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II.
Royal
Comrnentaries.
And here it is
to
be naced, chac he who fenc a Narracive of
chis
Batee] imo
Spain,_
muft have been an Enemy to
Pir¡arro,
becaufe che Relacion he gave chere–
of was
to
che prejudice of chac parcy ; for he reports, thac
Hernando Pirarro
had
cloached a Servanc'of his with the'farríe Habit which he pretended
to
wear on che
day ofBaccel, chac
fo
chofe who fought for him, might reak cheir fury on hisSer–
vant, and fuffer -hinno efcape; which if
it
had been true, he mighc have defer–
ved the difgrace and charaél:er of Coward: Bue though chisSror,y was abfolmely
fa-líe, yet it
fo
far prevailed in
Spain,
and over ali
Pm s,
chat che Royal Council of
-e-he
Jndies
tQbe cruly informed. of che matter, fent for a famous Souldier, ·who
was prefent at che Batee! on
Almagro's
íide, called
Silveftte Gonz..alez.. ;
and amongft
other things demanded of hirn, they asked, Whecher in
Peru Hernando Pirarro
was
eíl:eemed for a Coward ?
In
reply unco which, chough the Souldier was of che
adverfe par~y, _yet he averred
~11,
chac which was repor\ed of
H~rnv1.ndo Pifam,
rouch10g che Combar whiclr h€ aRd his Compani9ns fougnt, anct related it in ·
fhe
filtne manner as'We have d0ne '; ·adding, ~thacfuch
Wás
the
cornmon
fame.
and,
r,epón
·conternirng,d1e paniculafaiOf that Battd. This paíTud
~e
M adrid
cowards
the latter years'ofi che I'mprifopm'ént of
Ncrnando Pipárro,
which werf- CWef)ty' thtee
in:
a~, ;_C.and ch:is ·S0ulpier ~1imfdf acguaince~'m~·1vith whache
l.iael
declar~d .ro
ch~.
K'.!ngs°C0unc1l,oft he
Indies·:
~Butr.that which gave che
firft
cól6ur
to
th1s ftahda-,
laus ,reprorr,1w~s (as•he -faid) ché
11
rnrm of Se-rya:n't, whicq we caU- a Cornpanioh
1
for
Ji.t was·faid, thia!ti he was tichly cloached; and
fo
it 1vas trae, fot,be Was habi•,
rnd exafrly like
1Pi~r:1:o,
weariñg
a
CoaJ
qf
Incarnation-coloured Velver,
which
was'.v.efy
much ílallied: Thus
far
was vei-y true,
but
d1en tlia:t,wherei-n .fhe- mi- '.
fiake
lay,
was,
tfuár
,chis Perfon wasi
a
Servant;' and not,
a
O~m,xmioh.
·
Bue
ro
pi-oceed: When rhe Souldiers
ofHmando
1
Picarro
faw
~heir Comrna:n··
der on-·che-g~ouna; rhey believed' Jhat
ht2
was kil-!ei:l; and then pre(emly
che
Ar.:
mies began to engage, an~ foqghc with fuch'bravéry,_that a gr@at ílatighte1'
1
enfüed ,
on,
boch:fides; .for they killed and rwounded eac},¡ othefwith extréme fury and <;le–
fpair.
-for.gentirig tliJat they wer@ 0f che iame N&üon and Religlon, or Brothers and
Compa11ions in Atnis ; and chat they h¡¡d entred into Atticles of Agreemenc and
-Brocher:hood
for
che 'Conqu~íl: of that Empire. The Viétory continued
for a
much longer cime·doubtfull than was believed ;
for
chough che
Almagrians
were
rnucli inferiour in their Numbers, yet .che ochers being equat in their Courage ,
and "Art
ofWal)
1
made grnat refitl:ence; bue che advantage which che other parcy
had ,by,,cheir Harqpebufes was
fo
gre
4
t, that with che lofs of many lives they at
laft
yidded~
ancl
after moíl: of them were ~illei:l and wounded, che reíl: were put
to flight; when in the purfuit .che cruelcy and ílaughter was greate1; chan in che ·
Batt~l, ººt par.donipgchofe who were already conquered, and had yidded to their
fcm:e; as
Carate -ánd Gomara
do both avouch, one in che
1 1
th Chapter
of
the
third Book,
and
che other in che Chap.
1+1.
che Words of whkh are
th~íe
which
follow.
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