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IM.
Royal
Commentaries.
Rou,
and che rather, becaufe chere two great. men were at
o.dds, on
occafion rhac
Gonfalo Pifarro
had taken from
Alonfo
de
Toro
his
Office
of Ma1or-GeneraJ,
an~
con- ·
ferred it
on
Francifco
de
Carva.jal,
on
prete-fl(e that
the
ocher
was
fickly
and infirm
which rendred him uncapable of that Charge; but
Carvrqa/
was fcarce come ro
.f:os
Reye1
before the news overtook him that
Diego Centeno
had paffed
ch~
Moumams
in purfuit of
.Alonfo
de
Tor(),
and that he had taken
fifcy
of h1s men Pnfoner , and
rhac they had revolted
and
taken up
Arms on
the Enemy's (tde,
and
chat
Alonfa
'
de
Mendof''
wa retreated another
w~y: up~n
t
hisintellige~ce
he refohTed co rum
againfi
Djego
Centeno,
as
he
accordingly.
did,
an.cltoo~
his
way
PY
Ar~quepa
to
avoid meeting with
Alonfa
de
Toro:
notw1thfiand10g \\
h1
h both
Alonfo
de
Toro
and
rhe
Government
of
Co"co
receiving advices thereof,
wr
re
a joint Lener co
Car–
vajal,
de(rring
him
to take
Couo
m
hi
way,
for that ic \ ould
feem
a difpa
rage–ment
to
that
City (
hich was the Head of chat Empire)
to
be negletl:ed,
a.Adthat his Forces defigned againll:
Diego
Cent~no
fhould feern co iilue ouc of
Areq11epa
than from
Couo.
Carvajal
confemed r th
ir defire, rarher
from hopes of increa–
fing and augmenting hi
orce in th t City than a defire
of
compliance
~
ich their
requell; and fo hafining
to
Co~co,
he, and
Alonfa
de
Toro
had
a
meeting
wirh un–
kind
looks
and
jealoufies each of other, though outwardly and in publick rheir
enmities
were not
manifefied
:
howfoever
the
day following
Carv41al
rook
four
of the Citizen of
Couo,
and without any intimation thereof co
Alonfo
de
Toro,
hanged chem up, 'vhich ferved
to
foment
the quarrel
and
differences which were
between them. And now
Carvaj,d
having increafed
his numbers
to
three hundred
men, all \\'ell armed and appointed, one hundred of which \\ere Hor e,
and
rbe
reft oot, he ma.rched with them
t
(;()fl:io,
where
Di4go Centeno
was
quartered~
and
being
come
within
ten league
thereof,
Centeno
grounding an opinion on a
report, that
the
ouldiers of
Carvajal
V\
ere difcontemed
and
would
not
fighc
but
revolt
to
his
fide ;
took
an
affurance one night
\Yith
a Parry
of eighty
men
to
beat
up
the quarters of
Carvajal,
and
accordingly
came
fo
near
that
they could hear
one
another
(peak :
but he foon found himfelf deceived, for
Carvajal
put
himfelf
in
fo
good
a
pofl:ure
co receive
him, chat
every
perfon
was
in order
of
Batcel, nor
were the difcontems
amongfr
che Souldiery
ft
great as
were report
ed ; for other–
wife it had been imp ffible for one fingle Man co have contained
thr.eehundred
in
due
obedience to him.
Howfoever
it
is mofi certain, as all Authours agree, chat
Carvajal
was
ill
belo–
ved
by
the generalicy, for he was very ill-natured and fevere cowards his 5ouldiers,
paid
them
ill,
and
perhaps
with nothing but bad
words,
and worfe
performances:
but
howf< ever the
fi:ory
goes, it
is ll:range that he
iliould perform
fuch
great
ac–
tion
with men fo
rnudi
difcontented, and who had evil will
and
inclinations
towards
him.
It
is certain that
he
as very cruel in h.
O\'\
n nature, but not co
thofe of
his own
Parry ;
but
t-0
fuch as were
Trairours, and
revolted from his r-0
rhe
contrary arty, like the
Weaver's
Shuttle
from one
fide
to
it
he
other .; for which
reafor~
they
were
called
~
eavers: boc
µ,
e
fhall fpeak more
at
large
hereafter of
Carv(IJal,
who mofi
c~rtamly
was a
very
brave
ouldier, having
been
bred
up
un–
der that great
Captam
G()nfalo
Fern1tnde~
de
Cordo111i,
Duke
of
Sefa,
and other re–
novrned <;:ommaoders of thofe times: but
as to Diego Centeno,
he perceiving that
matters
<lid
~ot
fucceed
a~cor<liog
.
co bis
expe.fu·on, made his
retreat in
good
order,
and !hll defended rnmfelf with
fome lofs
unull
by
.degrees
his For-ees
be-
ing
diminifued, he was
totally
defeated.
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