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and prometed

far untill he faw him nominaced and chofen Governour of

Peru;

che fame complainc he made againíl: all chofe who had been iníl:rumencs of his ad–

vancemenr, whom he hoped God woulbl pur.tiíh aad avenge his caufe againít cheir

falfenefs and rreachery.

Thefe and fuch like complaints

Gon 1 (J,lo Pifarro

often uccered in che prefence of

his

incimate Friends, rhoúgh in publick he mried-it wíth good courage, and a

chearfull counrenance, as h~ ever did in aU his croubles and difficulties; which all

Hifiorians coófeís and reporc of him when they come to fpeak of his misforcunes.

To thefe

ill

fucceífes Fortune yet added worfe, for when fhe begins once to

íhew lner disfavours íhe a@nténts not her felf wíd1 a fingle mifrhief. For now it

happened in chis unlucky conjunéture tbat

Loren10 de Aldana

carne wicb bis four

· Ships within fifteen leagaes of

Los Reyes

;

and though he was ill provided with

Men and }\J11munition, and was in want of ali Provifions and things neceífary,

yet he remained fecurelY' errough and

well,

fati5fi.ediup0h-t'he riews he received that

Pip:irro

bad·burnt a-11

his

S5ips which were in tf.iat Pm': upon which aífurance he

took courage, and witlí cónfidence eatne boldly to che Porc of

Los RéJes,

not with

intentidn co fight with any, bue onely t9 cake up fuch perfons who fhould efcape

and revele from

Pifarro

an'd

f.iis

Parcy. The n'éws,of che arrival of thefe four Ships

Hua11ra,

from whencei there was

nó

rneans now !efe to remove chern, was re–

fenceá

aLr

common difgra'ce ánd diíhonour

rliie whole Towi-l: bue

Gonfalo

Pi-

1j rrrr,

confideríng how his people fell daily from liim, and ,that there wás a general

defeétión in .a'll pares, thoóght it necéífary

fecure Ehem to him by

way

ofReligi~

on; whiclrcounfeJiwas gi'.(enhim by che Lawye'r

Cepeda,

who formed aa Oath of

Fldelity

be aclrhinifüetf o all p'eople ; and chereupon che Cic~ens and Lords

who had commands over che

Jndians,

and che principal Inhabitancs in ali Cities

near, and Capcains a'nd Souldiers were ali fummoned to cake chis Oath: upon ad–

minifhation of which che Lawyer made a fpeech to che People, celling them how

greac obligations they had

Piiarro

for having fuíl:ained chofe labours and diffi–

culci~;.and endured Famine and Wars, and paíled chrough infinite dangers one1y

for their fakes,

fecure their Lives, Libercies and Eíl:ates to thern, in which they

were inve.fled, and now peaceably poífeífed byche favoar of his Br0tber che Mar–

quis

Pt-ancifco

arrd.

And to evidence unto che world che juíl:ice of his Caufe,

he had dlfpatched Mef{engers to his Majeíl:y with an imparcial Narrarive of all the

tranfaétións in tnefe Co.umries, but wete incercepted by comrivance of the Prefi–

den~ wHo con-upting che Commanders ofhi~ Fleet, deprived him of his own pro–

pet ?hips, ,~

~i~h had co~ him an im:n~nfe Treafur:e; and laíl:ly, had ~ntred wich–

mh1s- Dom1mons, and d1fperfed fed1t1ous Papers

all pares of che Kingdom, ro

J_ebauch che minds of che People, and feduce rhem from their affeltions towards

nim, foich intem to raife Wars ín che Empire: but thac

farro

for

his-

pare refol–

ved

d])pofe them, and hé hoped chát chey would ali joyn wich him in defence

of rheir Privíleges and Eílates, well ~nowing, that norwit~ílanding the

fair

pre–

tences of che Prefident, he \,·ill, fo foon as he harh gained poíleffion of rhe Coun–

crey, follow che Exatriple of

Blafco N,mne~ Veld

in execution of che lace Ordinan–

ces, and feverely pmii(h ali fuch who flull oppofe him: wherefore to know and

difcover che mind of every man, how he ítood affeéted to him, he defired every

perfon freely and clearly

declare himfelf; aífuring chem that he would force no

man, but leave rhem ali 'to cheir own libercy, eicher to recuro to their own Pof..

feffions, or

go to che Prefidenr, as every one inclined : bue as for thofe who re–

folved ro ítay with hiln, he expeéted an engagement from chem never ro defert

or forfake his Caufe

ór

Intereíl, upon the word of Gentlemen, and under the

fa–

cred aífurance of an Oach, which fliou\d be adminiílred to thern according to che

Chri~ian Rices.

So foon as thefe words wet·e ended, rhey ali cried our, that they

were r~folvetl

dye

\1/ith

Pifarro,

and fuffer a hundred deachs rather than aban–

don him

in confirmation whereof they took che Oath, and figned an Engage–

·men~ to which a long Roll of hands were underwriccen ; the Subfcriptions were

taken by

Licenciado Cepeda,

who was che firfi that figned che Liíl: bue

Francifco de

Carv,r.jal,

who was a wife anda knowing manin che affairs of che world, did dfcen

laugh and jeíl at chefe matters in prívate wich his Friends, and would

fay,

you fliall

fee hów thefe promifes ,

ill

be performed, and what Confcience

will

be made of

this

Íi

lemn Oath ; ahél dfrered likewife many other witty Sayings, of which had

a Colleétion beén rnade, perhaps they would have been eíl:eemed the beíl: Apo:

, rhe~ms, and che wifeíl: Semences in the world.