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BooK
IX.
R~yal
Com1nentaries.
then thore
in the Vari fhorrning their days Marches,
as
the others enlarged them,
they came at length, in a
few
days,
to
ma~e
a body
?f
twenty
thoufand
Men,
~nd
to
pitch
their
amp
at the bank of the River
Apu_rimac,
which
rhe~ pafi~d
with·
out any oppofition; and
then~e
began to
pr<;>ceed
hke
declared
Enemies, with. open
Arms in their hand , and their
Colours
flymg: And thus they marched
fair
and
foftly
in rwo Divifions ot
~uadrons,
being the Van-guard of the Army, untill
the Rere- guard
over~mok
them, confi!Hng of ten thoufand Men more, and then
procee ed
in
a body uotill
they
came
to
the
top
of the Hill of
Pilla cunca,
being
but
fix
Leagues
difian~
from the City? but
AtahHalpa
k~pt
himfelf
within
t~e
Confines
of
his
own
I
mgdom, not danng to adventure his Perfon farther, untt11
he had
proved the fucce!S of
the
firft
Battel, in which he had
placed
all his
hopes,
availing
himfelf much on che fecurity and negligence of
his
Enemies, and on the
Prm efs
and good Condutl: of
his
experienced
Captains.
The Enemy being thus
near approached,
HHafcar
made all the
Levies
of
Soul–
diers
which
the iliortnefs
of
the time would
admit;
but the greatefi: number of
his
Army
being to be fetched from the remote parts of
Colblfoyu,
which
was at
leafi
rwo hundred
Leagues
dillanc,
c
ould notpoffibly be brought together
in
time
to make
any
refifience; and
chofe
of
Antif11.Juwere
but
few
in
number,
by
reafon
that that
Cmmtrey
being mountainou
s, is veryill
peopled ;
but
C11ntif1tyu
being
a
Province
more
compaet, was
very
populous,
fo
that
the
CHr1tctU
came
in
in
great
numbers ,
forming a Body
of
thircy thoufand Men : But
thefe
being all
new
raifed
Men,
and by
reafon
of
the long Peace unexperienced in War, they were
ti–
morous, and unable
to
fight and contend with an
Army
of
vecerane Souldiers.
The
Inca Huafcar,
with
his Brethren
and Relations,
and as
many
as
he could
af–
femble,
confifiing
in
all
of about ten thoufand
Men, marched forth to join
the o–
ther
Body
of
his
Army,
which came
from
pares
lying Weftward' from
the
City~
and having met them,
they
fl:aid together
in
expeetation
of farther recruits.
'.
CH
AP~
xx
xv.
Of the Batte! fought between
the
Incas,
the
ViCtory
of
Ata–
hualpa,
and his Cruelties.
T
HE
.Atahua!pian1,
who were the
heft
Souldiers,
confidering
that delays
were
dangerous, and might hazard the fuccefs which quick execution would
fe..
care; marched
with
refolution to
meet
Huafcar,
and
give
him battel before
his
o–
ther Troops were joined with him;
and
finding him encamped
in
an open Plain,.
· about
two or three
Leagues to
the W efiward
of
Couo,
they affailed him
with
all
their
power; again!l: which
he
on the other
fide
made
fuch
flout
refiftence,
that
fortune feemed
doubtfull
unto which !he lhould give the
vietory.;
the
Atahualpi–
tt_»s.
t:xcited
~ith
the
gl<?ry
of
t~king
Huafear
Prifoner,
f
ou&ht
with
f
pight and ma–
lice;
and his
own Sub1e&
bemg
great
Lovers
of
their King,
contended with e–
qual courage
to
defend and preferve him,
fo
that
the Battel continued chat whole
day with
great flaugbter
on both
fides : Howfoever,
at
length
for want
of
the
Col–
IM,
_and
by
reafon
that
the
people
of
Huafear
~ere
a raw Militia, and
unexperien–
ced
m
War,
fo
that
one
Souldier
of
Atah11alpas
was worth
more
rhan ten
of
thofe
of
th~
otber
p~rty
;
~t ~arne
to pafs that the
Atahualpians
gained the
vicl:ory
:
In the
{'urfmt of
~hi~h,
a11!1mg
ab~ve
all things
to take
Huafcar,
for
that their vittory
would figmfie ltttle, m cafe his
Perfon
efcaped their hands, they attacked his Life–
guard·
of about
a thoufand
Men,_
which furrounded
his
Perfon,
and fighting
in
de–
fence thereof,
were
all cut to
pieces
in his prefence,
rnofi
being fl.ain
by
the Ene–
my,
a~d
others fee
ing the~r Inca
Prifoner, killed
th~mfelves:
befides whom, ma?y
ot.fler
C11r11,111
and
SovereJ.gnLords were taken
with
great
numbers
of Caprams
F
ff
and