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Royal
Commentarie1.
Boo
K
Il
This
invention ofChain-bullets
was
brought from
Flanders
to
Peru
by
Pedro
de
P
ergara,
with the Guns wl;iich were made for them.
I
remember
to
have
feen
fame of them in my own Councrey ; and
in
Spain
I
have feen
them,
and
made
t~em;
and t?ere
I
was acquainted
~ith
a Gentleman
c:a-Ued_Alonfo de
Loayfa,
a Na–
tive of
Truxillo,
who was wounded m that Bartel, havmg his lm.\•er
ja\.\
with
his
teeth and gums, carried away with
one of
thofe
Bullets ;
he was the'
Father
of
Francifco Loayfa,
:vho
li~
this da¥
at
Co~o, a~d
is
one
of
r~ofe
fyw
Sons of
the
Conquerours which remam
and
en1oy the IQhentance and portion divided
to
rheir
Fathers:
and
according
to
this
form~
I have
feen others like
thefe
made
for
Cannon.
·
But
to
retutn to our Story
of
the
Bartel.
Rodrigo
de Orgonnos,
and
his
Comrade
Pedro
~e
Derma.,
obferving the greac
execution
which che Harquebufters made up–
on
their
people,
charged
the
Squadron
-0f
Horfe, commancfod
by
Hernando Pifarro
hoping
to
find,
and kill him, wbith was
the
ultimate end of
their e. pectation'
for
they perceived
that the
Vidory began
to incline
to
the fide
of
cheir
Enemies:
and
fetting
themfelves
jufi
in the
Fronc of
Hernando,
and
his
Comp
nion
who~
they dillioguilhed,
and knew
by
rheir Coats
of lncarnation-Velv
r,
they'charged
them
with
great
bravery and
refoh1tion.
Orgonno1,
who
carried
his Lance in its
:~ti;~~~~
Rell
full-~t
againft
Fr.4nci[co
de
Bll~ahontt,.
happened to
dir~
it
right
upon *the
gandines, or
Beaver which covered
h_1s
face;
which bemg
m~e
of a
nuxture,
betwee~
Silver
Read-pieces,
and
Copper, opened
with the
blow,
and
gave paffage to the Lance which
ran
they wore a
into his head;
with
which
falling
to
the
ground,
Or1,onnQs
proceeded forward,
and
fore oftr
4
ran
another \
ith
his Lance into the breafl " and then
laying
his hand to his
Sword,
~~~ Fa~
he
had
performed
Miracles
in
his
own Perfon; but that an unlucky Chain,
or Par–
like a crofs
tridge-fhoc, from the Harquebufiers, fuook him
in
the forehead, wich which he
Bar.
loft
both
his
fight
and
force.
Pedro
de
Lerma,
and
Hernando
Pifarro,
encouncred
each
other
witn
their Lances ;
bat being mounted on Gennets, they
fixed
them
not
io
the
Refis,
but in another manner; which
·was
this: Ac that rime, and
long after, during all the time of the
Civil
Wars, rhe
Spaniards
made
certain
Ca–
fes,
or Holfiers
of
Leather,
which
were fafined
to
the
bow
of the Saddle, and
reached co the neck
of
tbe Horfe .. and then putting the end of
the
Lance
into
the Holfter, they brought it under the Arme like a Reft.
In
this
manner paf–
fed
many
brave
Combats between the
SpaniardJ
in
Peru;
for the
Encounters,
or
Jults, were with all the force both
of Man
and Horfe ; but
aH
this needed
not
agaiofi
the
Indian.1,
whofe
Skins
were
pierced
with
a
more
eafie .ll:roke of
the
Arme. We have judged
fit
ro
give
this
account
of
the
offenfive
and
defenGve
Arms
of
my Countrey, for the better underfranding of what is
hereafter
co be
treated.
But
to return unto
the Combat
between
Hernando Pi farro,
and
Pedro
de Lerma,
it happened
in
this manner : The Lances
of
both the Duellifi being
verv
long, aod therefore more pliant, or not
fo
£Hff
as they defired, both of them
aimed low
at each
other;
fo cliat
Hernando
Pifarro
forely wounded his
Enemy in
the thigh, piercing the C.oat of Male which
covered
it.
Pedro
de
Lerma
woun–
ded
Pif4rro's
Horfe in
the
Fon.ehend, which razed
the
skin, and
with the
fuarp
point
of the
Lance
cut rhe head-1la11 of the Horfe ; and then making a fecond
charge, be happened
to
bear
upon
the
pummel
of
the
addle ,with
fuch
force,
that
thoagh
it
were
made for
Vvar., yet ic broke
and
gave
\\ay to the
Lance,
which
palling forwara, pierced the Coat of Male, and vounded
Pip:irro
in the
belly,
though not
mortally;
for
the Horfe being
over-born,
fell backwards to
the
ground;
by
which means
yielding
to
the force of the
ll:roke,
he
faved
his life,
which othenvi[e had been
in
great danger; fur had the Lance found full
refiftence,
it
had paifed quite
thorow
bis Entrails.
On
this
occafion both
our Hiftorians having
jllft
caufe
to
applaud the Prowefs
aod Valour
of
Orgonno1,
do
almoft ufe the
fame
words.
Anguftine C11-rate
in
rhe
Encomium
which
ne
gives of
him,
faith
as
follows:
'' In
this Fight
Rodrigo
Orgonnos
was
wounded
with a Chain· iliot in the fore–
" head, which paffed
the
Beaver
of his Head-piece
:
and yec
afier this wound he
" killed
two
Men
with
his
Lance ; and with his Rapier he ran another into
the
" mourh,
who
was a Servant ro
Hernando
Pifarro,
mifraking him for the
Maller,
" by
reafon
Qf
bis
good Habit. Thus far
Carate.
And