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'BooK
V.
Royal Com1nentaries.
length, after a long Journey, .caufed
~Y fuor~
marches for the ·fake
of thofe
who
were wounded,
Pi9arro
and his Sould1ers arrived at
c~~·
.
Captain
[ohn
de
la Torre
had prepared to make for
b1m a
folemn
entry
un~
triumphal Arches which
he
had
ereete~
over the
~treecs~
and
ador~ed them . \~1th
Flowers ofvarious colours
after
the
Indian
manner
m
the
times
of their
Incau.
The
firft
that led the way were the Infantry with their Banners difplayed1
mar:
ching three by three in a Rank, every Captain
at the
head of
hi
Com~anJ!
;
then followed the Horfe
in
the like order; after which, and
tbat
the Souldieffi
were lodged
in
their quarters,
ollo~
ed
Pifarro
himfelf attended onely by his own
Servants and the Inhabitants who accompanied him; for he thought
it
not conve–
nient to be introduced by his Souldiers, lefi it fhould feem
as
if
he gloried
in
an
entire Vittory over his Enemie, and made a Triumph before Conquefi. As he
entred,
all
the
Bells
of the Cathedral and Convents were rang our, and che
lndi111u
of the City, being drawn
up in
the Streets and pablick places of the City, gave
loud acclamations as he paf!ed, calling him
Inca,
and giving him thofe other titles
of Majefiy which they ufed to befiow on their own natural
Kings
in
days of
tri–
umph, che which was performed by order and dire¢tion of
{olm
de
la Twre.
The
Trumpets alfo founded, with Violins and other Infirarnents ofMufick in which
Pi
1
arro
much delighted, and had excellent good of that
~ind.
The
firfi
place he
entred
was
the Church of our Lady of the
M crced1,
where he adored the moft
Holy Sacrament, and the Image of the Virgin
his
Mocher and our Lady.
From
thence he walked on foot
to
his
Lodging, which was provided for him
ar-.tbe
·Houfe of one of his chiefOfficers called
Alonfo
de
Toro,
which
is
fituate
av.eragaintl
t
Com
eot
of the
Merced1.
I
my felf accompanied them into the
Cicy,having
gone out the day before to meet my Father as far as
~ejpicanfh"¢
being three
leagues difiant from
Co:tco
;
pare
of che way
I
walked on foot;
filld I
was
cartied
part of it by two
Jndian.r,
who by turns cook me on their Shoulders: but at
my:
·e ...
turn a perfon leading a Horfe gave me leave co ride, fo chat
I
faw
every
tltng
which
I
have here
related,
and fuch particular obfervations did
I
take rhereoR
,
that I could affign the very Houfes and Chambers, where every Captain
was
cjuar..
t
e ,
f
r
I
knew them
all ;
and though it be fixty years ago llnce
that
time
~
I
re1 1e ber the very places and Houfes where they l
odged; for we confel.1Ve things
better in our memory which we
faw
in our youth
th.anwhat ..
e have-obfevved
in
our riper ·years.
Gonfalo Pifarro
and his Souldier
s being thus entred into
Coz co>
Francifco
de
Carvajal
attended
to
give out nece:ffiiry Oroiers, and make fuch provifi...
ons as were requifite
to
carry the War forwards : he repaireg the Arms
Hich
were broken, or become defettive in the late Battel of
Huarina,
he
caufed Po
der
and Bullets to be made, and new fixed Cuch Arms
as
were not ufed, and omitted
nothing in order to carry on the War.
Of
Arms he had great-ftores; for he
had
gathered all thofe which
Centeno's
Souldier had left in the Field, and thofe hich
belonged to the men flain on both fides, and of thofe who had been deferrers;
all which her aired and re-fixed with great care and curiofity: and of
all
forts of
offenfive Arms
e
mofi eCl:eemed of Fire-arms, faying that the Gentiles had wifely
armed
their
God
'fupiter
with Thunder and Lightning, which was an Engin that
killed at a difiance as well as near. He caufed
alfo
Pikes to be made, and though
they had no
Afh
in that Councrey out of which to frame them
7
yet they had ano–
ther fort ofWood,
as
{hong and proper as that; He alfo provided:great quantities
of Cotten for making Matches ; and, in fine, he omitted not the leaft matter
which might be requifite or ufc
full
in its time and .feafon : in
all
which matters be
applied himfelf with that diligence, that he was never idle,
and
feemed not
to111..
low himfelf time either to eat or drink.
. His cufrome was always
to
ride upon a Mule of a pyed colour, I never
Caw
him on any other Beafi during the time he continued at
Co7¥l0,
andJbefore the
Bat–
tel of
Sacfahuana ;
fo
earneft was he at his work,
that
day and
ight, whenfoeveli
he
was met by his Souldiers, they always found
him
employed: And becaufe he
knew that they would murmur to fee him
fo
buiie, he would always, when be
p~ffed
by them, with his
Hat
in his hand, falute them, and inftead of faying, I
k1fs Y<?Ur
hands, he would fay,
"What
you can
perform
to day
defer
not till to
morrow,
and this faying he conftantly had in his mouth. And when they asked him.what
time he took to
~at
?
and what time to !leep
?
he would make anfwer,
That thofe
who h:td a mind to work._
had
time for every thing.
Amongfr all thefe exercifes
aoo
contrivances,
Carvajal
could not conceal
his
own fierce nature,. which_ !hewed
it
feff