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Royal
Commentaries.
BooK
III.
ne entered
Truxillo,
be brought with him above
200
Souldiers betides feveral
which fled from
Almagro,
amongft which
the
principal Perfons,were the
Father
Provincial,
Tllen
Suare:t:.
de
Carvajlft.l,
Gome~
de Alvarl'tdo
1
'f
ohn
de
Saavedra
and
Diego
de Aguero.
Being arrived at
Truxillo,
he was receivea with
fuch
folem~ty
as was
due to a Governour, that
is,
in
a military pomp, with found of Drums, and
Trum–
pets, and Vollies of Shot; for as yet matters were in a
fiace
of War, and not
prepared
for
a reception according to
che
formalities of Peace.
•
CH AP.
XIII.
The Governour makes choice ofCaptains.
Se_nds his
Anny
before.
Provides
all
things
'lfece/fary
for
the fervice of
His Majejfy.
Chrifl:opher de Sotelo
is kjUed
hy
Garcia de Alvarado ;
and
Garcia de Alvarado
by
Don
Diego
de Almagro.
P
Edro A lvare:t:.
Holguin,
and his
Captain~
and Souldiers, who
had
profefled Sub–
miffion and.Loyalty to the Governour
m
his abfence, did now upon
his
ar–
rival tefiifie their aetual Obedience by
a
publick Declatation in W
ricing,
under
their bands, and folemnly refign the Command and Power
of
the Army
into
his
hands, the Captains and Officers delivering up their Commiffions, and laying their
Enfigns at his Feet ; the like was followed by the Governours and Jufrices of the
City of
Truxillo,
all which the Governour received in fuch manner as was fitting,
and renewed them again in the name of
His
Majefiy, confirming every perfon
in
his Office, either Civil or Military, refpeetively as before. He gave fix Com–
miflions to Captains of Horfe, namely ,
to
Pedro A lvarez.
Holguin,
Alonfa de
A lvarado , Pedro
An~uros,
G01)1e:t:.
de
A lvarado, Garcilaf{o de la P'ega,
and to
Pedro
de
Puellu.
The Captains of Harquebufiers
\;i;.
1
ere
Pedro de P'ergara,
Nunno
de Ca/fro,
and
{ohn "Pelez,
de G11evan e,
who was a Scholar, as well as a Souldier, and fuch a Mecha–
nick, that he directed the making all the Mufquets for his own Company, and was •
. fo altive and indufirious, that he divided his time between Letters and Arms
in
fuch manner, that both in this prefent fiate of Affairs, as alfo on occafion of the
T roubles caufed by
Goaz.alo Pi farro,
as we <hall hereaftet relate, he was ordained
and confiituted in quality of a Judge;
fo
that all the morning, unrill noon, he
clothed himfelf in the Robes of a Lawyer, in which he heard Caufes, and deter–
.mined Differences ; then afterwards
i~
the afternoon he changed his Habit co ap–
pear like a Souldier, with Breeches and Dubler of divers colours, richly embrode–
red with Gold, and very gaHanr "'ith his plume of Feathers; and buckling on his
Coat of Mail, with his Mufquet on his Shoulder,. trained hi Souldiers in ilioorillg,
and other Exercifes ofWar.
Thus far are the Word of
Carate
in the
1
sth Chap.
cer of his 4th Book; by which
it
appears, that the fame Perfon may. be both a
ouldier and a Scholar; and the Qualities of one
Co
confil1enr with that of the
ocher, as to be both ufefull in their proper times and feafons. But co proceed.
H er nando
Bachicao
was named for Captain of the Pikemen, and
FranciJ
de
Car–
v ajal
was made Sergeant Major, who was afterwards Major-General
to
Gonz,alo
Pi–
eirro.
Gomez.
de Tordoya
was made Lieutenant General ; and the Royal Standard
he referved for himfelf, with which he performed the Office of General. Thus
having fetled his Forces, he difpeeded them before him, under command of their
refpective Officers,
~which
in all compofed an Army of
700
Men, of ' ·hich
370
were Harquebufiiers,
160
Pikemen, and the rell were Horfe.
Pedro
,de
P11el e1
was
commanded
to
march before, with a Decachment of thirty Horfe,
to
difcover the
Enemy and other Obfiruetions in the
way ;
having Infiruetions to go by way of
the Mountain, but not to pafs
Sauf{a ;
but there to expeet the coming up of the
Main Body, becaufe their refolution wa to march along the coafi: to the City of
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