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Rojal Commentaríes.

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cruel Refolution was oppofed

many of tbofe who were then aboard wich hirn,

who fufpeéting his ev1l Intention , told qim plainly , that he was not

exceed

the Order of his Captain General, nor was it humanicy to f<:>rfake his Compa–

nions in their greac Diílrefs, knowing how ufefull and neceílary chac Brigamine

was

rhem.

chis point none was more zealous, and urgenc rhan a good

· Friar called

Gafpar Carvajal,

anda young Gentleman, Nacive of

Badajo,:,,

named

Hernando Sanchez. de VargM,

whom chofe of the contrary opinion made cheir chief,

and were fo warm in cheir Debates on chis Subjelt, chat che Qiarrel had come

Bloud, had not

Ore/lana

wich fair and gencle Words appeafed the Tumulc

for

that prefem. Howfoever he fo worked afcerwards wich chofe, who had oppo[ed

his Imention, chat wich great Promifes he enticed rhem all

his parcy, and chen

rudely treared che poor Friar, >whom he had expofed to che fame famine and mifery

(had it not been for refpelt to his Habit and Profe!Iion) as he did

Sanchez. de Varga;,

for whom he thought Deatb too mean a punifhment, unlefs attended wich che

diref

qll

circumíl:ances of Cruelty; and therefore !efe him in chat Defart, encom–

paíled wich high Mountains on che one fide, and with a great River on che

ocber, and irnprifoned ,both with

Sea

and Land, he was left chere to periíh

'Famine.

After which

Francifco de Ore/lana

purfuing his Voyage, renounced in a few days

the Comrniffion he bad received from

Gonz.alo PiF_arro,

di[claiming

all

fubjeétion

to him bue pretended

att as a Caprain immea.iately depending on

His

Maje–

fl:y.

The which Enterprife may bell deferve che cerm of che higbeíl: piece

ireach~~Ychac ever was atted; chough in realicy ocher Capcains, who have been

concerMd in the ConqueH of chis new World, bave beeo guilcy of Aétions as in–

farnóus as t

his. Captain

Gon¡:,alo Hm,andez. deOviedo

Va!de1,

who was·Híílorio–

grapher.to

His Catbolick Majeíl:y, the Emperour

Charle1

che

Fiftb,

in che

17th.

Book,, and

2.oth. Chapcer of

his

General Hiíl:ory of the

Indies,

relates villanoas

Aétions ofTreacherf, which were repaid

a Coin of the like nacure, by thofe

\\(ho

qqie

to fucceéd them in the fame Offices, and places of Truíl:;

confüm

whjc

h T

n,1ch, there is

Proverb which fays,

Kili, and thou fhalt be kf:/led, and

t:h~

fhllll l

!J.ll

hirn that kil/J ihee.

Were ic to

our

purpo[e to enlarge on

this

Subjeél,

were

le to produce many InO:ances of che highell Perfidioufue,fs and Treachety,

aétecl,aker t}le

time

,of chis Hiíl:oriographer;

bue

'cis noc our bufinefs to

rake

into

fuch bor-rible Scodes,,

0nd

cherefore we fhall rather .pafs them by

filence,

than

r~peaé

,xlaofe .direfull ¡;iaffages,

from

which Men would noc be deterred by Thum,

der~

L_igbtning, or ocher Evidences ofGod's Wrach.

.Éut

re(~m to

~ur.

bufineís in hand.

Francifco de Orellana

found

forne

,rix;vi–

fions ~!Jlongíl: cbe Inhabit~cs on che River belo)1/, who becau[e they were

ill:[Ce,

¡u¡p

wild, and chac che Women carne forth wjth their Husbands to fighc, they

gave it che n.arne

che Riv~r

Amawn1;

the which Term ferved

raife :the

;Ho,nour of this Atchieve~enr, and

induce ..the,Emperour to beíl:ow the Go–

.ver,nment thereof upan

0rellana.

Proceeding yec farther clown this River, they

fo1md other

Indidn1,'

more civil, or ac leaíl: lefs brutifh than che ocher-s, who re–

~eived them arnicably, and with good Welcome, admiring to behold the Brigan–

tine.,

and Men

firangely habiced, bue they treated chem kindly, and futnühed

ih~n,

MJicl1,as much Provifion, as chey had occaGon to u[e. The

Sp1111i11rd,r

nemaiood

in this place for fome days, where chey builc anocher Brigantine, for chey

w.encr

Vfty

much íl:raitn!:!d for room in the

firíl: ;

and havlng fitted them[elves as

we'H

tney were able, they adventured out

Sea, and havjng failed cwo

hundréd

'LeaguesJ (as ~he Sea-chart fets it down,) they arrived at che Iíland 0f the Holy

Trin_iry, ,after ,háv,ing paíled

many Difficulcies, as befoue rel

ated, a

nd e[caped

Íuc-b-Da!lge1

,in-the River. as tbat rhey often gave themfelves

ov.er

to,be.filtip–

w,~ec~ed, anol

jofr.

At this Hland

Ore/lana

boughc a Ship, wit

h :whi

ch he.

failéd

,ifito

Sp,ún,

where he requeíl:ed His Majeíl:y's Comrniffion for ,tbe Conq1:1e(Land

,G,0werrnment oftbat Councrey. To rnake chis Enterprife appear wic

h greate

Re–

_patátion, he alledged rbat ic was a Countrey abounding .with Gold,

Silv.ei

:, iandi

,PFenious Stones, ,and in Tefürnony thereof he produced che·Riches w

hich !n

e had

,brought with birn, Bis Majeíl:y having accordingly granted ~he Requell be.;rbade

for

che Govenunent of yvhar- he fhould there ,conquer;

(!}re/Una

made

Lev.ies

QÍ

fiv ·

hund[ed1Souldiers, che greateíl: pare of vvmich

v.vcie

brisk y.oung1.Gentle–

men, iand princi~al Perfons

Honour, vvith vvhich be embarqued

.ao6t.rJim;ar,

' ·

bue