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Royal Commentaries.

Having thefo Hopes and Expeétations of Viétory, they.ríi'arched for~

ard_; on

the ocher ftde, the Captaias.and' Officers of

A/varado

iílqed out Orders

for

the

Fighr, and for D'efence, but were not obeyed·; for it was night,

arra

,mofr of

thern enga'ged in\ che Confpiracy; the Hor-femen pretended, that theít, Lances

were íl:oln from th~m, and cafl: inro

tlfo

River; the lnfantricómplained that thei~

Muslters, Cro~-bows, and Pikes, were hidden, and laid afid!! ;

tbat non~ obey;

ect

the Command of their Ca¡;>tains, but every one was

rnpfufton, and fQllbwed.

his

own Fancy. ThG>fe thac were appointed to defend cl1e·R.iver, and fecur.e the

Bridge, iníl:ead of repulíiog che Enemy , direéted them where they mighc pafs

with moíl: eafe and fecurity; and in regard it was night,

that che

Alfnagrians

C<iJQlti

not dffcove'r che fordable places, rHe J.l>arry on th~ Gtber ftde dirli{t:eS and·

gili<led che1l'l' over, and chofe ar the Bridge invited and ~íim;ed them,. th__apl\ey–

mighc pafs without fear. By thefe means

Don Diego dé Alrllfigro

obtaineq a Yiéto–

ry-;

anti

took

A!onfa. de,Alvar11do, Garcilaf{o de la Pega, Go-/lfei:., de T.ordoya,.

'and Cag–

tairi

Vtl/alva,

Prifoners, witl-i other Captains and Officers of~He Army, witH abouc

aá lmndred common Souklkrs, who re(ufed

enter into rhe·Conipiracy; all

which

was per-formed without che lofs of one Man, eit~er kiljed or wounded on

eithet fide, onely

Rodrigo de Orgonnos

paid for ali, ~aving füs Teeth beaten out hY,

an- unlucky Stone thrown at randome from a-ílmg, rlo Man knows &ow, nor

fr0m whence it carne. Thus

Almagro,

and his SouldierS; 'retq?n~d-vi~otious, and

triumphant, unto

Co:uo,

giving out Words of Scorn and

Conte'mpt againfr the

Pifarros,

as that they would not leave

muchas ot'le

Pifar.ra

under foot (whicl:i is

a p€@ble Stmie) in aU

Peru,

rhat if they'afteéted Government, and Dom~nion, they

íh.0uld go feék ir' amm1gíl: the

M-anglare'J,

indctn chofe high M-ountaifls' whkh run

along•the Sea-cba'ft, under the );'quinofüal. T.hofe whom tbey füfpeét'ed of Ma–

lignancy towards them,,

rFiey

fe.cured under faf'e Cuftody ; and•becaufe rhey were

maFty' in nllmher ' they corrimitted tbem. unto two Prifons', fome· thex fent

tó .

the

Fercrefs,,. and others to the

Caf{ana;

which

is die comrnon· J/>r1f0ri of

t~¿;

'F0wtY.

· ·1

. , · ~,--, .

We;·liavé· fbrmcnly mencioned, how that the Marqrlis·

Pifarro,

1iaving dif:.

pitEh,ecl•

Alonfa de Al~arado,

and foon after

Gome:z:, de Tordbya'

wich :Recruits and

SUl'cóúrs:

to ·

His Brothers, he himfelf remaine'd· in che City of

los Reyes,

to order

and'

difpofe thofe Troops, which carne

hirn from divers pares, according as

he had demand'ed; of which

Gomara,

in che

37th Chapter of his Book, gives

c!liis 'Ac;c0unt.

Atonfl

Puen Mayor,

Prefident and Bifhop of St.

Domingo,

.fent, under che

:: ~m,rnand' of¡ ·his Br~ther,

Diego de Fu_;n .!tfayor,.

Nati~é of

Yangu,u,

many

Spa-

nj_/f)

Mu[queuers, which were lately come to

b1m

wnh

Pedro de Vergara. Fer–

-11qt,do

Corte/

fent úpon hi{ own Ship, c~mm~n?e'd by

Rodrigo di Grijalutt,

as far as

"-f:rem

New

Jpnin,

a conht!'erab~e-quanuty of

&ms,

fuch as Lances, Sadles, and

"' Fllrniture for Horfes, &1rmems- of Silk, ar¡d o¡,e' Suit

Martin's

Fúrr.

GtA[–

per

Je.

Efpinofa

brought fi'om

Panmna,

Nombre

de Dios,

and other parts of

" the Contenent, a greac Company of

sraniards

;

an_d

Diego

Aya/a

returned

" · with

good Recruits, wFiich' h~ had

~a:

Heted at

Nicarag!'ª•

and

fl.._uahu_temallan;

" beGdes many odrers,

ftom

d1vers otHer ~ares:''

tftat

n.ow

- the Army

" r

P_,irarro

was become

far

great~r than

év,e~'

and che: nuinber of his Mufque–

"· t1ers much en'creafed , of which though Fie· bad_no great u

ainíl the

In–

dlt,tns;

y.et

they carne feafonably

bis

Aid againff

:Á-l-to,,¡ro,

al! hereafcer

" be

·re1ated;

&c.

TJfie"

Marc¡uis finding himfdf fo,' weU reinfot'ced f9r

Carat_e

repom ,· bis

1ro0ps"tdrlfiíled- of feven hundred

Spdnjards,

Horfe

a.ad

Fuot, he refolved

·perfieri-

march to che Relief of his Brorqers;

foi:

his M\nd coufd not be: ac

reff, béing

dail'y appreheníl.ons and

fears for th'em,. and could not be fatisfied

wMHt herf~mained at

far a diíl:ance': W&erefd5e' taking_bis way. by che

P1air1s ,, and' wich fhort Days Marches, lie mee che, Int~lligence whith was fent:'

hirn

A/varado,

how ' that the

Inca

was retired , thac

Almagrb

was teturned

Cow,

that two of bis Brothers were imprifoned; a1-1d

third dead; ali which

ill

News che Marquis received with a due fenfe of Sorrow and Affiiétion

Eut

that

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