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BooK
I.
Royal
Commentaries.
The Seeond Part of the Spe.ech 6f Friár
Vicente de Valverde.
F
OR which rea{on the Pope of
Rome,
who
ü
the High Prieft now living, having un~
derftood that al!
t.hePeople and Nations of thefe Kingdoms, /eaving the Worjhip
of
the true M,,¡'k§r ofal! things, dobrutifh!J worjhip Jdols, and the Imaf!,es
of
Devils; and be–
ing wi/ling to draw them to the kz1owledge
of
the trúe Gód, hath granted the Conquefl of
thefe Parts to
Charles
the 5th, Emperour of the
Romans,
who ú the moft poweiful! King
of
Spain,
and Monarch of al/ the Earth, that fo he having brought the Kings, and Lord,,
andPeople óf thefe partr, under hú'SubjeEtion ~nd Dominion, and having d~ftrqyedthe rebel!i–
om
and di{obedíent, he may govern and rule thefe Nations, and reduce them to the k,zzowledge
of
God, 11nd to the obedience of the Church.
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Ana
though our moft potent King he emplqyed in the G0'11ernment of his vaft Kingdoms and
Dominions, yet he received thir Grant ef-the Pope, and refufed not the troublefor the good
11ndfor the falvation of thefe Nations; and according!J hath (ent his Captains and Soulditn
to execute his Commandr, as he did for the Conqueft -of thofe great Iflands and <::ountrir1
which are adjoining to
Mexico;
tJ.ndhaving fubjeéfed them
by
fsrce of Arm.r, hath reduced
'
th.emto the ackzzowledgment of tbe true Religion
ef
'/efm Chrift, for the fame God hath com-
m11nded, that fo it jhould be.
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Por which reafon the Emperour
Charles
·the· 5th. hath chofen. for hú Ambajf-1dour, and
Lieute•ant
Don Erancifco de Pi~arro,
(who
ú
here prefent) that
fo
the Kingdoms
of
your Highnefs may receive a/l the benefits
of
Religion ; and that afirm Peace and Alliance
may be concludeiJ. and eftablijhed between Hú Majefty andTour Highnefs; on condition that
your Highnefs, and al! your Kingdcm become Tributariu, that
,ü,
paying a Tribute to the
Emperour, Tbou maift become hi.r Subjeéf, and delivering upyour Kingdom, and ali the Ad–
mini.ftration and G0'11ernment thereof, Tbou jhalt doe
M
other King¡ and Lords have a!ready
done, and have the fame quarter n11d condition.r with them. 'Ibis
ú
the ftrft point: Now
M
to the fecond: When this Peace and Alliance
is
eftablijhed, and th-1t thou
ha.ftfubmitted
r:
either voluntari!J, or
by
conjlntint, then thou art'to yield true and faithfull Obedience to the
Pope, who
is
t~e High-Prieft, and thou art to receive and believe the hith
of
¡efm Chrife
our God. Tbou art alfo to rqeéf' and total/y to abandon the abomjnabfe-Sµper./fition of Jd0!.r,
-which heing done, we jhall then malze kpown to you the Sanéfity a11d Truth of our Law, and
the Faljity ofyour.r, .the invention and contrivance of which proceeded from the Devil. Alt
which, O ICing;
if
Tbou p¿ilt believe me, Thou oµghteft to receive with readinefs andgood-
will, being a matter ofgreat importance to thy fe!f, and to thy,
pfqJ?le;
for
if
thou fhouldft
deny, and refufe to .obey; Tbou wilt be profecuteá with the Fire and Sword
of
War, untill we
have conftrained thee by force of Arms, to renounce thy Religion; for wi/ling!J or unwiUing!J
Tbou muft receive our Catho!iclz Faith,
-
anc( with furrender of thy Kingdom
P'9
a Tribute to
our Emperour; but in cafe thotJ fhou!dft contend', and mak§ reftft_ence .with an obftinate
mi11d, be ajfured, that God will d~liver thee up, ,.as be did ancientfJ
J?haraoh,
who, with his
who!e Army, perijhed in the red Sea; an,d_
fo
fha!t Thou, 11nd all thy
lndians,
['erifh,
and
·lle
deftroyed by-our Armt.
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