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Royal Commentariei.
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CH
A P.
XVIII.
Pi~arro
refolves
to
gi71e.
them
Batte~.
Acoíl:a
is
{ent
to al-
1m11
the
Bmrn1y
in thé night.
D1~go Centeno
draws
out
his Mén;
ani
Pi~arro
doth
the
li,/if.
·
G
Oiiprlo Pifdrro
and his qtptains beiog enraged Wit}l a~ger and difáain,.
to
find,
whiW:
théy
were treatihg of peace and accomtnodatton, that.the Enemy had
corrupted' their ~ífenger, and feduced him from the faith .and duty he owed to
'his Loi-d and Maíler , whereupon, bllntled with madnefs and rage they refolved
to purfü~,
t11eír
m~rch; and fdrcibly make their way through rhe mida of rheir
Enem'i~s, and eicher
'l'ó
dye
ot
conquer. ·
This téfolution \11ias taken ata confultá'tion held by
Pifarro
and his Officer$ on–
occaíiól'I of che flíght of
Prancifco Vof{o;
ano accordínglyt1ow
to
put it in'execution,
they forbiíhed and prepared cheir Arms to marcq towards
Huarina
;
but firíl they
gave 6ut a reporr, chat they intended by \fome ocher way to divert
Centeno
from
givir,g the:m any ióren'úption in the Pafs chey defigned ; and to make chis reporc
che more credible, they fent ameífage to
Francifco
de
Efpinofa
to provide chern wich
Indlaru
and provi'lfons on their way by thofe pares. Howfoever che true defign
,o[
Pipttr'o
was difcovered
to
Centeno
'by meaos of che
Indians,
who by arder of
Dbn Chri:ftoval Pa,dltt )nea
(
of wbom we h:ive formerly made rnention) were
've_ry diligerít and
1
farrhfull to acqBaim
C-C1iteno
with all the rnotions of his Ene–
mtes.
1By
cl1ete means
Oenteno
being truly in'formed of rhe way and courfe which
p¡_
farro
intéJ!lded ro rake marched forth ro fiop and interrupc hirn ir, his paífage ; and
'Chereoy came
fo
near each to the other chac the Scoucs mer nd called to each
other, and rhen returned
to
carry che advice. So foon as
Centrno
,eceived this in–
celligeAce of cheir near approach, he put his people inco a poíl:ure f defence, and
drew them out all night into form of Battel, having been formeriy well acquain–
ted with che alarms and furprifes which
Pi9arro
~ad often given him in the mght.
And yet far his care and vigilance
Acofta
made fuch an atcempr upan him in rhe
nigliic with cwency Mufqueciers as puc ali the Camp inco confufion; and the affi
i
he–
mene
as
fo
great, thac
Carate
faich, in ·che fecond Chapcer of his fcventh Book
that tna'J!ly of the Souldiers fled
to
their Tems, and the people of
Valdivia
left theiJ.~
Pikes and (hamefülly ran away ; and thac
Acofta
retreaced again wirhouc cheJofs
of one man.
'ifht:Js far
Carate.
What he farrher adds concerning che people of
Paldivia
is this; There l\.vas a certain Caprain, fays he, named
Pedro de Va!divia,
who, being
in
1
Chili,
r-eceived imelligence of the greac
ílirs
and troubles which
were in
1
PcrH,
and tb
be
the better informed thereof, and perhaps
to
imereft him–
felf on one fide or the other, he carne with rnany followers, and failing along che
Coaft of
Peru,
he received informacion of the ill condirion of
Pifarro,
and that
the Preíident
Gafca
w~s then in
Sa,¡fa
preparing to rnarch ag~inll him ; whereupon
Pedro1e
Viil~ivi~
re~olv~ to ~o him_felf in Perfon ro ch~ Prehdent, an~ ro
liíl:_
rum–
felf w1th hm mh1s Ma¡efry s Serv1ce, and
to
travel w1ch the leís Tram he d1fmiíl:'
his me.n and fent chem to joyo with
Centeno;
and chefe are thofe
l'a!diviallJ,
who,
as
Carate
faith, fharnefully ran away.
The day·follot1/ing
1
as is re¡'lorted, both Pat'ties marched in fighc of each orher
with their men drawnU'p in,Battalia. The Forces of
Centeno
(as
Lope~ de Gomara
re~
pares) were cwelve hundred and
1
tv.
1
elve itlen füong ;
Carate
faich rhac they were
fornetf(11,g under_a th~ufand;
Palentino
calls them above nine hundred; bue for my
part, I qave·r.eceived 1c from very good hands thac they were twelve hundred
~
of
which there were two hundred and íixcy Horfe, a hundred and fifty Fire-locks
and about eighc hundred Pikes and Lances'.
All the Infantry he drew up inro on~
Body, flanking the Lánces with che Fire-locks, though indeed che Flanks were
very thin.
,
The Captains
'of
fdot Wére
'John de
Varg&'Brother to
Garfilaf{o de la Vega,
my
Lord and Facher,
Francifco de
Retamofo,
Capcain
Negml,
Capcain
Panroja
and
Diego
Lopez