(Historia de las Ordenes Militares Madrid, 1629, p. 144.)
Hernando's grandson was created by Philip IV. Marquess of the
Conquest, Marques de la Conquista, with a liberal pension from
government. Pizarro y Orellana, Varones Ilustres, p. 342, and
Discurso, p. 72.]
[Footnote 20: "Multos da, Jupiter, annos", the greatest boon, in
Pizarro y Orellana's opinion, that Heaven can confer! "Diole
Dios, por todo, el premio mayor desta vida, pues fue tan larga,
que excedio de cien anos." (Varones Ilustres, p. 342) According
to the same somewhat partial authority, Hernando died, as he had
lived, in the odor of sanctity! "Viviendo aprender a morir, y
saber morir, quando llego la muerte.]
Hernando Pizarro was in many respects a remarkable character. He
was the eldest of the brothers, to whom he was related only by
the father's side, for he was born in wedlock, of honorable
parentage on both sides of his house. In his early years, he
received a good education, - good for the time. He was taken by
his father while quite young, to Italy, and there learned the art
of war under the Great Captain. Little is known of his history
after his return to Spain; but, when his brother had struck out
for himself his brilliant career of discovery in Peru, Hernando
consented to take part in his adventures.
He was much deferred to by Francisco, not only as his elder
brother, but from his superior education and his knowledge of
affairs. He was ready in his perceptions, fruitful in resources,
and possessed of great vigor in action.
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