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Royal Commeq.taries.

Soi .

and

fifcy

dyed for

want

of able and experienced Chirutgeons, and

Balfam~,

Pfa–

fters and other Medicaments ; and the

extre~e c~l~s

of the

Co~mrey

cqnrnbured

much thereunto ; for though that Countrey is

w1ch1n

the Trop1cks, yet

the

Colds

are often very intenfe, by reafon of rhe high Winds and lofty

Mountains.

Gonfafo

•

Pifarro

followed the purfuit with [even or eight lamed Horfes; l\'irh ' hlch they

tmtred

che

Tents of

Centeno,.

rather to own

and publHh

the Vietory, than

offend.

the Enemy; for as

Gomara

faith, in Chapter

181.

the Conquerouts themfeJves

- were

ill

treated,

that they

were not

able to purfue or offend the

Enefrly.

one

fide .

where this Bated

was

fought

that

great

Plain ,

was a

lcmg

Bog

Marili

'and about thirty or fourcy paces broad, but

fhallow a would fcarce

ferve

cover the Fetlocks of a Horfe. Before chey came to chis Bog, one of

Pi–

f"rro'

Souldierscalled

one of

Centeno'

whom

faw

covered with b!oud, both he

and his Horfe.

you hear, Sir, faid he, Your Horfe will

fall prefenrJy.: ac i\thi h

faying

Centeno's

Souldier was much troµbled, becau[e he trufied to make his

efcape

the goodnefs and firength of his florfe.

This perfon was

Gonpdo

Silveftre,

whom

we have formerly made mention;

and

was he from whom I

received

che

Infdrmation

many

thefe Paffage : and

he told me moreover, that turning his

fac~

co the left-hand, he

faw

Gonfalo

Pifllrro

himfelf, with fome few

his men, matching foftly

Centeno's

Tents, croffing

hlmfelf as he went, and crying with a loud

voice,

ref

What

Vietory

is this!

refw,

What a

Vietory is this!

which

repeated

mapy and

many Eime

A little

before they came to the Bog, a certain Souldier

Piftt-rro's

fide called

Gonftdo

J?.r

NidoJ,

overtook

Gonfalo

Silveftre

;

whom

Silveftre

n(ld

little

before

takeh

Pri–

foner, and upon his aslting Qparter and his Life, he gave him his libercy, \\'ith·

out

the

leaft

hurt

done

him: When

Nidos

knew that

Silveftre

was hi

Enemy,

cryed

out,

Kill that Traytor,

Kill

that Traytor: upon which

S i!veftre

turned

to him, and calmly faid, Sir, I befeech you lee me

alone co

dye in peace; for

in the condition

that I

ana my

Horfe are, we cannot live many minutes without -

giving you the trouble to kill us. No, faid he, No; Damne me, Thon fhalc

aye by

band.

Silveftte

looking

ell

upon

him,

and finding him

to be

the

man

whom he had

newly

given QQ.arter • Good Sir, fciid he, be patient , and ufe

me \vith

mercy

chat I

!hewed to you. But

Nidos

roared out then

louder,

and cryed , Thou art the Rogue :

Datnne

me,

am refolved for that

very rea–

fon to kill thee, and tear out

thy

Heart, and

throw

t-0

the Dogs.

Silveftre

told me,

thctt if this fellow

had

anfwered him in more moderate and civil terms, he lhould

cenainly have yielded

be his Prifoner ; but finding him

ungratefull, rude.and

barbarous, he refolved to fight with him , if his

Horfe

were able co ftand againft

him:

this

difcourfe paffed between them as they W€re wading over the Bog or

Marfh , which

was.

no place for a Combat; but

foon as they were over,

Silve–

ftre

fpurred up his Horfe,_ to try his frrength and mettle

and finding him there–

with to fpring forward and anfwer the Spur, as

he had received no hurt; and

throwing up his Head, fnorted out

fome

of the bloud which iffued from the

wound.5

on his Noftrils on his MaCer's Clothes; which when

Si/veftre

perceived, he rode

away a

gallop, feeming

fly,

that he might draw the fellow farther from his Par–

ry:

a(:cordingly

NidrJJ

purfued him, crying

out

aloud, The

Trayror

runs, and The

Coward runs: but

foon

Silveftte

had drawn him at a

convenient

difrance

from bis

Companions ,

returned

upon

him, and

gave

him a

fhoke about

the

middle with a rufiy Rapier, which he had taken from a

Neger

in the Bartel; for

he had broken the two Swords which he had brought with him that day into

the Field;. for, as

the

manner was for good Souldiers, he carne doubly armed that

is,

with on€ Sword

the

Scabbard by the fide, and another fafiened co the'Pom–

me~

of the Sad

dle. N

iJ01

was not

wo~nd

with

th€

blow, bot onely being well

affi1ghred) iran

aw.ay

to his

Par~y,

cry.mg

out? They kill me, They kill me; for

Cowards are a

lways

more valiant

with

their

Tongues

than

with their hands.

Gonfalo

P~farro

being an Eye-witnefs

himfel~

of what had palled, and of the Bra–

very o_f

S1-lveflre,

fem

Al?nfo

H_errera

after

him,_

to perfuade him with good words

and fair terms to come

and }71eld ,

that

might

doe him honour and rew3rd

him for his Gallantry and Valour.

Alonfo

Herrera

hafiened what 'he could af–

ter him, but his Horfe was

wounded, that he could not put him out of his

Trot , .

and-

foon afterward.s he dyed. of bis Wounds ; howfoever

Herrera

calJed

after him

return,

w_eanng , that

he.

would

come back , his Malter , the Go–

vernour, would doe him more

honour m one day, than he

{hould

receive from

kkkk

the

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