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Royal
Commentaries.
feemed vain.,Projeél:s, and wichout foundation , howfoever he received good
W
ords, and hopes of a favourab]e difpatch, fo foon as che War wich
Granada
íhould be concluded. With chis Anfwer
Co!umbus
conceived fome fatisfaéhon
and began
to
be eíl:eemed in the Courc, for umill that time che Courtiers tur–
ned al! his Projeét into ridicule, and derided it ·as a Dream, or a mefancholy
fancy.
Granada
being at length caken,
Columbm
renewed his Negotiation_with
fuch fucceís, chat he obtained his Demand, and a Commiílion to go imo che new
World for Gold, Silver, Pretious Stones, and other rich and valuable Commo-
. dicies, and e~ receive
:md
cake unto himfelf che cwelfcb pare of all fuch Riches,
Royalties and Renes, which he íhould difcovet and acquire
in
chofe unknown
Countries, wichouc Damage or Prejudice howfoever to che Right which che
King of
Portugal
pretends
to
chofe pares. All which Arrides of Agreemenc were
:made _granted and concluded ac
Grttnada
on che 3och of
Apri!,
in che year when
thac
City
was taken and fubdue9, and confirmed in virtue óftbe holy ,Faich, and
with al! che Privileges and Graces of che Royal Favour; bue in regard che King
l1ad no Money wherewith to furniíh
Columlnu
on chis expedicion;
Lewú de St.
Angel,
Clerk of che Exchequer, lene fix Millions of
Maravedú
to him, which make che
fum
offixteen choufand Ducats. Aud now here are rwo rhings parricularly ob–
fervable, one ofwhich is, chai: with
fo
fmall a fum as chis ali che lliches ofche
Jn–
dies
accrued to che Royal Crown of
Caftile.
That fo foon as che Conqueíl: over
the Moors was perfeéted, che Wars with whom had concinued for che fpace of
eighc hundred years, che Conqueíl:·over che
Jndians
was begun, that fo it may ap–
pear how zealous che
Spaniards
have ever been cp exercife, and employ their
,Arms againíl: che Enemies of che Faith of Chriíl:. ' By which ic appears, chat by
the concinued and conílant folidcations which
Columbm
ufed at che Court for che
fpace of feven or eighc years before he coúld procure bis difpatch, togecher
with
che help of fixteen choufand Ducacs, al!
Spaii¡,
and the whole VVbrld hath been
-enriched. And having now treaced ofche Royal Aífent, we íhall defcepd co more
common and parcicuJar matters, co evidence the truth of chis whole Hifiory.
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C H A P. VI.
The .Value of conzmon
things
before
tbe
Conquefi of
Peru.
'
I•
W
Herein che Auchour enlarging himfelf by particular inílances, ac how cheap
a rate al! things were.valued in
Spain,
in che fame manner as in che
2d
3d, and 4th Cha¡;,ters, we have, for brevicy fake, thoughc
fit
to omit, and for bec:
ter divercitemenc to che Reader we proceed t0
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CH A P.