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Royal G.ommentariei¿
ar
Cards, at which bis Carne was cornmoniy
Primer¡¡
;;' he would.ofcen vye wich
his
woríl: C¡rds; and i'Lhe had che fom,me to have,Fluíh or.
Primera,
he would
.lbuffie up bis Cards, and¡riQt ,íhew chem, feeming ro be angry or difple.1fed
ar
liis
ill
luék: by fuch 'ways as thefe he gained himfelffo much good-will and affeél:ioh,
as were due
to
bis Worthy and Heroick Merits.
Gomara
treating of che Deach of this,Prince (,nay more than a Prince
7
for, in
realicy,
I
know ,no title upon Earch füfficiem
to
e·xprefs che Grandure and Merits
of chis Hero) íaich thac which follows in che Chapter
145.
"
He
was
che Baíl:ard Soñ óf
Gonz,alo Piy:"f<rro,-Captain
in
Navam,
was boro
at
"
Truxillo,
and laid in che Church Porch :· he fucked a Sow for feveral days, till
" anocher Nurfe was provided for him. Afi:erwards bis Father acknowledged
" him, and employed him in keeping Hogs, fo thac he was never educar'ed in any
" learning. One day it happened, ch.1c che Flies did
fo
bite che Hogs; that they
" all ran away, and werelpíl:; upon which he duríl: noc recurn ho_me ilgain for...
" fear, bue attended fome Travel'lers
to
Sevil,
from whence he embarkea himfelf .
" for che
Jndies;
and being arrived _at
Sr.
Domingo,
he wenc with
Alonfo de Hojeda
" to
Vraua,
·and with
V11feo Nunnez. de Balboa,
to
difcover che Sea of,
Sur,
and
" thence with
Pedrarias
to,
f
anama
;
ac length he difcoveted and conquered thac
" Councrey which they call
Peru,
&c. which are che very Words ofchis Auch?ur.
. .Upon which one might rnake ( if it were lawfull) many reflexions both i11
re–
·ference to him who wrote ir, as well
as
to him who relát~d it; for if che things
had been true, yec it had not been corivenienc or deCe!)t
to
report fuch meán and
-low chings of a Gentle1nan, whofe Triumphs and great Aél:ions he had wrote
wich fuch wonder and -applau[e; much lefs was it
fit
,to mention them,- f€eing
that chey were doubtfull, and admitted onely of a probabilitY,. -
·
· ,
I
would know of
him,
who gave this r~ti~ion, how
he
carne
to
che khowledge
of Íuch párticulars, which related to che Birth of a pbor child, chat was,e~pofed in
. the Porch of a Church, and was fuckled by a Beaíl:, for want
o(
a ottter Nurfe
?
When things of chis nature happen to the Sons of greac Kings and Princes, ~t-
is
difficulc
to
learn the particular circumíl:ances thereof; hovl much lefs of a poo_r
hoy rhrown at'a Church <loor? And tben
to
fay, afcer .,he was acknowledged by
his Father, thac he was fent to keep Swine, muíl: be a piece of envy ancd malice,
and noching elfe , for 'tis not probable rhat fuch a principal perfol'Í as
Gonz.afo
·Pi~arro,
Captain of his .Majeíl:y's Troops in
Navam,
íhould fend his Sen after he
had acknowJedged him to keep Swine. Nor is it probable tha-t che Flies .íhould
take che Hogs in fuch rnanner as to make them firay, where they coulcl never
more be found
~
and therefore that he duríl: not return home
for-
fear : To rnnfute
which,
I
have particularly enquired of fome Paifants, or Countrey ¡;ieople, whofe
bufinefs it was to breed up Hogs, whether che -Fly qoch bite them at any .time in
fuch mánner, as to ca_u[e chem
to
füay .abroad ; and ~hey have generally aífured
me, that fuch a thing cannot
be:
.
·
·
But Envy in Countries where parries and faétions prevail, doth ofcen raife re–
ports of chis nature
to
eclipfe che glory ofWorthy Men
~
for finding they are not
able
to
deny, or darkeñ che luíl:re of their mighty Aétions, which are mariifefr
and apparent to all the World, as were chofe of cl¡e Marquis
Don Francifco Pi~arro
;
chey feign and invent fome mean paífages relating to ch€ir Birtb and Education ;
which being obfcure, ·are not eafi!y refuced.
· .
The truth of ali ~s chis : The Marquis
Don Francifco Pifarro;
who was Conque•
rour and Governoar of that .great Empire called
Pene
,
was che Natural Son of
his Facher and Mocher, and acknowledged qy chem at che iníl:ant of bis
Bir.th.
Afi:erwards his Facher Captain
Gonz.alo Pi~arro
Married her; :who was Mother
to our Marqu~s, and one by extraétion of an ancient.Family of Chriíl:ians, unto
a certain Countrey Farmer of good repute, called Goodman fuch a one-------of
Alcanrara,
by whom he had a Son named
Francifco M artin de A/cantara,
whom
Gomara
faith was che halfBrother
to
che Marquis
Pit:arro,
a¡;¡d was killed wich che
Marquis, as we have befare tjeclared.
.
. · · ··
.
_Wherefore
I
conclude, chat chough fuC::h reporcs as cbefe íhould have fome–
thmg of probable truch in_them, yet they ought not
fo
be related
to
thy pr~judice
of füch a Prince,·whofe
faín€
may
be
'equalized with thofo of highe/1
reno)Vn.
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