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book avarice and ambition had induced them not onlyvi. to dilfemble their fentiments , but even to ad in1534. concert while in purfuit of wealth and power, nofooner did they obtain poffeffion of thefe, than thefame paffions which had formed this temporaryunion, gave rife to jealoufy and difcord. To eachof them was attached a fmall band of interefteddependants, who , with the malicious art peculiarto fuch men , heightened their fufpicions , and mag-nified every appearance of offence. But with allthofe feeds of enmity in their minds , and thusaffiduoufiy cheriflied, each was fo thoroughly ac-quainted with the abilities and courage of his rival,that they equally dreaded the confequences of anopen rupture. The fortunate arrival of Pizarro atCuzco , and the addrefs mingled with firmnefswhich he manifefted in his expoftulations withAlmagro and his partifans , averted that evil forthe prefent. A new reconciliation took place ; thechief article of which was , that Almagro fhouldattempt the conqueft of Chili ; and if he did notfind in that province an ellablifhment adequate tohis merit and expectations , Pizarro , by way of in-demnification , fhould yield up to him a part ofJune is. Peru . This new agreement, though confirmed withthe fame facred folemnities as their firft contract,was obferved with as little fidelity s °.

Regulations Soon after he concluded this important tranf-of Pizarro. a( qi on } Pizarro marched back to the countries on

** Zarate, lib. ii. c. 1 j. Vega, p. 11. lib. ii. c, 19. Benzo,lib. iii. c. 6. Herrera, dec. 5. lib. vii, c. 8.