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•
OOK
IV.
Royal
Commentaries.
within Trenches ;
As
to the opmion
that
Carvajal
conceived of
his
People,
that
they were
difcontented anGl would leave their Colours
w~th
the
.firft.
o.ccafi~m t~at
prefented ;
itt
was believed that: he would
~e
as
much
mt~~ken
tn
his 1magmat1on
£oncerning
Lop~
de
Mendo;_a
as I1e had oft-nJrnes
beei:i
of
Dtego Centeno:
for on
.the
contrary
Merzdopt
boldly falli€d.forth
t0
ma~t
Carvayal,
who
alfo marched
agamff
him with his Squadroms
drawn forth in
form
of
Baitel;
and
fo foon as he percei·
yed that
Lope de Mendofa
ha.alabamioned
the.Fortifa:ation,
·he then
m_ade,
as
if
he
intended
dite6tly
to giv€
bun.
Barrel, bot
his
defigo
~as
onely
~0
entice
them
ou~
of tbe
Fort which
when
he
hacd
done,
and f
aw them m
op,m
Field,
he rnade light
of a
11 the
r~!ll
1
and
feeirtg
tb~ir
confiderure
a.ndboldnef~
be drew
near
to
them;
gs
they alfo
did·to
im ;
but
hen they wer
e1
within Mli9ket fhot,
Cttrvajal
drew
off
io
good otd<tt
amd
entted1
into
the
Villa~
which
MendtJfa
was
not
able
to hin–
der. for the
Enemy
was d0uble their num11er, and their Musketiers expert, and
well
exercifed: fo
that now
thelr
'}uarters were changed,
for
Carvajal
was
entted
into the Fortiliicatroo, and
Lope
tt8
Mmdofa
remained in the open Field.
Carvajal
s
Souldiers
had
now time
to
plumier the
Village
where
the
Enemy
had left
theit
Riches
3
and
where,
befides their Clothes
and Gatments,
they
took
fifty
thonfand
pieces of
Eight
im
Bars of Silvtt, which
Lope
de
Me11dof_a,
whfn
firft
he
defcended
from
the
Mountains,
had
antfed
to
be bmugbt
from fev€ral
parts,
where
he
and
Diago
Centeno
had hid,
them, when they
fled from
Fnmcifco
dB
Carvajal :
with
this
money he
intencled
to have paid
the
Sonldiers, but
they
were fo generous
that
very few
or
none would
aa!ept
thereof; that
fo
for
the
futun~, wh~
they
fhould
come
to receive the reward of their fervices and fufferings for their loyalty
to
the
King,
they
might
then have to alledge> that they had receiVed no
pay
nor fubfi–
{tence from his Majefiy
1
but
had ferved
him
at their own charge, coff
and
ha–
zard ; as they accordingly made known afrei:warcds in their
petif
ons. And this
became a.common cu!lome among
the
Souldiers, not onely of thofe
(who
wer@
called of the InvaGon)
butof
other noble and brave Sooldiers of
Pe-1u,
ho
foor–
ned to
receive
any
pay,
and were angry when
it
was dffered, fratrding much
u~
on the honour of ferving
withou~Y.refent
intereft,.
but
onely
in
hopes
and expecta–
tion of a future reward:
but
it
th@ neceffities
of
any
paJticular perfan
were
(o
great as to enforce him
to
receive fubfifience money,
lni!
would riot. accepc
it
by
way
of
pay,
but
as money
lent,
giving
his
obligation
to
uebay
it
ag~
ro
his
Ma–
jefty's
Excheqtaer, when
they
were
enabl~d
fo
i:o doe
j
wln·ch
engageme'nt
th€y
performed
with
much
pnnCtuality,
franding greatly on 1the· hoootir of a SouldieJ;
7
S
~~~
.
.
CH
AP.
!(XXVJII.
The
AJventures
of
Francifco
de
Caivaj~)
be
overcon1e's
and
k.f,as
Lope
de
~Iendo~a;
and enters
infO' the
Charcas.
"T
T~ilO:
the
Sm~.ldiers
of
Carvajal
were difperfed and plundetmg the
Village,
V
V .
It
feems
a~
if
Lope
_de Mendopi
had
loft an opponunity
and the/
right
time
o_f
falling
upon h1_s
Enem1€s; but
Mendofa
apprehend€Cd that
CarvajM
was fo
vi–
g1fan&
~
to
leav~
hJJm
no.
foch
advant~ge
; which
indee.d
fu
appeaI~d
accordingly,
for
no
fooner
did
Car:vaJA
<?bfen:e
his
m~n
to
be
difpt:tf€tl, bu he
immediarely
founded~
alarm, _with
w
u:h
h1~
men
immediately
remtired
ti©>
theii;
Cokmrs,
and remam
ed ~11 nrghc
drawn
up
1n
po{h1re
ofBat'.teL
And
now
ta
deceive
the
Ene.my, he
fe1gn.eda Letter
from
0ne
of
his. S@ul
drers which
he delivered co be
cat~nedb~
a
n 11:du1.n,
who fpake very good
Spanijh,
inftr.Ci¢ti·Eg
~
1
m
what
to
fcly
to
gam a beh€f:
1~ t~at
Letter
he
was
a<lvifed to
fa1
1 in ID~oo Cm-'
V~aJthat
night,
and to charge him m
tw~
feveral places, and rhati he woNld
dnem
t.mdmany ·chat
would revolt over to his
fide,
for rnofb
were
Oif~ented
·
th
e w hichdivers
would
nav~_done th~
day oofore,_
but
that!
tfaey.
feared thee &oc.
im
nhe.itpaffige
over unto
rum.
Thus
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