662 / 1070
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R.oyal Commentttrier.
BooK
111.
tie emered
Tr11xillo,
he brought with bim above
zoo
~ouldiers, befides feveral
wbich fled from
Almagro,
among{l: which the principal Perfons were the Father
Provincial
Tllen S11am:; de Can;ajal, Gome1'de Alvarado
1
¡-ohn de Saavedra,
and
Diego
de Aguero.
'
Being arrived at
Tr11xillo,
he was-receivea with fuch folemnity as was
due to aGovernow·, that is, in a rnilitary pomp, with found of Drums, and Trum–
pets and Vollies of Shot; for as yet matters were in a fiate of War, and noc
prepared for a reception according to the formalities of Peace.
.
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CH A P.
XIII.
The Governour makes choice ofCaptains. Semis his Army hefore.
Provides
all
things nece/fary
for
the fervice of His Majeffy.
Chriíl:opher de Sotelo
is /d,lled by
García de Alvarado;
•
and
García de Alvarado
by
Don Diego de Almagro.
P
Edro Alvarez_ Ho!guin,
and his Captains and Souldiers, who had profeífed
Su~
miffion and Loyalty to the Governour in bis abfence, did now upón
his
ar–
rival cefüfie their aétual Obedience by a publick Declaration in Writing, under
their haods, and folernnly refign che Command and Power of-rhe Army into bis
hands, the Captains and Officers delivering up their Commiffions, and laying their
E~figns ac his Feet; th~ like was followed by _the <;iovernours and Juílices of_the
C1cy
o[Truxillo,
ali wh1clfthe.,S;;iovernour rece1ved m fuch manner as was fiwng,
and renewed chem again in th~ame of His Majeíly, confirming every perfon in
his Office, eicher Civil or Military, refpeétively as before. He gave
fix
Com–
rnillions to Captains of Horfe, namely,
to
Pedro Alvam:, Holguin , 71./onfo
de
A/varado, Pedro Anz.,uro1, Gomez_ de A/varado, Garcilaf{o de la Pega,
and to
Pedro de
Puelles.
The Captainsof Harqnebufiers were
Pedro de Vcrgara, Nmmo de Caftro,
and
¡-ohn Ve!ez_dcGuevara,
who was a Scholar, ~s well as a Souldier, and fucha Mecha–
nick, thac he direéted the making ali the Mu[quets for bis own Company, and was
fo
aétive and induíl:rious, that he divided his time between Lecters and Arms
in
fuch manner, thac boch in this prefent fiare of Affairs, as alfo on occaíion of che
Troubles caufed by
GottM!o Pirarro,
as we fhall hereafter relate, he was ordained
and coníl:ituted in qualicy of a
J
udge; fo that ali the morning, untill noon, he
cloched himfelf in che Robes of a Lawyer, in which he heard Caufes, and deter–
mined Differences; then afcerwards in the afcernoon he changed his Habit to ap–
pear like aSouldi~, with Breeches and Dublet of divers colours, richly embrode–
red with Gold, and verygallant with his plume of Feathers; and buck.ling on
his
Coat of Mail, with his Mufquec on hisShoulder, trained bis Souldiers in íhooting,
and ocher,Exercifes ofWar. Thus
far
are the Words of
Carate
in the
1
s-th Chap.
ter of his 4th Book; by which ic appears, thac che fame Perfon may
be
boch a
Souldier anda Scholar; and the Qialities of one fo confiJlenc with that of the
other, as to
be
both u[efull in their proper times and feafons.
Bue to proceed.
Hernando Bachicao
was named for Captain of the Pikemen, and
Franci1
de
Car•
vajal
was made Sergeant Major, who was afterwards Major-General to
Gonz.,¡zfo Pi–
farro
.
Gomez. de Torduya
was made lieutenant General; and che Royal Standard
he referved for himfelf, with which he performed the Office of General. Thus
having_fetled his Forces? he_ difpeeded them before him, under command of their
refpeétive Officers, which mali compofed an Army of
700
Men, of which
370
were Harquebuíiiers,
160
Pikemen, and the reíl: were Horfe.
Pedro de Puelles
was
commanded to march before, with a Detachmenc of thircy Horfe, to difcover
che
Enemy and other Obíl:ruétions in che way; having Infuuétions to go by way of
che _Mountain, bue no_t t? pafs
Sa~Jla;
but there to expeét the coming up of che
Main Body, becaufe theu- refoluuon was to march along the coaíl:
to
the City of
Ls,