553 / 1070
~ooKU,
Royal .Cornmentarie1.
any occafton-wa.s offered to make mention of him
~
I have heard feveral Gencle–
.men remember bim with gr<tat praife ofhis Goodnefs .ana Vertue ;_and fome
of
·~em fpecified and recounted.the kindneífes and good offiéés he had íhewn
to
theni
in
particular : ,Aod when;as he was very farnilµrly acquainced, and converfanr
ió
:_my Father's h@ufe;
I
hav:e beeq an Ear-wimefs of divers
paífagés
relating to his
good Nature,.and to the gimerofity of his great Soul: One of 'Yhich was this?
_ That
in their Voyage to
Peru
bis
people fuffered much for.want of frelli Water;
lo that when
cl:iey
carne ~o
Tumpk.,
they-J?~<;aine -very fickly, and riíany of them
,were
fo
weakned by the 0rlenture Fever, .:hY reafon .
of
th~,Thirft they had endu~
.red, that they .were notable to leave thC:Sbip ,and Land·on the íhore. .Where–
!fore
A/varado.
hiqifelf landed frnm the Ship, and prqvid~~ thein wiéh Water ;
and though he hád fuffered
as
much by
Thir(l:
as any o{I them,
yec
ht
would noé
' ,iafie
a drop
of
Water until1
1
he
was aííured that the Sick had drank,' and
ali
che'
.'Ships-company had been 'provided,'
Many
orher
generous Afü of chis nature .
were related of this wortliy Gentleman ; though
Gomara
in
his Writings gives a
.different charaél:er of him,'
1
which he mufi,-hay,~,receiyed from fome of chofe (as
~her~ Wer~ many) who were envious apd e~ulous of his Vertues and Forcune :
And
though it was impoffible ·to fupprefs the..fame of bis Exploits and Adven–
,tures, which were notorious to ali tlie World , yet at leaft they endeavoured
to
'.eclipfe and difparage the glory .of: them. Of which_ chis Authour being feníible,
.did
in part excufe antl dear liimfelf of the falfity of chofe re_ports whith were gi–
'.ven;
and fo cor,cludes thé
1
9~d
Chapter of bis Book with thefe words :
He that
'Joth
ygell,
andú not praifed, lives amongft bad Neighbours,
&c.
And
this
he faid, be–
caufe he knew that in all eftates ofMen, there are fome who are envious and flan–
derers, and unworthy thé
focie,cy
of good Men, being indined to fpeak a !ye, ra–
'ther
than to utter truth
irr
commendations of another. And now we íhall recura
to
the Affairs of
Peru,
and to tbe Tr~faétions therein fmce the depamire of
Don
~aro
de
.A/varado
from thence.
·
'1
• !
¡i
'
•
J
·
C H A .P. X VI
l.
f
Of
ihe
Fo~nJation
ofthe
City
dé
los ileyes,
ando/ the Citj
, ,-
-
of
Truxillo.
S.
O
-Íoon
as the
Governout had dif~d
Don
Pedro
de
Álvarado,
he immediately
gaye
notice thereof to bis Partner
Don Diego -de Al"!a¡,ro
1 .
then a~
Co~o,
and
therew1th fent a great number of tho(e Gentlemen which came w1th
Alv/!l.rado,
to
.be
entertained in the Service of the Prince
Manco
ln~a,
and bis Brothers,
lohn
·~d
Gonfalo
Pifarro,
defuing them to be ferviceable to the
Inca,
anq kind to the
lndians;
for in regard the
JncA
furrendrnd bimfelf voluntarily, aild of bis own ac–
cord, he would not have hin1 lofe that c;onfidence and affeétioil which he bad con–
ceived
o(
che
Spaniards
;
in the mean t,ime the Governour remamed
iri
che Valley
of
Pachacamac,
wich deftgn to build a City neat the Sea-coaíl: for the betcer advan–
tage of Trad~ .and Commert:e :
And
having,_confiqered upon this .matter wich his
friends,
h~
difpatched (everal pe;fobs
experienced.in Maritirrie affairs,
to
difcover
on both fides where w'as the moft convenient place for a Port or Harbour. At
length being ihfomied, that four Leagues to c~e N_orth of
Pacharnmac,
there
W!15 ,
·a very
fafe
Port right againíl: the Valley of
Rimac
~
which when che Governour
had viewed and fu
rveyed,he tranfplanted t)le péciple which had begun co fettle a
Colony in the Va!
Iey.ofSauf{a,
wbich is thirty_ Leagues from
Rimac
within the
Land, unto ~at convenient place where he
founded
the City of
los
Reyes
in the
rear
1534.
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