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IV.
Royal
Commentaries.
íl:and wich bis hands in his pockecs untill che other. íhould cut his throar. And
therefore r:ither chango in fuch manner on this errant, he would chufe to recurn
unto his own houfe and recirement, and there expeét his fate, chan to anticipate
his death by going to the place of execurion.
The Citizens feeingthe refolutionof
Pifarro,
and confidering the reafons.which
he alledged, could noc but concurr with nim in bis opinioa as reafonable, and
therefore perrnirted him to raife Men, under notion onely of his Guard and to
defend him, as feveral Aurhours averr, in his paífage through chofe ,Moi.Jntains;
wherein the Prince
M anco Inca
had fortified hirnfelf. And with this licenfe, and
under chis colour for raiGng Men, he increafed his numbers to four hundred men,
as
Gomara
faith, both Horfe and Foot; and as forne fay to rnany more : which
when che City obferved, they began
to
repent chem of their Eleétion and De"
figo, which pu·c·on the face of a Rebellion rather than th~ humble guife of Peri–
tioners; againíl: which way of proceedings rnany made their proteíl:s, and particu–
·Jarly the three before named, as
Gomara
reports. · Howfoever
.Gonfalo Pifarro
pur–
fuing his deÍtgn, wrore very iníl:ant and urging Letters unto ali parts, where
Spa–
·niards
inhabited, and noc onely to the three Cities before mentioned, but to thé
'Plantations of
Jndians;
addreíftng himfelf
to
tbem all particularly with fuch en–
·dearing terms as mighc beíl: affeét thein, offering to them his Life and Fortune
td
fpend io cheir Service, ,.eicher upori che prefent emergencies or upon any ocher oc–
cafion which íhould occurr for che future : by which his defign was no longer un–
der a dubious fenfe or difguife, but became clear and evident, as the three.Hiíl:o–
'rians write, for that he fet up a claim and title to the fole Govemment of
Peru
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.by virme ofan ancient Patent from che Et'nperour to bis Brother
FrancifcÓ Pi~arro,,
coníl:imting and appointing him chief Governour, and afrer him whom he íhould
nominare
to
fucceed him during life
~
fo
tbat the Governmenc was given for two
Lives, as was alfo the diíl:ribution of
Indians,
and thofe held by vaífalage for two
,Lives, according to che original Granes.given to the
firíl:
Conquerours.
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·
Gon~alo Pi~arro,
having named and appointed his feverai
Captains
·
and 0/ficers, departs from
Cozco.
The Vice–
king in li/4.e manner a/[emblés his People, and appoints
Captains, and imprifons
Vaca deCaftro,
and other prin-·
cif
ál men of note and quality.
'.w·
1TH
thts fpecious pretence
G;nralo PifltrrO
proceeded in ráffing Men, fo'
.
that now it feemed rather án open War than an Addrefs by way of Pe–
·tition for relief againíl: Oppréllions ; and to make bis defigns yec more manifeíl:,–
he fent
Francifco
de
Almendr,:u
(who was my Godfathér) into the greac Road lea–
ding to che City of
Lo1 Reyn,
with a l:)arty of twenty Men befiges
Indians,
care–
fully to intercept aH perfo:ns thac paífed, not perrnitting any ro travel thither, ei-·
ther frorn
Co'Gco
or
Rimac.
All che Gold and Silver which was in che King's Trea–
fur~ he feifed, as· alfo che Efiares ofperfons deceafed, and Monies depofited;
wh1ch he rook up by way -of loan, and
to
re-pay tbe fame again with intereíl: ,
.ali which he made ufe of for payment ofhis Souldiers, and tarrying·on hisdeÍtgOJ
The Cannon which
Gaffrar Rodrigue~
and his Companions tranfported from
Hua–
manca
to
Co'Gco,
and which were,many and very good, he feifed upon, and took
wirh h~m for his.~rain of Artillery ; for che fupply _of whi~h he gave order::}º
malre great quant1t1es of Gun-powder,
fo~
compoundmg wh1ch they wanted noc
Salt-perer in abundance ; for in che parts near
Co'Gco
che beft Salc-peter is digged
·in all that Kingdom. The Captains named for bis Army were
Alonfo d&Toro
Cap–
tain of Horfe, who had formerly been Major General to
Doti Pedro Porto Carrer'o,
Pedro Cermenno
was appointedCaptai-n of che Harquebufiers
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rohn Yelei de Guevara;
;incl