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Roy~l Commentarin.
BooK
I.
proceeding forwards
to
Tumpi::,,
he overcook an~ther pa:tY of
Spaniards,
who be–
ing moved wich the report aod fame of the m1ghcy Riches of
Peru.,
came from
Nicaragua
to
chac Coumrey ; their Captains, or Leaders, were
Sebaftian de Bela!ca–
fª r
and
rohn Fmiande::,
;
wich which happy rencoumer
Pifarro
was highly pleafed,
by'reafon chat his own numbers were eíl:e~med i_níufficiem for thac Conquell:.
Sébaftian de Belalcafar
was by che Name of h1s Family properly called
Moyano,
bue
he racher chofe to cake his Appellacion from his Coumrey; he was aTwin of
chree, chat is, two Sons and one Daughtec, boro at che fame Birth : His Brocher
was called
Favian Garcia'Moyano,
and hisSifier
Anaft,.¡ia;
chey were both valiant and
courageous, as was cheir elder Brocher, and efpecially che Sifier. This Relacion I
received from a Friar of the Order of Se.
Francü,
who himfelf was a Native of
Be–
lalcacar,
and was well acquaimed with the whole -Family of
Sebaftian de Belalcae1r,
The' which Relation this Friar che more willingly gave me, becaufe he knew that
I was Writing chis Hill:ory, wherein I was glad
to
relate the extraordinary Birth
of chis famous Souldier.
CH A P.
·xv1.
The
Spaniards
711akg
themfelves Maflers
of
Tumpiz,
and
the lfland
of
Puna.
D
on
Pnmcifco Pirarro
being well recruited with
Spanifo
Souldiers, adventured
on che Cónquell: of
Puna,
where Fame would have it, thac ehere was much
Gold and Silver, and great Riches ; to chis Iíland, which was twelveLeagues wich–
in che Sea, they paífed over on Floats with greac hazard; and being arrived on
the Land, chey had many Baccels wich the Natives, who killed four
Spaniard1,
and wounded divers ochers, amongll: which was
Hernando PiF_arro,
who received
a hure on his Knee ; bue the
Spaniards
prevailed with great ilaughter on che
lndi–
ans
;
and with chat Viétory gained great fpoils ofGold, Silver, and Cloths, which
they immediately divided amongíl: chemíelves; before che people which
Herna»do
de Seto
brought from
N icaragua,
could come up to chem, for he had been difpat–
ched from chat place by
AlmaJ,ro
to carry Succours of Men and Horfe to
Pifarro:
Of which booty
Soto
having received advice, he made fuch hafie, chat he arrived
with them at the time when they were removing cheir Camp chence.
Pir'1rro
be–
ing re-inforced with the[e fupplies, thought himfelf ll:rong enough to advenmre on
Tumpi:t
;
and
firíl:
to
ingratiare. himfelf wich che lnhabicanrs, he fenr them by che
hands of chree
Spaniards,
in quality of Ambaffidours, a Prefent of fix •hundred of
their own Countreymen, wbom he had caken Captives in che Iílano-' of
Puna,
in
expeétacion by fuch an atonemenc and piece of generoficy to gain peace and friend–
íhip with them; hoping that thofe people, in gratitude for cheir líbercy, and kind
treatment, would have given fo kind a reporc of chem , as might have induced
them to a commerce, and good underll:anding : Bue chis ungratefull people find–
ing themf~lves am~qgíl: their own Friends, alcer~d the reporc which formerly chey
had prom1fed to g1ve, and reprefented che
Spamards
as covetous and chirll:y after
Gold and Silver; and more to incenfe their Councreymen, they reponed them ro
be lafcivious Adulterers, and fuch as would defile their Wives and Daughters.
1:he people of
Tumpi':'
being
ill
affeéted, an~ prepoffeffed wich chis evil reporr, ·
d1d prefencly, and w1thouc
fo
muchas heanng the three
Spaniards
[peak, deliver
them inco che hands of their Execucioners, who having put chem
to
death facri–
ficed them with fury and rage to their Gods : the which Story is coufirr{,ed by
Gomara,
and
'Augufti-ne de Carate;
bue
Bla. Ya/era,
who was a very credible Au–
thour, fays, that ie was onely conjeétured, and believed to be fo, becaufe they
never appeared more. But the Governour of that Coumrey faith, Thac one of
thefe