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BooK

IV.

Royal

Commentaries.

Reyes,

and the rather, beou(e che(e two great men were ac odds, on Q~caíion rha~

Gonfalo Pifarro

had raken from

Alonfo de Toro

his

Off.ce

of Majar-General, a'nd con–

ferred ic on

Fran,cifco de Carvajal,

on pretence chac che ocher. was íickly and infirm

which rendred him uncapab

!e.of

rbaeCI.arge; but

Carvajal

was frarce come

Los

Reyes

befare the news overcook him that

Diego Centeno

had-paífed che:: Mouncains

purfoic of

Aloefo de Tor0,

ancj chac he

h:19

caken

fifcy

of J1is men l~rifoners,, and

, thac they had re¡Volced and taken up Arms on t~e. Ene~y s.íide, and rhat

Alonfo

de Mendopi

was retreated anocher way :· upon th1s mtel11gence he r~folveci co rurn

againíl:

Diego Cen.teno,

as he according\y did, and took his way by

Arequepa

avoid meeting with

Alonfo de Toro :

nocwichHandin~ which borh

Alonfo de Toro

and

che Governmenc of

Cozco

receiving adviécs chereof, wrote a joinc Letter to

é'ar–

'Vaja!,

deíiring him to tJke

Co~co

in his way, for thac ir would feem a difparage–

mem ro rhac City,

(which

{vas che Head of th:ic Empire) to

negleéted, and

rhat his Forces defigned againft

Diego Centeno

fhould feem to iflue out of

Arequepa

th~n from

Co?.co.

Carvajal

wnfented to their delire, rarher from hopes of increa–

íing and augmenting his Forces in ch:it Ciry chan a delire ofcompli:ince wich theit

requefl:; and

haílning

Couo,

he, and

Alonfo de Toro

had a meeting wirh un~

kind !ooks and .jealoulies each of ocher, thougb oucwa.rdly a1Yd in puolfok. cheit

enmiries were noc manifeíled : howfoever the day follovving

C.irvajal,

took four

of che Cicizens of

Couo,

and wichouc any intimarion rhereof ro

Alon/o de Toro,

hanged chem up, which ferved to foment che quarrel and differences which were

betw

een chem. And now

Carvajal

having increafed his numbers

three hundred

men, ali well armed and appointed, ·one hundred of wlrich were Horfe, and che

reíl: Foor, he marched with chem

Collao,

where

Diego Centeno

was quarrered,

and being come wichin ten leagues chereof,

Cmteno

grounding an opinioo, on a

report, chat che Souldiers of

Carvajal

were difconcemed and wou\d not fighc bue

revolc to his íide ; rook an affurance one nighc wj(h a Parcy of eighty men ro beac

up che quarrers of

Carvajal,

:rnd accordingly carne

near chat they cauld hear

one anocher [peak: bue he foon found him[elf deceived? for

Carvajal

puc him[elf

good a poílure to receive him, chac every perfon was in order of Batee!,·nor

were che difcontents among(hhe Souldiery

great as were reported; for ocher–

wife ic had been impo/Iible for one !ingle Man to have concained three hundred

in due obedience ro him.

Howfoever ic is moíl: cerrain, as all Auchours agree, chat

Carvaja/was

i11

belo–

ved by che generaliry, for he wasyery ill-natured and fevere cowards his Souldiers,

paid tbem ill, and perhaps wirh nothing but bad words, and worfe perforrnancesi

bue howfoever the íl:ory goes, ic is íl:rauge rhac he íhould rerform fuch greac ac–

tions wich men .

much difcontented, and who had evi wills and inclinacions ' ·

cowúds him. Ic is cerrain chac he was very cruel in his'own ,nature, bue no'c

chofe ofhis own Parey; bue to fuch as were Traicours, and revo1ced ,from his to che

contrary Parcy, like che Weaver's Shuctle

frorn

one íide to che ocher; for which

reafon chey ,vere called Weavers': bue we íhall [peak more at large hereafter of

Carvajal,

wbo moíl: certafoly was a very brave Souldier, luving been bred u¡:, un:

. der chac gre:it

Capt:J.in

Gon 1 aío Fernandez.. de Cordoua,

Duke of

Sefa,

and other re–

nowned Commanders of chofe times: bue asco

Diego Centeno,

he perceiving _rJ1ac

rnmers did noc fucceed according co his ~xpeétation, made bis recrear in good

order, and füll defended himfelf with fome lofs, unüll by degrees his Forces be-

ing diminiíhed, he was totally defeared.