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·duell
·in
the field ;_where he would make him confeís wirh his own mouth, and
acknowledge thac ali v,!lüch he had faid was true.
.
Rodrigo
de
Sala:,:,ar,
who tru!ted more t.o his own fubtilcies and crafr, than to his
Sword, chofe rarher to confefs ali whie:h
Diego
de
Vrbina
required of him
to
be true,
tpan
to
enrer the Liíl:s ,~ich a perfon
fo
much renowned for his valour and expe–
rience
in
Arms, a.s was
Vrbina.
And chertfore after fuch confeffion made, he
added, that in regard
Pedro de Fuelles
had elapfed che day appoinred for fuch de–
claration , as before rnentioned , he fu[peéted chat he had repenced of che deíign;
and therefore killed hiIT}, knowing thac delays of that kind are commonly dange–
rous: upon whic~ confeffio~ approved by the Prefidtnt to be.fatisfaétory;
Diego
de
V rbina,
and h1s Compamons, who were men of note, and engaged wirh him
in the quarrel, accepted of che copfeffion, and puc an end to any farcher difpute
thereupon : though fome were of opinion, that the reafons were of fome fmall
momenc, and noc valid enough to
par
up fuch a challenge: but as che Proverb
fays
,
Dead men and abfent have but fcw friends.
.
.
Bue ro
reÜ!rn now to Caprain
Diego Centeno,
whom we !efe on
his
march to
Coz.·
71.7
co,
with refolution
to
engage Captain
Antonio de Robles,
who with a good force
kepc rhac Ciry
for
Gonfalo Pifarro:
·
and though it might feem a very raíh aétion
to
acrack three hundrea men well difciplined and arrned wich fourcy eight men
onely, and choíe ill ílrovided wirh Arm~ and Ammunicion, and lately come out
,,
from their Caves ano Mountains to which they were driven by
Francifco de Car–
vajal.
Howfoever he was eocoura~ed
to
proceed upon the advice he·received
how that
Alonfo de Hinojofa
being offended with
Gonfalo Pifarro
for having advan–
ced
Antonio de Roblej
before him in the command of
Co:,:,co,
had wrote to tbe
principal Inhabirams of thac Cicy,
to
r1=turn to cheir duty and to bis Maje!ty's
fer–
vice: to whicb mo!t of chem affenting wrote Letters to
Diego Centeno
to profecuce
bis
journey towards them with ali d1ligence, promifing to join wicb him , and
afford bim all the affi!tence they could at bis arrival.
~o foon as
Antonio de Rob!er
received News thacthe Enemy was near at hand,
he
confulted with bis Capcains
in what manner they íhould oppofe him : and in che mean time he ordered
Franoifco
de
Ag¡útre,
a perfon in whom he much confided ,
to
fcout abroad; and
ride untill
hé
mee with
Diego Centeno,
as he did abouc ftx Leagues di!tant from the
City, where he informed him of che intention of
Antonio de Robles
to oppofe
his encrance
inco
che Cicy, and in what manner he defigned to order and draw up
his
own men : upon which intelligence
Diego Centeno
and che Cotnmanders chen
with him, che chief of which were
Pcr).ro Orti~ de Carate, Francifco Negral,
Luys
de
Ribera , Diego Alvare:,:,, Alonfo Pere:,:, de Efquivd,
agreed at a Council of War
to
make their attempc in che night, which would be more terrible to the Town,
and give
a
better advanrage
ro
chofe who were well affeéted to pafs over to their
ftde.
.
·
.
They alío ufed chis ingenious íl:rategem ofWar; chey tOQk off che Bridles from
their Mules and Beaíl:s of burrhen, and cied lighted marches upon che pomels
of
che Sadles, and brdered rhe
Jndians
w'ho attended chem to lead them
to
fuch
a
place , and then whip chem in fucha manner, as that chey might come running·
mto the Town ; che way by which they were to enter was by che Street of the
Sun , which, as we have mentioned
in
the defcription of che Cicy , leads direét–
]y
to che Marker-place: che
Indians
followed the Orders whic~ were given them,
and in che mean time
Diego Centeno
and his Souldiers entred by anocher Screet to the
Wdl:
fide, which comes out ac acoroer of che Markec-place.
Antonio de Robles
being chus alarmed abouc che begioning of che nighr, drew up his chree hundred
rnen into a body in che Markec-place , and faced cowards che Screet of che Sun,
knowiog thac chtre was no orher way for them
to
encer che Town bue chat, unlefs
chey cook a gre3t compafs
to
come Jbout. The
Jndian
fervantsdid their pares, and
made a greac noile and out-cry with their Hor[es and Mules, as if cney had wirh
them
a
muléirude of Peoµle , and broke in upon the Squadron
of
Antonio de Ro·
; fes,
before he or his Souldiers knew againíl: whom they were engaged; and
when they found them
to
be Horfes and Mules onely wirhouc Riders, rhey were
more afionifbed and rroubled t!u n before. Ac che fame in!tant
DieJ.oCenteno
and
his meo appeared
at
che corner of che Markec-place and charged che Enemy on the
rigbt-wing,
wirh
loud íl10ucs and crys, firing thofe few Muskets which were a–
moog!t chem.
Ar
chat rime rhere was acercain perfon called
Pedro Maldonado,
who
was lodged in che Houfe of
He-mando Pip.rro,
which is now turned into the
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