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Royal Comment4ries.
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II.
· ' " he marched to
f2.!!itu,
having in that Journey endured much
cqJd
and hunger 5
" che
news whereof affeél:ed che minds of
Pifarro
and
Almagro
wicn -j_ealou/ie and
-" fear. k.t lengch he fold che Ships, Guns,
&c.
for two hundred choulancl-piece~
'' of Eighc; which having received, he recurned rich and triumphanc unto
Hua–
"
timallán.
Afrer which he built tenor twelve Ships, one Gally, and other Pin–
" naces which were light, and rowed well with the Ore, with defign
to
make
" a Voyage
to
the
Efpmria,
anda farcher difcovery towards the Cape
ofVa!lenM,
" called by
1
fome
California.
In
the year
1
s-
38, Friar
Marcos de Nifa,
and other
''
Prancifcan
Friars travelled by Land tbrough the Councrey of
Culhuácan,
ac Iea-íl:
" three hundred League's to the Weíl:ward, and much fi¡.rther than che
Spaniards
" of
Xalixco
had as yet di(covered , and recurned with high commendacions of
"J!ttihe Councries, and
oC
the Riches and good Air of
Sibola,
and ocher Cicies.
~fi
ll,pon th'e relation of theíe Friars, they refolved once to fend an Army by Sea
" to thoíe·pms under the Command of
Don Antonio de Mendoefa,
Vice-king of
New
,,
Spain'
and
Don Ferflan'do Cortes
Márquis
de Valle'
who was Capcain-General of
'~ New
Spain,
and
firíl:,
:Diícoverer,of the Coaíl: along the Souch-Sea; bue noca–
,, grecúng upon Articlés, chey qua_rrelled , and,
fo
Clrrres
recurned into
Spain,
and
"
Alvatado
was fent in
his
place wich the Ships before mencioned ; for which che
" Money, as afore(;rid, was paid him,
Alv11rado
failed, as
I
conceive, wirh his
" Fleec to the Port of
Navidad,
and chence travelled by Lánd
to,Mexico,
where
" he agreed wich the Vice-king upon an adventure to
Sibola,
wirhouc any regard
" to the gratimde he owed to
Cortes,
who was che Auchour of
ali
his fortune.
" In
his.return from
Mexico,
he_paífed through
Xalixco,
to fubdue and reduce che '
" people of rhat Kingdom, who had macfe an Infurreél:ion, and were in defiaoce
" againíl: che
Spaniards.
Ar lengch he carne
to
Eratlan,
where
Diego de Lope:i:.
was
'' rnaking War againíl: the Rebels, and joyning his Forces wich him, they Hormed
" rhe
Jndians,
who hag forrífied themfelves on the comer of a Rock with fuch
" refolurion, chat having killed thircy ofrhem, rhey pur che reíl: unco flighr ; and
" having climbed up·inro a high and narrow Rock, many
of
their Horfes carne
" tumbling down che Precipice: And whereas one of them carne íliding clown
" juíl: up0n the Horíe of
A/varado,
he, to avoid him, alighted, intending
tq
give
" him way, and fave himfelf; but_the Horfe in his
fall
íl:riking on che edge of
a
'' Rock, turned his
fall
juíl:
on.Alvarado,
and carried him headlong with him
" down to
tl{e
borcom; che which misformne happened on Midíummer-day, in
" the year
1
5
41,
and in a few days after died
·of
che bruiíes he had received at
"
E f 1tl11n,
which is a place abouc three hundred Leagues diíl:ant from
H,wim11//4n;
" he conferved his Senfes, and che judgment of a Chriíl:ian, untill che ]aíl: ; for
" being asked .where,bis chief pain was, he anÍ\;vered, in his Soul : As to orher
" mauers, he was a Man of a free and chearfull temper. Thus far are che Words
of
Gomar'a ;
and at the end of che fame Chapter he adds, " That he Jefe no Eíl:are,
" nor did chere remain any Memory or Relicks of bim, unlefs what is before re-
,, cited, and a Daughceirwhich he had by an
lndian
Woman, which was after–
" ,wards, Married to
Don Francifco de la Cueva;
and
fo
he concludes that Chaprer.
This Relarion is the very fame which is commonly current"in
Pm,,
wich ali rhe
circumíl:ances chereof; onely they differ in chis, chat one fays it was a Horíe chac
tumbled upon him; and che orher, thac it was a Rock, which was thrown down
by the fall of
a
Horfe; 'ris probable that it might be che one as well as the o–
.ther, and chat che Horfe and Srones mighc come
all
rowling down togerher.
Beíides;
I
was acquainted with his Daughcer, and wich one of his Sons, who
was a Mongrel or
Mejlú:.,o
(
as we call them ) born of an
lndi1n
Woman, named
l)on
Diego ~e A/varada,
a Son worchy, and not,degeneracing from
a
Father of fuch
great renown, for he refembled his Father in ali bis Verrues ; was a true pattern
of him in all circumíl:ances, nor did he differ from him in che very misforrune of
his Dearh ; for having wirh other
Spani11rds
made his eícape from the Barre! of
Che/qui Inca,
he was afterwards killed by che
JndianJ
ín cl~e purfuir, as we íllall here-
' after relate in its due place.
Tlms ended the Life of chis worchy Cavalier
Don Pedro de A/'ll11r11do,
he was
Knighc .of che Habir of Se.
'/ago,
and one of che moíl: dexrerous wirh his Lance of
any rhar paífed into the New World. His unhappy Deach was greatly lamenced
ac
Co'Gco
by all chofe who had been his followers in that Empire; many Maífes
. "
were- faid for his Soul ac that tim~, and for feveral years afterwards;
I
my fe]f have ·
.been _prefem ar fome, which were faid for him, when
I
was chere. Whenfoever
'
any