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Royal

.Commentarie,.

íhort, tbe Souldiers

óf

Vaca de Caftro

made fuch baíl:e, chaewichout much hure

they-~oui;ited the

Mi1!; -

wh<fre.ithe.Squadrcms;

of-J1l111air&!were

drawrr up, being

much <;!iford~red, ,and·r-elillO\reG out ,of'1.that g(i)od pofiure in.which theY' were firft

plac~~-: , Howfoevedlne li-Jarquel:iu[lcm a:eceived themwich-fuch aVolley ,ofShot,

tl;iát

Jhey,

killed ,q:¡any ,of rh~ .füot ttlnd·,~;ouufided che

Ma.i9t·

Gerteral¡,

(lomff.· de

'I:or~a,

with three Bullets,,l.oflwlnicb be

dy,€d rwo,.days afccirwards.,

M!-litnno

'dé

Caftro

was alío de[perately wounded, befides many others who were ílain, vvhich

being,<}bferv€d

h y)Eranoifco -de Carvajal,

he;-cbmmanded thmHorfe co cbarge them,

for

tney

;werd:he,ehief Fom:

t oi~lfüidí

he ,trmíl:ed>b:eingr1m1mcl-1 imnmt>ll!Jer-Hhán

tq9f¡i-q~Al~gú

;f.;r.tccocdil'l~Lyr.ihd/forfü engaged,.arid tbofu_ fides,maintii"Red::tfre·

Figfo;-widi, {µob,cbrá,¿eny; rhaultié!Viétory for: a:dong time ,remaililed doubr.fullí

f~~p

~v,_are~

l-!o@tÍittWaE

~~Hed.rwi~ln1>-fytufqu.~¡¡;(ho_c

for .b~ing'clorhed,

Íl1

WVilt~;

and b~ bis,€0lour

arld

Hab1tdáibwn

•al!,

.bmcfartre·

che-.e0mnnoru. Mar~, -eve.i

l}"

i:ine ~i~~1g

;to-·

hft:fó1 füíncms>rarlhrfon.- cQ)~-~he anher,fide

tfoe

·l'Flfam1;yi0f

k'1c',;

de,C.,aftro

_rhaliging'",rhe~J?nemy/ carn~

-rvalí~~ly1

~P.

th€¡1v,er_y

,Cannó1y whic!J

were nmy ofmo·ufe)Jm,r_ega,r,tf1tha~1b~·~he 1lt1dtfc1pH~e1an~

·d1forder

of:111'.11agro•s

Commaq_aers, rhey had mcerpofed cheir own Sould1ers becween rheir Canncm .

and che Enemy. Howfoever boch fides fought wirh fuch animofity and bravery,

that they conrinued fighting in che night, which when ir was

dark and obfcure,

that

they could no.r fee each -oth€r-"7. th€y- t~wn made ufe of che words

Chili

and

Pachacamac

to make rheir diíl:inétions, whereby che

Pirarrifts

and

Almagrians

knew

their.parries ; che greateíl: flaughrer was amongíl: the Horfe, who after che ufe of

rheir Lances, coming to a clofer Fight, killed each _ocher.~ üh cheir Swords and

Pole-axes. The fuw;fs of chis Battel b~iqg of high eopcem'mem, animated both

fides wirh a tefolution to dye, or gain the viétory ; q_eing well affured, rhat as che

Dominion of chat Empire, and rhe Riches depended 0n_chis Viétory ;·

being

overthrown, there remaiJ¡ed no .otlJer reward for them, but ~eath or ílavery.

was now aBove rwo hours 'in 'che hight, ·a:nd yét che Fighc co~cinued wirh equal

fl~ugbcer, being.full four homsdioce ic 'fuí

l: pe

gan. - Ar lengch che Governour

díarged che left wing ofthe Enemy, whicq_ w.as íl:ill entire, and notas yet broken,

chat the Battel:feemed ·ro be again teriewea

Howfoever, 'at lengch che Gover–

nour routed and defeated them with che lofs of tenor ti.,velve of bis Guard, a–

mongíl: which were Captain

Ximene:;:,,

formerly a Merchanr in

M edína,

'a1d

Nunno

Montalvo.

By chis time bqth fides began to chink chem[e1ves fecure ofViétory, and

yet íl:ill the Fight cootinued : Ac length che Forces of

Almagro

[eemed ro grow

faint; which when he obferved, he put himfelf into the heacl -0f,chém, abd be–

ing feconded b.y chofe 'few' whi€h were bis Life-guard9Jb€, encm:J amidíl: che·

thickeíl: of bis Enemies wid1 that .valour and refolmion, chitó,he performed Mira-'

eles by his own Pezrfon, being dJíorous ·

be flain on che ,~lace ; bue being un- .

ktrown, and wel1

aJ.11\ned, he eítaped wich bis life, and wíthouc a wound ; fighting

brav~ly, as

Gomara

reports of bimfin Chapter

50.

And now Viét:óry began to 'incline to the fide of the ,Governour; which wh~n

Almagro

and hi~tbief Officers obferve<il chey, called out aloud, and faid,

am fach

an qne; it warl 'wlio kjlled thé,

Marquú

and fo they foughc with fury ánd defpair

untill tbey were flainand cut in pieces. Many of

Almagro's

people efcaped by

fa–

vour of a.dark night, havin~ raken off their white Ribbons, and placed che Co–

lours of

Vaca de Caftro

in their fl:ead, with which they fupplied thernfetves from

thofe who were flain on che otber fide.

Almagro

himfelf feeing that tpere was no_

-hopes of Viéto'ry left, and that Death fled frorn •him, he efca~ed out of che Bar~

. teLwich fix Companions, namely,

DiegoMendez., Bergan,

,and

fohn de Guz.man-,

-and

three others, whofe Names I have forgorten. ,,Thence he fled

Co:;:,co;

where he.

met thar Deatb whicb he cou!d not receive from bis Enemies, by che hands of

, chofe Men

whom

he had chere coníl:iruced in Offices of Juíl:ice and Military Em–

ploytn

ems :

f.or

foon as·thªy underíl:ood that heihad loíl: che .day,

Rodrigo de Sa–

laz.ar,

who was aNative of

Toledo,

and depuced by

Almagro

for his Governour in

that p

lac13 ; a'IM

AntonioRuy;_ de' Guevara,

who was Cornml(Iionaceq alfo by him

to be chief Jufüciary, imrnediarely laid 'hands on' him; and made him Prifoner;

and to confummare-chis cruelcy, they cook- thofe 'alfo who:were his Companions,

aqd attended his Perfon : To confirm which partimlar,

Caratt

che 19th Ch~p–

t~r,qthis fourth-Book , hath thefe Words which follow;-

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