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Whence ic was c1greed on all fid~ to.dye,figh.úng;. and hearken no farcber to any

Arrides of Trea~y.

le is believed, tbat had it not been for this Aétion,.

A!n¡.a.grq

would have inclined to a r>eélce;,opon .che Pardon.ofhis Majefi}') which was al-

. ready figned and fealed, arid in th~ hands of the Govemour:

·i

lJJ

~h~

Order

that.

Vaca: 'de ·:Cafiro;

and

Don Diego de -

. Alm.{i._gpjf

oh,_{erv&/Un

drawing

t/'Jeir

Squadrons.

ihe–

hrginning'

'the Battel, and the Death .of

aptain

Pe.\.

dr9 de

Candia. ,

:u-

Pon lhis Anfwer which

Almagro

had given, the Governour obferved a firange·

anwillingnefs and füffiftisfaél:ion

bis Souldiers to ·an Engagement ; whci

declared; thafftnée

bis

Majefty was

ill

pleafed wit~' the late Baccel of

SalinM,

thac he commicce,d

Eern_andtJ Pi~arro

to Prifon for

it ;

they ought to be wary and

~utious how they inaitred his Majefiy's ·difp}eafure by any offence ·of che like

n~cure.

yVherefore che ~9vernour, to. fatisfie chis fcrúple arifen-in the ·minds of

bis Sould1er,y, recóunted to them che cnmes and offences of

Almagro,

how he had

killed che Mat'tjuis, and murthered many other perfons ; thac -he

háa

confifcaced th~

Goods an<ll Efrates ofother Men,- and converced them co his own ufe ; -that he had

.made a divifion of

!ndian,,

and reparted them amongfi bis friends without any

Commiffioh

~om

his Majefiy ; that at prefenc

éáme with an Army ª&aiofi the

Scandárd·Royal~and gave c!eñarice

die Goyemobr, wbo was eftábliíhed

tbé

King's Commiffi,on. And fartber to jufüfie bis caufe, he

ctio

there in l:íearing of

áll 'his Anny, by virtue of the Power comrnitted

him by bis Majeíly,

¡ro-–

nounce

ftitence

.againfi

Almagro,

proclaimiilg him Rebel and Traytor; ,an

for

his crimes did condemn him to die, arid lofe all his efiate both real and perfonal;

requiring all the .Captains and the whole Ariny to be aiding and affifting ro him

in the execution of this Sentence, which he declared by'virtue ofa Commiffion

from

bis

Majefiy, whereby he was conftituted and appointed Chief Minifier and

Governour of chat Empire.

· The S~ntence beí_ng giv~n/

r'aca

de Cajl-rB

_concluded, th~t ac~ording ~o the An~

fwer of

Alm...gro;

wb1ch ev1denced a refolut1on to perfiíl: m h1s rebelhon, there

was no farther place to hope for Peace by way of.Jreaty : Wherefore he put hiS

people into a pofiure of defence, having received intelligence that

Almagro

and his

Army were apptoaching near.

· Having átawn his Forcesinto che Field, he made them a S~ecb, telling them,

That they were

conGder who they were, from whence they carne, and

f01:

whom, and for what cáuíe they were to fight·; that che poífeffion and enjoyment

of thac wholej¡rnpire was heló up to them for a reward and prize to the Conque–

rours; if chef'were óverco(Jle, rieither he nor they could eícape death; and

011

che contráry e~ won the Field, they woüld be for ever happy ; for beGdes che ·

ducy and obligation incumbenc on them, as true and loyal Subjeéts to ferve their

King, they woulq remain Lords, and Poífeífours_ of all the' Divifioos of Land; /

which had been already made with the vaíl: Wealth and Rkhes·thereof, and for

ever to e[)joy the fame in peace and quiemefs. And

to chofe who were ncit as

yec fo well provided wich poífeffions, he-did promife them in the Name a()d

Word of his Majeíl:y, to divide and fet óUt Lands. to them; for reward of cheir

Loy

alty

aod Ser

vice to their Kirig; ·

íhor~, he told them, thac he knew theré

w.is

need.of

fong Speeches arid Exhortations to incite Courage in

fuch

Noble

avaliers, and Valianc Soulcliers ;· and choagh he was well aífurtd they would be

for-