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BóoKII.
Royal
Commentariú.
Royal
CornmenfarieS.
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P.
l.
Don Pedro de Alvarado
goes to the Conquefl of
Peru. ·
,
T'
HE Famé
of
tfiéeeit
Acchievements in:
Peru,
and che
Riches
chereof was ndw fpread
in
all pares wich fuch Renown, chac
él$
, '
.
Lopei:.
de .Gomara
in the 2.6ch Chapeer of' his Book reP9rts, che
·
·
Spaniards
crowded in fuch numbers'co cake a fhare of che Gold,
. ,
·
thac
Panama, Nicaragua, .fl.!!,ahutemalian, Cartage~a,
and ocher Plafü
.
tacfons, a~d Hlands wet'e almoíl: difpeopled , and left defolace.
Amorigíl: che reíl: Admira!
Don Pedro
de
A/varado,
one'of che moíl: fa1,11ous and re–
nowned Captairis of chac age, being noc comemed wich che Glory anq Riches hé–
had acquired by che Conqueíl: ofche Empire of
llfexico,'Vtla~lan,
and
~ahutemal(an,
refolved to augmem hisGreatnefs by his attempes upon
Peru.
To which-end heob, ,
tained a Commiflion from che Emperoúr
Charles
ene fifclJ,
to
conquer, "planc and
govern ali thac Coun'trey which he fhould gain, at füch a number of L~agqes di–
fiam from the Jurifdifüon and Conqueíl:s of
Francifco de Pifarro.
For this Ente'r.,
prife he made Levies of many íl:out Fellows, and moreover masy GenHer'nen pf
G!!_ality from ali parts of
Spain
offered their Services, efpecially thof~-of
Éftremen-
ñós,
becaufe
Doñ Pedro
himfelf was a Native of
Badajoz..
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. ,
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This noble Perfon, amongíl: his many other Excellencies of Nacure, wás en–
dued with fuch nimblenefs and aélivity 'ofBody, that chereby he faved his own
· Life, when che
Marquifs Jel Valle
was forced to make a retréat from
Mexico:
fo:r
the
Jnáianj
having broken the Bridge over whiéh che
Spaniards
were to pafs: This
Don Pedro,
with che help of a Lance which he carried in his hand,. che ,point of
which having fixed in che Bodies of che dead, he rook a n:itining leap of cwenty
five Foot clear over che füidge; ar which che
lndian1
w~re fo much aíl:onifhed,
arid
wondred, chaechey called him a Son
of
God. This Páífage
Lope,:, de Go'm1ra,
_couches in che
1
07th Chapcer of his Book, where creacing of che Gonqueíl:
g,f
Mex.ico,
and of
Hernando de Cortes,
he hath thefe Words, which we
Hiv~
deliv"e!
red
verba1im:
"
When he recurned
to
them, chough forrle foughc
fe
y
{foutl}',
'' yet he found many killed. He loíl: his Gold, his Baggªge, aná Prifoners.
In
" fine, bis Men were routed, and his·üimp _difperfod, and ñoching_\ emained
íd
" .chac poíl:ure in which he had left ic; howfoever he rallied as many as be could;
t,
put thern in che frotit, and he himfelf brought up the r-ere. .
And
P&dro de fil–
"
varado
was ordered
to
rally whac Forcés he coúld, and
to
make head againíl: che.
" Enemy, bue chey charged hi'rtt
ro·
home , chac he
w:is
n'ot
able
'ro
\~ftbíl:and
~' tl
em; when feeing hisMen ílain round about him; and ch:it
if
he íl:aid, there
R:.
r r
was