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BooK
II.
Royal
Commentaries.
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Rotft'igo Orgonnos
having no Orde_rs _from the
Gover~our
to
engage, loft his ad–
" vantage; which if he had done, it,
JS
probable he might have had fuccefs
;·for
'' the fumy of
Pi~arr6
was
fo
weakned with_the
Snow.s~
befides other inconve–
" niencies of the Mountains, that they were
m
no condmon
to
make refill:ence :
'' Wherefore the Marquis hafined into the
Plains,
'Id
Almag ro
unto
Couo,
&c,
Thus far
Carate.
.
A lmagro
in the infiruCl:ions given to his General, orde:ed
~im.
not
to
fight~
but
upon confiraint · for thefe two Governours had always mclmauons to agree, and
not drive matte;s to the extremity of a breach , as may be obferved ever fince
their meeting at
Cozco,
before
A lmagro
depar~ed
for
Chili ,
w~en
between them–
felves all the flames of difference were exungmfhed · the like paifed at
Malla,
where as both the Hifiorians agree, they chearfully embraced
~ch
other with all
the
ki~dnefs
and affettion imaginable, and gifcourfed of indifferent matters
with
pleafure and qelighr:: And this good
_correfponden~e
con?nued,
ll~till wic~ed_ In
cendiaries interpofed, who reprefenung every achon wlth an evil face, ipcned
3nd precipitated them to fuch defirudive refolutions, as were afterwards fatal and
ruinous co them both : Nor did thefe pernicious Counfellours reap any benefit
tbereby unto themfelves, but being involved in the fame calamities, were enfna–
red (as is ufual) in their own devices. But to proceed,
Ctrratc
in
the
11th
Chap–
ter of
his
third Book , hath thefe Words :
" The Marquis remaining with his whole
Army
in the
Plains,
jufi upon the
u
turn of the Mountain ;
ne
found that there was a great diverfiry of opinions
" amongfi his Officers, concerning the manner and way that they were to proceed ;
" at length it was refolved, That
Hernando Pifarro,
in quality of Lieutenant–
" Genera], lhould march with the Army unto
Couo,
and chat his Brother
Gon–
,,
fttlo
lhould be Commander in Chief; and that being arrived there, he fhould
" aeclare, chat his intention and defign of that Expedition was in compliance wirh
" Jufiice, to reftore thofe Citizens to their Efiates and Commands over the
In·
"
diam,
who had been deprived and banifhed from thence by the force and ufur...
"
ation of
A.lmagro.
In
this manner the Army proceeding on their march
c~ ' t
wards
Co~co,
and the Marquis returning co che City of
los Reye1
;
H ernando
Pi–
"
farro
came at length near to
Co~co,
where the Officers advifed, as mofl: conve.–
" nient, to pitch their Camp
in
the Plains for that Night ; but
H ernando
was of a
'' contrary opinion, and would Qµa rter within the Mountain: So foon as it was
<c
Day,
Orgonnos
appeared in the Field with the Forces of
A lmagro
drawn up in Bat–
" calla :
His
Captains of Horfe were
Francu de
Chaves, {ohn Tello, 'f/incent de Gue–
"
vara~
(or rather
Vafco de Guevara )
and
Francu de Chaves
was elder Brother
to
" another of the fame name, who was an ·intimate and familiar friend to the
<c
Marquis. On the fide of the Mountain fome
Spaniards
were drawn up, with
<'
a great number of
Indians,
who at that time ferved for Auxiliaries: All the
'' Friends and Servants of the Marquis, who were Prifoners at
Cozco,
were crou–
" ded into two Angles of the Fortre!S, which being a Prifon
fo
firait, as could
" not contain the number of the people, fome of them were preifed and crouded
~'
co death in the place.
,, " The
ne~t
Day
in
ch~
Morning, after .Mafs,
Gon~alo
Pif':lrl'o,
with his Army,
defcended mto the Plam, where they difpofed therr Troeps into feveral Bacca–
: lions, and
in
t~at ord~r
marched cowards the City, intending to dra
up his
,, Men upon a
Hill,
which over-topped the Caille ;· upon fuppofition, that
Alma·
"gro
difcovering his force_, would fcarce adventure to give hiiri Battel; which he
" de.fired to avoid, knowing how much depended on the fuccefs thereof; but
Ro–
<c
dr~go
Or_grmnos
having no fuch thoughts, atte.nded his coming in the open way
. wnh his Army
an~
Artillery,
& c.
T~U?
far are the Words of
f!arate,
:vhkh
are .confirmed by
L opez. de Gwara :
To which we Chall add fame things whICh thefe Authours have omitted, and are
W?rthy to
be
remembred, and may ferve for the more clear underfianding of this
H1fi:ory: And as
to
the firfr, which was the place where the
Battel
was fought,
we fay it was an errour
of
thofe who relate it to have been on the
Hill,
which
over~looks
the Fomefs: For certainly the Engagement was in that Plain wl1ich
the