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IV.

Royal Commentarin.

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people in thú and in the ages to' come ack.,nowledge

JOII_

~ndyou~~ fo~

the.ir

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Soveresgn,

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And, to conclude all, he the event what it will, !et me advi(eyou to tak! the Cr01Jn Í,~d

'Jí_tle

King; it is. 611t what you have gain~d

your Arms and Va!our; anr.( no /efs

Tit!e than that can hecomeyou: a_nd therefore

cannot 6ut repeat _it agaiN 'and again t~

you, Dye a King, and nota Sub1ert; He that is contented'in an i!l condition

defarves a

worfe.

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I have in this Difcourfe of

C'án1ajat

s omitted fever~ parlifulars which will

found

ill

in che ears of Loyal perfons_ , and gracifie che honour o(i!l-affeéted per–

fons. Thefe Difcourfes were not unpleafing to

Gon

alo Pifam,

~o heard them

willingly, and took it fo kindly from him, thac he would

far ·concern him–

felf for his eíl:abliíhment in grandure , chac he afterwards called him'Father ;

che

lame Advíces were in like manner confirmed by

Pedro.de

Puelles, Lice'hciadoCepeda,

and

Hernando Bachicao

with che concurrence of his intimate Friends, who as

_Go–

m11ra

faich in Chap.

173.

were very many ; and gives an accounc of thac paílage

thefe words.

Francifco

Carvajal

and

Pedro de Puelles

wrote a Letter to

a;ro

to give him–

felfche Ticle of King; and by thac rneans

excuíe che fending of Arnbaíladours

che Emperour; and in lieu thereof to provide good Horíes,· Armour, Shoc,

and Arms , which were the beíl: Advocates for juíl:ification of his Caufe ; and

that he íhould apply chofe fifchs ,· and renes and duties whicli

Cohos,

withouc de–

ferving ahy pare chereofhad carried away, unto bis own ufe: forne were of opi–

nion noc to yield che Coumrey_unto che King , bue upon eei::ms that he íhould

grane likewiíe unto thern the inheritance of their Lands ; others faid chat

they .

would make a King.,, as they chought

fit,

as had been prafüfed in

Sp11in

when

Pela10

and

Garci Ximenez.

were fet up. Ochers faid, thac unlefs che Govemment o[

Peru

were given to

Pifarro

and his

Brocher

Hernando Pifarro

fec at libercy , they

would call in che very

'IHrk!

to their afliíl:ence : And all of them concurred in chat

general opinion , chat che Coumrey was their own, and thac chey mighc make a

Divifion chereof amongíl: chemfelves ,

in_

regard they had won it

conqueíl: and

at che expence of cheir own bloud,. Thus far

Gomara,

which

Fernande:c, Palentino

confirrns in che thirteenth Chapter of

his

fecond Book, in thefe words which I have

exrraéted from thence.

Thefe Afüons being ended, they marched to che Cicy of

Los

Reyes,

diícour6ng

on che way ofche rnethods which were now to

purfued. Sorne were of opinion

chat the King would overlook all

t}$gs

that were pafi, and confirm

Gon

alo

Pif.ar-

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in che Govemment: others, more irnpudently faid;that it was no rnatter whe.:

cher che King did approve of things or noe, for chac his Commands would find

little effeét or compliance in chofe pares.

Licenciado Cepeda,

who was defirous

flaccer and plea[e

arro

in ali things, approved of che faying of

Hernando Bachicao

and ochers, that all che Kingdom and Dominion of

Peru

did by right and by juíl:

claim belong unto him : to prove which he produced rnany examples, whertfby

it appeared chac rnany Kingdoms, Provlnces and Countreys which ac

firíl:

were

gained by force ofArms, were afcerward conferved, and•afrer a long traét of time

were eíl:eemed che heredicary Poífeflions, and devolved to poíl:erity by an übdeni- '

able Ticle: wicneís che Kingdorn of

Navarre;

arid·che reafon, form and manner

how chefe Kings were anoimed, which he compared wích che circurníl:ances of

Pi–

farro;

and then he concluded, chat never was any King upon che face of che Earth

"'{ho ac the beginning had ever

more fair and clear Ticle to a Kingdom , than

Gon

alo-Pi

arro

had unto his: all which

P.if

,arro

heard wich greac attention and de–

µghc ; for befides tbac qumane na~tire is nacurally ambicious of power and govem–

i:pent; bis affeétions were alfo for want of due conftderacion lec loofe to che im–

rnoderate delires thereof; for he was a man narqrally of a dull capacicy , and

knew noc how to write or read ; and cherefore rnade not chofe reflexions on the

confequences of chings as rhinking-rnen ufually do. And in regard thac

Ceped.,

was a learned and a well read man , and eíl:eerned for his judgment and know–

leage, every one approved his fayings , and none did contradiét or queíl:ion any

thing chat was faid

him , for chis rnatter was che whoJe fubjeét of rheir dif:

couríe ac ali times when they were in converfation cogecher. Thus far

Palentino,

We have formerly mencioned what

reporced by

Gomara

concerning che duties

which

Cabos

took withouc defervin~ or doing any ching for them: the trutb of