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BooK

II.

Royal

Commentttriet.

CH A P. · XXXI.

Of the

di/ferenm W,hich a~ofe

hetween the

Almagro's,

and

the

Pic;arro's ;,

and

the [1nprifom11e1u of

Hrnrandó

Pi~arro.

O·foon as

Almagro

and

Pipmo

faw rha.t tl'ie

Inca

had clisband'ed his Army~ and

was fled, and had lefc unwrhem free pó(füfion

the Étnpire·5 théy begart

tbea openly to difcover their Paffions, and

turn

their Arrns eaeh againl'l che óther;

one afletted to rule and govern abfolucely alone, and che

©tH€t

pterpared

pre–

vent and difappoint him of che Poffeffion of rhat fuprerné Pbwer which neitnér

admil!S a SuperioUF nor a Rival.

Tfüus

Almagro'

reguired

Hernando Pip:1rto

t0' fur~

render the.Cicy to him, and feave him in free pof:léflicm theteof, prerending, tnac ·

was- the Part and Divifion whiGh belonged

him, and not to his.Brother; as

fült

being comprehended within che

tWo

hundrecl Leagues of Land bélonging

tó

tht

Márquis,,whkh were to bemeafures, and fec out

fr0¡Jt,¡'

the Equin0füal Sourh·

ward,. along the Sea-coafi, according to the Capes·, and Poi-nts, and Bays, run--

ning'

by uhe Sea-fhore; but certainly Land wa:s n@ver meafut<íd in th:it manner, or

by other Lines than by the High-wáys. Howfo@vet che parry of

Almagro

iníilled

chis

_p0int, ándi would mideríland

other Méafures rhan by rhe Sea-rnaíl:,

which if

Piyarro

hád granred and t:oadefüerrdhl

unto, though Mis N1táje!ty íhouH

have

enlarged his Jurifdiél:ion an- ñundrnd- Leagues fanher, yet bis Dominion

would non have reached

far as

los-

Rcyes,

much lefs could ic have extended untO'

Couo.

Howfoevei: theíe groundleís Reafons and Fa-ncies had

fo.

far

p01Teífed

rhé ·

Mind· of

Almagro,

and bis Party, that' they_w0uld füffer no Contt'adifüon,

hearken ro any Arguments to the contrary, but violent!y- refolved to abandon the

Kingdom of

Chili·,

and recurn te

Pme,

and

:c.co,

from whenre afcerwards fo·ma-

Ruines and Miíchiefs did enfüe.

this

Deinand

H~nandoPifarro

made Aníwer, ~hat he did n0t! command chat

Cicy by vircue of his own Authority, bue by a Power devived from the Gover–

nour, who was his.Captain General,

Fº'

whom having méfde Oath never to

fur–

render ap rhat City into any orher hanas, rban,hi-s

owf\~

he coukl n·eit&er perforrn

che pare of aGentleman, nor of aSouklier, in Gafe he íl-'lould betray his Truíl' by

fuch a bafe fmrender,

which

was an•abfoluce Breach of his 0ath';

bue

in cafe

they would write

the Marquis, and obtain bis Qrder,

would imme&ately

yield all compliance ro his Commands. Bue waving thatc particufar, he infüred,

that the Imperial City belonged ro hi5 Brocher, and was comprehended within

che Limits of his Juriídiél:ion

for

char the meafüres he propounaed by Capes,

and Gulfs, and Bays, along che Sea-coaíl:, were meré fandes, and

fallacies;

and

fuch as never were admirced amongíl: .any racional Geographers ; for rhe cur–

nings and windings of the Land will cake up above halfhhe extenc of Ground, as

manifeíl:' by ex.perience of che doubling of che Lands onely fr0m che Iíle of' ·

íl'

Palmes

to che Cape·of Se.

Francú.

Nor ought the Land to be meafüred by che

High-ways , which often mrn and wind, and are íl:eep, and ofrentimes a.fcend'

three or

four

Leagues, and then again defcend as many more· which upon

ftre

ight

Line frorn one Hill to another , will nm make hailf. a

League.

Bue

che

~arr.os

did not approve of chis kind of Meafme, alledging, rhat ~he' .ft..eagues were'

be re

ckoned according to che Degreesof the Equit'l~él:1a1l, as Mariners mere out

tbeir Compaff€s che diílances at Sea, allowing to every :Oegtee feventeeh·

Leagues.and an half, in failing plain North and Souch: Now wttereas

diere

weté

not above eleven Degrees of Souch-lacicude·from the Equinoél:ia'1

rlie Ciry of

/Qs Reyes,

which make not more than an hundred nincty rwo Leágues ánd an fulf

and rhat to

Coz.-co,

which flands,in fourreen Degrees, ir will nofmake above

two·

hundred forty fivt:l Leagues

a-11,

that boehCities,of

/os,Rc)W,

,;i~cl

Co:tro

wer'e'

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