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abouc and fuccour che Rere : and chen che fix Cavaliers gave over che Charge ,
and fled taking their way by guidance of fome Jndians over crofs and by-pachs,
and caki~g a large C?mpa[s cam~ at lafl: afee~ íix o~ fe~en d~ys travel to join wit~
rheir ocher Compamons. Francifco de Carva1al havmg m th1s manner reheved h1~
Rere, was forced to concinue ali chat day and the night following in che fame
¡:>lace, and give over the purfuic of the Enemy; for che fix Horfemen upon their
firfl: Charge having found no oppofüion , killed and lanced all that ílood in their
way; by which meaos a ílop being put to che proceediogs of Carvajal; Centeno'
found an opporcunicy to e[cape that dangerous Pafs, which he greatly feared
would be deílruétive to hirn. Carvajal was fo angry and diílurbed at chis affrom,
and fo afhamed to fee himfelf diíappoinced of his expeétation by che Scracegeme
of Officers much inferiour to him in the Art of War , that he uccered noc one
word all chat day, unlefs it were rto repair che !oíles aud damage he had füíl:aiQ~d;
mor would he eac any dumg ac füpper chat nighc, faying , chat the affront he 'had
l\eceived would [erve him for many meals to come: bue afcer fome hours in che
oight uhat his cboler began to abare, he opened his mind to his Officers in chis
1,11aroner, Sir", [ald he, In al/ the courfe ofmy military emploiment in lt:.dy, which continu–
i,dfor ~he fpace of fo1my years, 1 have feen many Retreats made b¡ the IGng of France tmd
anorhcr gm1t Captain, by .Amonio de Le~líla, 0 Count Pedro Navarro, by Mark An–
wnio1Cokma,,by fabricio Colona, rmd by ma'll) other f amom CaptainJ of my time, M we/t
Spaniarals M Italiaos> br1t in a/l my lije I nl!ver faw firch a Retreat made by rhú young Cap–
tain. Wbicln were rhe very words of Carvajal, wichouc adding chereumo or di–
rn.i-lllifhing rherefrom ; and were repeaced co me by one who heard them. The day
fol10wing be purfued che Eoemy wich more vigour and courage ehan before, fo
r1iat in a fb0rt time overcaking him, he every day fell in wich him, and feized
forne pare of ,bis Men, Horfe or Baggage, fo rhac afcer a purfüic of two húndred
Leagues, fornecimes out ofche common road, and fometimes in, he reduced Cen–
teno,oo cluat low condition, ohat he had noc above eighty men remaining of all his
numbers, and cl1ofe alfo hara!fed and cyred wich long Marches, and difcouraged
by reafon chat rhey knew noc when , nor where to find a place of refuge or re–
po[e : wherefore ic was agreed to march along t6e Coaíl: to Arequepa, and there
if poíiible to embark and find a tecuricy on che Seas for tho[e who had no íhelcer
on the Laod : in order hereunto a Capcain was [ene before, called Ribadeneyra, to
bire a Vefiel for mooey or by furprize, and bring her to Arequepa, thac chereon
chey mighc embark cheir Meo and Baggage, and fo e[cape che danger which pur–
fued chem: by good forcune Iubadeneyra meta Veífel bound for Chili, which he and
his companions wich help of a Float fi!encly [urprized in che night withouc much
difficulcy; and being well provided with Sea-men and all ocher neceffaries, brought
her abouc to Arequepa, chere to cake in Diego Centeno :md his Souldiers , as it was
befoce agreed : bue it happened that Carvajal preffed fo hard upon Centeno, chac he
came to che Port fooner than che Vefiel arrived chere ; and now finding an Ene–
my juíl: at his heels , and no farcher place of Retreat ; he refolved to disband al!
his people, telling chern thac in regard Ribadeneyra.did noc appear, nor cbat any
Veífel idid prelenc in tbac Port, whereon to make their e[cape, he advi[ed eve–
ry man to fhifc for himfelf, and to efcape away by chree or four or five or fix in
a co y ; and being fo .di[per[ed, ir would be impoliible fo to puríue chem, bue
that would e[cape their hands. As to Centeno himfelf, he abandooed all his
com ns , and wich one fingle perfon , called Lewú de Ribera, aod one iervanr
he becoek himfelf to the Rocks and high Mouncains, and remained in a Cav;
for che [pace of almofl: eight months, untill che Prefidenr Gafca arrived in Peru.
during all wbich time he was maintained by a Cttl'aca who lived in the Plantario~
o[ Michaet Cornejo , inco who[e Coumrey ic was his fortune co come; where we
íhall leave him uncill that time comes to país. Onely we muíl: nocomit co declare
1:hac frorn che t\me chac Centeno did firíl: fet upa Standard for bis Majeíly, Gonf al;
Sdveftre, a Nac1ve of Perrera de A/cantara, of whom we have made mencion in
our Hiíl:ory of Florida , was always prefent wích him, and was an Aétor in his
exploits, and a Sufferer in bis periIs. Carvajal, coming to Arequepa in purfuit of
Cen~eno, ~ad ther~ lofl: the crack of his En~mies, and fo gave over che chafe, up–
en mtelhgence g1ven, e,hat they were al! d1fper[ed, and chac every man íhifted for
himfelf; che next m@rning, by break of day Ribadeneyra appeared wich his Veffel
in che Port, ofwhich Carvajal being informed by one ofchofe perfons whom he had
taken, endeavoured to feize both him and hisShip : bue Ribadeneyra was fo caucious
thar,