4000003871

Kóyal

Commentaries.

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II.

Thefe Articles being concluded and agr~ed 'bétw'éeh

i1lm1g~i

ánd the Mar~

quifs

Pifarro

;

the foregoing Defigns were publiíhed ,

tha~ the Captaini pre:

r,ared themfelves for their reípeétive Enterprifes, ·and atcoréUngly raifed

·arid

enrolled their Men.

Alon[o de Alvara/}JJ

liíl:ect three "hundred Men for

his

Con~

quefr,

Gdrcilaf{o de·la Vega

two hundred ·.and fifty tor his; and he that was

inl

tended ·

for

che

Pacamurus

was provided with a ·like number ; and all'three

entred into their refpefüve Divifions, where they fufrained great l.abdtm '

and Hard(hips, by reafon of the high Mountains and lnterruptíon of

Riveíl

we íball nereafter íhew in their due places. The Recruits fertt to

Sebaflia~

Je Belalcafar

confifred of•one hundred and fi~y Men. But

Almagro

made _gp :oa

Force five hundred and fifty, amongíl: wh1ch feveral of them had already

Lands fet out

chem , and cominands over

Indians,

ret in hopes of bett~

Fortune in

Chili,

whofe Riches there was great talk, they left their Pof–

feffions and Eíl:ates about

Couo.

For in t~ofe beginnings every poor'

Sptmiar4

in che condition of a cornrnon Souldi~, thought all

PerH

but a mean Share

and Reward of bis Labours.

Almpgro

lent thirry Thouíand

Pefos 0f Gold

his Souldiers, ·to buy Horfes, and Arms, and other neceífaries ;

thac the:,,

were al! very well proyi~ed.

· ,

¡qhn

de Saavedra,

Native of

Seville,

(with whom

was well acquainted)

was fent

the Van , or Forlorn Hope, with one hundred and fifty Men,

difcover the Countrey, which they found to be

very

quiet, and

a peace–

able pofrure , by reafon that their

Inca,

Prince

Manco

remained in the Hands

of the

Spaniard.r,

and that the

Jndi,ms

were in very great hopes of

his

Reftau·

ration to the F-rnpire.

'.Almagro

Jefe Captain

R.Ny

DiM:- ;

and

¡ohn de H(rradA,

his

intirnate Friend,

refide as Agents for

m in

the City of

Cozco,

to raife

Meo,

and to fend him

Recruits, and fupply

him

with what was neceífary for the War againft the

Kingdom of

Chili,

being

reponed to

Countrey mowttainous, and

the

People

arlike.

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