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Chapter. And indeed he had much reafon for this. Affertion? for cerrainly that
paifage
is
fo
difficult and horrid
as
cannot be expreffed or defcn
bed. When
[o?n
de Acofta
underfiood by his Scouts that he was not. far from the
defcenc.ofthat.
111
way, he advanced with
fix
Horfemen
to
cake
a
view of the
En
emy~ and findmg
that
they had already poffe!fed themfelves
?(
the
top
of the
Mo~ncam,
and
~ere
fo
very numerous, he
dur!l:
not engage_ with .chem
:
the truth
is,
they
dece1v~d
him much in their numbers, and made him believe they were.
man~
more than
m
reality they were; for, as Hiilorians fay, they
~oun~ed the1~
Jndi.an.1
and
Negroes
on Horfes and Mules, and put Lances and Parufans
m~o
their
h~nds,
and drew
them up into a martial pofl:ure; and that the Enemy might not difcover the qua..
licy of this Rabble diey placed three or four Files of
Spaniard.1
in the Front well
appointed and
arm~.d
to cover the
Negroes
and
Jndian.r
in their difguife ; and then
of
che Infantry they'formed another
Squ~dron
of the like condition. The
Hi–
ftorians add farther, chat
Aceffa,
to
am~!e
Pifarro
and make him -bel!eve that
he
would doe fomeching, fent for a recruit of three hu_ndred
M~rquet1er~;
but. he
having not
aeted
according to any of
th~fe
Rules
wh1~h Carva~al h~d
given him,.
the defign was loft ; and when the Recrmts came
to
~1m,
finding
h1~felf una~le
to engage with the
P.refiden~
he retreated to
Co«o
wuhout any achon, to
glve
an account to
Pifarro
of what had paifed,
and
that the Prefident approached
near
unto the City;
.
.
.
CH AP.
XXXIII.
Gon~alo Pi~arro
puhlijhes his
Orders for the Arn;y to march
oui
of
Cozco.
Carvajal
di/fuades hinz from
it,
and puts
hi1n
in
mind
of
a Prophecy relating to his life.
'The Pre–
fident marches towards
Cozco.
The
Enemy
goes forth
to
meet him.
·
-
.
T
HE
defign of
{ohn
de
Acofta
failing,
Pi2arro
refolved
to
march
fordi and
meet
.
the Enemy, and give him Bartel; for having formerly had fuecefs againfl
Indians
and
Spaniard1,
he took the greater confidence to adventure
all
his forcunes.
on
che hazard of War.
In
order hereunto he made Proclamation that
in
four
days
time every man fhould put himfelf in a readinefs
co
march to
Sacf
ahuana,,
being four leagues from the City; but
Pifarro
having made this publication
without the knowledge or privity of his Lieutenant-General,
Carvajal
was
much troubled at it, and told him, that
it
was by no means proper,
or
agree–
able to the
welfare
of his affairs to go forth to meet the Enemy ;
for
that
was to eafe the Enemy of a trouble and take it upon himfelf;
I
befeech you;
Sir,
faid he, to believe me in this matter, and leave the condutt of
it
to me.
To which
Pifarro
anfwered, chat. at
Sacfahuana
he had made choice of a
f
poc
of Land very advantageous for him, and where
th~
Enemy could onefy at–
tack
him
in
the Front, and that he donbted not
co
gain a Vietory with his Can–
non onely. . Sir, replied
Carvajal,
in this Countrey we cannot mifs ev6ry where
~f
!lrong and
fail:
places, and
I
know particularly,
(if
you
will
be pleafed to leave
it
unto
me) to
chufe you Cuch
a
place where
you
may be afiured ofVictory.
My
meaning
is,
that whereas you defign
co
march four leagues
to
meet the Enemy
7
that you
rather
change your courfe co the contrary way, and expett their coming·
at
Orcos,
about
five
leagues from hence on
the
other fide; which if you are plea-.
fed'
to doe, you
fhall
cnen fee the trouble and confufion this farther march of five
leagues~
ill
caufe amongfi the Enemy, and the difficulties they
will
have
co
purfue
you : And then having leifore co furvey the ground, you may make choice of the
moll: advantageous fituation to give BatteJ. And I do again and again befeech
you co retreat back, rather than proceed forward to meet the Enemy, the which
I would perfoade you unto though there were nothing
ore in
it
than merely
what
fome
judicial Aftrologers have prognofrkated concerning your life; namely>
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that