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II.

Royal,

Commentarid .

Paullu

having ama{J'ed the Gold, carried it

Almagro,

and prefented

to him

che Name of bis Brother

M anco Inca,

and of ali tne Kingdom of

Chili ;

which

much rejoiced and encouraged

Almagro,

and his Souldiers to fee, that a fina!l

Pegple, in

fhort a time ,,,a,s able to yirovide fucha qu'antity of Gold, which ,

was a clear evidence of thé'Ridíes of chac Coumrey. · When

Almagro

faw che

Gold, he fmiled, and heartily chanked

Paullu ,

telling him, chat fuch Gifcs as

thefe were

acceprable to him, as would oblige him for.che fucure, as chey

did ac prefenc, to make him fuch gracefull rerurns as would

mui:h to his

advancage.

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Pau/lu

perceiving that thefe Prefents extorted kind Words and Prorni'fes from

Almagro,

al\ which he believed, endeavoured more and more to oblige him wich

Prefents of that

nature, and

accordingly fent to che Villages , and inhabited Val–

lies, which wére

thereun.tq

adjoining, to bririg

in ail ·1

:he,qol~ fhey had con–

ferved far che

IncM,

¡,for th

ac he had occafi0.n

chere.of.

, to make F_re(tmts uñto

che

'YiracochM,

who ,í.lere..füQthers ;to

che Inca. Upóñ

tdteQrders,the

iñdiqns,

'in

a,few

days, broughc

iñ

ree 1 h

undúed

thoufa.nd

Ducans,of\

Gokl

over.and above

r.he,

former quancicy, and

la.id

them befare

lmagro;-

,whkh when ;he .faw, he

hug g

ed himfelf wirh che choughts of thac rich Councrey, which w¡¡s faln to bis

L.ot,

che which eíl:eeming now for

bis

own; in gratitude

bis happy-Fortune,

he b

ecame munificent in a high degree, 'both

acquireHonÓ1i1r ·aQd Fame, ·of

which he wás .very ambitioúJ; ,. and:to gain the Goo~rwilh md Affeétiop of his–

Souldiers and:Cornpa'nions; . which,that he·'rpight p~cure

h~ in ;l)!Íe(ence of

them ali, took out tbe Ol?ligations: and Bonds,, wbic-h,~yery

QQ~:

~f'them, bo,th

befare .and on occa,fion of .rnis'Encerprife~ had g!ven him, ,whkh amoünc~d un–

to·

above an hundfed thoufand Du~ats, ,~he whICh he .tore -af)d c_ancelled one

after the other; telli:ng thofe who were

bound to hiní.cin -t.hofe.~apers; ,That he .

remicted, and made Prefents to them of their Debes, wifhing :t~at che Summs

·had been-grearer; that he might have J1ad .0<;€afion to have o~l1g~d. them.f

ilier; and

.chofe who ,were nonindebted to hitn, he gave Mo1,1ey to de:

fráy their Charges, and rnake fuch Provifions <qs·were then: ijeceílary; with which

Liberalicy all che Souldiers were,gweatly fa~isfü:d a.nd pkafed.

1 ,,

Lope:;:;, de

Gomara;

in che

r4id

Chªpcer of .bis

Bq9k

, fays,

ifhat

chi,$

ªª

of Li~

beraliry was a·piece of Mágnifi¡::en~e, rather,ofa:Pr~ce tha\J.of a S0uldier, ·}le.o

whén·he dyed; chere was not any who._w9uld cover him

wicb

·a Fag of

Ckidf

at che place where he.was beheaded,

&c.

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