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Commentaries.
BooK
V.
Having ended thi Difcourfe, he ordered the Marefchal
Alonfo
de
Alvar~d
to
.go to
Rimac,.
to bring thence the
Fo~~es whic~
remained there,
as
alfo the
Guns
from the Ships, and other Ammunmon, which came from
SfMin
together w·th
what Money, Arms and Horfes, and ocher provifions for War
~hich
he
co~ld
find
at that
place. He farther ordered,
that
all Artificers and other
W
orkme
fbou_ld
alt
and labour
wit~
all
diligence
in
their feveral employments ;
namely
i~
makmg Mufquets and Fire-arms, Gun-powder, Bullets,
Pikes
Helmets Crof.
let ,
&c.
all which the
Indian.t
made of Copper with great
ingen~ity
· and
~he Ar~
tificers applied themfelves thereunto with great aJacricy and
Arr,
bei~g
chief
Ma–
fters and excellent W rkmen in their refpeetive Trades. Likewife Captain
Alon–
fo
.Mcrcadillo
was
difp~tched
away to
Huamanca,
and after him
Martin
Lope Lu/it:mo
wuh fifty men to fe1fe the paffage towards
Cozco,
and fuccour fucb of
Centeno,s
me?
1
h~ \'J\'e~e ~andring
a?d difperfed in thofe parts. And here we iball
leav~
the Prefldenc m
bIS
preparauons to fpeak of
Gonfalo Pifarro,
whom we left
in
the
field of
Huarina,
where that famous Bartel happened.
f;
,,
CH A· P.
xXvn.
Lie nciado Cepeda
and others advife
Pi<iarro
to mak_e an
Agreement and Peace with
the
"Prefident.
His
Anfwer
thereunto.
The
death
of
Hernando
Bachicao.
Pi~arro
11zak_es his entry into
Cozco.
G
Oncalo
Piptrro,
having performed the lall: office to the dead, he refolved to
march cowards
Co:l::.Co,
but he was forced
to
defer
it
for feveral days by reafon
of che wounded men, who were not in a condition to travel, and at length
they
marched ery eafie and fhorc Journies: whilfr they were thus on their way
Licen–
ciado
Cepeda
put
Pi
farro
in mind of a promife he had made
him
fome days pafr, to
enter into a Treacy with the Prefident
G
a.fca
"henfoever any feafonable and con–
venient opportunity fhould happen, which might induce the Prefident
to
admit
of fame fair and moderate terms : of
this
opinion with
Cepeda
there being divers
others, the matter was debated
at ageneral Council of Officers, who for che
greatell: part were inclinable to J
)ea.ceand accommodation, and urged
Piptrro
fo
earnefily thereunto, that he bec
ame 'ery angry and difpleafed with their impor–
tunities; as is confirmed by
Gomara,
Chap.
18
3.
in
chefe words:
In
Pucaran
fome
hard
ords paffed between
Pifarro
and
Cepeda
touching a Treaty with
Gafca;
for
Cepeda
urged that
it
was very feafonable to enter into Articles, and put him in
mind
f
his promife given him at
Arequepa:
but
Pifarro
being carried away
irh
the opinion of others and the
air
of his lace fortune, denied thac the time was con–
venient, for that propofitions for peace would argue weaknefs and fear,
which
ould caufe many co leave their Colours and
fly
to
the Enemy, and difcourage
thofe Friends who were then a&ually with
Ga.fca:
ot thofe who were of the opi–
nion of
Cep_eda,
flarfilaj{o
de Vega
was
one. Thus far
Gomara.
But
Pifarro
rejeeted
this Cou fel which was good and wholfome, and cook that
hich
was given
him
by young and rafh men,
fuch
as
John
de
Aco.fta, Hernando Bachicao
(ohn de
la Torre,
and other ,
·ho being puffed up with their late fuccefs at the Bartel of
HHari11a,
chought themfelves invincible, ·and would hearken to no Propofals or
Articles
lefs than an entire furrender to them of the whole Empire of
Peru.
Two days af..
ter this Confultacion, the Lieutenant-General
Francifco
de Carvajfll
returned from
his Journey co
Arequepa
;
and cwo days afterwards .fle hanged up
Hernando
Eachi–
cao,
for having at the Batte) of
Hu11rina
paffed over co
the
Enemy's .fide. And
though
Carvfljal
was not ignorant of this
faet
on che fame day when
1t
was
~one,
yet he deferred this Quniilimenc unciU a fitter fea(o , not thinking
it
fit to_mrer–
rupt the joy of chat fignal Vietory by the fadnefs
which
cbe
death of
fo
ancient
a.
Captain, and
[o
zealous for the caufe, as was
Hermmdo Bachicaf)
would
cauft ·
Aht
lengc ,