4000003871

672 / 1070

Royal Commentaries. BooKlll.
fonvard in afüon, yec nh€Y, íhoul4 fue him th€ir Leáder, to be che firfi who
íhoutd brea-k his Lance in ~he fr©nt againfi his Enemies. was made
}i¡mm0ro ~ith com~n volee, tfuat rhey would all dye, rather than'be overcome;
and fince every Man €Jfteemed him(etf eqea1 lly e<?ri<::em~d in chis Enterpriz~, they
earneíl:ly intreated che Governour not to hazard h1mfelf m che Front of che Batee!
bue rather conferve his own Perfon, on whofe fafety the Welfare of the whol~
Army did greatly depend ; and chaehe w<;mld- pleafe with_ a Guard of rhirty Horfe
to retire to fome place in che Rere, from whence he rn1ghc fee how che Battel
went, and accordingly order and apply Succours to that pa¡-c whicb he judged to
be moíl: hardly befec and opprdfed ; ig compliance with che imporcunity of his
Capcains, che Governour 'conténced to fake nis ílafion in che Rere, in which po–
fiure they exp'eéted che éoming of Almagro,whofe Qgarcers were abouc cwo Le;;gues
from chence; and che day following che Scouts recurned wich news_, chac che Ene-
my was c©me withi¡j half a Leaglji; ,vvith defign lQ give chem Barcel ·
Í:-Iereupon the Goveraour imrnediarelY, drew out his Forces inl9 Battalia ; On
the right hafld of che Infanrry he placed the Roy~l Standard, de~'ded by Alon{o
de A/varado, and carried by Chriftoph~r de Barr;et1toH Nácive of Ciuddrodrigo, and
Inhabitánt of Truxillo, where Pedro A/vara, Holgi,in was poífeífed of a great Eítace
and Jurifdiétion over die Jndians: Gomez. de A/varado, Gitrfilaj[o de- Lit f'ega, and Pe–
dro Anr;ures, who were Captains of Horfe, flanked che Foot on che 1eft Wing.
Carate taith in che 1 8th Chapcer of his fourrh Book, " Thac chefe Commanders
" mav~heq ~ery ordel'.,j.y, ~~pi[!S cl,~ir Colours and ~Q111paqies ,-in aµlequal P,nt;
" theY. chemfelves b~iµ])f) FQe m-Bi ~nlt; and cha~ tlJ~·!qfantry,-(;ott¡mandea by
'' che ypr¡ Pedro, T(erg~r11, ~11d,rolm Vi1/r:t Je ~,,."vara, tnanJied becween the
" two Wi~gs and Sqµ lfprfe ; and that Nl(?llf-º de <;#ro, whp Comman'.'
" deg th~.Harqueb,uli~~' ~'ª~·~la~~ ,i\l tq~ Van, ~o,lD~\n tlae FJgh~, and bein~
'' repulfed to retire inro ·tbe mam,B,~Y,- . , , . .
'' Y-aca dt Ca.ftro rein~¿ed wi~h Ó!s,tnir.c~ Horfe in the Rt;re, ~t (orne dillamre
" from the rnc1in ]3ody, fi;om whence he ¡mghc b~ c1b)t¡,to qbferve;ill rhac paífed,
'·' and accordingly apply .fuccoulR and relief whc:;re.occaGon 'djcJ, mofi requirei
"rhus f~r Ciirate, .,.. 11 1 · J . • , ;:r,
Pedro de. .Aivara(lo wme ove, h~ :,ms a CQac ot w~1ce SµtE~n ,ílaíhed and
pinkedi faying, That -.yhen ¿\rch~s,í},oQt ac Buus, therc~ are very.(~\Y'which hit
the whíte Mark. li:t, tl:is·poíl:ure rqey.·r~rnaiµ:c! in expeétacion Gt che co111i11gof
. 4,lmagro,, who by rhis time was encred the Pla.r.n• and ·epcamped,0n cbe ridge of
a HiU fo far difiant fr0m the Royal Army, as was out of Cannon-ílll(. Pedro
Suare~, Serjeanc-Major, who had been long a Souldier in ltllÍJ, and rrained up to
che VVar, foon perceived the advant¡tge they had of che groand, .antl drew up bis
Squadrons in form and rnanner to aníwet' chofe of the Enemy. His Infantry he
fl¡u¡ked on one fide and the ocher with Win§S of Horfe Commanded by his
Captain-General rohn Balfa, and Major-General Pedro d' Onnate; and rheCaptains
~ere rohn 7'ello de Gu::..ma11, Diego Mende~, ¡ohn de Qnna) /Wartin de Bilbao, Diego de
Hojeda, and Malave:t : Ali which were brave fell9ws, and well refolved to con–
quer che Empire, and ~quire Dominion over che poor Vaífals of chac Coumrey.
The Serjeanc-Major placed all the Artillery in che Fronr, (of which Pedro de Can–
dia was chief Maíler or Capcain) bearing direétly on chac fide of che Enem}'
where it was poflible for che~ to be attacked : And chen he wenc ro Almagr~
who wic~ a Guard of eight or ten Men was placed in che midíl: becween che
Horfe :inµ Foot ; and faid to him in chis manner : Sir, your Lordjhip bath now al/
)'oNr Forces fo advll¡;tageoujly drawn 11p m¡der the defence ofyour Ca»non; 1hat ifyou pleafa
but to continue in thM or'der, apd not tq move from it, you mt& overl:omeJ'O"fi,. Enemies either
witho11t p1t/h of the Lapco, or .ftro~ of °f'Wbr,d: For !et the Enemy come wwh way they wiU,
you rr break_ and defl:roy,tfem w1'.bJOffr1 Gannon, before they can corne wirhin jh91 oJ MHf–
quet. Bµc by chac um~ unac chmgs co,uld be chus orcjered and diíp0fed, ic was co–
wards the Evenh1g, when che Sun was onely cwo hours high.
raca de Cajlro and his Council were much divided in their opinions, whether
they fhould engage chac day or nqt. Francifco de Carvajal, who was Serjeanc–
Major, and ari experienced Souldier, ,was of ,opüliqn, .chat by no means th'e Bat–
tel fhould be deferred chat day, choug~,rhey foug!lc pauc of the-ni'gmv,; for c_hat
giv~ courage to ch12ir Enemies, and a check ro che forward refolution of
their own Army, an~ mighc, perbaps, give rime and occafion unto feveral of chem
(O