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7~4

Royal

Commentaries.

BooK

IV.

telligence

1

of

Pifarro's

march

to

Lo1 Rrye1,

and his orders

to

meet hitn there, he

carne to che

Chamu

wich intemion to joyn his Forces with him at che Ciry ic felf:

Pif{lrro

upQn che n~ws of his ap,proach ~ene a greac way

to

~eec hii:11, an~ cau[ed

a triumphal recepuon co

be

rnade for h1m, as dueto aCapcam of h1s mene, who

had defeated

fo

many Enemies and gained

fo,

JllªTIY.

Viél.ories.

Carvajal

left

Alonfo

de

Mendoya

for Governour of che Cicy of

Plate

under

Gonyalo Piyarro,

and broughc

wich liim abouc a million of pieces of Eighc, which h~ had digged from che Mines

of

Potocft,

and from the

Jndiam

who are free and not u11der fubjeél.ion of any tord,

fo

chac

Pifarro

was now furnifhed wich plenty of

IDO[)_éy ;

and rhen

Carvajal

took

his opporcunicy' to prefs him farcher upon che Subjeét of .making himfelf King,

repeacing che fame arguméncs, which he had ufed in his Le.tcer. And here let us

leave chem, their Ofhcers, and cheir Friends, and parcicular)y che inhabitancs of

the feveral Cicies of that Empire, ernployed in keeping ali chings peaceable, aod

in quier condition to the fecuricy and proteél.ion as well of

Jndian1

as

Spaniard1,

and

to che increafe and propagacion of che Holy Cacholick Faich by cacechHing and

pr ching co che Nacives; and to che advancage of Trade and of every privace

man's concernmenc, which was

fo

diminifhed and impoverifhed by che lace Wars

and Revolutions, chat no man duríl precend co an Eíl:ate, for fear chac ir fhould

be

taken

away, either by che violenc force of Tyranr1,, who bare-faced plundred and

pillaged all they could feife and lay their hands on ; or elfe by chofe who preten–

ded to borrow it for che fervice ofhis Majeíl:y. And now (as ch~ Proverb is)

That

.it

iJ

good Jifhing Hpon tHrn of tht Tidt

'

lec us pafs over into

Spain'

and lec us fee

what his Imperial Majell:y is rhere defigning for reducing to obedience che Rebels

in

Pn-u

1

and to fet at libercy the Vice-king

B!l,fco

NHnne~.

The End of the Fourth Bool

Royal