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Royal Commentarie.r.

BooK

IV.

A P.

.xxx.

Gonc;alo Pi~arro

purfues the Vice-/<.ing

fo clofe

that at

length he drove him

out of

Peru.

P~dro

Hinojofa

fails to

Panama,

with a Fleet of Ships belonging to

Pi-

~arro.

E have before mencioned how thac che Vice-king marched inco

f2.!!,itfl,

and thac

Pi farro

purfued him at che heels, though his Souldiers were noc

lefs weary, nor wanting of provifions than che ochers, but_racher more, becau[e

che Vice-king marching before, carried away all che provihons of the Councrey

wherefoever chey came; howfoerer fo eager was

Pifarro,

and

much concerned

to put an end to chefe labours, chac he concinued his purfuic day and nighr, as

Ca–

rate

reporcs in che cwency ninth Chapeer of his fifth Book in chefe words;

Gon~11!0 Pifarro

purfued che Vice-king from che Cicy ofSc.

Michael's

(which was

che place from whence he made his recrear,) as far as che Cicy of

f2.!!.i111,

\.\

hich are

an hundred and fifcy leagues diílaoc from ~ach ocher ; and

hotly did he carry

on chis work, chac chere was [caree a d1y bue chey

faw

each ocher, and che Scouts

often difcourfed cogecher; and to be in greacer readinefs, their Horfes remained al–

ways fad!ed: bue if eicher Parry was more vigilanc chan che ocher, ic was che Vice–

king's, for his men flepc always in their Cloches, holding cheir Horfes by che Halcer,

wichoutTencs or Horfe-cloches

cover chem; bue neceílicy made chem ingenious,

and raught chem a remedy, in chac fandy Councrey wh

tre we

re no Trees to füelcer

chem, l\'hich was chis; So foon as chey carne

che

pl.ce

where chey incended

ro quarcer chat nighr, chey filled cercain Baggs or Sack

s, wh

ich chey carried wich

chem, wich Sand, and having made a greac hole rhey rhrew chem in, and covered

them wich Sand, "hich rhe_y troad and tramp!ed on and made ir very firm,

thac che Horfes could lie thereupo1! with much eafe. But befides al! chis, both

Armies fuffered much for wanc of proviíions, and efpecia_l!y

Pifarro's

men who

came in che purfuic, for the Vice-king wherefoever he paíled railed ali che

Indians

of the Councrey, and the

Caciq,m

or Governou1s, and cook them wilh him, d1ac

che Enemy coming after, mighc find ali places difµeopled and unprovided: and

foch was rhe.greac haíle which che Vice-king made chac he took with him eighc

br ten oí che beíl: Hor[e which cou!d be procured in chat Counrrey, which were

led by

Indian,,

and in cafe any of bis Horfes haµµened to be tired on che way he

maimed or difabled him in füch manner thac che Enemy coulJ make no ufe of him.

And now in che way Caµrain

BactJic.;10

recurned from che Voyage which we former–

ly mentioneJ, and joyned wich

Go11y1rloP.ifarro,

bringing a recruic of three hundred

and

fifty

Men, twency Ships and good ílore of Cannon, and failing along the coafr

which is neareíl ro

~itu,

he landed his Men in a place noc far from the forces–

Pifarro ;

wich which addicional auxiliaries

Pip:irro's

Army amounced

eigbc.

hundred men, of which many were principal perfoi:is of qualiry and oore, as well

Jnhabitants as Souldier~, who carne in wich f~h frankneís as no ílory can para!:

!el under the Government of a Tyranc and an Ufurper.

thac Province aH

Provifions were very plentifu!!, and therein not long before rhey had diícovered

íeveral rich Veins of Gold, out of which the

Spaniard,

whofe loes fell chere, rai–

fed vaíl: furps, which chey refu[ed co yield co

Pifarro,

and alfo denied che fifchs to

his Majeíl:y, orto be accquncable for the Treafures of dead perfon~. And here ic

was chac

arro

received incelligence thac the Vice-king was advanced forcy leagues

from

if2.!±iru,

and was encred imo acercain Town called

Pitjfo,

wichin che Govem–

menc of

Benalc"fªr:

And here he refolved co purfue him

thac place, which he

accordingly did wichouc delay or interrupcion; for

Gonfalo Pifam

ílaid bue very

!ittle in

if2.!±ir'!,

and having ov_ercaken che E.ne1~y, _feveral skirmi(hes happened

becween parues on each íide m chac place, wh1ch

called che

Hor

Riur.

And

.the Vice-king having advice thac

Pifarro

was near ac hand, he quitred

Pafio

greac haíle, and marched uµ into the Countrey umill he carne

che Cicy of

Po–

payan,

and

PiraJrro

having füll purfüed ,him for memy eighc leagues farrher, where

finding