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R.oyal Commentariet.

BooK

11.

CH A P.

XXXVIII.

Of the fatal Confequences which enfued after the Battel of

Salinas.

HE Armies of

Almagro,

and

Gom.alo Pifarro,

joyned Baccel, and both

fides, like

Spaniards,

foughc wich much Bravery ; bue at length che

Pifarrifts

prevailed, who made ufe of cheir Viétory wich much cruelry and fe–

,, vericy, which, in excufe, chey atcribuce to che revenge they defigned, for che

'' defeétion which was made from

A/varada

at che bridge of

Amancay.

Orgonnos

" having yielded himíelf Priíoner unto cwo Cavaliers, another carne and fell up–

" on him, and killed him : When Caprain

Ruydia~

was taken, and quarter given

'' him, one carne behind and paffed his body rhorough with his Lance ;

che

" fame manner many ochers were killed, after chey had chrown away their Arms,

" and Qparrer given chem.

Samaniego

ílabbed

Pedro de Lerma

by night

his•bed.

" Many died fighcing, wich their Swords in tbeir hands, of which the Captaios

" were

Mofcofo, Saiimu,

and

Hernando de A/varado,

befides íuch a number of

Spa–

niards,

chac had the

Jndians

(

as was talked ) fallen upon chofe few chac remain–

" ed, chey might eaíily have become Maíl:ers of chem ali : Bue chey were

bu–

,, fie, and caken up in íl:ripping che dead, who

chey left naked; and in plun.–

" dering che Tenes and Baggage, which were nor guarded, for every eme was em–

,, ployed in che puríuic, chac chey had no leifure

chink of chis adva

mage

Al–

magro,

by reaíon of his indifpofüion of healch, did not engage períon

:i.Uy

in che

" Baccel, bue ílood on che íide of a Hill

behold che fucceís ; whic

h w

hen he

" perceived to have been fatal to himfelf, he fled to che Fortreís of

Co:u:o

;

where

'' being puríued and caken by

Gon:{.a/o Pir¡arro

and

A/onfo

Alvar11do,

they call

'' him into che fame Prifon , wherein chey chemfelves had been decained, and

'' held by him. Thus far are che Words of

Gomara,

wirh which he concludes

chac Chapcer.

Amongíl: che m:my remarkable paffages which happened that day, of which

fome are omirced by chis Auchqur ; we fh.all add orhers noc unworchy to be na–

ced. One whereofis chis ; A cerrain Cavalier carrying behind him on his Horfe,

Hernando de Sote/o

(

who was Kiníma of

Chriftopher Sotelo)

for his Prifoner, to

whom he had given Qg_arrer, tbere carne a Souldier, and íhor him wirh his Car–

bine chrough che back, che Bullec wounding , though noc mortally, che perfon

which rid before him. This, they fay, was done in revenge, for chat counfel

wbich his Kinfinan

Chriftopher de Sote/o

gave ro

Or¡,onno1,

advifing him ( as we have

before mentioned) to arrack che Forces of

Hernando Pifarro,

when chey

ere íick,

and giddy with che Air of che Mounrains. Wherefore when one of the Souldi–

ers cried out ,

Here

they

bring

Sorelo ; che Harquebuíier thinking ·it to have been

Chriflopher Sotelo,

he íhoc him in che back, íuppoíing thereby ro have performed

acceptable fervice, by killing a Man

generally haced. Many orher cruelties

were commirced by che Conquerours after che Barre!, unworrhy che Dignity of

che

Spanifh

Narion ; for more Men were flain in cold bloud, chan in che heac of

che Fighr.

Another piece of cruelcy was che Deach of

Pedro de Lerma,

which being in an

exrraordinary manner barbarous, is

fic

co be obíerved.

Lerma

(

as we have faid)

being forced to quic che Field, boch by reaíon of che wound he had received from

Hernando Pifarro,

and 0chers, which were given him in che late Fight; he was car–

ried to che Houfe of a cerrain Gentleman, who was a friend of tus. called

Pedro

de los Rios,

wirh whom I was acqaainted when I was very young; he was of as

noble, and as ancienr a Family, as any was in

Cordova,

which there are many

in chac Royal Cjty.

certain