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Iff.

Royal

Commentariet..

" wbere the mutiny was arifen, not expeéting untill his people carne, though chey

'' followed him with all the hafie they were able.

" Both thefe Captains were

fiout and expert in their Wars againíl: the

l11di–

Ans,

that either of them being !ingle, would break through a Body of a hun–

" dred

Indians.

They were,borh very intelligent perfons, and of great judgment

" in all matters, whether Marcial or Civil , efpecially coníidering that they

" were illiterate Men, and neither knew how to write or reade, or

tnuéh

•• as

form their Names ; which in perfons of cheir degree, and of chac fphere

" wherein they moved, was a remarkable defeét, coníidering che buíinefs and

" negoriations which they treared : And· chough cheir Virtues; and ocher En–

" dowments, gave them an appearance of Noble Perfonages, yet cheir ignorance

" in letters was a pla-in demonfüation

rheir mean Parem:ige and Excraétion.,

" Th

e Marquis was

confidenc, and aífured of che fairhfulneís of his Ser–

van.ts,

and Friends, rhat in all the Difpatches which .h(l_ii(u~q out .either rela–

ting t

o Orders of Govem11)enr, or to_'Afl,igning ov~r ~o each perlon -his íhare

''· and diviíion'of Lands; .his manner was to make

twQ

!in~~w_ich,'che Pen, in che

·'' ·middle of which

Antonio Picado

his Secr~t~,rY. formee:I ;,he. Narne of

fra;:,cifco Pi–

•farro.

But for his excufe herein, we may'fay ·c11e farM

W'hicl'I

Ovid-did

for

Romu–

·1111,

Thac he was better verfed in che knowiedge .of Ar~s

chan Aíl:tolo_gy; and

~' ,applied his mind rather to conquer his N~ighbours,,.._tgan·t0 únderll:and Lecters.

'~ They were both excremely affable and fami!i;f( \yith che ¡:iéoijle of che

." City, making the'm viíits at their own Hqofes, and' not 'refuíing .ro ~ir¡e wich

fucha~

firíl:

inviced chem. They were equally a.b,fiernious in Earing and Drink–

ing, and refrained ch_eir inclinatiÓns cowards the

C,afti/ian

Wornen., upon a

" Erinciple, thac they could nod rn~ke ufe of cheir \V'íves,or Daughcers wirhouc

" forne préjudice and diíhonour t~ tbeir Neighbours : As to che

Indiaµ

Wornen

'' of

PerH,

they were more free,.thougq

the

t\\TO, ·

Almagro

was the more conti–

nent; fór unlefs ic were wich che Wornan by whom he had his Son, he enter–

" caineq little or no converfacion wich any. The Marquis conferved a particular

" affeél:ion for an

Indi,m

Lady, who was che Sifler of

Ataba/iba,

by whorn he bad

" a Son called

Do11 Go,g,afo,

which dyed ac che Age of fourteen iears, and

" Daughter called

Donna Francifca;

by another

Jnilian

Woman,of

Cou /

he had a

Son

cal!ed

Don Francifco :

And as to chis Son of

Almagro,

who killed che Mar-

" quis, he was born of an

Jndian

Womah ·at

Panama.

•

'' Boch ofthem had received Favours a18 Honours from bis Majeíl:y;

Pifarro,

" as we have faid, was honoured "'ich the cicle of Marquis, as before related, and

'':

was made Govemour of New

Cajlile,

and ve(led with the·Habit of Se.

rago.

Almagr_o

was rewarded vvith the Gove¡:_nmenc of che Nevv

Toledo,

and dignified

vvich

the tide of Lord Lieurenant of

thac O:mmrey.

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The

Marquis in a· particular man·ner was devoted to bis Majell:y, and had ·

fuch

an aw~ an'd revefence·for his.Narne, -that he wouki pf~en deny himfelf che

-exerciíe

of his Authority in many lawfull matters, leíl: he íhould feem to.ftretch

" hisPower beyond his Com~iffion. Many times as he wls fitting on bis Chair

" in

che Melring-houfes, he would arife, and take up the frnall granes, or drops of

" Gold and Silver which were fallen aíide from che Sciífers, wich which they ·cut

" che King's Fifths, faying, That when hands failed, wherewich to arnafs and

·" heap up che Treafure which belonged t o the King, they were to doe it with

" their mouths. Thus as they refembled one che other in their Lives,

did

" they-

not differ in che manoer of cheir Deaths ; for as che Brother of tl'le Mar-

quis

killed

Almagro,

che Son of

Alm11gro

killed

Pifarro.

" The Marquis was very induftrious to improve liis Land, and cultivare his

., Plantations; he built [everal very fair Hou[es in che Cicy of

los Reyes;

and on

" the River he made cwo Sluces

0:op the Water to drive his Milis; in which

" l)roje& and bu¡)dings he employed all his leifure times, that he rnighr over-fee

" che Workmen, and haíl:en them in cheir labour.

" Moreover, he was very diligenc and zealous in ereéting a great Church for

" the Cicy of

los $e;es,

and Monafieries for che Orders of St.

Domingo,

and the

Merce4s;

for aRevenue unto which, and

keep chofe Buildings in repair,

" gave and fet out Lands wich

lndiam

to rnanure chem. Thus far

Carate.

che following Chapcer we íhall declare what chis Aurh0ur farcher faich on

chis Subjeét, to which we íhall add feveral other Excellencies of chis Wonhy

Per(9n, whofe Praifes we can never fufficiently extoll.

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