4000003871

Royal

Commentaries.

BooK

Now as

rhefe n~·o Opinions, I leave every one free

follow rhac which

feems bel}:

him.

for

being a parry, and biaífed by affeél:ion to my own

·counttey, dare neirher prerend ro fav?U:r that which applauds the grandeur and

gloty which

Per11

harh bro~ghc ro

Spam,

nor yet oppofe rhe orher, leíl:

íhould

feem p:irtial, and roo affeéhonace ro my own Caufe. And fo we íhall proceed

and cake che thread of our Hiíl:ory, paffing by divine favour through che beginning,

middle and end of rhis famous Triu,mvirate.

[ay

tben, rharthefe three greac Mer¡ having·er1tred into,an Agreement and

Society rogetber, and affigned to ekh .orher

his

íeverál and diíl:inél: Charge and

Ornee. The firlt thing chey <lid was

build cwo Ships, upon one of which

h an–

cis Pifam,

ih ch~ Year

P. S"·

departéd frotn

Panama

wich an hundred and four–

teen

Men,

by licenfe and permiffión of tbe Governour

Peter AriM de A vila,

and

having failed about an hundred

Leagqes,

they arrived ar a Councrey very moun–

tainous, and fubjelt to Raitis : Thé

Narives were as fierce ,irtd rugged as che

Countrey rhey inhabited, and in gr¿át nutnbers fallied forth to join Batee! with

che

Spa;1iards,

of which they kill~8 fome; and in four Skirmiíhes

Pifam

received

feven wounds with Arrows, but he

being

,vell armed, none of them proved mor–

tál; hdwfoever they were forced to

lea.ve

the Countrey, ro their grear difcourage–

ment, repentit'lg now of che defig

n they

had undertaken.

Almagyo

foon afcer–

wards departed from

Panama,

in queíl: of

Pifarro,

and COíJlÍng to the fame Land

which was appoinced for their RehdfZÍ!ous, were entertamed with the like treat'–

ment; for the

Jndians

being fle(hed by the fucceís

che late Skirmiíhes, fallied

out againíl: the

Sp,miards

with like courage, :ánd having killed many of them, and

beateh out one of the Eyes of

Almagro,

he was forced likewife to;leave the Coun–

trey; but what la11d or part this was; che

Spaniffi

Hiíl:orians do !)Ot tell us: At

length

Almagro

going in fearch of

Piram,

joinedt with him at

Chinchama,

where

they agreed aga,in to land their Men, but chis Cour1rrey proving as mouncainous,

and as fubjeél:

Rain as che orher, ánd the People no lefs fierce and warlike,

fallying ouc upon them in gre:ic numbers, forced them again ro retre:it unco

their Ships, beíl:owing on chem a thoufand Curfes and Reproaches at their de-.

parrure. Ali wbich is related ac large by

.lope~ de Gomara,

_ to

whom

refer tl).e

Reader, in cafe he defires co know more paniculárs of cbat Expedition.

·, .d

C H A- P.

VIII.

Jdow

t\..lmagro

retz,rned twice to

Par1ama

for Succour anJ '

Recmits.

Fter this

i\l

fu~tefs.

Almagr~

returhed to

Pa114rr¡a_

for

new R-ecruits,

an,8

brought w1thh1m e1ghty Men ; and yec for ali th1s force die cwo Captains

duríl: noc attempt the Conqueft of at'ly Countrey, by réafon th?t-thf Natives

ma&

bold ªºd fl:out refiíl:ence; howfqever failing along

the Sea

Góaíl,

they

cárne

lerjg'tl\

Couhtrey clllled

Catmne't,

which was·p1aü111nd l~vél,,\virhouc mb~–

tains, {lncl abbunding with facb

quá-1\fü¡~

ofP1eev-1ílbns, cbat füeyJfurni'fhed

thém–

felves

t*.

ith al'l' things

rteceífary

for M rna11e·fuílenance ; and·tl

·re

obfenYing chac

the

JnrJ.iam

wore great Sruds a-nd

Plates·

of Gold

Ol'l

their Fa~és,

with

fihe Bne–

ralds

áád

Turquolres,

the

Spm,i-ards

-became again 'e!evarea in ~'heit ho~s , not

doubt-ihg now bue ro

111ake

good

I\Ze'yage, and to ,gain

füch~

atid Wea1tb co

the-ir,fi:ill [ar_is(a~ión. But

foo11

aF~r

nhe

Spania,;ds

lo'ij:

füe'.

h(')1*5 and

expefütion

of a11the1r 1'magrnary Wealrh,

.fo

fbó~1

as dley {aw rhe

lndians

corne down .U}'ton

the1n in greac nwnbers,

with gobd

Oréle1's, and wich defire

aAcl

wurage

fight.

'witb which the

Sptmiards

lbeca11ie

!fo

idifco1:1raged,

.fuat

they durft'

not

engage

with

_thetn; and tho11gh tneywere ac1eatHwo hundred ánd fifcy Men, yec

cornmon

con-