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Royal

Gommentaries.

Sorne evff-Gq~nfellours which loved t; make ~nd foment differences, advifed

41..,

magro

kili

Eernando Pirarro',

for, that ev_er fince the prfl: time that he carne

rróm·

Sp~in,'

rdíey had difcmN"ered in him a füange malie~ towards his Perfo~, ha-.

ving never m~htioned him with any k}nd charaéter ;: a11d that he was a Man of

a violent,fpirj~,,FevengefuH to the utmoíl, and of a differem cei;nper,

l}is Bro–

thers; and,.én~refore chat it was dangerous to,fuffer (uch a Man to liy.e. ,

Almagro

was ready

have executed this counfel, but that

J)iego,

aQp'

Gome:.;, de

Alv.arado,

Tº~"

de Saavedra, Bartol0meo de ,Terr}f_~a., V4fao_,'.de Guevara,

·<\,r;lq

Geronimo

Cojl-illa,

ahd ethers, who were all Gentlém~n of No~Je'defcenr, and friends td

pea~e and quit{~efs, reíl:rained this v.ioleni:<t ; telli~g ,~i!I!, that there w_as n? rea~–

fon 1h tha"t opi:n manner,Eo break w1c~

c.ij

~,MarqmsJ iMho had been h1s fatchfull

fr~end and coñ~derate

\Il

~di.

Emer_pri(es1;t¡for perhap~:i~ije-,repucaciqP: he had ble~

i.mfhed by, breach of t9~_Trute m1ghc

falved

¡i,g,gn,;,1-anQ

ch~J~izure he had

mac;l~ on ·che G_ l9y'ern~e_!1~'.¡pig~c be acc¡q¡nmoda&ed ;_~

~Ull

t~e_A{faffinat.iop,of

Her-

11ando

Piemo },y~s

a chmg,fo od1ous .to tb~.

V:J

0rld, and

mfamoµs rQ- h1s Name;

that che íl:ain chereof cbu-ld, never he bloued out ; aad-therefore he would doe

well to confük wiih

"Ré<JÍBq,

a'nd

Pri:Íde.ii

~~i rath~1i

,ihaµ

with his Anger and Re–

venge, wh~c,h.~yould ,c~~\i,fo~

more c;langerou~ext_remities.

. ·

"With

r_l;i~f~

-a~d th~ t!~<; ª'eafo~s th~fi;. Gen~lernen perfuadecl

Almagro

to d~fiíl:

from this cruel mrenc1on, ·rnncemmg h1mfelf w1rh the Government of the Ctty ;

which having ~~k~n,u~opihim; ,J:1e cauf~P alt~he O~cérs ?f.the-Corporatio~, and

tpe pe~ple

·a.qú?dred

Lf~iues·round, _a~cordmg

~º-

che

hm1ts prefix~µ _to hm~ _by·

füs Majeíly,

-to

fwear Fealty and Alleg1ance-to hun. Where we w~ll leave him

for a while, ,ánd país for~·ards,

other{,rnaíters which-hapn~d at the fanw time.

(

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c ·a

XXXII.

Of the

Hardfbips

'an:d Difficu/ties whi~h

G~r~ilaífo

'1a

Vega,

and ·h~ Companions, fuffa,ined to Difcpver the.

(.:ountrey

B~ena,·ventura,

which fignifies

Good For-·_

tune.

E,have formerly re_lated how that

I>on Francú

?irª"º

findin~.himfelf

be–

fieged by the

JndMns,

who ;had made a-general Infurreéhon, gready

-fearnd, rhat his Brothers in

Co:.;,éo,

and

Almagrp

,Chifi,

were defl:royed by them ;

and thérefore with all diligence'difpat,ched A:dv.kes

to.Mexico, Nicaragua, P_ánama;

St.

Domingo,

and the other lílands of

Barlovento,

to dernantl fuccours and relief;

Iike1tife fent Orders to recall his Captains ; namely,

Alonfo de A/varado, Sehaftian

de J!elakafar, Garfifaf{o de la Vega,

,and

rohn Ptrcell,

' reqtiiring them to defür from

th~ir

Conqueíls, and to return to him with ali their fori:y, having need of their

A1d againíl che power of che

Indians. A(onfo de A/varado,

wh9 \Vas the nearefr

of any ro bis Qiatters, was the

firíl:

that:sa1J1é in, bút n_ot cimely enough to yi~ld

his affiílence before the

Ir1dians

began to Rag, ahd wichdraw chéir force froni t~

Cicy of

los Reyes,

which they totally abanídoried,

fo.on

as he áppeared ; but _néi-

. ther Captain

Sehajl-ian de Be!a!cafar,

nor Captáin

.de_

los lírac11moros,

no_r

rohn Porcel/,

were prefent at this A,étion, by,reafun that

'the

Índians,

who carried dieCommand,

were killed by the Way ,

chat the Order or Summ<:ms never carne to their

- hands: beGdes,

Garyi!affo

fa Vega

arrived -no~ lonp after the corning of

Alonfo de

•

Alvarado

from the Bay, which

called Se.

Mathew-s

Bay, 'and

Buena-ventura;

che

which.Countrey ( as We have touch€a before) was bad, aad almofi uninhabitai

ble s