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Royal Commentaries.

.

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 three

Aífociates 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 b

orrow, 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

diffatisfie

d to underíl:and that

Don Francú

had appfopria–

ted ali chofe Titles and

Honou.rs

unto himfelf, and not made him a íharer wich

him in thofe Offices, an

d Places o

fTruít, which were conferred by-Commiffion

from his Majeíly, forgetting that he had equally faffered with him in all rhe La~

·

K k k

a

bours

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