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the King in all the days of his life; but
Gonfalo Silveftre
returned him no
anf
w
but fpun d
up
his Horfe and went a\: ay.
Th.
Sr
ry
I
have heard from thofe
erf
Pifarro'
Par~y,
and
like~
ife from
Silvejlre
himfdf, and on the report of botlt
fide I relate it here.
Gon f alo Pifarro,
in purfoarice of his ViCl:ory, thought not fit to enter
Cem
.
's
Ca~p,
having
un~cril:ood t~at
hi Souldiers
V\
ere in
it
already, and , ere
;i~
0
0
_
'
derm~ th~
T nts m great
~eat
and fmy : '
h~refore,.
returning to his o\\ n C'.-amp,
he found
1t
had alfo been pillaged by
Centeno
s oukhers, at the time
hen
they
thought the Vietory
'~·as
theirs, and chat they had taken from thence all the Hor–
fes and
~ules
they could feife,
V\
hich ''
e~e
nm ' utefull
i~
their flight.
Francifco
de
~
arvaytl
on the other fide purfued the V1etory, not to kill
Spaniard1,
\\
ith Clubs
which cwo
Negroes
carried, as
Palentino
report Chapter the eightieth and
fays
~
that he
kill
d ab ve a hundred ; which certainly had been a very
cr~el action~
bat
it
is good neither to flatter men ' ith
praHe
who do not deferve-ir, nor
yet
c~
calumniate or accufe
·herein men are not guilty: the truth is,
Carva;al
kill d none
after the Bartel, but remained fatisfied with hi Vietory, which he had obtained
folely by his own good management and in
flry, ( as was manifefi) and might
be attributed to his great skill and experience in martial affairs; and therefore he
might "ell triumph and glory, that be himfelf had killed a hundred men in that
Barrel, fince the \ hole fuccefs of that day was effeeted by hi extraordinary
con.
duet.
Lopez. de Gomara,
Chap.
1
8 3.
refletts on the words of
Francifco de Carvajttl,
and defcams farthtr upon them, and fays, that he boafied of the fatisfacHon and
pleafure he had in killing a hundred men, amongft
hich one
\'(;as
a Friar, who
faid Mafs : but if thi report be not true,
\'(: e
may then lay the cruelty at the door
of this Authour, and not of this great Souldier, who onely gloried
in
his
Victo–
ry,
&c.
Thu far
Gomara.
Francifao
de
Carvaial,
having atchieved fo much honour and glory, careifed and
dealt kindly
~.Tith
his Enemies ; for the next
day
after the Bartel, being informed
that feveral principaJ men of note, belonging to
Centeno,
and profeffed Servants to
his Majefl:y, were wounded, and
lay
concealed in the Tents of fome of his Soul–
diers,
V\i
ho our of friend01ip took care for their cure, he with all diligence made
fearch after them, which all people imagined at firfi was \\. ith delign
tO
kill them;
at length he found eight of them, one wa
Martin
de
Arbieto
a
Bifcayner,
a perfon
of noble defcent and valiant, of whom we have formerly made mention, and
whom we fhall have occafion
to
name hereafter; another
\1\
1
as
a Gentleman of
Sa..
lamanca,
cal led
{ohn
de
St. Miguel;
another was a Gentleman born at
Cafra,
named
Francifeo
Maraver.
I
knew chem all three, and rhe other five .alfo, but I have
forgot their names; all
V\
hich
Carvajal
finding very much wounded, he [poke par–
ticularly to every one of them, and told them that he was troubled to fee
d1em
in that condition, and defired them to take care of their recovery, co which
if
he
could contribute, he defired chem freely co command
it
of him, a!furing chem,
that he
\1\
ould be as carefall of them as of his ov;·n Brothers; and that when they
were cured he would readily grant them their freedom and liberty
to
depart; but
if they would refolve to
fl:
y with him, he would make
it
hi bufinefs to ferve
them all the days of his life. Moreover he cau[ed Proclamation to be made tho·
rough the whole Camp, That \ hat Souldiers foever belonging to
Centeno.
which
lay
wounded, fhould freely difcover themfelves and demand help for their cure,
which fuoald be adminifired
co
them, and money,
if
they wanted
it,
and he pro–
rnifed to take the fame care of chem as he did of
his
Lord the Governour.
This
policy
Carvajal
ufed. co allure the hearts of the Souldier to his Par!Y : for he was
not ignorant, chat benefit and care!fes
~re
mar-
prevale~t
than
r!gm~r
and cruel·
ties; the which he exercifed towards his declared enemies
ftand~og
.m
defianc~,
,
but was more gentle and complemental with fach as he perceived mclinable to
his
Party.
CHAP.