840 / 1060
Royal
Comm.entaries.
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dred Soaldiers, bringing the Cannon with him, with part of the Money
Ar
and
Spanijh
Cle>ths: the remainder he left behind, and was afterwards
bro~ght ~
che
Accountant
(ohn
de
Ca~ceres,
by
which
~e ~eceffities
of the Souldiers were
abundantly
~upphed.
In
hk~ mann~
the
Lzcenciado
Pedrd
Ramire~,
Judge of the
Co~rt
at
Nicaragua,
came
thither
w1ch
about
twelve
Horfemen
in
his
company
havmg
lef~
about a
~undred
and twenty Foot-f?uldlers on
their
march
thi·her :
who came m
about
eight
days afier.
The
Admiral
Belalfacar
came
in
thither
al–
fo
with about cweocy Horfe in his Company, having travelled four hundred
leagues..
Captain
Diego
Centeno
brought
in
thirry
Horfe of chofe \\ho had efcaped
·
from the BatteI of
Hu1trina
and met together on the road , one of which ,,,, as his
dear Companion
Gonfalo
Silveftre,
and Parmer
in all his
misfortunes
:
Betides
thofe
here named were many ocher Souldiers of lefs note and
fame,
who
in all
made up a Body of three hundred men. The Prefident rejoiced much co fee his
Army
fo
much increafed, and courageous, and co confifi
of
men who
C:Jme from
far Countries
~o
ferve his
Majefty;
and particularly he
was
pleafed co fee
Diego
Centeno
who
was
a perfon of loyal Principles, and endued with excellent·
par~
both of
body
and
mind,
for he was much a
Gentleman,
and a moft comely Per–
fon.
The lall who came to the Army was
Pedro
de
Yaldivia,
Govemour
of
Chile
with about eight
men
on
Horfe-back:
In
praife
of whom
Palentiw
hath
fpoke~
very fine things.
And
Garate,
in the fifth Chapter of his fevemh Book ufetn
thefe
words:
The Prefident having removed his Ca{Dp from the Valley of
Saufa; Pedro
de
P11!–
divia,
who was Governour in the Province
of
Chile
came
in co his
affifience.
This
PaldJvia
came
by
Sea
co
Lo1
Reye1,
with intention
to
furniili himfelf chere wich
men
,
and
ammunition.,
cloathing
and other neceffaries for the total fubjettion of chat
Councrey : but being landed
there ,
and underfianding the {l:ace of the croubles
then in traofaction; .both he and his men refolved to employ themfelves in
chis
War; and accordingly, with great quantities
of
Money which they brought with
them ,
they
took the dirett
way
towards the Prefident ,
to
whom the perfon of
Ya/t/jvia
was
of
great ufe and reputation: for though
maoy
rich Men and other
principal
Captains
had followed the Prefident before
Valdivia
appeared , yet no
perfon
\~
as
efieerned
fo
experienced
in
War as he ;
and
whofe
Art
an<l
Skilfulnefs
in
Military difcipline
might
be oppofed
to
the Scraregems and Contrivances of
Fr1111-
cifco de CarvAjal,
to
V\
hofe Government and
Indulhy
Gonfalo
Pip1rro
had
been be–
holding for many of his Succeffes, and more parcicularly in the late Bartel of
Huarina
againfi
Diego Centeno:
fo
that the Prefident's whole Army was
affrighted
and remained in apprehenfion of
chis
perfon, umill chey recovered their fpirits
and courage by the coming
of
Valdivia.
Thus far
Auguftine
de
Cara.te:
who after
he had praifed
Pedro
de
Valdivia
very
much, he exro]s
Francifco
deCarva;al
much
more, and with very good reafon, for certainly he \':as far the beH Souldier of any
that
was
come into the new
Vv
orld.
Diego
FC'mande~
the
Hifiorian
ha ing con–
firmed \; hat is before related
o(
Pedro
de
Valdivia.,
adds farther
in
his fecond Book,
Chap.
8
5'.
as follows
verbatim.
And in regard fome curioas Reader may defire to
know
the caufe and reafons which might
move
Pedro
J..e
Yaldiv.iato
undertake
chis voyage, I (ha]), for better underfianding
of
this Hiao
ry, deliver the caufes
and reafons which might excite him thereunto.
The Govemour
Pedro
de
Valdivia
being in his Provinces of
Chile,
received
intel–
ligence, that
Go'Ylfalo Piprrro
nas
in
Arms againll his
Majefiy.
And fame fay
that
Letters and Correfpondences paffed
between them, \
hich
if
fo,
'cis
cercaio
f/a!divitt
concealed
them,
as
if
no fnch thing had ever been.
I:-Ii
chief bufinefs ' as co
borro Gold of thofe men ,
horn he
koe
co be momed men ; upon
pretence
chat he might therewith fend
Francifco
de
ViOagr~
to
Pert:'
ro raif: r:ien,
to
i:i.ake
an entire Conquell: of that Counrrey ;
but notw1thllaod10g
all
his importunmes,
he coula not find a man who '' ould le d him a
fc
nhing.
Whereupon
Pedro
de
Yaldivi'a
fummoned
chem
all together and told them, that mce they refolved
nee
to lend him the Gold he
ould borrow
of
chem ; he gay
fi
~e
licence co as ma_ny
as pleafed to go
to
Pm•;
~
here Chewing the quamities of •
Id
rhey
brough~' ·~ch
them, it would bring their Councrey inro reputation, and
be
a means to
lllvice
people to come and plant there. Hereupon many prepared for che voyage'· and
intended
to
embark
in
the Pore
of
Va/para
ifO
(
which
is
about ten leagues
d1flanc
from
the
Cicy
of
Santiago)
and with them
Francifco M l'illagra
\'.as o
goe
alfo,
~g