759 / 1060
BooK
IV.
Royal
Commentarier.
vered the delign he was upon, and betrayed to him
1
e Cypher
.
h.chche
Vice..
king had given him by the hel of\ hich
onfalo Pif1trro
caufed him
to \\
ire
all
that had paffed, and caufed the Lett r
t
he delivered ro an
I11di11n
holly. igno–
rant
of
this treachery.
n .the
other fide, he
cat1
ed
Pedro
d~
Pue/le.I
co
:vnte
to
feveral of his
riend
then m
Popayan,
rhat he\
a
uartered m
~1ru
wICh
rbree
hundred men·
fo
that if
they
thought fit to come thirher and divertife them
felves
ith him for forne time, they lb uld find fafety and a hearty
elcorne, ·
regard
that
the Countrey
as.
quiet
by
the
a
f<
nc
and
~
·
rement
of
011falo
Pi–
carro
from
c
ence : and he delt
red thefe Lett s t certam
indi
n.s
hQ w e
then
prefenc
at
the
deparmre of
unfalo Pifi:trro,
that they
mi
t
ch
eby onfirm
che
contents of the intelligence
\l
hi h
or;
and farth r, he
rd r
Pedro
de
Pu
elks
co feem as if he en
thee
lnd1..ins
in a
ct
t
ma ner, but
t
o a a d·fcm
might be made and that the
ut-
rds of the
·ce-king
migh
·
r
ept
e
re
t
and carry them
t
him : the Pl t b ·ng thu laid,
Gone
lo
PifllflY>
(as
hath
been faid) de_parred from
irn,
and hav
n
marched three or four day, be feig–
n
himfc If fick
in
excuf<
f
hi ·
d
)ay.
he
ice-king having received
the
Let–
ter
fr
m
h·
treacher u
, and like
i
e een the counterfeited intelligence
fr
m
Pedro de Pue/lei,
to
0th \ ·hich he gave undou red belief; he imagined
that
with four hundred men, he might eafily deal with
Pedro
de
Puellu,
and after Cuch
a
ietory
he
might purfue
onfalo Pifarro
and overchr \
him :
And n
this
con–
fidence and belief building hi defign (for
h
could receiv no other intelligence,
the
oads
eing o flru
d)
e refoh ed
to
mar h
t
f2.g_iru :
but on the contra–
ry,
Gonptlo Pifarro
as etter informed, by
' y
f
the
Jndian1
of
Cannaru,
of
all
the roceedings of the Vice-king, and of very day march \
ich he made ; and
v
hen he underfiood that he \ ·as come ' it in twel
e
day mar h of
~tu,
he
then
r turn
\-\·ch all (peed
to
the
icy
to
j
n
•ith
Pedro de
PP-
U.
1,
from vhence
both the
am s roceeded with great
JO ,
t
inkin
th
t
no
v
ch y had
enrra
ed
the
ice-king and fhou d be able
to
ngage
him
in
a
attel; and though chey
he rd that he \\as ight und ed
en (hong,
y
t
Pif.trro
confided
in
the
alour
and experience of his
f~te"/A
9ldi
/
memned che ra\
nefs
and
unskil-
fulnefs of th adverfe
arty :
or
en ne
me to m lter and u
ey
hi
m
~
he found that he had
t
o hundred
ire-I
,
thr
e hundred and
fifry
Pike-men,
and an hundred and
fif
ey
o femen,
all
dexc rous and able
uldiers, well
o
i–
ded and
at
ed,
ith
qua
tity
of o ·der
f the ell: and finefi: ore. The
Cap–
tain of the ·ire-lock \ ere
(obn de
Acofl.1
an
{ob,,
1"
le~
de
11ev~r11,
the
aptain
f
the
ike-rnen wa
Hermmdo
de Bucbic.10,
and the
ains
or
e
er
Pedr11
de
Puelles
and
Gome~
tie Alvarado,
and the candard
i
'
arr· ed
by
Fnncu de Ampu–
ero,
and fu
ted by
e
.,emy
orfe.
Bcmto
11are"iJ
de
11rv:1jul,
rother
of the
gic
nt
Tile
u11re2::,
took
t
fide
P1
farro,
and '
a
her
re enc ' ith
thirty
men
under
hi
command, all
f h·
o
·n
·
n
r
d and
ations;
In
th·
ofiur
' a the Ar:my of
Pifarro
when ne\
came that the nemy wa c me \ irhin
C\\J
o
1
of the
am
· whereupon they marched and took offi ffion of a
Pa~
on
t
e
iver
re the
ice-kin
t'
a
to
go o er,
fc
r there " s no other' ay; and
ein
there
Pifarro
pof1:ed and fortified himfelf
ery advantageoufly ;
hich
hap ened, a
A11g1-!flme
Carate
reports, on
amrd
y
the
fifi
enth day of
i
n11ary,
1)46.
he
ice-king charged
Pedro
de
Pue/In
'·ith great cou a e,
in
hopes fpeedily
t
rout him, and aften ard to deal in like manner with
Pi2arro;
for he al ays en–
tertained an o inion of the loyalty of the eople, that they onely expe ed an
OQ-
rtuniry t
revolt and return
to
obedience and fer ice of
is
ajefiy.
In
onfi-
dence whereof he approached
fo
near t
the
rces of
Pedro
de
P11 flu
that th
Van-guard could fpeak and call ea h other Traitours and
ebels
f(
r
both
Par–
f
e pretended
l yalry
and
duty
to hi Majefiy, and yet all this time che
ice–
king wa not informed that
Gottfalo Piyarro
'
1
as
fo
near, bot believed
~11
the
time
th the
had to
deal
with
n
ne ut
Pedro
tk
P11elle.r.
.
~he
night following .about the
lim
f
e of the . vening,
Carate
repor
in the
thnty
fifth Cha_pter of
h1
fifth
ook, That the
ice-king holding a
ouncil of
War with his Commander ,
it
as
then~
agreed, as mofl: advancag
u and o
le_fs danger to get l?offeffion o
th~
T 9wn
th~n
to adventure a
att 1 in the opea
Field ; and.
accord~ngly
before mid-night. quietly and , ithouc noife
rhey
marched
away, leavmg their
mp an Tents with the
Jnt/jdn1
ho arried them· and
taking the way on the left hand, they marched ov r a great
e art : and
Fe;nando
PA
m ino
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