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Royal
Commentaries.
In !bore the Souldiers of
Vaca
de
Caftro
made Cuch hafie, that without much hurt
·they
mou~~ed
the
Hill,
where the ,Squadrons of
A!magr~ W€r~
drawn up, b
eingJJlllC::h
difordeuoo
and removed out
of
that good pofture
m which
they were
fir.fl:placed.
Howf©~ver
the Harquebufiers received them with.
fu~h
a
V
oll~y
of
S
hor,
tnat tfuey kl.lled many of
the
Foot, and wounded the MaJor :
Ge11era~
Gomez:. de
Tordoya
with three Bullets , of which he \ dyed two days afterwards.
Nnnno de
C11.ftro
~a
s alfodefperately wounded? befides many.others who were
flain,,which
~ng
ob(
eyv.edby
Francifao
de
Canva;!fl,
he commanded_dae Horfe
.to
char.gethem,
{gr,
they
wey@the chief
:fore~
to which he ·trufied, bemg more
u:i
n~rn~eli
rhan
~}aof€
of
Ltfwag~ul;
accordingly nhe Ho:fe engaged, and
b_?rb
lides !Jlamramed the
Fight with filch bravery,
~hat th~
V18Gry for a long tlllle. r€mamed
~oubr~ulL
~dro AlvflTe~·
Holgµin
was
killed
with a Mufque_dhot;
for
bemg clothed
m whue,
anii
by
his
Colbur and
Habit
khown
to all,
he became
th~
common
Mark,
eve–
ry
o!te
aimiag
to
hit
fo
famous a
Perfon. On
ch~
other
fide
the Infaatry
ofVac~
de
Caftr:o
char~img
the
Enellily,
came valiantly up to
thf
very Cannon, which ·
were
now
of no ufe, in regard that by the
ill
difcipline and diforder of
Almagro'
s
Commanders, they had interpofed their owu Souldiers between their Cannon
and the Enemy. Howfoever both
fides
fought with fuch anirnoficy and bravery,
that they continued fighting in the night, which when
it
was
fo
dark and obfcure,
that
they could not fee each other ; they then made ufe of the words
Chili
and
Pachacamac
to make their diftinClions, whereby the
Pip1.rrijlJ
and
Almagrians
knew.
their
parties;the greateft flaughter was arnongfl: the Horfe, who after the ufe of
their
Lane.es,coming to a clofer Fight, !Ailed each other with their Swords
and
Pole-axes. The fuccefs of
tlus
Battel being of high concernment, animated both
fides with a refolution to dye, or gain the vietory ; being well alfured, that as
the
Dominion of that Empire, and the Riches depended
GO
this Victory; fo being
4
ove,rthrown, there remained no other reward for them, but death or flavery.
Ir
was
now above two hours
in
the
night, and yet the Fight continued with equal
fljughter, being
full
four
bouts
fmce
it
firft
pegan.
At
length the Governour
charged
the,left wing of the EQerny,_
which
was
frill
entire, and not
as
yec bro!:en,
fo -tliat
the Battel.feemed to be again renewed: Howfoever,
at
length che Gover-
nour routed and defeated
them
with the lofs of ten or twelve of
his
Guard,
a-
mongft which were Captain
Xi:mcnez,
formerly
a
Merchant in
Medina,
and
Nunno
¥ontalvo.
By this time both fides began to think themfelves fecure ofViCl:ory, and
yet
fiill
the Fight
co~tinued
:
At
length the Forces of
Almag,ro
feemed to grow
fuintr ;
whlch when he
obferv~d;
he
put hifl1)felf into
th~ -hea~
of them, and
be-
,
ing
feconded
by
thofe
few
which were his Life-guard ,
he
entreq amidft the
thi~eft
of
lliis
Enemies with
that
valour and refolurion,
that
he performed Mira–
cl~
b>y
his
own Perfon, being
defirous
r
to be fla ·
n
on t:he place ; but being
un~
known, and well armed, he.efcaped with his life, aad .without a woµnd ; fighting
h¥'1vely, as
Gmnar.a
reports of him
im
Chapter
.i
1
o.
And
now
Viel©t1Y
began
t0
· ncline tG the
fid~
of the Governour; which when
Almtigro
and his chief Officers'obferved,. theyc
t3'lled
out aloud, and
faid
I am
fach
an
one
;
it
was I who kjlled
the
Marquu
;
an_d
fo
they fought with
fury
and defpair
untill,they.
we~~
flain and cut
in
pieces.
. M~n~ .<Df
Almagro.,s
people efcaped by
fa–
vour
1
of
a davk .night, having taken oil tbei white RibbG>ns,.. and placed the Co–
lours of
Vaca
de
Caftro
in their ftearl , with
w
hicllrthey fupplied diemfelves from
,
·thofe who were flain on the other fide.
Almagro
hirnfelf feeing that there was
no
hopes
of
Vifr0FY
left, and that
Death
fled from
hiin,
he efcaI?ed out
of the
Bat-
tel with
foe
Companions, namely,
Diego
Mend~)
Bergan,
and
rohn
de
Guzman
and
three others, whofe
Names I
have.forgotten.
l
Tht!nce he fled to
Co~co, wh~re
he
_
met
that
Death
which he could not
receivtdi>om ~ his
Enemies, by the hands of
thof~ .Men
whom he had there confi:ituted in.Offiees of Jutlice
and
Military Em–
ployments : For
fo
foon as they·m1derftood
nhat-;,he
had loft. t
he day,
Rodrigo de Sa–
la~r,
who
w~
a
Native of
Toledo,
and deputed
oy
Almagrp
f.Qrhis
Governour
in
that
plac~
; .and
.~ntonio. Ruy~
1<:
Gucva:a,
who
was..
~ommi{fionated
alfo by
him
to
be
chi~
J
u!ih,c<!ary, _ 1mmed1ately
laid
hands on him,
and
made
him Prifoner
5
and to
confum!Da~e
this
cru©lty,
they took t:hofe alfo who ..
er-e.his
Companions,
and
atte~ed
his ·Perfon:
To
confirm which particular,
Carate
in
the
19th
Chap- -.
ter of his fourth
~ok,
hath there Words whidh follow.
.
.
,
Nnnn
'' Thus·