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558

Royal Commenta.rie.r.

BooKU.

the

th Chapter of bis Book, hath thefe Words, which we have extraékd

verbatim.

'' This unhappy Wretch confefled_ at the ti~e of

his

death, _that he had given

" falfe Evidence againíl: tbe guod',Kmg

A~aba/1ba,

that he; m1ght enjoy one of

" bis Wives with fecurity. This

PhilipiUio de Pohechos

was an ill Man

treache–

,, rous, inconíl:ant, falfe, defirous_ of Mutinies, bloudy, and had little

o'f

a Chri–

" füan, though he had been qapt12ed.

.-.,

Thus far are rhe Words of

Gomara,

whence we may conftder, how lamen–

table a thing it is, that the firft Interpret~r ~hac was chofen tC! preach t~e Gof–

pel

it)

rhofe parts, íhould prove fuch a V11lam_. But

_Almatro

httle regardmg the

Flight of

Vtllac

Vmu,

fo long as

Pa~llu

r~ma~ed· ~1th h1m, procee~ed in bis

March towards

Couo;

when he rece1ved mtelhgence of che lnfurreéhon which

the

Jndians

had made, of which thou_gh formerly he entertained fome fufpicions,

yet he was not fo inquilicive as was

fit,

becaufe he depended for thefe Advices,

on rhat Fidelity ·and Service which

P11ullu

and his People profeífed towardúhem.

Tht way which he took in his March was by

Cqllao,

where che Countrey being

open, and plain, was not fo dangerous

for A

mbufhes, as the way between

Co-tco

and

los Reyes.

Wben he arrived near

Co.uo

he found that the Prince

Manco

Inca

had quitted che Siege; for ·noc kn

owing

rthe Defign againft the

Pifan-os,

1magined, rhat ene lntention of

Almagro

was to relieve and Succour hís Friends.

Almagro

cook chis occafion to fee and treat Wit~ che

Inca;

for having had former

acquaintance wich

him ,

be believed chac he rn1ghc be able to draw him to bis

Party. The

Inca,

who hoped to take this opportunity to kill

Almagro,

and all

his

Followers, confented to an Interview; bue,f1,1ch was che Prudence and Cautio"n

Almagro,

rhac he was always fo well guarded v,r,~ch his Souldiers, both Horfe.

and Fooc

thac che

Indians

durfi not atternpc any th,ng upon thern. Nor would

the

Inca

Í1earken ro che Propoíicioq. that was macle, to take pare with

AlmagrfJ,

but cold him plainly, That his lntention was ~o recover che Ernpire for himfelf,

and cherefore was refolved not co be concerned, ejther for one fide, or the other:

Howfoever when he and

Almagro

were pam;d, tbe

ifldia~s.

would ihave perfua–

ded him to accepc the Propoíal , and to fornenc the ClVll War between

'tne

Spaniards,

faying, That when they had killed and weakned each other, ·he

mighc then be betcer able to fubdue and maíler che prevailing Party. To which

the Prince rnade chis Reply , Thac ic became not che Honour of an

Inca

diífemble, or fail

it1

his Word , unto thofe 'to whom it was given , and

chac he would racher lofe his Empire, than maintain it with Falftty, or Trea–

chery,

chofe whom he had received inco his Favour, and under his Pro–

cefüon.

, \i\!hilíl

Almagro

was thus in treaty wich che

J,m,,

Herna'ndo Pi.farro

fent private·

ly to cry the Pulfe of

Saavedra,

who was chen with

Alm11gro,

promifing, chac

if he would revolt unto bis Party, he íhould neicher want Honours nor Bene–

fits.

But chis

'fohn de Saavedra,

who was of as Noble Bloud

as any that owns

rhac Name in

Seville,

rejeéted che Propofals that were rnade him of Advamage,

rather chan fiain his Honour with che leaíl blemiíh. And chus thefe three Par–

des ílood at a Gaze, without any Atcempt made by one or other. At length

the

Inca.

confidering that

Almagro

was returned from

Chili,

and had brought wich

him four hundred and fifty

Spaniards,

though he had loíl: cwo hundred, or there–

ab0t;it, in his Paffage over che Snowy Mountains, in che Wars, and by ocher

Accidcrncs; and thac if_ in many Months he was not able to fubdue che

Sfani11rds,

when chey vvere not more than one hundred and fevemy , hovv much more

vvould rliey prove an unequal match to them, at this time, vvhen they vvere

encreafed co fix hundred: And chough rhey vvere divided by privare Quar–

rels, and Civil Di~ntions, yet they vvould quickly unice, and be cememed

again, fo foon as che

Jndians,

vvho are their common Enemy, íhould appear

in a formidable rnanner againíl: them. And as to the matter of carrying on

che War, Experience had caughc them already, that it-vvould prove fatal and

of rnoft ruinous Confequence; for chat in the fpace of one Year, fine~ this

lnfurrefüon firíl: began , they had lofi above founy thoufand Men, whicli had

periíhed--

.PY

che Svvords of che Enemy , by FaQJine, and other Calamities,

which