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HISTORY OF AMERICA.

book a man confcious of what his fervices merited; andvi. he conducted his negotiations with an infinuatingn=s. dexterity of addrefs, which could not have been,expe&ed either from his education or former ha-bits of life. His feeling defcription of his own fuf-ferings, and his pompous account of the countrywhich he had difcovered , confirmed by the fpeci-mens of its productions which he exhibited , madefuch an impreffion both on Charles and his minif-ters, that they not only approved of the intendedexpedition, but feemed to be interefted in the fuc-cefs of its leader. Prefuming on thofe difpofitiousin his favor, Pizarro paid little attention to theNeglects his intereft of his affociates. As the pretenfions ofaifoeiates, Luque did not interfere with his own, he obtainedfor him the ecclefialtical dignity to which he afpir-ed. For Almagro, he claimed only the commandof the fortrefs which fhould be eredled at Tumbez .To himfelf he fecured whatever his boundlefs am-juiyss. bition could defire. He was appointed governor,and procures captain-general, and adclantado of all the countrycommand to which he had difcovered, and hoped to conquer,himfelf. with fupreme authority, civil as well as military;

and with full right to all the privileges and emolu-pients ufually granted to adventurers in the NewWorld. His jurifdidtion was declared to extendtwo hundred leagues along the coaft to the fouthof the river St. Jago; to be independent of thegovernor of Panama ; and be had power to nomi-nate all the officers who were to ferve under him.In return for thofe concelfions, which coft the courtof Spain nothing, as the enjoyment of them