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perfuaded him long fince
to
difmifs thofe men, ofwhom there being no affur
chey were unfit to
be
entrulled with ,fo great a concernmeor, wherein
Efl:ate
L~~
~nd
Honour did confifi. This particular is alfo noted by
Lope:{. do Comara,
Ch;p
1 ;:
m
thefe words:
·
·
Pifar ro
,
fays
he ,· marched out \Vith above a thoufand
Spaniardt,
ofwhich
two
hundred were Horfe, and five hundred and
fifty
Mufquetiers ; but
he was v
doubtfull of four hundred who
had
ferved under the command of
Centeno
\ii;h~
caufead
him
to
keep a firiet guard over them; and
to
kill
forne of them
with
L~ces
who
attempted
co
make an efcape,
& c.
Thus far this Aurhour.
Bue on
the contrary, The Prefidem remained with a!furance of the
faithfulne{S
cf
rhofe who revolted over to his
Party:
particularly
( as
hat Amhour reporcs
in
th_e fai:ie Chapter,
whi~h
is very_ long) he was well fatisfied in the
P
·omife
which
LJcencutdo
cereda
feat
Im~
by Friar
A»tonlo
de
C~ftro
f
the Order of
Preachers,
who
was Pnor
at
chat
ume
of
Arequepa,
that
m
cafe
Pip:irro
came not to terms
of agreement with him,
he
was refolved upon breaking off
the
Treaty
ro pa{S
over co the Emperour' Service.
'
With chis affurance the Prefident held
a
Confultation ' ith his Captains,
whe–
ther it were bell: immediarely co engage or dedine Fighting for fome time:
And
though they were
all
of opinion,
chat
to avoid the effulion of bloud it
were
bee–
t
r
co
forbea r ; yet, confidering the neceflities they fhould be fpeedily forced inco
for want
of roviGons.and of Wood, and more efpecially _of
Water, .
which
they
brought from
far ,
wh1lft
the
Enemy was abundantly fupphed therewith;
it
was
refolved
to
engage
che
next day;
Jefl:
thefe inconveniences happening by
fuch
de–
lays, che Souldiers being enforced by hanger iliould run
to
the Enemy:
bur
on the
fame
Pifarro
fent fame Articles and Procefrs
to
the Prefident, as
the
fame
Au–
thour
e
pre!fes in thefe words.
Pifarro
fent two
riefl:s one after another, to require
Gafca
to
fhew
to
him
in
writing
>
his Commiffion and Command of the Emperour : and
that
in
care
it did
appear
in
the original writing that his Majefiy did enjoin him to leave the Go–
vernment , he was ready
to
yield
all
obedience thereunto, to
refigo up his
Power
and
to
abandon the
C
untrey. But in cafe he refufed
fo
to doe, he then
decla–
red,
that he was refolved
to
give him battel, protefiing againfl: him
for
all the
bloud and miferie
whi
h lhould thence enfue.
Gafca
being
informed
tha t thefe
Priefis had been dealing with
H ino;ofa
and others,
to
fu bvert
t hem
from their
dueµ,
he caufed them to be deteined, and fem word co
Pifarro,
that he was ready
to
grant
free
Pardon to
him
and
all his
Followers ; adding how great honour
he
had
gai–
ned in being the principal infirument
to
procure a revocation of the late Ordinan–
ces which would now be completed in cafe he would accept of the.grace
and
favour
of his Majefiy, and enter into the number of his faithfo
11
ervants :
thac
all
chofe
who were engaged on his fide would have eternal obligation
to
him
for
obtai–
ning a
Pardon for them, and putting them into a condition of fafety
and
riches,
without the hazard of Batt
el ,
wher-ein they may be flain or be t ken Prifoners ,
co receive the punifhment of their Rebellion. But all thefe words were
''ind,
and they might as well be preached in the Defarr to the Woods and Rocks as to
minds
fo
obfiinately inclined , or co defperate men, and fuch as believed them–
felves invincible
5
and the truth
is,
their
Camp was
well fortified by the lituation
of the place, and was well furniilied with all Provifions, and attended
by
che
fervices of
Indians.
Thus far are the very words of
Gomara.
And whereas he fays,
that
che
Indian1
were very ferviceable to them is mofi true ; for generally che
Jndi–
an.r
ferved
Gonfalo P if ar-,-o
with more a:ffettion than others· by reafon that he
was
one of the
firfi
Conquerou s whom they called Children of the Sun, and Brothers
co their Kings the
Inca's;
and therefore gave them the title of
Inca'
.1;
and particu–
larly
they bE>re
a
Gngular love and refpelt to
Gonf alo Pifarro
for
being the
Bracher
of the Marquis
Francifco
l'ifarro;
they bewailed his death with much cendernefs
and
compaffion.
The night before
it
was refolved to give the Enemy Bartel.,
{ohn_ de
Acojla
\\ as
appointed to attack them with a body of four hundred men, m
vvhich
he was the
more forward , in hopes to recover the Credit he had lofl in the late Defign ;
~y
his mifcarriage in which, he was taxed of negligence and
w~nc
o.f knowledge m
War: and ic was well
known
how much
Carvajal
lamented
h1
misfortune,
by
b~ing denyed che conduet of that Affair whereby he hoped
to
have
crowned
all
~ts
former Aetions and confummated
the glorious exploits of his
old
age.
Bue
wh1lll
'
(ohn