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I.
R0)1al Commen-taries.
CH A P.
XV.
OJ the
great Hardfhips the
Spaniards ,endured
in
their"voy–
age fi-o,n
Panama
t~
T umpiz.
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.
'
~o·
On Francifuo Pifa;ro
with his four Brothers, together with his Men ánd Hqrfe,
_
whkh were.,as many as hisShips could contain, [et Sail from
Panama,
with
intencion not ro touch :my where umill they .carne to tl:ie Counérey of
Tumpi:c.
;
bue éhe Soueherly Winds always blowing in chac Sea, which were contrary to th~
courfe they íl:eered, they were forced to land a Hundred Leagues fhort of
Tumpiz;
.fo'thát fending th@ir Ships back again to
Pan¡;¡ma ,
they refolved to march ali thé '
way by Land, el1eeming it much eafier than to turn to Windward for fo many
Leagues.
·
Bue in their Journey by Lanc;l they foffered much more e-han they would have
d9ne by the comrary Winds by Sea ;,for emring into a barren Councrey, void
of all'Viétuals and Provifions, they endured hunger, and wanc of all things ; and
che way being long an<l tedious , ovet Mouncains and Rocks , and their paífage
f!:opped by wide Rivers, they c.ontrived to gafs them wich Ffoats, ,which they
made of Timber, and Canes, and Rufhes, which theyJaíl:ned together, and with
large Goards which they bound one to the other.
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The chief Guide and Pilot over the[e Ferries was
Don Francifco
him[elf,
who
was well acqu<).inted, and experienced in matters of í:his nature ; the which he
fü–
íl:ai~ed with fo much courage and patien~e, that for better.example to his Com–
p¡_m1ons, he would c¡my the fick
andi
µrecl perfons on his own íhoulders over
Brooksand Fords, · which rnight be waded.over.
1
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After al! thefe difficulties, they cam~
,af
length to that Province which th~y call
Coaqyi,
where they found plenty of Pr(j)J~HiGns, and many Emeralds
of
the fineíl:
fort, of w'hich they broke many;
fü1
being not skHfoll Jewellers, . they had
án opini<m , ,that che· true Emeralds wou,ld
Id
bre.a~,· and therefore for a trial
they proy~9-them wi~h Han1mers upon ~he AnviL . The like
ihey
afterwards did
iµ
Tumt_i:c.,
where the¡y broke many Emera!ds of three or four thoufand Ducats
price: But not one1y thef~
Spaniards
f.ell it~ro this errour, but likewi[e others, who
afterwards ca:m€
to
~his Couqtrey under the Command of. the Lord.Lieutenant
l)on Pedro,
qe,
,1,lvarado,
\vbo, cl§íl:royed many, Em€ralds and Turquoi[es of an ine–
fümable value. But beG.oles theíe füfaBures, rhe people of
Pifarro
were áffiiékd
with a loathf9me difea[e, whiéh at firíl: appeared with a fwelling on their Heads
and Fac~s, ~ike \Vares,,and
on
feveral parcs,of tpeir Body ; bue afterwards~ wheri
they carne to a macuricy, they werq of the tolour of ripe Figs, and abouc che big–
nefs of
tl1~rn,
hanging down as it were by a ílring, fiom wh~nce ,gFeat quantities
of bloud
i.Kiteff;
the which were
lilQ!:
onely Joathfome, but very fore ; and it was
very ugly ro behord
füd
1
filthy Wa1~ or Wens, appearing on their Foreheads>
Eye-brows, Nofes and Ears, for which tl'rey knew no remedy or cure. Bue this
d.i[e¡i[e.
was not
fo
mortal, .b1,1t that ma,ny
º.
f
them
w
ho were [eized~With chis di–
{l:emper, recovered, though feveral dyed ; and though the difeafe w Epidernkal
to
che Natives of
Peru,
yec ir vvas not fo to the
Spaniarcbs,,
many of w ich efcaped
the Evil. Many Y,ears,after th_ac ti1ne I
faw
three or four
Spaniards
at
oz-co>
who
lay
il1
of that diíl:ernper, but,they recovered ; and it may be attribuce
to forne
bad influence whid1 was tra'nft€nto for ftnce tbat time, rhat fié.knefs hath not be_en
known. With al! thefe Labours, Difea[es, and Death of bis Companions>
Don
Francifc~
was,not diGnayed, always íhewing himfolf as forward to adventure him–
felf
firíl:
in'dangers, as he was carefull in the cure of his Friends and Souldiers.
To
Panama
he
(ene
cwency fout or twency five thoufand Ducats of Gold
to
fupply
Don Diego de Almagro
with Money, rhat fo he mighc be enabled
to
furniíh chofe
r.ieceífary fuccours of which tliey had occafion; part ofwhich Gold he gained by
War, and pare by che ranfome of füch whom he had taken Captive~. Thus .
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