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BooK

II.

Royal

Commentaries.

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CH A P.' X.

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;!he hop~s

and fear~

AJm~gto

i_s

fo,Jak_e7!

hy his

ln–

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terr1t,(f ~.

qnd án,

ilgreeme~~

made

iv,itfi

varade(..

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,Hús 'honéíl:

D~n Diego _dé '{!!magro

níarchihg

Q!eft of

D.,_Pedro de A/varado,

. ':l

encounrred fome $k1qrníhés by rhe

w;iy

Wi~h the Qaptams of

Atahualpa

·but

inconfiderable rhey were, rJ;iar rhey wéte fcárce worchy to be menrioned :

-Aúd

regat~'(he..,fod certain incelligence; tbat

Alvilr.ado

was Landed, and was

-nfar:ehed up_into' fü~~ounrrey; h~ proceeded ílowly, rhat he niight not mifs bis

wáy;

Ql'

warlder·i¡;ití0 ·parcs.diíl:anrfr0m him, of whom he wenr in fearch.

,,sibajl-i(JfJ

Belgkaf"11',

·who-w~sferit with recruits

re-inforce

Almagro,

having

~t:bM"ed1.Rufmninavi

·ar1d liis Captains-from

f2._uitu

proceeded with all diligence in

·§!!é~

~f¡_

Almaglo.r

and h:ivióg jqiñed his F®_rnes 'with him, they defeated fome

·Sqúáarons-

1wdiaY1t.;

which wereScattered ·ov~r thofe Provirices; '

which En–

cerpr.i[e·,rhey ~hG>fel\facher

·em---ploy themfélves, thari co~attempt

A/varado,

for

,knt>wing chat·he was!aManrof c:0urage, and his people íl:ouc. and good Souldiers,

thewiWould willíngly have Mclin€-.l1all eng;¡gemdnts with him, could ·they have

C©ID€'

off hanafotinely, wi~hout fuame or difh0nÓur.

the[e .doubtfult terms they

mained, untill

A/varado

approached near cheir Q!arters, and had ·raken feven of

their 'Horfe w,hich

''AJmágro

had fent for Forrage into the Countrey ; bue

A/varad()

immedi:itely reléafed;rbem,'

fooñ as he rihde'rílood 1

mto whom

they belonged,

and had

beerl

infonned of-alr'btlí<i:r·matters anq circumíl:ances.of thefe afl:aírs, for

-die

defigñ

Á!Úar-Jdo

was

riot

tCii

trouble ondiffurb the

firfl: Adv

enturers in theif

-Gomqúe{ls' of

Perú;

but onely .to affift :md join Ywitb: rhem in their Ehterprize.

-This·generous Awon óf

Alvart1dó

e'a[ed

..il.ltnagro

a greaé meafure of bis fears,

efré€ining it

fo11

'an evidenc€

.ofi

J.?,eaée and Fi:iendíbip·: But iiuega·rd he had fent

nó ,Meílage .ID.y :che: Horfe-men.wbiich he had fi-eed, he remained, doubtfull be–

tween hope anéllfear;.not knowiag what his'iritentions and meaning might be..

._.,W·hilíl:

Almagh

·fernained in chis chou·ghffúll· condition, :an ünhappy accidenf

increa[eci'his'féars1.which 'was.,the flight of bis lnterpreter

Philip

che

lndi11n,

who

·h~~~ng

tha~i·,4tvar1o

,wa~ ~e~:lY..appr_óa~hed,. he_ 'cook occ~nqm one night to ruri

to rum, carry1qg¡away,

w1tñ

a pnnc1pal 9,lc1que. When-he was come

Al–

:,varado,·

infohned·him

of theiJmall numbertHat was wirh

Almagro,

and rhat the

Cur1i,uwhicb

w~re with him·were defüo.llS

revoit, and táke fiis pare,. and' to

ferve him ; the like Example he a!füred him, that the people'of thac Kingdom

were inclinable to follow, undertaking to bring chem ali unaer his Dorninion and

Obedience, and in che mean time to guide him to che Camp of

Alm11.gro,

where

he might eaíily furprize, and cake him wichout much oppofüion. Though

!va–

rado

was well plea[ed with che report :ind propofals of

Philip,

yet he chought not

fit

to follow his counfel, having a mor.e advantageous pro[peél: of fucceeding bet–

ter by another rnechod _; for he was jealous of chis

Jndian,

who having been fal[e,

and per.jured in che evidence he had given againíl:

Atahualpa,

he could not beljeve

thac he would ever prove faichfull to him; for chis Traytor had falíly fworn, that

Atahualpa

deíigned

Mailiicre che

Spaniards;

upon which teíl:imony Sentence of

Deach waspaífed upon him : Bue ro be íhort in chis íl:ory ; an interview was

agreed upon between

Don Pedro de A/varado,

and

Don Djego de Almagro,

and accor-

dingly they mee in che Plains of

Rivecpampa,

which che

Spaniards

call

Riobamba,

,~.

where boch Squadrons were drawn up, :md remained in a poíl:ure ro eng:ige in

iEattel ; .bue \}'ben they carne near to-make che on-fet, boch fides were touche.d

"With \a natural fenfe of Bloud, and proximicy of Alliance, being almoíl: ali of che

Coumrey of

Eftremenos,

that che common Souldiers, withouc permiffion or Or~

ders of cheir Generals, mixed togecher in common difcourfe, offering to e:ich ocher

Conditions and Articlés of Peace and Arnicy, as it hath at ocher times happened

between the Souldiers of

'/uliu. Ctefar

and

PompCJ,

a~ of

Pctreiu&

and

Afraniu.

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for.