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II.
Royal
f;01nmentaries.
Hereunto
Pi~arro
replied,
that
the Emperour' meaning
vrns,
th<
t
ev~1y
ne
fhould
enjoy
that
whereof
he was peaceably
poffeffed,
and
not
t
1at
"hich
"~·a
taken
by
force of
Arms,
under which the Government of
th
new
I
ing( om of
To–
ledo
would
fall; and
therefore
he required him imme
)iat
ly
to
quit
and
abandon
Co<:.co,
and other parts in
difpute,
or
otherwife, that
would chafe him from
thence
by force of Arms; for
Gnce
the
arrival
of
the
rour's late
Determina-
tion, the
Engagements and ecurities he
had
given
of
,
did
all
ceafe and
ex-
pire. But
Almagro
remaining .firm
and
pofitive
in
ft
Refolutions,
p ;farro
'579
marched
with
all
his
Army
to
Chjncha,
of which his Commanders \ ere fuch, a
before
related, and his
chief Counfellour was
Hernando,
his
pretence
at fir{}
being
onely
to
difpofiefs
his
Enemies
of
Chincha,
w
which he had
a
clear and an
un–
doubted Title.
Almagro
fearing
the force of his Enemies, and not willing to
engage
with them,
retreated towards
Coz.co;
and
leH:
they !hould purfue
him too
clo[e
in
th~
Rere,
he
cut the Bridges,
and obll:ructed the ways, and fortified
himfelf
in
Guitara,
a
crag–
gy
and mountainous Countrey.
Pifarro
marched clofe
after
him,
and
having a
better, and a more numerous Army,
Fernando Pirarro,
by the benefit of the night,
climbed the mountain
with
his Mufquetiers, and gained the PafS.
Almagro
by
thefe
means
being
in
a bad
condition,
marched
away
with
all
fpeed poffible, lea-
'
ving
Orgo}'znos
to bring up the Rere, and
to
retreat as orderly as he could, without
figliting,
the which he
performed accordingly, though , as
cJr~iftopher
de Sotelo,
and others, report,
he
had better have
given
Battel to the
Pifarrijfs,
who were,
as
it
were; fea-fa:k, being trouble
with
a
kind
of vomiting.
For
it
was very or–
dinary
for th€
Spaniards,
when at firft they came
out
of the warm, or rather, hot
Plain5, and afcended
co
the
tops of
the
fuowy
Mountains, to be
taken
with a kind
of
dizzinefs
in
the Head, and ficknefs in their Stomachs,
as
if
they
were
Sea-fick~
fuch
change there is, and alteration ofAir,
in
fo fhort a
di~nce
of
place.
In
fine,
Almagro
having joined all
Pis
Force into one Body, marched direetly for
Couo,
brake all
the
Bridges behind
him,
caufed Armour to be made of Silver and Cop–
per, with Mufquets, and
other
Fire-arms;
provided
the City
with
Vi&lals, and
repaired
the
outworks, and old Fortifiaitions,
&c•
.Thus far are
~he
Words of
Gtm1ara,
which are confirmed
by
Carate,
though
with
more
brevity.
And becaufe
thefe
Authours co avoid cedioufnefs are
fo
fuort
in
the relation of thefe_particulars, that they
become
obfcure,
we fhall in
the following
~hapter
ferve the Reader with a
Coment, and
enlarge thereupon
as
the
matter reqwres..
Eeee
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CHAP.