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Royal

Cvmmentariu.

BooKII.

CH A P.

XXXVI.

arther Narrative of what hath been formerly mentioned ;

ancl

how

Hernando

Pi~arro

marched again/l

Don piego

Almagro.

S we have fonperly faid,

Diego de Alvarad_o

was very _mucha Gentleman, and

a Perfon of greac Senfe and Moderauon; and mdeed he íhewed him–

felf

to be, in ali his Negotiacions of chings which we h:we already related

of whac we are now creating, and of what remain for our fucure Difcourfe ; and

had not the Paffions of che Governours exceeded all che Bounds of Reafon, he

had by lús Wifedom aod Difcretion produced a true and a right underíl:anding

becween them. For when he obferved; thac the Sentence given by

the

Friars,

did racher ferve to enflame than appeafe the Differences ,

vigorouíly inter–

pofed, and frequently paffing from one to che ocher, he ac length produced

good Underílanding ·and Peace becween chem; for ic was by his foterceffion,

rhac

Almagro

gave

Hernando Pífarro

his Liberty ; and thac che Marquis yielded to

aftord a Ship, anda free País-porc to

Alma¡,_ro's

Meífenger, whicb was fent into

Spain:

And to che end that chis Peace mighc be eílabliíl1ed for ever, he cauíea

all three of them

íwear unto che maincenance of che Arrides, and t~ oblige

them che more fumly chereunro, he bimíelf would become Guarrancy to both

Parties; fuppofing, thcic ouc of reípeét ro him, and in obfervance of cheir Oaths,

-as

Chriílians, and of cheir Paroles, as Genclemen, chey would never. violare

whac they had fo íolemnly proceíled. Wherefore

Gwara

faich, chat the Peace

was made ac the Iníl:ance and Incerceffion of

Diego de A/varado;

who moreover

became Caution and Guan:ancy for che fame.

Bue

Orgonnos

was he who declared

him[elf againíl: che fecting of

Hernando

acLiberty; and when he faw chac

A!mttgro

was refolved to doe ic,

Sir,

faid he, ( as if he had prefaged his Ruine)

7ou m~

/oofe the B11/L ifyo11 p!ea(e, and then,

JOH

fha!L find, that he wi/L attaclz and

kjll

you, -niithout

refpell to

hú

Word or Oath.

As to whac

Gomara

relates of the Souldiers of

Pifarro,

thac chey were like Men,

thac were ~eafick, we muíl: underíl:and, thac rhofe who are freíh Men or late–

)y come out of

Spain,

(

in che Language of

Barlovento

are called

Chapetonn,)

and

thofe who are inured ro che Councrey are termed

Baquianos;)

thefe, I fay

afcer rhey have refided fome time in che Plain, which are by che Sea-coafi, and

come co che Mouncain , are prefencly íeized with a Sicknefs, like chofe at Sea,

and Jccording to che differenc Complexions and Coníl:itutions ofMen, ic is much

worfe; for ac

firíl:

rhey will remain a day ar cwo wichouc eating or drinking, and

noc able to íhnd on cheir Legs, bue continually vomic whacfoever they have in

their Stomaches; and befides, tbe brighmeís of che Snow

dazles their Eyes,

chac for cwo or chree days they become perfeétly blind, chough afterwards chey

recover cheir Ílghc again. The Reafon hereof chey attribuce

che fudden change

of Air from one Extreme ro che other, rhac is, from che hoc Plains, to the cold

Cordi!!n·a,

or che fnowy tops of che Mouncains, for ic is noc above ftx hours tra–

vel from one Region

che ocher; and ic is farcher obfervable, thac thofe who

deícend from che Mouncain inco the .Plains, are noc affeéted

ich chis Altera.

tion. -

Acof!{,

.in his Treacife concerning ch¡s Mou

~tain-Ílckne.fs

, d~fcribes che Cauíes

and

Erreéts ·of

much ac large in che third B

ook of bisN

atural Hiíl:ory of che

Jndies,

unto which I refer the Reader. Macters being in chis pofiure, had che

Couñ[el which

Chriftopher de Sote/o,

and ochers, gave ro

Ort.onnoJ,

been followed

which was

have faln upon the Enerny in chac condicion, when they wer;

weak and Gck, rhey mighr, withouc much refülence, have been defeaced; which

Car11te

confirms in chefe Words.

Rodrigo