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Having
~h~)e Ho~
and<
Exµeaations
.of
.ViCl:ory,
t~ey
marched forward; on
tlle
other
lid~ th~
1
,Captains
and Officers
bf
Alvtirado.
dfued
~ut
Orders for the
Jii~~r,
and
for
Pe
fence,
QUt
were nor obeyed ; for
1t
was mght, and. mo
ft
of
tpem
enga~d
in
~he
ConfpiraQy; the
r~orfemen
pretended ,
tha~
their Lanc:s
w~re.
ftoln froltl
~~m;
a,o<d
cafi into the
~iver.;
the
I~faott~
complained tbac their
Muskets,
CrofS-b.ows_,
aad Pil,<es, ,were hidden, and laid_ aliae;
fo
that none obey–
eti the Command
9f
ch~<Capcains, bu~
every one was in
coh~fion,
and followed
nis·
own
Fancy.
Thofe
that
were appomted. to 9efend the River, and
[~cure
the
Bridge
infiea9
of
repul1ing
the,Enemy,. direeted them where they might paiS
Wttb
~ofi
effe,
4.~d
feCQrity; and in .regard ·it was nigpt, fo that
the.
Alm"!,_rian.r
cou1CI
not
d~~cover
the
fordable
places,
the Party .on the other fide dire&ea and
gpid~d
f
hem
over
0
anq
thofe at the Bridge
.invi~ed
ancf affured
th~m
that
~hey
ajigh~
pafs yvicl\out fea,r. ,
]3y
thefe
m~ans
Don D,ego
de. AJm~ro
obramea .a
V1eto–
ry,
,apd
~,ook
41(/nfo ..
d.e
Alv11r1ida,
Garcilajf?
de
la "f/ega,
Go~
de Tordoya,
~nd
Cap–
t~in Yilla~va,
Prifoners, with other
Captams
and Oijicers 9f the Army, with about
ao .
hundred common Souldiers, who
refafed
to enter.
rnc-0
the
Cpnfpiracy;
all
'-'Jl}c~
vyas perfopned
~ithout
the
lofs
_of one Man,
.eirhe~ ~killed
or woqnded on
either fide, onely
Rodrigo
de
Qrgonnos
paid for all, havmg his Teeth beaten out byi
ari
Qolucky
Stone thrown
a~
randome from a
fling~
n6
Man knows how, nor
from
whence
it
caine.
Thus
Almagro,
and his
Souldiers,..
ret-0rn~d
vi&orious,
and
triumphant, unto
Couo,
giving out Words of Scorn an<;i Contempt againfi the
Pi~arc,os,
as that
~hey
wopld not
leave
fo.muchas one
Pifarra
under fqot
(~
hich is
a
pe'bble
Stone)
inallferu,
that
if
they
affeeted-c;overnmem,
and Dominion, they
fuou
q
go feel<
it
amongfi the
Mang/ares,
and ia thofe high Mountains which run
aleng
the
Se~· crnµt, underi th~
Equinoetial.. Thofe whom they fofpeckd of Ma–
ligp.40icy
to\Vards
them ,
they fecured under
fa~
Cufiody; .and
be~aufe
they were
many
in
number '
they
committed them
Unto
two Prlfons' fome diey fe.rft
to
the
~Q;ttefS,
and
othfrs to the
Caj{ana,
which is the common Prillm of the
T~~Al·11
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.We
~av~
f9rmftrly mentioned, how that the Marquis
Pif arro
having dif–
patched
Alonfo
de
Alvar1tdo,
and foon after
Gome~
de
Tordoya,
with Recruits and
Su~'PUts
to his Brothers, he himfelf remained in the City of
los
Reye;,
.ro
order
anif
difpofe
tnofe Troops, which came to him from divers parts, according as
hf\,RaQ
demanded; of which
Gomara,
in
the
1
37th Chaorer of
his
Book, gives
thiS
Account.
~
Alonfo
de
Fuen Mayor,
Prefident and 'Bifhop of St.
Dllmingo,
fent, under the
'' Loqlll)at}d of
his
Brother,
Diego
de
Fuen Mayor,
Native of
YanguM,
many
Spa–
"
11ifo,
Mufquetlers, which were lately come to l)im with
Pedro de
Vergara.
Fer–
"
n~4o
Cortes
fent
upbn
his
own Ship,
commanded
by
Rodrigo
di
Grijalua,
as far as
·" fr0Pl
New
Spfti#,
a confiderable
qµamity
of Arms, fuch as Lances, Sadles, and
;; Fpfniture .for Horfes, Garments of Silk, aqd one Suit
of".Martin's
Furr.
Gaf-
per
de
Efpmofa
brought
from
Panama, Nombre
de
Dios,
and other parts of
(c
the ConteneQt, a great ComQany of
.SpAniards.
;
and
Diego de
Ayala
returned
"
W~tb
good
Recruits , which he had garbered at
Nir:a~agua,
and
fl_uahutemal/an
•
;; b)'ide
ma
y
9the~'S,
from divers
other parts: So
tha~ n9w~
the
fumy
of
"
P_i;.arro
was become far
great~r
than ever , and the number of his
Mufque-
1es~
ch encreafed , of which though he had no great u
fe
againfi rhe
Jn-
::
di1Jins
yet they
came
feafonably to
hiS
Aid againfi:
Almagro,
as
{hall
hereafter
be rel ted,
&c.
.._
The Marquis finding bimfelf
fo
well reinforced , for as
Carate
reports, his
Tr~q}?s
confiCT:ed
of feven hundred
Spanumls,
Horfe
and
Fvot-
he refolved
in
pefJ'
n
~o ~arch_
to
the
Relief
of his
Brothers;
for his Mind
~ould
not be at
reltz
1
~eing
m
d~1ly
apprehenfions
a~d
fears for ehern, and could not be fatisfied
wh~t
he
rem~ined
at
fo
far a dillance: V\lherefore
taking
his
~
ay
by
the
P_la1os,
and with iliort
Pays
Maf·ches, 'he met the Intelligence which was fenc
him
Y
Alvarado,
h~w
that the
Inca_
was retired , that
Almagro
was returned ro
Couo,
that two
o~
hIS
B~orhers
:vere unprifoned, and a third dead; all which
ill
ews the
MarquIS
received with a due fenfe
of
Sorrow and
Afflittion :
£ut
hat
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