History of the Conquest of Peru: With a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas, Volumen 2Harper and brothers, 1847 - 650 páginas |
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Alonso de Alvarado Alvarado año ansi Arequipa armas arms Atabalipa authority battle Benalcazar bien Blasco Nuñez capital capitan Francisco Carbajal Carta de Gonzalo casas Castile cavaliers Centeno Cepeda ciudad colonies commander Conq Conquerors Conquest cosas Crown cual Cuzco del Peru Descub despues dicha tierra Diego de Almagro Dios dixo el Gobernador ello Emperador enemy Españoles esto expedition favour Fernandez followers force Francisco Pizarro Garcilasso Gasca gente Gomara Gonzalo Pizarro Governador governor Guamanga havia Hernando Pizarro Herrera Hist hizo hombres honour horse hundred Inca Indian Indios land las Indias Lima luego manera manos Marquez MS.-Carta officer Orgoñez Panamá Pedro Pizarro person Peru Peruvian Pizarro á Valdivia plata president pues Quito Real reinos Relacion repartimientos reyno royal Señor sent servicio shewed sino soldiers Spaniards spirit tenia tiempo troops Truxillo Vaca de Castro viceroy vida Xauxa Zarate
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Página 109 - The conspirators drew back for a moment, as two of their body fell under Pizarro's sword; but they quickly rallied, and, from their superior numbers, fought at great advantage by relieving one another in the assault. Still, the passage was narrow, and the struggle lasted for some minutes, till both of Pizarro's pages were stretched by his side, when Rada, impatient of the delay, called out, "Why are we so long about it? Down with the tyrant ! " and taking one of his companions, Narvaez, in his arms,...
Página 297 - Vos daremos licencia, como por la presente vos la damos, para que destos nuestros reinos, e del reino de Portugal e islas de Cabo Verde, e...
Página 118 - Pizarro here was born — a greater name The list of Glory boasts not. Toil and Pain, Famine, and hostile Elements, and Hosts Embattled, failed to check him in his course, Not to be wearied, not to be deterred, Not to be overcome. A mighty realm He overran, and with relentless arm Slew or enslaved its unoffending sons, And wealth, and power, and fame were his rewards.
Página 292 - Luque con la tercia parte de todo lo que se hubiere y descubriere, y nosotros hubieremos por cualquiera via y forma que sea ; para mayor fuerza de que lo cumplire'mos como en esta escriptura se contiene, juramos a Dios nuestro...
Página 107 - But it was left open, and the assailants, hurrying through to the inner court, still shouting their fearful battle-cry, were met by two domestics loitering in the yard. One of these they struck down. The other, flying in all haste towards the house, called out, "Help, help! the men of Chili are all coming to murder the marquess!
Página 115 - Yet his spirit did not yield, nor did he falter in his enterprise. There is something oppressive to the imagination in this war against nature. In the struggle of man against man, the spirits are raised by a contest conducted on equal terms ; but in a war with the elements, we feel, that, however bravely we may contend, we can have no power to control. Nor are we cheered on by the prospect of glory in such a contest ; for, in the capricious estimate of human glory, the silent endurance of privations,...
Página 28 - The dusky lines of the Indian battalions stretched out to the very verge of the mountains; while, all around, the eye saw only the crests and waving banners of chieftains, mingled with rich panoplies of feather-work, which reminded some few who had served under Cortes of the military costume of the Aztecs.
Página 114 - No," at first, to applicants for favour ; and afterwards, at leisure, to revise his judgment, and grant what seemed to him expedient. He took the opposite course from his comrade Almagro, who, it was observed, generally said "Yes," but too often failed to keep his promise.
Página 98 - ... his crime is, in some measure, balanced by the glory of having ventured upon a navigation of near two thousand leagues, through unknown nations, in a vessel hastily constructed, with green timber, and by very unskilful hands, without provisions, without a compass, or a pilot.
Página 96 - ... the middle of the river, where the stream ran swiftly, and his bark, taken by the current, shot forward with the speed of an arrow, and was soon out of sight. Days and weeks passed away, yet the vessel did not return; and no speck was to be seen on the waters, as the Spaniards strained their eyes to the farthest point, where the line of light faded away in the dark shadows of the foliage on the borders.