4000003871

R.oyal

Commentaries.

BooK

11.

CHAR

XXI.

New Pretenfions obflrufl the Conquefl of

Chili. Almagro

defigns to return unto

Pern;

and the Reafons why.

Lmagro

having repofed a while, and refrefhed himfelf, his Men, and his

Horfes, afrer rhe Hardfhip fuílained in che late Conquefis, he rhen con–

fulted of che Way and Method how ro fübdue the orher Vallies and Provinces

'of rhe Kingdom of

Chili,

which were not fübjeét ro the Dominion of the

Inca.;

for chofe rhat were, upon appearance of

Paullu,

Brother of rheir King, needed no

orher force ro render rhem obedient; wherefore

Almagro

communicated unto

Paull~

his Ime_qtions, ~ho con~derin_g that

fudh

~onquefis would be Enlargements

of h1s Brother s Bmpu;e, read1ly aílenred,

ar.id

m order ro that Defign drew out

from che Garrifons, and places of Defence

, ali

the ForG:e chat were in rhem, and

i(fued out his ComlJiand§ for máking Provifions, and bringing thert1 to the

Camp; whiGh having dgnt . he accompanied

Almagro

the Conqueíl: of the Pro–

vine~ of

Purumduod , Antulli,

Pincu,

Cailqui,

and che Parts- adjacent, as far as

the Provim:e

Araaou.

li1

chis Enrerprife

thty

had many Skirmifhes with

. the Natives

who bé~aved thetnfelves valiantly, and like Souldiers, being in a

fignal mafmet dexterotls in chélr Bows and ArroM, with which they would íhooc

with adrrliraolé

aitn

, ,qut

~he parti~ulars there@f

we íliall

not relace, nor yet che

Battéls, oMly in genefül, r~at they were veryí blon~y>and ftoutly fought, becau(e

tnull haíl:eh to o\Jr

Hiíl:ory

Per!',

füort ~herefbre¡ rhough che Enernies

rnade good reíiíl:eqce-, yec che

Spa11íurds

gained-l)p(;}iII lihérn with happy Saccels,

che Affiílemm afié! Good•will of

Pimllu,

t,is

tildirrnt,

Bue diefe happy and

p¡ofperbds pfdceedirfgs were' foon obfltutted by Difübrd, which always blowed

die Flames

Feuds and Diífentibtt ber"

eeti chefé

tw0

famous Brothers, whiéh

were never quenched, untill both of thém were ~hfomed, as

wi-ll

appe-ar in che

fequel of this Hiíl:ory.

Thas

Almagro

proceeding in a profperous courfe of Viétory, rhough ac che ex–

pence of

Spanifh

and

Jndi11n

Rloud; ar the end of five Momhs, from the time thac

he emred

Chili,

Recruits of an hundred Men were brought ro him, under the

Command and Conduét of

Ruú

DiM,

and

{ohn

Herrada,

who (as we have faid)

were appoinced to remain in

Couo,

make Levies of Men, and fend him Suc–

cours. Their paífage was over che fame Moumains, and by the fame way rhat

Al–

magro

had traverfed before; and though it happened at a berrer feafon of the

Year, that is, in

che mo

nch of

Novcmber-,

which is Summer in thac Climate, when

che

Sn0w.s

were.

n0c.fo

deep, nor the Colds

..imeníe, yet many

,diP.ns

and

fome

Spaniard1

ere froz

en to De:ith ; and chofe that efcaped had peri

fhed

with

Hunger, had chey noc been fuflained by che Flefh of chofe Horfes which

ere

found dead in che way, where having been frozen ever ftnce che rime that

Alma–

gro

paffed chac way, che flefh chereof was as frefh and good, afrer five Momhs, as

if they had been killed that very day.

The Difficulties of chis Journey being overcome, (which were greater than

we are able

exprefs ,) they were received by their General with ali imaginable

Joy and Contentmenc; and better was rheir wellcome, when it was known thac

Herrada

brought with him His Majefiy's Commiflion, which inveíled

Almagro

the Government and Jurifdiétion of an hundred Leagues of Land, exempc and

diftin?t frq~ the Territories of Marquifs

Pirnrro.

This Commiflion was broughc

lf.~a1f~o,Pif~'flro,

when he laíl: rncur~j<l-

J,01

Spain

unto

Peru,

che which he

fent from

los Reyes

Herrada

by the'Poi{{, l&owmg that he w:i.s rhen upon

deparcure for

Chili.

This particular is re!arfd by

Gemara

in che

5th Chapter of

his Book, che which Words we have extraéted

verba1im

chis manner.