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Lope... de Cunigft ; _ch& five Ca~~ains.wich chei~ Enfigns ~~!;l:ied o~ ~h~-leftWin~
and in che Ván of ali abouc cwency pa,¡;~s-,.diQanc fron;i ~)¡ie -r~{t .of th~ Squadron. .
Thefe were irnmedi¡tely followed by elevén Files of che choiceíl: meo in ch~ •
Squadron, in nature of a Fodorne Hope :,. After ,tbefp/ Ca.{fle,tre,_Ei;1[1gn-b~arers
p¡rrying their Colours, and rhen fol!QW~d.,, che Lan~qs~and Pikemen mterlined ·
wirh tbe Mufqueciers. · · .· , _ ) . ,:, , , . , , .~ .·, ·
The r,ighc Wing of che lnfancry ,wa~:fl!RP9rted- with ·diree Troops of Horfe,
whofe CaptainS narnes were Pedro de /o;,;Rf~,fra;Nacive pf Cordoua, and of as noole:
• defcenc ?S any in chat Cicy, alfo A11tonio ~ Vl(oa bo~,;i ¡ic ,Carc~res, aGeñtle1rian of
a very ancient Fam_ily,.and wich.them was¡join~d P~ego A'1var.1Z, born ac-Almendral
who carried che.Royal.Standard. l)ieg<1,f:~nt,eno beingrche_n fick was oot,arnoogfr
the Troops, oor prefent in the Battel,..bu.e .wa~ carri~d up and down ·in a Chair
giving s a·nd direltioos. This Squad,von, confifüng.of_,a hündred apq fixty
, ·».orfe,, cm.nmanded to tharge che kfc Wiog of the Enemy-: like'
flanked. thdefc Wing_of bis Fooc wich ninecy fe:ven1Horfe which belonged.to
.Arequepá• .and to che Ciw .-of Plate, whofe _Capcains_were Alonfo 4endo;a
'f.ero and a)l commanded by the Major,Gei:ieral Lf! Ribera; and .
th~ of,dús Arrny was L11Jf!(]ar:c{a de Sat;t_M amfJ, -: ~ . .
other fide che.bieucenant-Genetal Francifc.o,.de,Garvajal (ormed~hi§ Squa~
dron ~ith che flowe( and choice(t !Ilen_?f che M ilitia of f'er~ ; and rit was,pity
that fuch ,íl:~utan.~ exctlhmc S01:1ld1e_r~. d1'1 not take che nghc fide, _anc.1 employ
themfe.lves in fervice of che Kiog cpeir l;.ord and Maíl:er: chis was the,caufe whlch
moved Hiílorians to write with fuch defamation of aman fo experienced in War
that he lmew to a point how rnány Lances were requifice to give checrmace ro a
Party, and had as much ad.vancage over ochers in War as an exper.t Maíl:er at che.
Garrte of Chefs hath over a young beginner or leamer. Accordiogly wich greac
are he drew up in Battalia bis litcle Army offo~·huodred meo upon ~e Plains, of
which eighcy five were Horfe, fixty Pikes aod Lances and abouc two hundred
and fifcy Fire.locks : howfoever many Authours m¡ike Pifarro to .have been of a
greater for<;e, aod Cent~no of afar lefs ; perhaps to abat ry of Francifco
vajal in cafe he co~quered Centeno; ,bue thefe Wricers ood not che Se,
nor found out che true caufe of che Viétory on one fide, and che defeac of che
oth~r, whjéh we íhall fpeed_ily relate.
Carvajal drew up in admirable Order his frnall _ Squadrón in an open Plain,
where were no Buíhes, nor any thing elfe to hinder the íhoc of his Harquebufiers :-
che Captains ofwhich were Diego Guillen and fbhn de la Torre ; and Carvajal hirnfelf
commanded hts qwo Co~any compofed of íl:out Souldiers, and exc~llent Marks–
men-. And .though rohn de Acofta, comrnanded at cbat time aTroop of Horfe, yer
he changed chat ºday wich Capc~in Guevara for his foot .Comp~ny,, becaufe Guevarr,i
was lame and could not fight ocherwife chan on E-lorfe-back: chefe four were,Ca()- , ·
tains of Foot, and Hernandof/achicito rnrnmahded íixcy Lances and Pikes; and both
Wings were incerlined wich Harquebufiers on one fide and che ocher.
Amongíl: che Capcains ofHorfe GonfaloPifª"º was bravely rnounced and arrned.
wich a good Coat ofMail, and over ic a.Coae_of green Velvet, which I have feen.
him wear, and over all he had a loofe Garment of crimfon Velvet ílaíhed; on
each hand ofhim wére Licef!ciado Cepeda, who wasCapcain of Horfe, and Bachiller /
Guroara.
Francifco de Cai:vdjal was Commander in Chief ofchis whole Squadron ofHoi:fe,·
and poíled himfelf on .che right Wing of che Foot, not exaét_ly joyning to chem,'.
but advanced abouc fifcy paces befare, that che Mufqueciers mighc have che more
room to play their íhoc; for in them he repofed his greaceíl: aífurance ofViétory.
Carvajal was armed like a Commander of Horfe, wich Coac ofMail, ané,i Gane-:
lec, aoa aHead-piece, which they calla Burgonnon, with a clofe &ver;.furniíhed
with fuch crofs }3ars as chey put opon che Hiles of caeir Swords; over cbefe Arms.
he wore aCoat ofgreen Cloch, of a fad and deep colour, and he was rt)ounted on.
.. a common Pad, like·a poor Souldier, oot to be known. And in this manner were
his Troops ranged,e whilíl: he, co put them into good order, rode cq che Ft¡:mt and ·
Rere, and was prefenc in- all pares and places to givé his direétions and word 061~ .
comrnand. . . .
Thus were 6och Arrnies drawn up, and _at a difiance of about fix hundred pa–
ces faced each ocher. ·Thofe of Centeno's fide remained fo ,confid,ent of Viétory,
thac when chey went out.,of the Camp, they c;,rdered their Indian Servancs to pro-
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