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II.
R.oyal
C(Hnmentaries.
And here it is to be noted, that he who fent
a
Narrative of
this
Bartel into
Spain,
muft have been an Enemy
to
Piyarro,
becaufe the Relation
he ga_ve
there-
of was to the prejudice of that party ; for he reports, that
J!.ernando
Pif
arro
had
cloathed a Servant
~f
his with
t~
fame Habit hich he pretended to wear on the
day ofBattel, tha ro thofe
who
fought for
him,
might reak their fury on his
er–
vanc,
and fuffer him
to
efcape ; which
if
it had
been
~:tie?
he might have defer-
11
ved the difgrace and charatt:er of Coward
:
But thoug}l this Srory was abfolureJy
falfe, yet it
[o
far prevailed
in
Spajn,
and over all
Peru,
that the Royal C_onocil
of
the
Indies
to
be nuly informed of the matter, fent
for a
famous
Sould1er,
\vho
was prefent at the Battel
o~
Afmagro's
fide, called
Silv:ftre
Gon~ale~; an~
amongft
other things demanded of him, they asked, Whether m
Peru H ernando Plfar;o
was
efieerned for
a
Coward
?
In
reply unto which, though the Souldier was
of
the
adverfe party, yet he averred
all
that which was reported of
Hernando._
PJrarra,
touching the Combat which he -and his Companions fought, find related ·
t
in
the
fa1~e
manner as we have done
2
adding, that fuch was the common fame and
report concerning the particulars of that Bacreli. -This
pa~d
at
M adrid
towards
the
latter years of the lmQrifonment of
Hernamio
Pifarro,
which were twenc:y
th.tee
in
all ; and
this
Souldier himfelf acquainted me with what he had
declareEI'
~the
King's Council of the
Indies:
But
that which gave the firft colour to this
Randa–
lous report, was
(as he
faid) the term
of Se-rvanr,
which we
c~ll
a
Companion ;
for
it
was
faid,
that he was
richly cloathed ; and
fo
it
was
true~
for he
ms habi·
ted exattly like
Pifarro,
wearing a Coat of Incarnation-coloured Velvet,
which
was very much flaihed
:
Thus far was very true, but then that wherein the mi–
fiake lay, was, that this Perfon was
a
Servant, and not
a
Companion.
But to proceed : When the Souldiers of
Hernando Pifarro
Caw
their CoQ1rnan–
der on the ground, they believed that he was killed; and then prefently the
Ar–
mies
began to
engage,
and
fought
with fuch bravery
1
that
·a
great £laughter
enfued
on
bath fides ; for they killed and wounded each otner with extreme fury and de–
f!Wr,
forgetting that they were of the fame Nation and Religion, or Brothers and
Companions
in
Arms ; and chat they had entred into Articles of Agreement and
Brotner-hood for the Conquefi: of that Empire. The Vietory continued for a
much longer time doubtfull than was believed ; for though the
Almagrians
were
much inferiour in their Numbers, yet the others being equal in their Courage
ancl
Arc ofWar, made great relifience; but the advantage which the other
party
had by their Harquebufes was
fo
great, that with the lofs of many lives they ac
laft yielded; and after mofi of them were killed and wounded, rhe reft were puc
to flight; when
in
the purfuit the cruelty and flaughter was greater chan in the
B~t~el,
not pardoning thofe who were already conquered, and had yielded to their
far.c:e ;
as
CArate
and
Gomar4
do both avouch, one in the
1
1th Chapter of the
third Book> and che 0ther in the Chap.
141.
the Words of which are thefu which
· follow.
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