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Royal Commentaries.
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Picam
and
Francú Her.nande::, Giron,
in
which moíl: ofthem were ílain; and in re–
gard chat Sayhig appeared a moíl: univerfal Truch, every one would take it for 'his
O\yn; but certain ~t is, that
ir
was the true prediétion ofCaptain
Franc-ü Pifarro,
to che truth of whlch I alfo amable
to
give
an
Atteílation.
C .HA
P.
XIV;
~
Pi~arro
niales
á
Voyage into
Spain,
and demands 4id
fot
the Conqueft of
Peru.
F
Rancú Pifttrro
returning
witb
all
poffible
cliligence
to
Pa,iami,
acquainted
t>ie~
.·go de1Afmagro,
and
Hernande::, Luque,
the Schoolmaíl:er, his two Fellow-un–
dertakers , with the immenfe and incr~dible Riches y.rhich they had difcovered;
"[ith which News being overjbyed and encouraged, they agreed that
Francú Pi–
farro
íhould make a Voyage into
Spain,
to defü~ a Commiffion froin the Em–
perour,
Charles
the
>th,
for the Conqueft and Governrríent of that Countrey
which they
had
difoovered.
B
ut thefe threeAífociates had fo waíl:ed and
confumed ·their Efiates in this late
Undertaki.Qg, 'ihat they had.nothing remaining
óf
ali their own FoFtunes, butw
ere forcep to borrow, and cake up a:thoufand
Crowns in Gold to defray the cha,rge·of this
V
oyage.
Franci.r Pifarro
delivered
in
to the Council oíthe
Indies
a r€1acion in wrltirig, wherein, he gave information
.to
His Majeíl:y of all thac he had feen, fupplicating, that!iri ~onfideration of his
former Pains and Labours in the Difcovery, and alfo 0f1:he Hazards and Expences
he was for che ,future to undergo and fuíl:ain in che {:onqueíl:, advehturing the
Bloud and Riches of his Kindred'and Friends~ to gain an addition of new King–
doms and·Treafure to tht; Imperial Crown, c;>f
His
Majeíl:y, He would be grati~
oufly
pleafed to,grant him the Government of chac. Countrey. 'Many that heard
Pifarro
publiíh and boaíl: of fuch immenfe Riches 'and Treafure, <lid believe that
it was onely a Sham, or a Decoy to invite Men to adventure with them, bue
a
few years after verified the truth of his whole Narrative.
In
anfwer to chis Peti–
tion His Majeíl:y was pleafed to confer upon him all chofe Countries which he
íhould conquer, with Title ofLord Lieucenant of
Peru,
as alfo of Captain Gene–
ral, and Governour of all thofe Countries which the
Spaniards
íhould conquer
in
Peru,
which then they called
New é aftile,
to
diíl:inguiíh it from thofe pares vvhich
-were named
New Spain,
both being gained after the fame manner; that is,
as
Strangers fay, 'at the coíl: of Fools, and Madmen, and defperate Fellows.
, _
Francu Pifarro,
to whofe Name hereafter we will add die Title of
Don,
becaufe
in the Commiffion from His Majeíl:y that Honour is inferted; for in chofe times
the Tide of
Don
w.,is onely prefixed before the Names of Noble Perfons, and was ·
not halffo commoñas it is now, when every little feHow aífumes it, and che very
Jndians,
whether Noble, or not, in imitation of che
Spaniards,
give themfelvés
thac Title, and are called by
ic.
We íhall alfo hereafter call
Diego Almagro Don
.
Diego,
for having been a Companion with
Pifarro
in bis Enterprifes, and equal to
·him in-ali his Undertakings, we cannot in Ji,ifüce deny unto him a íhare of his
Honours.
.
·
Don Fran,u
therefore having received his Commiffion, and fitted all thing$ ne–
ceífary for his
V
oyage; and being accompanied with four of his Brochers, and
many other Perfons of Qg_afüy of the Province of
Eftremadura,
he ernbarked
:it
Seville,
and having a quick and profperous paffage, he happily arrived at
Panama:
Bue
Don Diego
was much
diffatisfied to underíl:and that
Don Francú
had appfopria–
ted ali chofe Titles and
Honou.rsunto himfelf, and not made him a íharer wich
him in thofe Offices, an
d Places ofTruít, which were conferred by-Commiffion
from his Majeíly, forgetting that he had equally faffered with him in all rhe La~
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