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Royal
Commentaries.
BaoK
III.
'' Thus ended the Reign and Government of
Don
Diego
de
Almagro
who
w .
:; one day Commander
in
<;:hief of all
Perl_!,
and the day following
~as
feiz:J
by an Officer,
whom
by
his
own
Aurhonry
he
had confiituted
duef
Jufiicia
" of
Couo.
T~s
Battel was fought the 16th of
September
1
5
4~.
Thus far
c?–
rate
;
and herewith he concludes the Chapter aforefaid.
This
Vietory
was
in
pare
obtained about nine of the Clock at night, but not
completed
l
for the noife of fighting and clalhing of
Arms
was
heard
in
feveral
places of the Field: And lell:
Almagro
ibould again rally, and
in
the Morning
renew the Battel,
(~or
as
~et
his
fli~fit
and efcape was not known) the Gover–
nour
co~m~nded
his
Ser1eant-Ma1or
to.found
a
retreat
to
his
Army,
and put
t!iem
ag~m mt~
a
pofiure
of Battel,
placm~
the Horfe and Foot
in
their ref
pec–
ttve ftattons, with Orders
c0
fiand to
their
Arms umill the Morning when the
light would difc?ver the ftate. of their
Vitt~ry
:
Which being
accord~y
exe–
cuted, they contmued on
their
Guard, and m a
readinefs co
receive whatfoever
lhould occur.
CH AP. XVIII.
fVherein thofe Principal
C
onzmanders are
named, who were
prefent at this Batte!
;
the Number that
1vas
Jlain l the
J?uni/hnzent of the
Rebels
;
and the Death of
Don Die–
go de
Almagro.
T
H E
Govemour
paffed a
great
part
of the
Night
in
difcourfe to
his
Souldi-· ·
ers, praifing the
.courage
and refolution which
his
Captains, Cavaliers and
Sould1ers nad {hewed
in that days Engagement ; he
applauded
and
admired
their
bravery '
hich
they
had
made appear
in
the
Service
of his Majefiy. He then re–
counted fome
particular
Adions performed
by
fuch and fuch, naming them by
their Names; whereby he acknowledged the fidelity, love and friendiliip, which
they had evidenced to the Memory of the
Marquis
Don Francifao Pifarro,
for whofe
fake, and
iJ1
revenge of whofe Death, they had
expofed
their own lives to all
the
hazards
and
perils in the World. Nor did he omit to mention the bravery of
Al–
magro,
whereby he had fignalized himfelf
to
revenge the Death of his Father,
ha~
ving therein performed above what could have been
expeeted
from his years, not
llaving
paffed above the Age of
t\~·emy
: Nor did he forbear ro commend the
Courage of feveral Captains of the contrary party, who
had
carried themfelves
bravely in the Aetion of that
day.
In
a particular manner he took notice of the
fiout refolucion, and Military behaviour of
Francifco
de
Carvajal,
who without
fear
either of the great
or
[mall hot,
marched
boldly
at
the head
of
his Men, being
ever intent and ready ro apply
his
fuccour and relief, \'\ here
it
was mofr required :
Of all which Aetions the Govemou was the befi Judge,
and
could give the beft
account of them, in
regard
he was retired to a
place
from whence he could have
a profpelt of all chat pafied. The principal Perfons on
his
Majefiy's fide, who
fignalized themfelves in this
Engagement,
were the
Major-General
Gome~
de Tor–
doya,
the Agicant
Tlien
Suare~
de
Carvajal,
and his
Brother
Benito
de
Carvajal,
[oh1J
f
Hlio
de Hojeda,
'I1ioma&
Yafque~,
Lorenfo de
Aldana,
[ohn
de
Saavedra, Francifco
de Grr
doy,
Diego MAidonado,
who afterwards obtained the Sir-name of the
Rich,
{ohn de
$11-
IM,
Brother
of
the Arch-bHhop
of
Se11ile, Alonfo
de
Lo41fa,
Brother of the
Arch–
bitbop
of
los Reyes, Geronimo
de
Loayfa,
rohn
de
Pancorvo, Alonfo Mapula,
Martin
de
Menefe1,
rohn
de
FigHeroa, Pedro
Al~nfo
C11rrafco, D>fgo
de
Truxi/Jo, Alonfo de
Sot~,
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