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Royal Com.mertta riu.
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" tenant .Governour, and of which he was afterwards made Governour and
'' Marquifs; and living in the <;itY
of~rava
~ich the
Jnclia~J;
he endured much
" .Famine and Sickneís, for whICh Serv1ces
his
memory will eve1.,
be
eíl:eemed.
Thus far are the Words of
de Cier¡a.
He was alío in cornpany with the famous
Captain
Bafeo Nnnne~,
whet:i di(rnvery was made
ot
th~ South ~ea, and wh€h
Nomlre dé
Dios
aúrl
Pdni.tma
W€f~
fnbduedy he wa'S then w1th the Gi;>Vetnour
Pe
ter·
AriM
de Avila,
as
Gomara
reports
ín
nis rúíl:ory of the
Jndies.
'
But neither
Piyarro
nor
Almagro
being fatiated with their former Glories, thir–
!l:ed íl:ill after greater Aétions; and incited with the report they had received of
the íimple and mean condition of the People of
Peru;
thefe two great Heroes·
made an agreemenE together for the Conqueíl: of it; joining with them
Heniando
de Luque,
a Schoolrnaíl:er in
Panama,
who was Lord ·,of
Taboga.
Thefe three
fo–
lemnly fwore in publifk, and emred into Articles under Hand_and Sea!, never to
forfake each other in any Dangers or Difceurag@ments whatfoever, that íhould
happen umill they had made an eptire Conqueíl: of
Pern;
and that vvhat Riches
or Booty chey fhould gain , fhould be friendly and amicably divided between
chem'.
It was agreed, that
Herna;rdo de Luqrre
íhould rernain, arrd be cheir Agenc
at
Panama,
to
order and provide for their Affairs,
fo
as
to
yield them fuccours;
that
Pirarro
íhould be employed in the Difcovery, and that
Alm~ro
íhould go and
come with fupplies of Men, and Horfe, and Ammunicion, for relief of cheir
Companions, whó were imrITediately employ@d in th€ Conqueíl:. This School–
Maíl:er rbey called
Hernando
the Fool, or Coxcomb, and che fame mighr be faid
of ali tbe three; for who cannot bue blame fuch Menas chefe, who having endu–
ted great Travails·and Labours in che World, and already entred into years,
fo
chat the youngeíl: of chem paffed fifry, and all of them rich and comrnodim:fs
in
che World, yec thac Men under theíe circumíl:ances íbould engage chemfelves in
new Advenmres,
foil
of uncertaincy, withouc knowledge of the Councrey, whe–
ther it were rich or poor, and wichout conÍlderacion of che hazards and difficulties
of it, feems che Work and DeÍlgn of raíl, and adventurou?Fools. But the good
formne of chofe who now enjoy che Benefit of their Labours, was thac which
called them to chis Ente~prife
1
or rather the Merey and Providence of God
to–
wards thofe Gentiles, who was pleafed to rñake ufe of thofe rneans for prop,ma–
tion of che Goípel in chofe pares, whlch he confirmed by fuch
fighs
and
Wondis,
as very much cdnduced
to'
the e-afo1efs óf che Conqueíl:.
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