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Royal

Commentaries.

BooK

and promoted

fo.

far uotill he

fav:

him nominated and chofen Governour of

Pe-,-~

the fame complamt he made agamll all thofe who had been

infirumencs

of h

'd'

vancemem, whom he hoped God would punifh and avenge his caufe

againfl:

~ha

.–

falfenefs and treachery.

eir

~h~fe

and

f~ch

like compla.ints

Go~falo

Pifarro

often uttered in the

prefence

his mumate Fnends, though m pubhck he carried it with good courage a d

ch~rf~IJ

countenance, as he ever did in all his troubles and difficulties ; w'hich

all

H1ftonans confefs and report of him when they come

peak

of his misfortunes.

chef~

ill

fucce.ffe Fortune yet added worfe, for when £he begins once t

fhew her d1 favours fhe comenrs not her [elf "''ith a fingle mifchie£ For now

happene9

this unlucky conjuneture that

Lorenfo

AltL~na

came with

his

four

hip w1c:hm

fifte~~

league of

L_os Reyes

;

and

thoug~

he was

ill

provided with

Men and Ammunition, and \ as

m w

ant of all Prov1fion and things neceffiµ-y

y~c

he remained

fecure~y en~:mgh

a.nd

well

f~cisfied

upon the news he received that

Prp trro

had burnt all

hIS

Shi~

hich

were m

rha~

Pore: upon which affurance h

cook courage, and

with

confidence came boldly to the Port of

Los Reyes

not

with

intention ro fight with any, but onely to cake up fuch perfons who

(h~uld

efcape

and revolc from

Pif arro

and his Party. The news of the arrival of thefe four

Ships

Hua11ra,

from whence there

as no means now left

remove them, was re–

need as a co

on difgrace and difhonour

the whole Town: but

Gonfalo

p;_

fttrro,

nfid ri g how his people fell daily from him, and chat there was a general

aefe

i n in all part , thought it necelfary

fecure them to him by way ofReligi–

on ;

hich counfel was given him by the Lawyer

Cepeda,

who formed

Oath of

<lehr

co be adminHl:red co all people ; and thereupon the Citizens and

Lords

who had commands over the

Indians,

and the

incipal Inhabitants in all

Cities

near, and Captains and Souldiers were all fummoned to take

this

Oath: upon ad–

mioilhation of which the Lawyer made a fpeech to the People, telling them

how

grea o ligations they had

Piyarro

for J:iaving fufiained chofe labours and

diffi–

cult1e

and endured Famine and War , and

palled

through infinite dangers onely

for h r ake, to fecure their Lives, Liberties and Efiates to them,

which they

wer invefied, and now peaceably po!feffed by the favour of his Brother theMar–

qui

Francifco Pif arro.

And

t-O

evidence unto the world the juftice of

his

Omfe,

he had difpatched Me!fengers ro

his

Maje!l:y \\ ich an impartial Narrative of

all

the

rranfaetions in chefe Councrie , but were intercepted by contrivance of the Preli:

dent, who corrupting the Commanders of his Fleet, deprived him of

his

own

pro·

per Ships, \ hich had

colt

him an imrneofe Treafare; and lafily, had entred wirhr

his Dominions, and difperfed feditiou Paper in all pares of the Kingdom,

debauch the minds of the eople, and feduce them from cheir affeet:ions towards

him, \ ith intent

raife War in the Empire: but that

Pif arro

for his parc.refol–

ved to oppofe them, and he hoped that they\ ould all joyn with him in defence

of their Privileges and Efiates, well knowing, that notwithftanding the

fair

pre–

tences of the Prefidenc, he

\"-' ill,

foon as he hath gained pofie lOn of the Coun–

rrey, follow the Example of

Blafco Nunnez:.. P'c!a

in execution ·of the late Ordinan–

ce, and feverely punifh all fuch who fhall oppofe him:

wh~refore

kno

and

difcover the mind of every man, bow he fiood affecred

him, he defired every

perfon freely and clearly to declare himfelf; a!furing them that he would force no

man, but leave them all

their own liberty, either to return to their o" n Pot:

feffion , or m go to

the

Prefident, as every one inclined: but as for thofe who re–

folved

fiay with him, he expeeted an engagement from chem never to defert

or fort ke his Caufe or lnterefi, upon the word of Gentlemen, and under the

fa–

cred affurance of an Oath, which fhould be adminifired

them according

the

Chrifl:ian Rices.

So fooo as chefe words were ended, they all cried our, that

they

were refolved co dye with

Pifarro,

and fuffer a hundred deaths rather than aban–

don him;

confirmation wnereof they took the Oath, and figned an Engage–

ment

which a lon11 Roll of hands were underwritten; the Subfcriptions were

taken by

Licenciado c°epeda

who was the firft that figned the Lift: but

Francifco de

Can;ajt:tl,

who wa a

wife

and a knowing man in the affairs of the world,

did

ofren

laugh and jell at thefe matters

private with his Friend , and

woul~

fay,

you iliall

fee how thefe promifes

· ill

be performed, and what

<;:onfcie~ce

will

be l!lade of

thi

lemn Oath; and uttered likewife many other wmy Saying, of whICh had

a Coll tl:ion been made, perhaps they would ha_ve been ell:eemed the belt Apo–

thegms, and the wifefi Sentences in the world.

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