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Royal Commentariu. BooK Il'
This invention ofChain-bullets was brought from Flandm to Pmt by Pedro Je
"f/ergara, with che Guns which were made ~or the_m. I remember to have feen
fome of them in my own Coumrey ; and m Spam I have ~en them, and made
them ; and there I was acquainced }Vith a Ge[ltleJ.JJan called Alot1fo de Loayfa, a Na~
tive of Truxillo, who was wounded in that Battel, having bis lower jaw, with his
teeth and gums, carried away with one of thofe ~ullets ; he was the Farher of
Francifco Loayfa, who lives tnis day at Coz..co, and is one of chofe few Sons of che
Conqeerours which remain and enjoy the inheritance and porrion divided to rheir
Fachers : and according to this form , I have feen others like thefe rnade for
Cannon.
But to return to our Story of the Batee!. Rodrigo de Orgonnof, :md his Comrade
Pedro de Lermfl, obferving che greac execution which che Harquebufiers rnade up–
an their peo_ple, charged che Squadron QÍ Horfe, cornmanded by Hernando Pift1rro,
hoping co'find, and kili him, whi,h was ch~ 1,1ltirnate .end of cheir expeérarion,
for chey perceived chc1c che Viétory began to incline coche Gde of rheir Enernies;
and (eccing chemfelves juíl: in the Fronr of H~rnqndo, and his Cornpanion, whorn
they difti11guiíhed, and knew by their Coals of lncarn;uion-Velver, they charged
chem wich greac bravery and refoluciop. Orgo11no1, who carried his Lance in irs
"In Peru,for Reíl: full-bucc againíl: Francifco de Bar1thona, h¡¡ppened to direét it righr upan * che
wam of Ber- B h' h ~ h. c. 1. hb . d f . be s·¡
gandines or eaver w 1c covere4 is ,ace ; w 11C emg ma e o a mixture, tween 1ver
Read-pie::es , and Copper, opened wich che blow, and gave paífage to the Lance which ran
chey wore a into hi~head ; wich whid1 falling to che ground, Orgonn~. proceedecl forward, and
~~~ of c:r- ran another wich his _Lance _into.che breaíl ; and chen laying his hand to \1is Sword,
che/ Fac~ he had performed Miracles m h1s own Perfon ~ b~t chat an unlucky ~ham, ~r Par–
like a croís cridge-fhoc, from arquebuÍlers, ílrook h1m 1n the forehead, ivuh which he
Bar. loíl: boch his Gght force. Pedro de Lcrma, and Hernando Pifarro, encountred
each ocher with Lances; bue being mounted on Genners, they fixed rhem
noc in che Reíl:s, bue in anocher manner ; which was chis : Ar chat time, and
long after, duriog all the time of the Civil Wars, the Spaniards made cercain Ca–
fes, or H:olíl:ers of Leacher, which were faílned to che bow of che Sadd!e, and
reached to che neck of che Horfe ; and rhen putcing che end of rhe Lance inro
the Holíler, che ir under che Arme like a Reíl. In chis manner paí–
fed many brave becween ihe Spaniards in Pern ; for che Encouncers, or
Juíl:s, \yere wic rce boch of Man and Horfe; bue all chis needed not
againíl: die Jndians, who[e Skins were pierced wich a more eaGe füoke of che
Arme. We have judged fic ro give chis accounc of che offenÍlve and defenlive
Arms of my Councrey, for che becrer underílanding of whac is Liereafcer ro be
treaced. l3uc co rerurn unco che Combar becween Herna11do Pifª" º, and Pedro
do ür,r,a, ir happened in chis manner: The Lances of borh rhe Duelliíl: being
very longl and cher~fore more plianc, or noc fo íhffas chey defired, boch ofrhem
aimed low ar each other ; fo chac Hernando Pifarro fotely wounded his Enemy in
the chigh, piercing the Coac of Male vvhich covered ir. PedM de Lerma woun–
ded Pi~arro's Horfe ,in che Forehead~ which razed che skin, and \Yith rhe fharp
poinc of che Lance eLJt che head-ílall of rhe Horfe ; and chen making a fecond
charge, he happened to bear upon the purnmel of che Saddle wich fuch force
Ehac chougl, ir were made for \iVao& yec it broke and gave way to che Lance'
which paf{ing forward, pierced che Coac of Male , and wounded Picarro in th;
belly, chough noc morcally; for che Horfe being over-born, fell báckwards to
che gr0tmd ; by which means yielding ro che force of che íl:roke, he faved his li[e
which ocherwife had b~en in grea.c dangen; for had rhe Lance found foil reGíl:enc:e1
\t had pa(fed qu-ite thorow his Entrails. · '
On chis occaGon boch our Hiíl:orians having juíb caufe ro applaud the Frowefs
and Valour of O,rgonnof, do almofr ufe che fame words.. Augttjlint C11rate in rhe
Encomiur.n which he g~ves of him, faich :is follows ~
'' In this. Fight Rodrigo Orgonno¡ was wounded wich a Chain·fhoc in che fore–
" heaq, which paífed che Beaver of his Head-piece : and yec afrer this wound he
" kUled two Men wich his Lance; and wich bis Rapier he ran anocher inro che
" mquch, who was a Servanc to Hernando P-ifarro, miftaking him for che Maíl:er
" by teafün Qf his_ good Habit. Thus far Ca.rau. . '
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