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floundred and tumbled on all four; with the force of which the head
c;f
the
Lance broke off in his Ai:ms ; but howfoever the
Horf~
bounfing
up, ~
earned off
his
Mafter with more danger than what is here expreffed. But
Michael-
de
Vergara
was more unfortunate, for he in the heat of
his
Fury
fanfying
that the Traytor
J?if
arro
was his prifoner , purfued him within
. ree or
~our file~
of
t~e
Enemy
wnere they knocked. him down, and cut both
im and
htS
horfe
1~to
p1_eces.
·
Nor did
Francifco de Vlloa
fucceed bet.ter ,
for
as
he
w~s turn~g
his
horfe.
to
efcape,
a
Mufquetier clapt he nofe
of
his
Gul_l
on the·rems
of his
Back,_
~
htch
paffed clear through him; and another Sould1er at
t~e
fame time, cut ms horfe
over the huckfons of
his
hinder !eggs, and though he was harnfiringed thereby,
yet he was
a
horfe of that fpirit, that he carried his
Mafier
off above
ti.fey
paces,
and then both of them fell dead together; all which
I
have learned and heard
fo
very particularly that the colours of their
~orfes \~ere d,efcribe~
: This
was
the.
i/fue of the Fight between the Horfe of
P1ptrro
and
Centeno,
which was
fo
bloudy
that
a
hundred and feven horfes lay dead within the field where the Battel
was
799
~
fought,
~
hich
contained not above two Acres of ground befides thofe
which
fell
at
fome farther difiance off,
and
yet
all
the number of horfe
on
one
fide
and the
other did not amount to above
a
hundred and eighty
two~
The matter
as
very
·
firaoge, and indeed no man believed the report,
UQtill
my
Father
Garfilaf{o de 1'1-
Yega
did affure them upon
his
word , that he
had
counted them one
by
ne ,
and
thac out of curiofity, he had
taken
the account, by .reafon that the
~attel
was
fo
exceeding bloudy
that no man
would hereafter believe, that out of
fo
fmalI
a
number fo many fhould be killed.
When
Diego Centeno's
Horfemen
faw
that
Pifttrro
\\as
retreated into the Body
of
his
Infantry, they then l.:harged thofe
few
Hor[e of
the
Enemy
whi~h
remained
~ith
fuch fuccefs , that they killed them almofi all to the laft man ,
fo
that the
Vietory
was
clear as to them: One
of
thofe who were killed
was
Captain
Pedr<>
de
Fuentes
,
who had been Governour
to
Pifarro
in
Arequepa
;
he
was knocked
down with one of chofe Clubbs which the
Indians
ufe in the War; by the {hong
Arm of a Horfeman , who rifing high from his Saddle , gave him fuch a blow
with both hands on his Helmet, as beat it into pieces, and dallied out .his Brains,
fo
that poor
Pedro
ell down dead upon
the
very place. Captain
Licenciado Cepeda
was
. grievouily wounded with a Cut ov'er his Face and bridge of his Nofe, and
~as
taken prifoner, I remember that I faw him at
Co~c~,
afrer he was cured, with a
parch
f
black Taffacy of a Finger's breadth over the Scar. At chis time
Hernan-
do Bachicao,
who commanded the Lances under
Pifttrro,
hearing the Enemy found
the Lev
ofVietory , ran over to
Centeno'
s fide , and called Wimetf es chat he
was come over to the King's fervice , and claimed the privilege of the Proclama–
tion of general Pardon.
But
the other Squadron of Horfe belonging to
Centeno,
which flanked on the right Wing of the Infantry, and commanded by
Pedro
de
Los Rio.f,
and
Antonio de Vlloa,
charged the left Wing of
Pifarro's
Foot, as was or–
dered at the beginning of the Bartel ; but they were
fo
V\
armly received wich {uch
.
a volly from
th~
Enemy, chat Captain
Pedro de Riot
was killed, and l'l'lany others,
before they could come to clofe with them; whereupon they wheeled off,
and
·
would nor adventur« to engage farther with that Squadron, which was coo hot
for them,
b~ing
well fortified with Pikes and Fire·arms: Howfoever paffing along
the left Wmg and the rere-guard of
Pifarro's
Forces, they were much gaulled with
Shot from them; for that Squadron was well guarded with
TllapaI,
which in the
Indian
tongue fignifies
thunder
and
lightning;
and indeed
it
proved
fo
to that
no~
bfe
and flourHhing Army of
Diego Centeno,
which confill:eCffor the mofi part of
Gentlemen , mounted on the befi Horfes
w
hicl1
at that time were to
be
found
in all
Peru,
and which were for the moll: part that day defiroyed in tha.r bloudy
~nd
unfortunate
B~ttel.
Pifarro
had a delire to have charged the Enemies horfe
m
p~rfon,
and fought
it
out with them to the lafi, but
Carv11jal
advifed him not co
doe it, but to keep his ground,. and leave the management unto him ; and do
n6r
doubt
(fa
id he ) but very
f
peedily you iliall fee your Enemies routed taken and
kill~a. Cent~no's ~orfe
having rallied into one body, after they had paffed the
two
W !ngs of
Pz farro
s Squadron , were yet more warmly received by the Rere-guard
w~1ch
Carva1al
commanded
~o
fire briskly upon them; which they performed
v1th
fo~h
fuccefs, _that they killed many of them, and put them into diforder, and
forced cnem to qmt the
Field~
the which adion was
performoo
in fo <hort a rime
that
f~arce
had
Centeno's
Trumpets fimfhed their
Levet
which founded Viltory,
before
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