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Royal Commeutaries.
BooK
IV.
Sir,
faid he,
A
rice-kjng hath lmn kjlfed ín battél, and hif Head cut off
/;_y
,u
,
4nd
publicklJ placed on the cummon Gib6et, After_we have waged War ,againft the Royal SÚrr--:–
dard of hú Majefty, and have been the caufe
of
the e!fufion o/ fo much blou~
,
and com-::
mitted fo many fpoils
,
and robberies
,
and ontrages upon tfepeople; ~hat place_can we ex–
fpeéf for merey and pardon frorn_ th~ King
?
Nay
~
if
we fhou_ld come. off_upo¡¡ Artic/es of
11greement, and that you could JHJ/-ifi,
JOHr
[:!f, 11nd foew
IU
c!ear an mnocence q¿_.the chi!d
which [Hc4! at the breaft; yet, what fecunty can there be to rel7 on the moJf fo!r:mn vow~
and promifes that can be made
JOH?
Wherefore, I conc]ude, that you have no
f
efety bu&
/,y takjng Hpon yoH the authority
of
a King, by whichyoH wí!l better {ecu~e your government
than
by
expeélations to receive it from another hand. P!ant tke Crown Hpon your own head,
and divide the Lands amongft .your own friends a»d creatHres: ~hat which the KinJ!.
hath granted for two lives oneÍ)
,
do you give them the fee-f,mple and inheritance of, w~th
T,t!es of Dukfs, Marquef{es, and Ear/J
,
IU
u
H[ual in al! the Kingdoms of the World,
who will /,e thereby engaged to defend you, whi!ft they fight in dcfence of rheir own Eftates
and FortHnes.
You may 11lfo create new Orders of Knighthood, cal!ing
1
them with the Jame
Hames
IU
are 1t{ed. in
Spain ,
or by the denumination of other Saints to whom you are more
particular/y devoted, andyou may frame other Badges
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are moft agreeab!e to JOUr fancy
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and fuch Myou fhalt mak! Knights of the Habit, you may ajfign them Rents and Penf,ons
to live upon and enjoy for
a
urm
of
iife
,
IU
u
commoi: every where to the Mi!itary Orders.
In rhú mAnneryou wi!l engage al/ the Gentry and Nobi/ity of the
Spaniards,
who ref,de in
this Empire, to your
_r,y,
and draw thofe in who are averfe.
And to úring the
lndi~
ans
in !ikfwife to your '(ervice and devotion
,
and to Jye for JOH
,
M
they do for their own
,wural Prince.
1
wou!d perf,11ide you to marry that Princefs which is neareft of bloud to
the Royal Fami!J : in order whereunto,
1
wo1tld haveJ0H {end Ambaf{adours to the Moun–
tain1, where the
Inca,
who i1 Reir to thi, Empire, doth now ref,de; defiring him to quit his
folitary habitation, that
{o
JOU may rcftore him to the Majefty and Grandure of hi1 Empire;
and that he would with his own hand give his Sifter or Daughter in marriage to you.
]t is
not to Úe doubted bHt that he will be infinite/y prolfd and overjoytd with thi1
,1
l!innce : and
fuch wi/1 be the Hniverfal fatisfaaion and contentment o/ hi1 Subjeéls in reftoring their
Inca
to his por,er and dominion
,
that they wi/1 chearful!J obey what fervil O{fices foever
their Incajhall command them for your fervice;
M
tbe carriage ofyour provifions, depo–
pulating Towns where your Enemies are to pajs
,
makjng ways and roads where you /hall di–
reEf,
And, in fine, you will hereby engage all the
lndians
to be
of
your [,de : for it r,ou!d
be agreat inconvenie1tce to an Enemy to want people to c11rry their baggage, withont which
tbey can [caree pafs in the Countrey.
And
M
to Fhe
Inca,
he will content himfe!f with
the bare name and title of a King; andyou many fujfer his Subjefts to oúey him in the times
of
peace, M they did his Anceftours in formcr Agn.
And M toyour felf, You andyour
Mi–
niftcrs ,1nd CaptainJ may rule and govern the
Spaniards,
and reqHire rhe
Inca,
when occa–
f,on ferves, to command his
Indians
to perform fuch and fuch fervices
1U
you fh¡1.I/ appoint;
and by thefa meansJOH wi/1fecure them to be faithfu/1 to you, 11nd ,ngage rhem to be true
1md not fa/fe, and Spyu,
IU
they have been to bÓth jidn.
'
Moreover, you wi/1
/;y
this friendfhip of the
IÍ\ca
11mafs
11/1
the Gold and Si/ver that rhe
Indians
dig rhroughoHt the Empire, and feeing they eftmn not of
ir
AJ
riches or -treafure,.
they wi!I, in nrrard ofthe reftauration of their Prince and on the fcore of your a/liance with
them, be eafi!J indHced to difcover to JOH ali the treif[Kre which hath been hidden by their An–
ceftoHrs : which wi!I amount to that
11aft
riches, that (
M
the faying i1 ) Jou
may
there–
with purchafe the whole World, in cafeyo# are ambitious to be the {ole Monarch of ir. And
/et not that be any [crup/e to you
,
that JOH hcreby uforp on the dominion of the King of
Spain ;
for when you are a King ( M the /aying is) )OH can doe no wrong.
This Coun–
trey did once belong to the
lnca's,
who were the natural Princes fhenof, fo that it properlJ
Úelongs to them
;
and
if
a>ry right may be ciú,ned on the fcore of Conqueft, it be!ongs not to
the King of
Caíl:ile,
bHt to you and yottr BrotherJ, --who gained
it
at your own expence
11nd with hardjhips and ha~ards ofyour Lives.
'
And now therefore to reftore again the Govcrnment to the
Inca,
the natural Lord rhere–
of,
it
is
a piece
of
generofttJ founded on the Law of NatHre
;
and thereby alfo you wi!I doe
right toyoHr fe!f, for
it
is not reafon that JOH who are the Conquerour of an Empire jhou!d
Úe a S/,we and Subje[f in it; or that he, who
/;y
the valour of his Arme hath made him–
felf a King, fhould oHt of a meannefs arra puf,llanimity of fpirit render him[elf a Vaf{a! or
a Subjeéf in
it.
The fuccefs of a/l thefe Af1ions conjifti in making good the {irft fteps ttnd
gradations to
it;
And therefore
1
befeech you fcrio1tfly to conf,der
of
what
1
have propofad,
which,
if
we!l purfaed; wil! certain!y tend to J'Ollr eftab!ifhmen, in this Empire, and
mak__e