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BooK

IV.

R~al

ommentarie

vered che deGgn he was upon, ana betrayed

him che Cypher which

rl;e

vice–

king had given him, by che help of which

Gonfalo Pi

arro

caufed him

wric~

rhat had paífed, and caufed che Leccer to be deHvered

lndi4n

wholly igno–

ram of chis treachery. On che ocher Gde

h(¡! c;aufed

Pedro de Pttelles

to ,vr~c~ ro

feveral of his Friends chen in

Popt1:1an,

thac he was guartered in

fJ.!!.it11,

wich chrnei

hundred men; fo chac if chey choughc

fic

to' come chither and diyerti-l€ che¡n-, ·'

felv:es wich. him for fome time, chey íhould füid fa(ecy and a hearcy welcome, io

regard thac che Councrey was quiet 'by che abfence ;ind re,üremenc of

G'o,¡

alo Pi-_

carro

from chence

and he delivered thefe Leners co ceruin

Indian_s

wbo

wvre then

prefenc ac thy _deparmre ,of

Gon

ajo Pi

arro,

ch~c chey might thereby

!=9Qfüm

th~ '

contents of the irirelligence which was fent; and f;¡rcher, ·he 9rd~r~d

Pedrq t{e fu,..

elles

ca feem as if he feni: chefe

Indi;m,r

in afe~rec mann~r, btn y~c

difcoyfüy

n~ighc be made, and chat ihe Out~guards of'rhe Vice·)üog n,ighr iílt~rc~pc Ihe

Leccers ancj carry chem

hirn : che Plot being chu§ laid,

Gonralo _PipJ,rro

(¡is harh

been faid) departed from

f2._uitu,

and ha-viog march~cl chrne or fo1Jr

day~,

feig–

ned himfolf

{kk

in excúfe ofhis delay. The Vie:e-king baving meiv~d the Lét-

. ters from his treacherous Spy, and likewife feefl the co1:1nterf1:i~ed, intellig~n,r;e

from

Pedro de Fuelles,

both which he gave undoubced belief; he imagined that

with four hundred men, he mighc eafily <leal ~ich

Pedro de f uelles,

and after fuch ,

a-Viétofy .he 1night purfue

Gon9alo Pifarro

and overthrow him: And on chis m!k

fideoce and belief building his defign

(for he could receive no ocher intelligence;

the Roads being obfiru~ed) he refolved

march

J2.y_itu:

but on the concra–

ry,

(!onfaloPi

arro

was·becter informed, by way

the

Jndian¡

Cannaru,

of all

che proceedings of the Vice-king; and of every days march which he made; and

. when he underíl:ood chac hG,was .come within twelve days march of

fJ.!!}tu,

then return..ed with al! [peed t<;> che CLry to joyJ1 wirh

Pedro

Fuelles,

from whence

boch che Camps proceeded wich gr~ac

ÍOY,

chi,nking chat now chey had entrnpped

the Vice-king and íhould be able t<?, engage_him in a Batee!; and cho1:1gh they

heard.chac he was eight hundfrd men füong; yét

arro

confided in the valour

and t!X¡:Jeri~ce of his

Vrter11-n1

5011!9í~rs,' ¡¡nd ,concemnecj -cpe rawpefs and unskil–

fulnefi_

s ef the adverfe parcy

For

ben

came

mqfier ariq fµp;ey hi~ men,

found that he had two hundred Fire-lo,cks, chrne hundrep and fifcy Pike-men,

and ao hundred and fifcy Horíernen, all dextewus and able Souldi~r~, well provi–

ded .and arme.d, wirh quanücy of powder of che beíl: and fineíl: forc. The O¡p–

tlins of che Fir.e-locks were

'fohn de Acofta

and

7ohn

Vilt:c

de Guev4r¡1

che Capcato

of che Pike-rnen was

Hernando de BachicM,

and

CQ<'!

Capcains of Horfe

;vere

Pedro

de PJ,telles

and

Gome,:, de A/varado,

and che Standard was carried by

Francis ¡}e Ampu–

ero,

and {upported by fi;vemy Horfe.

Benito Su,i,re,:, de Carvqjal,

Brother of.che

A.g~tant

Y/len

Suare,:,,

took the fide of

1 arro,

and was .there pr;(!(enc with thirty

me.!il under his comman.d, all of his own Kindred and Relations ;

chis po,fiure

was che Army of

arro

when news carne that the Enemy was q)me wi.thin rwo

leagues of rhe Camp; whereupon rhey mard)ed and took poífeffion of a Pafs on

the River where che Vice-king ,was co go over,

for

chere was no .ocher way ; ¡ind

peing ther.e

Pi-ram

poíl:~ and fort-ified himfelf very adv,anragem¡/Jy ; which

happened, as

Attguftine C¡1rate

reports, oo Samrday che

füietmh

cjay of

'/anuary;

(5'46.

The Vice-king charged

Pedro de Fuelles

wi.th gre.at

comage, in hoReS fpeedily

tout hirn, and afterwards to deal in like manner wich

arro;

for he alway~

en–

tercained an opinion 0f the loyalcy of che peopk, thac rhe,y ondy expeéted an op-–

pormnicy

,to

revolt and re.curo co obedience and fervice of his Majeíl:y.

con.fi–

dence whereof he approached

near to ,,iihe .Forces of.

Pedro

Plfelles,

cha~ the

Van-guatds could [peak and cal\ each ocher Traicoqrs a:r:id Rebels , for boch Par–

ties prete'nded loyalcy and duty

his Majeíl:y, and yet al! ,chis Ü!I)e, the Vice–

king was not informe~ chat

Con,911!0 Pi

arro

w.as

q~ar, ,bm p-elieiVed all che time

dm he had

deal with JilOne bue

Pedro de Puelles.

The night following, about che glimp[e of the Eveni:ng,

Carate

reports in che.

(nircy fifch Chapter .ef his fiftb

Bo.ok

, That -che Vice-kihg holding a Council of

War wich his Commanders, ic was ther,t:l agrieéd, as moíl: advatmgeous and of

1efs danger

ger pofie.llion of

tbe

own than to adyencure a Baccel in che opea

Field; arrd according\y before m~d-night quiecly and wirhonc noife rhey marched

awa,y, leavirrg their CanJP' and 'tenes with the

Indians

who carried chem; and

taking

:che way on che lefc hand, tbey marchecl over a greac

Defan :

anc.J

Fernando

Pa;entin?