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HA P. XXXV.
Hernando Pi_~arro
returm
to
Spain,
to give
an
Accozmt of
what had fucceedid
in
Peru.
T
HE
Governoilr,
Don Francifco Pifarro,
not regarding the fears and apprehen–
fions of
Atahualpa,
was elated in bis Hopes and Expeél:atiOns, by tho[e fa.
vours which good fortune had caíl: upon him; and refolving
to
follow and im–
prove his fücce[s, he judged it convenient and neceífary to tender an account
to
His Majeíl:y ofall matters, which unto that time,had occurred in
Pcru;
the which
Intemion being moved to
Almagro,
his Companion, and his Brothers,
it
was
~greed by them to difpatch
Hernando Pir¡_arjo
into_
Spain,.
with Advices to His f\:1a–
Jeíl:y of what had happened, that
fo
their Services m1ght be rewarded accordmg
to their Merit. And in regard
Hernando Pifarro
was employed as a publiék Per–
fon in behalfof the Commonalty, or the wliole Company,
lt
was ordered that
fo
much íhould be taken out of the heaps which were already colleéted for tfoe Ran–
fome of
Atahualpa,
as would [erve
to
defray his Charges; and moreover that he
íhould carry with him the value of two hundred dioufand Pieces of Eighc in
Gold, and ene hundred thouf~!ld in Silver, for that fifth _pare which appertained
to
che King, on accounc of che Ranfome of
Atahualpa;
the which Gold and Silvér
were as the
firíl:
Fruits, andas an earnefl: of thac Treafüre and Riches which they
have already, and are yet to carry from my Couotrey to His Majefiy. The Silver,
as
Augujlin Carate
reports, was carried in pieces of maífy Place, a Relation of
whidi he gives in thefe
W
ords:
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,
" They agreed (faid he) to fend
Hcrnando Pifarro
to give a Narrative to
His
'' Majeíl:y of their pro[perous Succeífes, which had occurred umill that time
5
,bue
'' whereas
as
yet they could not make a jufi computation of what ibare His Ma–
" jefiy was to receive out of che Colleétions already made, they took frbm their
'' Heaps the value of two hundred thoufand Pieces of Eight in Gold, and twemy
". thoufand Marks in Silver; for which they chofe the
mciíl: -
fair
and ·weighty
" Pieces of Place, fer the beccer íhow and appearance in
Spain.
AII
which were
" weighed out, and the
J
ars, Pans, Figures of Men, and
W
ornen, and Sbeep,
" were ali caíl: into the Scale
to
make up che
ful!
weight and value alread_y men–
ee
tioned. With this Prize
Hernando Pifarro
embarkecl, to the great griif of
Ata–
"
ba!iba,
who bad a great kindnefs for hm, and entertained fuch confid'ence in
" him, thache freely communicated ali his choughts to him, .wherefore at his de–
" parture he faid to him:
And 40you,go, Captain,
.J
am troub{ed for it dt mJ very heart;
"
for whenyou are gone, I am fure that fa't Fellow, and that b!ind
Ra[cat",
wi1hfoón
ma~
"
an end of me;
meaning
Al"fagro,
who, as we faid beforn, was blind of erre
Eye,
. '' and
Alon{o Reque!me,
His Majeíl:y's Treafürer, whGm he had, ob[erved te ,mur–
" mur and quarrell about him on che oeca:fü5ñ:"before related. · And !fo rirldeed,
" it happened
I
for no foól'Jef -was
Heritañílo
depa~ced ,_ than that imtrlediately
" chey contrived his Death
by:
means of· their In~erprerer
Philipi/Lio,
who was
" an
Indian , &c.
And
Gomara
confirms 'what we íhalr more at ,large here–
afcer relate, That
Hernando Pifarro
carried the fifth part
of
what app~rtained
to
His Majeíl:y on accounc of the Ranfome of.
Atahuálpa;rrana
he farther.,adds
the[e Words.
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'' The Truth of what paífed is this:
Hern~ndo Pif.arro
carried
no
more·\vith
" him from
Caj{amarca
than what is before mentionecl; but fuon afrenhis depar..'.
" cure followed the Death of
Araba/iba ,
anétl then a Dividend'was made of his
" Ranfome;
untill
which 'time bisExecutiort was mher..defmed, thaa his-Life
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