4000003871

BooK

111.

ROJ.al

Commentaries.

" Funeral; the which, and other Citcumíl:ances; preceding bis Death, by which

~' (as we bave fpecified)

would {ake no warning, are

ftrange, as can be ac–

,, tribuced

no ocher caufe than to che nnfe<1,rchable Judgments of Almighcy

'' God.

Thus far are

the

Words

.©Í

CarMe.

In which

¡,lad!

he makes

tom1;1arifon between the Deach and Barial of

Alma–

f,ro,

and tbis of

~isarro;

ch~ [ircumftances df whofe Life and Deach were in all

4:hings

agréeab1e. They

tompani

cms, ·ii

ntl

had

fwoi:n -Friendfhip, and encred

intó

~nicles to gain :and conq~er thac

Et1J.ph:

'~,

and

it is ftrange

confider wich

wbac -equality '.lfottune ba1lantéd'

the

omfe 'P

ibeir Li~,

and die circumfrances

·of

their Deaths. As

the PatHé'bmttc

repbrcs in

'the 'Ctiapter

following.

" Many Yeats afte'r, 'fáítlf

ne,

thac che Wars were ceifed in that Kingdom~

"'' 1

fü

Bones .of this bra'V~

·'arid

wordiy

-Q~Htlem~n -'were takeQ

out

che

• 1

' ·

Grave, and w1th fuch-decent Soletnnity,'ás ti>ecame th'em, wete·put'intó a-Coffie,

" an_d

in~ in

a Vaul~

t~.t;Ca~hedrai Church,

che R\g~t-fümd of che

" H1gh

Altaf :

Where 1t retnli1ned

the

Year

q·

6b'.

,Mien I

carne for

Sp11in:

The

Death of .che Marquis

happerred

the

z6ch

of'?Hne;

the Year

)41.

Cltr¡¡te,

who was a·goód¡fliftonan, imit'at~d the rnerf\ód

ó'f

the

'gre

PZutárck,

tompariag

the

T,ives of thfíhwo 1amous ~eroes,

,wb'd

·wRre

Ull~

á.PP"

Spania-rdi,

~nd

illréwatde8

the World: Howtoever lie Judges them fo worchy, that he

tóuld never ~~refs fufficiem:

w{'ierb."'.ith

·e~ait

theit' f!>r~s; and t9mparing

dieit Llves, Cuíl:oms and Death tog'ether,'

fülsá

W-)ldle Ch~pce~ wiéh th'at Sub–

jecl,

whith

ihe

9th

the

-;J:th~ook,

w'hicq b~n¡ftran's'fe,rrea iritp

tq~fe

uur

•Commentanes,

iliall ferve

for

the "8th Chápcer 'of thei i

Boók

of ,R-nt Stcond

Parc; che Words whe,reof

verb'V'.~.

are f~:fe

, '.

1..

iJf'"

,.,

• ,

f' ..

9,1. • '

. ,

·1::,,

P'f

Of-the

Atli0ns

-a-nd

QJ¡aÍitizes

'of

rthe·

Ma/q~i~

.D~n

Frandíco

Pi<iarro,

i;trzd the

L~rd

])epu_ty

DHh

Di'eg·o

de Almagro.

,,i.

,,.,1

•

'r ·

}·,.,

;

••

·t

regard.that.th'

e Difcqvi

'.. , an~ ·qnqqe~

of.ch~

Ptbvfüce,

b¡ch is .che.

" Subje

~ of ,thjs

14¡flo -r)

bad

1ts Otigihal ,from t'hefe two Captains of

•

'' whom we

ha:,;e

hith~to

Cb\11.fed, naí1lely, the Marquis

Don Fnmcifco Pifarro,,

_'' and the Lord Depúty

'J)on

Diego

Almagro,

we ~re tlbliged in juíl:ice

-t0

their

memories to·defcribe the Q9ali.ficati:ons and Acl:ions

óf

thet'e 'two Wort'hles,

'' comparifon of each wich the orher; imitating herein che method of

Plutarch;

" who having Wrote the Lives o(two greac Captains, he

t11e next pla_ ce Gompares

.4<

l:hem together, íhewing wherein they were equal, aad wherein they <iliffered.

'' As

co wfoit concems their Parentage, ánd Fami1-ies, we have .aJ.ready di,f:

'' to1:1rfed; as

tó

other mat-ters., they ,were boch coi.Irágigus in their Perfons,

-~' bold and clarí,ng, pacienc of Labout, ~rcuous and fti:endly.,, being reaqy;

tó

per,–

" ·form all good Offices, though, at theit own Charge 'and Éz¡pence. They re–

'' fembled eách (jcber

theít' nátutal Indinations, patticu1ar1y in 'their co~din.ion

" and -fiate

1if~,

fór n~ith~r

...qf

them w~ar-ried, though when they dyed,

the youngélt was arrived-t-0 che Ay,e

o-f'fixtylive

Years. ·

" Tchey were both inclin'eH 'to·War, though

Almag:10

having for the chie'feQ:

:: part of'his

Ufe

no otcafió# r.bhertife

.brm'felf

in Arms, applied his mind with

much earneffnéfs

'heap ah~ _gather Riches.

" they were both of good Years when they

fuíl:

e_ntred upon the Conquefl of

Peru,

which 'their [ah>ours were as great as we hav€ formerly defcribed;

"'' though ,~h~

Marq

ois fuftained more of Danger t:herein thah tne be,pury had

'' done; he~

rl.fe

that whfül: th~ bne ~pbfed his Perfon in the firfi Difc,overy,

" che other co'J.'1tinued in

Panama,

provícle aU necéffaries reé¡Uired thereemo, as

~' hath beell,before 'detlared.

They wete boch ofgreat Mmds, ahd ehtertained high Thoughts, whkh they.

" were enabled to put inco prá8fice by thcir exlireme Patience, joined to thac

~' affable and ·obli·ging Behavlóur which chey u{ed cowards rheir Souldiers. -

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