out of

Peru,

and from the confines of their Jurifdiltion,

and

chat now he fhould remain in peace and quiet, untill fome good opportunity

fhould offer

for

hi better advantage ; but he had not long pleafed himfelf with

efe thought, and fcarce ended his d1fcourfe with his Captains concerning them,

before fame Parties of

Pifarro's

Army appeared to them, defcending a

Hill

to–

wards che River, with the fame halle and fury chat they had formerly praetifed:

bich furprife, the Vice-king lifted up his hands to Heaven and cried aloud,

aod

faid,

pof!ible, or will it roer be believed in /1$es to come, That men pretending

Spaniards

fhould purfue the Royal Standard

their King (

they have done) for the

frare offou-1" hundred leagues,

it is from the

ity

Los Reyes

thi1 place

and then

iaifmg his Camp

ich fpeed, he proceeded forward that his Enemies might have

no_

time

repofe : but

Pi2arro

proceeded no farther, but,

we have faid, retur–

ned

f2.!!:_it11,

where,

Carate

reports, he became

elated with pride by reafon

his many profperous fricceffes, that his infolence became infupporcable, and then

out

of th fulnefs of hi heart, he would vent many bold fayings derogatory to the

honour and Majefiy of his King :

The King,

faid he,

will be obliged whether he will

trl'

;-Jot to grant me the Government of

Peru,

for he is fenftble of the obligations he hath 'to

for this Conq11e{f:

and though oftentimes he would pretend to great obedience

~nd

refignarion to his Majelly's pleafure, yet at other tunes, he would lee

fall

ords feditious and rebellious ; and at the infiigation of his Captains, he publi–

ihed

his reafons, fetting forth

his

right and title to that Government. And being

now·fettled in the City of

~itu,

he palfed his time in Fefiivals, Sports and Ban–

quer ,

ithout minding the aetions or proceedings of the Vice-king ; onely the

difcourfes amongft chemfelves were chat he would go to

Spain

by way of

Carta–

gena,

others that he

ould paf5 up farther towards the Continent to raife Men

and Arms, and there expeet his Majefty's further Infl:ructions; others were of

opinion, that he would remain in the Countrey of

Popa.ya

unrill he received nev

Order5; but

wa generally believed that he wo

uld no

t fray long there, or

at–

tempt any thing

thofe pares ; but be his d fign what it would,

was conclu-

, ded neceifary

obllrutt his paffage to the Continent; to which end

Hernando Ba–

c-hicao

was remanded back again with hi Fleet, ofwhich

Pedri)

Hinojo[a,

Gentle–

man

of his ·Bed-chamber, was made Admiral, with two

hand~ed

and fifty men

under his command, who departed with

all

expedition. Moreover

Rodrigo de

Car–

vajal

was difpatched with his Ship to

Panama,

with a Pacquet of Letters from

Gon9alo Pi2arro,

defiring the Inhabitants of that City to favour hi caufe and de...

figns, affuring them, that whatever Spoils and Infolencies

Bachicao

had committed

on them were contrary to his will and pleafure, and againfr his exprefs command.

Rodrigo de Carvajal

arrived accordingly within three leagues of

Panama,

where he

received intelligence that two Captains fent from the Vice-king were there, the

one called

'fohn de Guz:.man,

and the ocher

'fohn de Yllane:t,

who were railing Forces

to carry to the Province of

Belalca2ar

to recruit the Vice-king's Army therewith

and that they had already lifted aoout an hundred men, and had prepared good

quantities of Arms,

with

five or fix pieces of Cannon. And though thefe men

had been

~or

fome time in a readinefS, they were not fent away ; by reafon chat

apprehe~dmg

fome

~ccempts

from

Oonfalo Pifarro,

they thought

fit

to keep their

people m referve

till

they faw t_he

dan~er

over. .

Ho~foever

Rodrigo

de CanJajal

adventured to

fend

a Sould1er privately mco the

City

with Letters to certain

i–

tizens

who upon receipt thereof communicated them to the Officers of the

T~n

who

feif~d

<?n the Souldier, and by him underfranding the defign of

Hi–

nq;?fPi,

put

e City

~to

Arms, .an9 fent _two Brigantines to feife che Ship of

Car–

va;al ;

but. he fu_fPechng fom:

ill

mtenuon againfi him by reafon of the long ab–

fence

of h1 Meflenger, fet fail from thence, and fo the cwo Brigantines miffing

him

return

d back

without fuccefs.

CHAP.