Note 70 — LECTURE V. FALL OF THE INCAS.—PERUVIAN MYTHOLOGY, PRIESTHOOD.
Philip H. (Philip Henry) Wicksteed translation
In the course of a few months, Pizarro amassed such immense wealth that, after deducting the fifth for the king and a large sum for the reinforcements brought him by Almagro, he was still able to give £4000 to each of his foot-soldiers, and double that sum to each horseman. The calculation is made by Robertson, who estimates the peso at a pound sterling. To obtain the equivalent purchasing power in our own times, these sums would have to be more than quadrupled!