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found, nor known where he was, he hanged up a Brother of his caHed--–
Ximene~,
an9 a
certain Eriar who was
a
com~anion
to the Bifhop, and
fo .;;_
ceeded on his march ro
Arequepa :
~here
we will leave him alfo, ro
tell
what be–
came of ofe who
fl~d
fr?m
the
~attel, tha~
by the iliort elation
we make
there–
of,
the Reader may 1magme
th~
fad and
~iferable
.condition of thofe who
fled
from the Batte}, wounded and 1Utreated without V ietuals or Chirurgeons nor
fo
much as
.a
Cottage
or
S~eq
to cover
thernfelv.es~hat
night, againfi
the
~xceffive
colds which are confi:ant
m
thofe
Defarcs;
which
is
moft
terrible
and
grievous to
confider.
Gonffl,fo
Silvejlre
having thus efcaped out
of
the hands of
Gonfalo Pifarro
and
his
Souldiers, went direttly to
his
Tent, where the
firfr
thing he demanded of
his
Jndi·an.r,
was the Budget in which they put· the Infirumenrs for
fi10ing
rheir
Horfes; for it was the cufl:ome then, and many years after,
for
every
Spani4rd
ro
be prepared to fhoe lJ,j.s own Horfe,
in
cafe he fhould caft a !hoe on the Road
and accordingly
ev~ry
one carried
with
him, when he travelled, a Pouch or
Bud~
get containing about two hundred Nails, and four Shoes well ficced, with
Ham–
mer, and Pinchers, and Shaver to pare the Hoofs: and indeed it was neceffary
to
gg
fo
prQvided, in regard
the.rewere no Smiths Forges
in
the way, nor
in
any
places
but
where
.Spaniard.r
inhabited, \tvhich w,ere commonly
fixty
leagues
difiant
from ea€h otheii; and
th~
ways being rugged and rocky, it was neceffary
for
every Horfe·man to go
fo
provided : though now
I
am iqformed
that
in
thefe
days that cgpvenience is found every
w
re, and that in every Inn maintained
by
Sp1tnjart&,
there is
a·
Srnith>s Forge
for
accommodation of Travellers.
How–
foev@r
I
am
fure that
I
learned fomething by that ancient cuftome,
for
I
knew
how to fhoe my Father's Horfes, and to let them bloud when occafion offered:
for this reafon
Silveftre
calling for thefe Infl:ruments, and for a Scarlet Cloak
dyed
m
Grain, which was the habit
of
Perfons of;.Qpalicy, he departed thence,
leavllg
his
Indiam
fad and melancholy, and complaining clt-at he gave
no
belief
to
them
when they fore-told this unhappy misfortune, which
if
he had
done,
they might
have faved and fecured
all
their goods. Thus left he his
Jndian1
without any
care
or provifion made
for
them;
and
on the
way
he
faw
great numbers of people
fly.
ing
away, as well
Spaniard1
as
Jndiaru,
not knowing which way
to
go,
but
as for–
tune
direcred chem. Amongll: rhefe., about a little more than
a
quarter of a league
from the Camp, he overtook a
Spaniard
that
was
wounded,
riding
on
a
frnall
Nagg;
he
had feveral wounds,
but
one efpecially on the Reins of his Back,
fo
chat he could not
fit
upright, but lay along with his Face on the Horfes Neck:
an
Indian
Woman walked by his Horfes fide ; her left hand <he laid on his wound,
and in her right fhe had
a
fiick to fwitch
up
the Horfe; and faid to her
Maller,
pray doe ·what you can to get out of the hands of thefe Traitours and Rebels,
and
do not fear that
I will
ever leave you untill
I
fee you again fafe and
found
:
but
Silveftre
got betore him, and overtook divers others fhifcing
for
rhemfelves
as
well
as they could. By chat rime that he had got
a
little more than three
leagues
from
the
Camp,
he
Jeft
the common
way,
and got into a by path, where was
a Hole
or Pit coV,ered with Bullies and green
Grafs, which was all
the Provender
he
could give that
night
co his Horfe; but for himfe1f he had neither Supper
nOJZ
Bed :
in
chis place he alighted and unbitted his Horfe, who was
fo
hungry that
in a fhort time he left neither Grafs nor Bu{h, but ace all up, which
Si/veftre
was
fo
pleafed to fee that the good
fare
his Horfe found ferved him
alfo in
the
place
of
a Supper. About n:\-·o hours afcer above twenty
Spaniart&,
Come
wounded
and
others found
7
came co
the fame place,
with
as many
Jndian1,
who were very
fer–
viceable to thetfl at that time, for they lighted them up a Candle, and divided the•
May~
amongft chem which they carried for their own provifion. The poor woun·
ded men knew not what to doe, fighing and groaning
~
ith the pain of their
wounds ; among{! them there was one man who between himfelf and his Horfe
had twenty three wounds great
and
fmall. But' God provided
for
them
in
this
grelt extremity; for as they were ficting, they efpied an
Indittn
carrying a Ham–
per made of Straw in form of.a Chell, to him
they '"
ent and
open~d
the Hamper
in hopes to have found provdions, but there proved
c~
be nothmg
but
tallow
Candles which chis
Indian,
on fuµpofition
of
better booty, had robbed from
rhe
Tents.
'for
the
Spaniards
in
fuch Hampers
as
chofe,
which
ar~very
light
and
por–
table
~fually
carry proviGons and accommodations for their Journies. The
In–
diam·'
feeing the Candles,
cold their
Mafiers thac
chey
were
able
to
cure
dtbde
.
~~e