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IH.

Royal Comf!Jentarief.

he íhould by Ord~rs from him

employed on thofe affairs, which may beíl:

con-

duce

bis Majefry's Service.

· le was noe for want of good aífurance, which the Govern.our com;eived of the

Loyalty of

Go1R,tlfo Pifarro,

that he enjoyned him to remain in che párcs ~here he

was umill farch

er Ord

ers; bu~ bec~ufe he hoped noe to need his affillence, in r<:;~

gard his deúgn

was.to

bring matters becwe~n,h'im ánd

Alm11gro

to fome coQditions

of Accomrnoda

c.ion ; w

hidi he believed ro

the rnuch more prudent cou(fe,-

foi:

confidering chat che Animofüi~ were :'iery high'

and

invec~rate betwten cqe two

parties, it would neceífarily foJlow rhar thé

B,attel

would be foughr with rhuch

obílinacy, and end .wi~h greac ~fion.ofbkmd

and therefore to avold fuch mor–

tafüy and defrrudi{)li'I,: he ende-avoured

make a

right·a:nd good underllariding

hetween himfelf-ánd

Almagro.

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•

,,, The Governour,'atfo farcher.~rnreived~

t~-

in caí~

Gon~átrJ·f

i¡_ar~b

w11,r _e

aéfoaP

ly prefent

che

Army,

chat theipea~e wrtl

ít_t,-o

wou.klbe effeél:ed wuh much

more difficulty, and g

ive Almag

occa{ion • 1ealoufie, and diíl:rufi, ;ind fear,

pae himfelf imo

the

hands.of

\'die

Governour~leíl:

Pifarra·

Jhould l'Il<!Chinate

· plot any fecret mren

ge againfb

him ; of

whic

h he was che ·more apprehenfivei

ben ·

c©nfiderecllthe greafünterníl:

which

P.fp

,zrro

had

made

irr

che Army.

1'his

cereainl~rwas

tbe

,rnu'e

inténcit'.m,and

rne¡

ming of che'Governour, bue other

jll-naooed and mafüious

·Men

ipuc .liim

·fartlíer ,_in che·heaq°; thac che prefern;e of

Pifarro

in che Army was not to be admitted on ocher fcores, leíl che Souldiery,

which had conccived ·a greali alrefüon·tó himfor

his

Prowefs1and Valour, and

experience in Military affairs, íhoüld' by cornmorí confent ·malre crn'oice of

hlm,

for their

Genera]¡¡ . ..·, ·

·•

obedience

the·Gov.ero©\ll1

<Sommand,

Gonulo l?ifitrro

remained it:1.

~frn

unciH che end ofahe W

ar.'

MorctDveti, che-Governour gave order

to,diófe

who)

had che care ánd:tuitien of the

Sbris

of :che Marquis, and of

<Jon1Galo

-Pi~./tor

1that

chey íhould

fiiU

continue thei11.1r.efidené

e in

tbeCities of

St.~'Michael

andrlTr-úl:ilk,.

and noc to remóve:them

tollol-BÍJes,:

uat

!i.ll

·they·íTu.ould receive,ocher--infintéti'©tis·;·–

~eclaring, thac

they,

were much more'f

é 'án tfuzt diíl:ance, tluan•neare'r hand·;i

though fome difcontented' Men·interpreced·

thís

ürder·to

a deftgo .

ht.1.foúdl

t<li"

ellrange himfelf fi-om iliem,

inq

to' proceed frbmra principle'of jealtufieol-ie-cona

ceived of them>i'.h"©úgh as yec they were bue'Childret:1. ·,

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Matters beingichus. difpofed, ·( as we hwe faid ), the Goveróour marched

wards

Huamanca,

·upon a veport.

that

Almagro

w~s c0me near tOJthat:

·Q¡cy

,.and-.chat

.his deíign was to poílefs and forUfie _ir, becimfe

itr

was eíl:e~mttcbar.p!amrna\;urally

firong, being environed on aill íides with b'roken cliffi, ancl rfuac<!efftbfo1-wGys :

Wherefore he difpeeded Capeain

aftro before with h

is Co~QY of Harqrreba-1

fiers, to take poíféffion of a,craggy

,Hillwhich1lyes.in

'che <\Vay,"which che

Jndi'atts

call

Farcu,

and che

Spaniards Barcos

': :Bue whHft he w

as i

h,liis m

arch ~hieher,. Jie

received incelligerrcé,

that'..Almagro

had :nlready encred, and

cake.mi

p0ífefficm:of rhe

City, which troubled the·Govetnour very rnuéh, c;onftderi

ng the

difad

vahta

ge,he

received thereby, and that a great part of bis own Forces were 110c as

y.et

come

up, bue marched flowly, and in feveral pareies. , Hereupon,&e clifparch

ed Ál

onfo

de'

A/varado

back t<> hafien thern, who wich che diligence he u[ed,·

peedilyi ~robght

them ali tbe other Companies

a body to jo~n with che Army

o:¡rerfonn,

which,. fome mar.ched four, 0.chers five and

fi}{

Lea~es

a day ; witl-i whíoh

long marches, chough very múch·tiired, yet th€' Enemy ( as was réported~ oein(7

withº wo Leagues of them,;· chey were fom~d

remain'. a,ll the nigHc'on th~

Wat

drawn up

Batta!ia•;

·,bu

e óther incelligence coming in th€·M0rning,

whicn gave them advice, chao

.A.lm'

agr_o

was removed at a farth€I' dillanadtom che

Ciey: They drew off, and ma

rche

dforward to

Huamanca, ,

whevf! they t0oki a con–

venient repofe;,and having refreíbed cheir

Men1

ohey enlargéd,cheiuQµa'.iíters, and

removed eheir Camp into a m9re,open Plain; for the Coimci:ey where-'¡¡hey then

were, was endofed, and

firaitned wieh Mountaüis, that in;oafe of aFight, cheir

cif

'grear dif–

advanrage:eó them, conúdering that their H0rfe was che:: Nerve of

'thrin

füengch,

being more numerons,, and lxtccer anned, than rhofe of che Enerny. Wherefore

leaving che

Cicy;

he drevy up 'his-Army,in the Plains of

ChupM,

from ·w.nence he, ·

difpatched two perfons to

A/magno,

one calléd

Francifto tle•Ídiacaet-,

and the othel.'

Diego

Mmado,.

wli0'

inforrired;

nitn;

th¡it they,were fent to

him'

fto'm che-Go'ver;"

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noiir'