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BooK

IV. ·".

Raya! C

ommentari~s!

.complains in his dedicatoty Epiíl:le in thefe words·~·fJBéiljg' refolved to procéed

fays he, my pen íl:arted with fear , and a íl:op was giveó

'tó

the courfe of my

Hi~

fiory, upon confideration of fome inconvenierlces

wfütlil

might h~ppen unto me

chereby. _And remaining in chis füfpe!1fe ,

carne

·rotlfe/Court dP_your:Majefiy

where I prefenced

before y

our Royal Council of the-JhJiesJhe firíl: pare df che Hi–

íl:ory which

had

finiihe.tl.

And in regard they concetved

good opinton of che

truth

what I .

hag del:i

vered therein; they were pleaftd· to judge it

'nüt

one-

1.y

ben@ficial and ufefüll , but likewife neceffary

for~

compleat che

Hiíl:o–

ry which

had begun : --añd being fo commanded

doe wich promifes of

Fe–

ward for my labour; I took new fpirit and courage again, and baniíhecl all chat

fear and apprehenfions wbich formerly gave a íl:op

che courfe of my Pen,

&c.

1\nd in chis maoner J.little regarded che'teíl:imony of bñémies,

or ~hat men faid,

who reported matters with

prejudice, knowing ic tó'be'the cuftom of mankind

to fay things by halves where they have no kindnefs

füf

tfié Party. And now

Gon–

pilo Pú¡arro

refolved

lea_ve

~itu,

and goe 'to che

Giry

of'Lo1 Roes,'

anti cd,make

bis

refidence there, becaufe it was in the middle of

tne

Edipire'' an'r. rHe~oíl: ad–

vamageous füuation to feat himfelf for fuppreffion of cliffürbances antl''ft\h-s which

might arife

any pares of

Peru,

as alfo to adrniniH:er jufüce 'in the:times

p~¡Íce:

!f2.!!itu

he confücuted

Pedro c{e Pue/les

to be bis Capcain General' ~nci'.Deputy

with three hundred Souldiers;

•for

he repofed great truíl: in .him uport rRe~xperi–

ence he had of his faithfulnefs to _him' ánd fuccour

whicl'i he gave'him afá time

when he looked on himfelf as ruiQed·and Gnking: '·aijé:P'oeing come to che

City

St. Michael

,he received- intelligence that a· great dümber of

Indrah

'Souldiers

were gathered io a Body upon che frontiers of tbac Co'tfntfey;

to dif~erfe which,

fent

Captain

Mercadillo

with about a hundred 'arfcfithirty men «,Ho'tberewith

afterwards peopled that City which is now called

·t Jil-a:

1 •

Jhen he f

épt"C

aptain

Porcel

with a Parcy of fixty mento the ancient Conqúeíl: which had

be.en

made'

in che Province of

Paca.mura;

likewife

Licenciado Carvajal

was brdere

d /td' g

Sea and embark with thofe Souldiers which

'fohn AloJfo Pa!amino

haa B~ocigpcfrom

Nicaragua;

and that he fhould order mattets in every,Porc accord.ing totpe Iníl:ruc–

tions which were given hhn.

Liceñci'.ado Carvajal

performed every thirlg"as he·was

commanded, failing_along che C0aíl: as far as

Truxillo,

whilft

Gonfalo Pifa'rro

mar–

ched all the way by Land ; and at length they met

all'

,togéther ·at

t~~t

·Plac,e ,

where orden; were given to ~oe to

Los Reyes; Pif_arro

was ac,ompanied 'thtther

with two hundred cho~ce Souldiers, amongíl: which were

Licenciado Caryajal, rohn

de Acofta, rohn

la Torro, Licenciado Cepeda, Fernando Bachicao, Die,~o Gailten~

with

I .

other Porfons of Qgality'.

Upon his entry into the City men were of different opinions concerning the'

manner of it. Thofe who would have him cake che Title of King, and

fpeedily crowned, propoied thac he íhould enter under

<;t

Canopy of State.

.Q .

thers, who were of a more moderare teinper; woúld have the Gate and che new

Streec enlarged and made 'mofewide by laying open one of the Barriers of che

City, to make his Entrance che more fignal, according to che example of che

Ro–

man

Empercurs, when they entred

Rome

in criumph: b@trffides earneíl:ly contended

about this matter, but

Pifarro

would yield to neither of them, but @nely refer–

red himfelf to what

Licenciado Carvajal

íhould judge convenient and

fit

to be done.

And he accordingly direéted, that he íhouid make his

Entry

on Horfe-back, and;

his Captains all on Foot ,before hirn, with rheir Horfesded 0n che r-ight-hand of.

them, after which che Foot were to march in rank and file. The Horfemen dif.

mounted and marched on foot, being intermixed with the Infantry; it not fee–

ming decent that d1ey fboukl dde whi1íl: their'. Qtptains'- were on

foot:

G,on.yaM

Pifarro

was mounted on a very hne Horfe , and carne

'Up 1

in che Rere , fupported

cin each fidé w-ith fo1ar Bifhops;

Ofl

the righc.hand

by'

tne Arch-biíhOJ?'OÍ

Los Rey–

and tfoe Biíhop·of

f2.!!:itu

and on che lefc by che füfüóp of

Cok.\co

ahd

t'he

Bi–

íhop of

Bogota,

the lacte-r

whidi-camé to

'Peru

tó·be ,eonfecrated

_the hands

.of

ohofe,otfrer three .Prelates: Then carne anmher ·b'and

Souldiers

for

a,Rere~

guard,

~1\i.marclü'ng ,w11lAOUI! Guns, or Pikes, or

ot,het

Anns\ tharl one'ly'- their

· Sw'ords,and,,OaggeFs

token of ~ace. Aft-er alH:ame

Lotenfº

AJda,¡a

wbo

was

confri~uted chie.f Governom of,dm

Gicy

Pifttrr;o,

together with

.che:

.Nlder–

men

(the"Gorporatfü'>n,and éther fohabi.fancs-,

wh0

cá

me o

ut'to welcorne'

Pipar–

·rú;

anal·

;all•

ithefpeople, ;as~he p-aífed, f~lmed ·him wtth

·lQ.Uc

;i acdamations and

thoufarnrl bleffings,

for

hav1ng rnm:erned 1himfelf

for,'t'h

eir' ,v

elfare -, and refiore_d

their