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R.oyal

Cominentaries.

BooK

Re~e, detached

tw.o

~ aptains of.

Hor.íe

·for ihe fuccour ·and relief of chem,"

fup–

·,pofing rba.t th~

lndiani

\1pon figh

c .ofoh

e .Hqrfe would immediately,.run, and be

.put

JOi

flighr,

·as formérly xhey had ,clone in

Caf{amarca,

where.they abandoned

and forfo0k cheir King. -. So·foon as rhe Hórfe came·.up to che Station of

f2.!:i'<--

•

qui'<-j,

he made

feigned retrea'.e

ro ·

cer.tarn Rocks .and Moumains, .where che

Hmfe could not pafs, ·nor.·doe :any fervi~e, continuing

íl:ill

a defenÍlve Fighr, as

they re(ifods entertaining ·the

SpanÍl1r.d1

with a .Skirqiiíh for che [pace .of chree

.hours, by·which time their Hotfes became faint and tired ; of which chel

Indilms

taking advantage, fallied forth with tbat whole Body, which by the Commarrd'

and Conduél: of

f2.!:i'<-quiz.

were lodged within the Ro<Jks and Mountains ; and

aífailed the

Spa11iard1

with fuch fury, that they killed fevenreen of them ; though

a certain Hiíl:orian mentions onely five or fix, befides fome that were wounded,

and orhers caken Prifoners, and cl1e reíl: efcaped by the fwiftnefs of their Horfes:

che

l11dia111

feventy were ílain ; chofe that were taken, were

Francifco de Cha–

ves,

who was one of the Chief Commanders;

PedroGonfalu ,

who was after–

wards an Inhabitant of

Truxillo, Alonfo

Alarcon, Hernando de Haro, A fonfo de

Hojeda,

who fome years afcerwards fell into

deep a melancholy, chaehe !oíl

his fenfes and underíl:anding, and died in

Truxillo

;

alfo

Chriftopher de Horo1:.co,

Native of

Seville

;

'10h11 Diaz,

Gentleman of

Portugal,

befides feveral orhers of

' lels

account, whoié Names time hath aboliíhed.

Alonfo de Alarcon

was taken

by the fall of his Horfe, with which his Leg was broke fhort off acche Knee

and chough the bone was afcerwards fet by the

Indian1,

who took greac care of

hit1;1, and of the others who were wounded , yet he remained lame for ever

after.

~ h qui:z:.,

havii1g gaio~d this advantage, like an experienced Caprain, wonld

not ílay untill che re,rnainder of che

Spanifh

Forces were come uµ, bue recreated

with his people towards

.G11fT11mam1,

~o roeee with

Titu Arauchi,

Brother of tlie

late King, who ( as he had ,heard) was on his march : And to cut his way as

íhort as he could, he paífed a great füver, and chen burm che Bridge, becauíe it

was made of Ofiers, that

th.e

Sp11niards

might not

able ro fo.llow in che

purfüit of them.

Having mee with the

Inca Arauchi,

they both agreed to recuro to

CaJT11m,ma

there to confider of Affairs, and

treat of chofe tbii:igs which mighc conduce

to the co¡T)mon good, and welfare of che peop!e ;· and

accordingly chey pro·

ceeded.

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