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11.
Royal
Gommentarier.
Hereunro
Pirarro
replied, rhat che Emperour's rnea'i-üng was, rhat every one
fuould enjoy that \vhereof he was peac
eably poífeífed, and not rhar which was
raken by force of Arms, under which rhe Government.of the new Kingdorn of
To–
ledo
would fall; and therefore he required him immediarely co quic and abandon
Couo,
and other pares in difpute, or orherwife , rhat he would chafe him from
thence by force of Arms; for lince che arrival of rhe Emperour's hte Determina–
tion, the Engagemenrs and Securities he had given of Truce, did
ali
ceafe ánd ex–
pire. But
Almngro
remaining firm and poíitive in his
firíl:
Refolutions,
Pie:irro
marched wich all his Army
to
Chintha,
of which his Commanders were fuch, as
before relared, and bis thief Couníellour was
Hernando,
his precence ar
firíl:
being
onely ro difpoífefs bis Enemies of
Chincha,
co which he hada dear and an un-
doubted Tirle.
·
Almagro
fearing che force-oí his Enemies, and noc willing
to
engage wich chem,
retreaced cowards
Couo;
and leH: they íhould purfue him too clofe in cl)e Rere, he
'cut
the Bridges, and obíl:ruéted che ways, and forcified himíelf in
Gnffi:tra,-
'a
trag–
.gy
and inountainous Couh~r~y.
Piran-o
marched clofe
afcer
him,
-a/id
having
a
t
better,
anda more nt~mer0us Artny,
FernandoPifarro,
by the benefit
of
1
~be
nighr,
climbed
the
tnountain with
his
Mufqtletiers, and
gained
che País..
,:(}._!magro
by
,thefe
lilearis beiµg
in abad condition, marched away
WiqJ,
áll
fpeed 2offi.ble,
lea–
·viñg
o,gonnbs
rb bring up che Rere, and ro retteat as'Orderly as he cou1d, wirhout
figliting, the
which
he performed accordingly ,.· though, .as
Chrifl_oph-er de ,$otelo,
and others, repott) he ha(! 'better have giveñ Battel to th~
Pifarri.fls,.
who were,
as ic were, íea-fick, being trouble with a-kind of .vomiting. For ic Was very ór–
dinary
fur
the
Spaniard.r,
whro at
firíl:
they carne out of the warm, or rath,er, hot
Plains,
and
afcended
to
the tops ofche' fnowy Mountains,
~o
be'raken wi
th a kindof
dizzinefs
in
the
Head, and
ficknefs
i,n
tbeir Stomachs, .as
if
t4ey were
Sea-ft.ck,fuch
change there
is,
and
altertition of
Air,
in
fo
íhort a diíl:ance of place.
In fine,·
A111111gro
liaving joi.ned
a.U his
Force into one·Body, march!=!d direél:ly for
Couo,
brake
all
the
Bridges behind hitn, caufed Artnour to be rnade of
Sil
ver and Cop–
_per,
with Mufquets, and othér Fire~arms; pr-Ovided che City with Vi'éruals, and
repaired the
outworks,
and old
Fortifications,
&c.
·
1
·
•
1
· , Thas far
are che Words of
G-1mlára,
which
are confirmed by
Oawe,
though
with
more brevicy.
And
becaufe thefe Authours to avoid tedioufnefs are
fo
.íhort
in
the
telation of thefe particulars, thac they becotne obfcure, we íhall
in
the
following
Chapcer ferve
tne Reader
wich a
Coment, and enlarge thereUtx>lJ
as
·the matter
requires.
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