The royal commentaries of Peru : in two parts / written originally in spanish by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega; rendred into english by sir Paul Rycaut.

BooK II.. Royal Commentaries. objeét, ,thar 11/m,agio made a blind bargain, ahd did not well confider of the value of the Shi ps, or perhaps was inforced to that Engagement ; yet Pir¡arro returned a foil anfwer thereunto, That a Gentleman m1ght well to confider of bis promife before he gave it, and not ro ·pretend afrnrwards that he was fürprizecl, being by the rules of a Souldier; aracf of a Gentleman, engagecl to a performance of bis words. And onrthe conéraiy .dlvarado might have alledged_, that in cafe they e- íl:eemed tb ernfelv~s agrieved, tbey needed ondy w reftore things to cheir former íl:ate, in whicln hey were befor~ che ag"eem@Qt, aód l«avehimthen..to make his beíl: advamage:· .Ahd as to the ~price 0f the Ships, which they fuppofed rnight be over-,charged,~, were tbe advaó~age duly c:onfidered, wliich they broqght by the foccours and r.e.cruits of Men, Piorte; Ar.ms· a,nd Guns ; dile reputation of whidi prougiit a terrour on aH rhat Empíre, and ireduced rr ·tó fubjeél:ion, n©thihg cotald have been eft~~méd to0 ,great to hav,e .p~OGtlrecl,ghat affiftence, much Jéfs wh€n i'C ~:as obtained 1l.:t( fo fmall a tané, ºas .the b'a~e Jraight dicl amount unt0." In fine; Pir¡arro, who .was n.óble and Gncere. in his.,deyiliogs, veplied .to thofe w.ho gave him comrnrya.dvke, .thar no coqfide'ration óf: bendit< or:pmiiú cou1d balance .or íbnd in competition·with bis Faith,and' Honour:; ·andtfo ·with this coníl:an~y and refo- lmion he rejett:ed rhe Jow and cdegentri'áte .e<;:,uó(els of mean-fpirited Me~, and_ap- plied himfelfJ.<iMiec.eiv.e and .trei t A /varado witlit 1 áU 11he eíl:eeríh' kindrteíS ana mag- nificence rhat he was abJe;, . ' - f' ' i ,. v'i. ,¡,, 'l. .,_1 ... J l '" ·~ _, . ~ A ... .1 .. ..J · ' • e H· _:A R .. ~·-XV~l 11 1 / .:. J. / j .J ~J. ·-' "1 ,. • ' '1 ~ ... ~ f # O[J h(? ·11,?![o~tunate · Peath Q[ D~1-Y. P~dr9 1 ,d~ ·Al varado: . ,. )j .., • ¡ ¡ 1 .... 1"J: .: ' (' ' - : '. {" ,., A DJ!liral J)on Pedr~ d~ Alv~r-ado · be~ng gr~~ly fatisfied with .the kind:and obl~~. gmg treatment whICh Don Francifco de P1rarro had rriade Jhlill, ~hey took the1í: leave and farewell :each ·of other 1 with.ali ·che ·kind expreffions 'and complements imaginable, offering mutual fuccours and affiílences as the affuirs and·emergen- cies in which they were· now engaged, íhould ~refpeétively reqtaite. So· 21/varada. returned to his Governmént of H11ahut1.mallan, where he repbfed not long, or m- joyed .the riches and pr'ofperity .which he ·had acquired ; but being exalted with his triumphs and bis good fortun~, which had €ver attended him fr'om "bis Yourh; he proceeded to higher A~ions and Atcliievernenrs , being reíl:leíS, and defüous of vairr-glory, umill he periíhed therein, ?S we fhall find .~€reafrer: Amd. rhougli 1 the fuccefs hereof doth not properly apperrain to chis l:Iifrory ; yec conftdering the unhappy and lamentable ehd .of this famous Caprain. who had perforrned fo man y brave Exploirs in · divers Countries, which rhe Renowned ';/ohn de Grijalvd. , had difcovered, and in the Conqueft of rhe Empire of Me:r:ico in .company wich . Hernando Corto 3 and laílly, .in tlie Provi9ce of G11atimala, or fl1mh1ttimaUttn, which he conquered by bis own Arms, and in other parts of New :Spaér-i : Befides a.U which, we may add the Colilqueíls which he made in Peru, for widfout bis aid ·and afhíl:ence rqat Empire could never have been fecured. Howfooier, h€ died¡ as Gomara in che z.1 oth Chaptér of bis Hifiory of the Jndin reportS, befides many other particulars worrhy to be memion€d, which I have extra~ed verb11ttím, as followerh : , . . " Pedro de A/varado remaining quiet, and weaceably fettlecl in bis Government " of Huahutimallan and Chiapa , the Jarrer ·0r which ,he exthanged with Franci[cJ " Montejo for his Dominion·et rhe HondurM,' obtained licence of the Emperour to " difcover and plant a Colony in ~itu, which was one ofrhe Provirices of Peru' " and a Countrey which was rich, and notas yet poffeffed by the Spaniárds. On · " this Advemure, in the year 1535, he .ármed ·and fet forth five Ships, liROrt " which arid upon rwo others wfuich he fraighted in Nicaragha, be embarked five ~ hundred Spaniftrds, and many H9rfes $ che which being lancled .at Puert(J ?t;.