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BooK
IV.
Royal
Commentariet.
e~gaged in t~e conqUell of thae Kingdoi;ni t~ir ·mutljl_al co))c~~lll.~Ílt1for each
orfier was
ÍU€h-
;as to favour olile rhe other tQ tpeir
mmofl
poyvei;
~
b~e.-o.Ghers.who
would not truíl: rhemfelves ,in ~l\e Tow~
t~qi9vem
far from ir, and1 liv,ed amongA:
'th~
Jndians,
the '(V,hich proved che,more fee;ure Gourfe,,
fo¡
1
thereby they,
f.i~d
cheir
{ives, whil(l; •rnny ~,thers we~e
puc
to
dea;thby, che cr~JtY
of
the,adv~fs Parfy.
Aric!
iqdeed thip,,was che m,isÍ(;)rtune of
Lew.Úirj.q
/?.ibera,
a§l9-¡0f.,,1~toni"0.·4/i4?'f~;
and
of twemy four' or twency
five
Gentlem
elíl, rno~e, who
¡weFe--al~lnhabi~anc~'QÍi
rhe
.City of
PÚlte
',
which is ab0ut;thirty Leagues
qil}anc
&o.ro·zqs
Reye,s ,
\í.ih.o
ca¡ne
wich defign to ferve che K\ng: and ha11ing paífed and
~9élt-1r~d
gr~af h.;1;dfhips
in
their travails aQd diffÍculties
CQ
¡i'void falling into the .hands of
Piyar,¡o
¡¡.ndtbis peo–
pfe, rhey carne
ar
length nea¡¡-
to
L,os R.eyes
i.
yvhere the-y ~~ejvea the unwele.orne
News ofche misforcunes-of che Vice-king; how, and in What manner., he.was,im~
,erifoned, embarked a~d
fonc
to Sea
5
wich chis
f~d.
intellige~ce they gave them–
felves for !oíl:; for ne1ther duríl: they advtnture mto th~ ~,1ty , bequ(e, a!Lthe
Countrey had declared for
Piptrro
,
nor did Gh~y think
it
PrudeJiJaeP \folunnarily
tq
truíl: themfelves in che power of the eneíl}y : Wher~fore ever;¡ one_ to0k bis
proper courfe and fhifted for himfelf. The Hk~
mé{n,~
m}ler·
Gtlntlemeo did, who
carne to ferve his Majeíl:y under the Vice-~4u~, fo th~t
th~
w~re fcarterecl aqd
dif¡:ierfed over al! che Countrey. And
fo111e
qot e:¡ft~emmg t11emfelves
-{afo
in che
Pares of
feru'
~ed to the Mounta~ns of
A!!!iti¡
wner~
tln~
w.ere famiíhed ror de..
voqred by
Tigm;
º,
chers wer~ taken by tqe fa1yage
Jndiaru,
n9,t as
Y,tt
C0nquered
and facr.ificed to their Idols. Thus men
(?Ut,of
fea¡r o({allif1g into
the
roands of
i:heir Enernies precipitated thernfelves into-defperate Courfes, eíl:eeming
lfarbari–
ans
and vvild Beaíl:s to have more Bowels of cocnpaffion
&Ji-ajl
Tyrants. Thii.dire–
(ull effeét had che immoderate and ungoverneq
P¡iffion
QÍ
th.e 'Vic~'king, fon .fuad
he
been a man of any temper, he had furm0JUJ{ed all liis,difficuloies, arld. had
been defended by the powerfull fqccours of tb~
Ri~h,
Nq~l~ ...
1
a.:.nd
P@J{Qnsrof
,che
greateíl: Imereft, who were the.Flow€r of
Co~qo
l
apd
dw
f:h¡,t'l'cM.
1;
when
on th~
comrary, both he apd his party ":ere lofi, beinge:lfpofed to
thf!
Q-ueltfos·ofWar–
and to che merey
of
their Ene¡¡nifls, who p1;1t &ian:y of t~ern to dear}fi.
·
1 ,
C H A P. XVIII.
Gon~alo Pi~arro
comes to the
C
ity ,
of
Los,Reyes. ·
S~vetal
Citi~ns of note ar<: put to death
,
bfcaufe the JudgeSi
delayed to proclair,!
Pi~arro
Ggvernour.
'
\
.•
·A
ND
how
Pi2arro
,
taking
íboré
marches towards the Cicy of
Los Reyes,
by
reafon of the great Incumbrance of Cannon which he had ~ith him, carne·
at length to the Province called
Pa.ri11caca,
where
Augu.ftin Carate
was lateJy fü:ip~
ped anq deceinecl ; and there called him before him
10
r~late the Meífage which
he
brought to hin} ; which
Carate
,
ip the thirteenth Chapcer of his
fifrh
Jfook ;
declares
ip
chefe words ,
I,
faid hej ~qowir,ig tpe danger
I
wa~ in· of my
lifo,
did
in
the firíl: place cornmimicate the bufinefs
J
h¡i4 in charge
cq
Pifarro
in privare;
who afterwards caufed me
to
be ipti:oduced into •tqe Tent, where all his Captains
were aífembled, and rhere commanded me
(O
declare that which
I
had before im~
parted unto him. And
Carate
faith farther, that being informed
of
che 1_1:iind
6f
Pi
farro,
he made ufe of bis Letters of Credence frorn
cte·
Jadges, to de.ciare in
their behalf and
in
their- names many things ten.ding to bis Majeíl:y's Service and
for the good and benefit of the Countrey: particularly, that lince the Vice-king
was embarked , and fe_nt away , whereby their defires were allowed and grnnced ;
That they íhould make good unto his Majeíl:y the Treafure which
Blafc~ N11nne~
Yela
had confumed and fpent , as they had alread¡y maqe known by their Letters ;
thac a Pardon íhould
be
granted to the Cirizens of
Cq,;,,r;o,
who had r~volted from
his Camp to ferve the Vice-king, which mighc eafily be granted, conftdering the
Jufüce of
their Caufe, And that Meífengers íhould be
fent
to
bis Majefiy,
to
in-
.
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form