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·And ~ow approaching near

che City of

fl.!!itH,

they gave nottce t9 th~

In~

habitants of cheir condition ;_b,ut the plac~ beiQg., almoíl: difpeopled

rea.fon

of the Wars raifed by ,

Atmagr_o,

and by

die

abfehce of its prindpal Cirizens,

and

che few Merchancs wfiich were therein; chey were fo poor; tpat all che

Cloa:thing they could make was not fufficient to fupply che wancs

Pifarro

and,

his cornpany : A!l ,the fr9ck wbich_-~he Cicy co~ld rnake~ béing oqely

fot.

Suir~

of Apparel, cobmbuted by feveta,l perfons ; one brought a Cloak , anorher

.(::oat, anoeher a Waílcoat, another a pair of Breeches, another- a Hat and Shircs~–

ai:id all of feye_ta! P~ec~.and Colou~~'. w~c~ ferved to cloa~~

q0nzaltf!f;ªrro,

~~.d

bis

orher five prmcipal Officers

for 1t was 101poffil:Sle ro prov1de fufhcient

funí1-

ture for them all•

. -..in ·che whc;iie

ówn chere.

were

onety cweive Horres 1err,

rór

áll.

ih~ rea wére

ferie to che Wars in Service of bis Majeíly ; on thefe they laded Provifions;

and food for them, and would have

~nt

all the delicacies in che.World, had

that place afforded them ; for

(!on;;.aM .Pipmo

was che moft belóv~d Map -in

PerH

;

and indeed his Nacure was

affub1e, and his Deportment

oblíging,

that he rendred himfelf acceptable to Strangers, wheréfoever he carne ; and how

much more to .friends and Cornpanions?

'·

Twelve of che moíl fubílantial Citizens w~re,aJpointecl to,

cirry

the Prefencs;

and tberewith travelled thirty Leagues from

che

City befure they .n;iet with

Gon–

úlo Pifarro.

,lt is not to be imagined how much joy and fatisfaétiori was expref–

fed at chis ·meeting, accompanied with Íuch a flpud of tears upori rehearfal-of

the. dolefull Story, thát it is

hárq

tQ,determine whkh paflion either of joy or for–

row was the moíl prevalent; for

Pifarro

.and bis Companions were tranfported

with an Excels of joy and_comfort _

to fee:themfelves delivered from chofe ·dan~

gers and miferies out of which_tq.~y C>nce believed it ·impoffible to efcape.

The

Citizens on,che other 'fidé grieved_and I~meot~d to fee

what a mifer.able

· and fqualid .condition

Gon~alo.

and -~is_Fr,ienqs returned, and .to hear the dole–

full ílory

_óf

chofe who p~riíhed wit~ Famine, a_nd in what manner tlíey -had left

mariy

their Corripanions alive in .the Mountains, and expofed to dye wirh

~ungér. But át lengrh c0nfidering tba,t_tpere was no remedy for what was

pafi;

they

cdm(orced each other; drying up their Tears, which little availed.

Mmmm

H·ÁP.