4000003871

BooK

II.

Royal

'commentaries.

C H A P. -XXXIII..

Alonfo de Alvarado

1llarches to the Succour ·o¡

Cozco

5 _

and w.hat

his fuc(e[s ·was in

ihefe Travels.

foon

Marquis

Pifª"º

was recruited wich Forces, both from

AMi

de Al-

varado,

and

Garfilajfo

la Vega,

he fent Succours to his Brothers, being ;¡lto-

gecher as yen ignorant of che fuccefs of affairs ac.

Co:,;,co;

for he was neirher infor–

med that Prince

Manco Inca

wás recreaced, nor that

Almfl{,ro

was retutned from.

C&ili,

nor

his

Brothers imprifoned.

chofe Troops which carne

him,

and of

bis own, he drew out

De'tachment of three hundred Meo, well Accoutred, and

Aécommodated in all refpeéts, one hundred and twenty of which were Horfe;

_a:nd

an hundred.and eighty Foot:

Alonfo

Alvarado

was appofüted to Command

.Chief, which ·office did fotmerly appertain to

Pedro

de Lerma,

a Native,of

B11r-

gos;

who, during the Icifurreétion of thé

lndians,

had acqúitted himfelf like a, good

Commander, and a valiant Souldier ; and as he always behaved himfelf froutly

beqime him,

one day parcicularly in aBattel between che

lndians

and

the.rpa–

niards,

his Teeth Were beaten out with an unlucky íl:one thr0wn from a Sling:

Noi: was he onely -deprived ofhis Command, and che fatne given to ªnother; bur

he was ordered to ferve under

Alonfo

Alvarado_

in Qmility of Captain of Horfe :·

the which Aétion, as fome coníl:rued it, was. unpolitickly done by' che Marquis, .

and without due confultation ; for fince he was refolved in a 1nanner to degradé'

him, he h~d

better

have k€pt him in

his

0wn cornpany, than to have caufed him

to ferve under

Petfon againíl: whom he cdnteived fome piqaes'df'Emulation :

And

indeed

Pedro

Lerma-d~d

.more refent this·circumfiance, than étie depriva–

tion

his,0ffice'; for t,h~y ')Vere both of the fame Countrey, and b'Otih Noble~

nij

a:píece'

óf'pride incideon

the Nature of Mankind, rátheM:ó fubmic

tbe comtnand o(

Strángef-;}~o,úgh ·of meaner rafik and qu~lity, thari

his equal

(i)t-Jd'1efame ~'Oun&ey: .Aoo!fi'brí1 this ertour it was, that

Pifarro

afterwards loíl:

merf~r(une

ofl(He·day; ás

wé'rfl:iall fee lyi:he fequel of the Story. ,

-' W.hen the da-yfappoínted for,the departtir@- of the[e Force.s.grew near,

Gar,ilaffe

de'VJ.·Ve¡,d

defüed fkencé

óf

th¿

Mar<1uis, rhát he might

with

the other Captains ·

éµipioyed .in

tl)js

ad\renture fór' relief and fuccout of his Brothers ; to \1/hich the

~ttiuis

tnac.je

anf;Ver, that

be füoultl

!uddeñ_\y .ha:7e 9ccafion of mor~ f~ppli~s,.

and that then

he.

lñould

(~ne

Commandér

th1ef of them

but

Garelaffó

m- .

fü:n~ly

preífed rhat.hrs <delires might

n,ot

defeilred, for thal! IYe tould not be quiet

in füs-núnd, when he confid~ted the

dillref~

hf his

Lcmiílüps

Brothers

for ,ha-

, ving arr efpedal Priendfhip

f15r

them, and reláred

to'llfuetn

as Courttreymen, he

cóuld nQt pardbn him[elf, ·in .éáfe he .fil1ou'l'(!J:.be guílty 0f temifnefs , ·and be a

fe-

. c-ond; and noc one. of the

firff

ro yield, aliti'~ad:tníniíl:er'Aid l!o dhem in their' di–

ftrefs; and that fot tbe recruíts which

Wér~

het-eafrer to'bdI~íllt, he did not

d0uoc

bm that he was furnifhed wich Commanelérs, unto

whgmrhe

1~1gh~ würthlly'com–

rnit

that charge. .The Marquis yieldíng ac length tQ his .imporcunicy, fuffered

liit:n··tb·

'éilepar ·

wíth

the otHers ;

caking"ch~ir March by way

ofi.the

Pifaín~;

as far

ás_'Nanafta/

tcrFaVóid the bad and diffit~lt piaillig1rs, chéy-carne tcri'.he::~amifüll

Vall,ey

óT

P/ldJ.a't!amac,

whereiab0ut fou¡; Léag4es diftanc ftbrf.i

l~1 Riy'tÁs]

íil;tey,

-\1v.~re

ertgaged

fh'

a-'.81óutly

Battel ag~infl: che

lndiqns,"\Yhd

wer-e

{l:iitrl

in.

At-Ifts,

~11'Éi

á'

~e-ay,

·riotwiíMPandlng that t1ietr }:r(nce·

vfas'

r@tíredl inté>

é.bíe

MbuntaiiiJsr;JarM h'ad'

ú~fil1

that time always beateh'

the

SUcco'(,Jts 3kttich1:had

,bJ'€¡:¡;

foi;Wc0:,c(/\ióJf,abd

. w1rh chat ,encouragement aciye'hfured to

·€1\gagt

w1di

Ato;,!fo.·· de

Alvartfdói

lfiigi:fühg

.a long time wir9 .much bravery ;. .but being now in che open Field, wichout the

' C(?V.ert and

.defenté bf

Ót!GS

'ii'iíd MtiahtaW/ yvher-€

rne~ ~Yrfe

.GtJirfthiéktfervice '

!'t}atfy

~he.tmliani

were

fl_hWi,

bat in the éraggy

an\\l \.VO{:jf:!y:M~tíñt'ái'ps-tlWy

dM,

fn'u~l-i

mitt:1:

ief.to

~he-,Spámk~ ft l<llli~

eleve.i,\.~f

tnerr\,

á1\aféveti

Hor:f¿5,.

Ífirofni

fh'eike

Alonfo ,de Alvnrado

rna ·cbe'd forward, ran~

make the,n:iore

há-íle,

rbe•

•tra,J

D d d d

veUed-