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Commentaries:
BooK
V.
vide tli~ít' Dinher with,
·a:_
cfoub.le~~r{ion 'teady againíl: their retur~ , that th~y
might.tmtetltain théir
Frlep
ds_,1 when -~'hrY<;~ad fubdued _ chem, _and caken them pn-
foners.
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But the
Jndian-!,
w~lfeared-tl\at
rt:us
vanicy and confident hoaíl:mgs portended
fomé
ar··
·attfwered dMf
Mafüm,
and
:tsk~H them where they íhould drive thofe.
Herds
C?-f
Cattel to fecpre thell} againíl their Enemies; who though
fewi,i0
num–
b~r,
will
yet,faid théy,
·lí>e
ycilr
Maíl:~s:s
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añd this they uttered wich tlfatbirnell:neís
and cénf.iden¡;e, that m~ny of the
Spant-ar'ds-.
grew f~ angry and outrage0us co hear
thern.. that they were ready
to
beat thdn, and w1th th1s paffion they.entred in–
to
chepla~es andpoíl:s appoin~ed the1niin,!htfü refpeétive ~quadrons. One ofthefe
was
Martin
Jlé
Arbieto,
who d1fcourfing w1th a Fnend of h1s upon what the
lndian1
had
fo
únl4dtily.prefaged ;
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at the fame
tJtílt}
~ame one
Gon1alo Silveftre,
-who repor–
ted the
[ame
as ~he
Indi-ans
h¡¡d prognofl\táted : And they had_ fcarce advanced a
,-few
paces,forwan;J:before one
'/ulio de 'f!ojcda
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who_was an lnhab1c_anc o~
Cp:;,co,
and
one of chefüíl Conqueroúrs of
Peru, ,_cahie
roanng, and fwe:mng faid, that he
could {caree'forbear 'killing his
Jndiam, .
fot '
faying that we (hould be defeared this
d~. · How chefe doggs íliould come có fay thefe things,.
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know not, unl~fs they
being Witches, converfe
w
ith the Devil: Ac the fame mílant carne another lnha–
bitant
of
Cot;.co,
called·
Carrera,
who faid the fame things; and another alfo carne
to rep'órt,the fa¡ne t-,¡ews,
fo
that it carne by füc or feven hanrls; who.fcorning to
. give credence-co che•vain prefages of cheir
Indians,
poíl:ed chemfelves in chat Squa–
dron of H~e which flanked the Infantry
ih
the left Wing.
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CH A
P.
XIX.
Tf,e
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Úmel
of
Huarina.
The Strategem which the Lieute–
t1a11t General
Carvajal
ufed.
The
particular
Exploits
of
Gon~alo Pi~arro
and of other Cavaliers of renown and
good
jame.
B
OT
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Squadrons being drawn up in che Field ll:ood fadng each other for a
long time without moving, .and being in chis poílure,
Gonralo Pi 1 arro
fent bis
Chaplain, rnlled Father
Fierrera,
to
Diego Cenwro,
requiring him to permit him a
free paífage
to
depare , and not force him to make bis vay by Batee!; and in cafe
he would not grant hís requeíl: , he did thc;n proteíl: againíl him for ali ·che loífes •
damages and bloud wh~h íhould enfue thereupon. The Chaplain carne with
bis
CrC!cifix before him, bue the Guards íl:opped him, upon fufpicion chat he carne as
. aSpy to difrnver their numbers ~nd order. The Bifhop of
Co~co
and
bitgo
Cen.
teno
who were cogecher at the fame time, fent for che Chaplain, and having heard
whac he had to
fay,
he was ordered to be brought into che Bilhop's Tent.
The Forces of
Diego Ce11teno,
having informacion of che Meífage which che
Prieíl: br.ought, and being confident and aífured of Viltory,
were1r
refolved to
gain che honour of being che firíl
to
make che on-fet: and accordingly moving to–
.wards che Enemy they had [caree advanced a hundred paces before they made
a ft,and.
Francifco de Carvajal
ordered his men to keep their ground, being deft–
rous to have the Enemy come up
to
them , and to encourage and provoke rhem
thereumo, he fent
lohn
de Acofta
with thirty Muíquetiers to begio.a skirmiíh, and
to
tnake a feeming retreat, to draw the.enemy to follow rhem. The other fide
drew out'an equal number to engage wich them; bue no hure was done, for chey
fired at füch a ditlance thac che Bullets could not reach home. •
Hiíl:orians write, and particularly
Auguftine Carate,
in the third Chapcer of his
fecond book, hath thefe words;
Francifco de Carvajal,
faith he, feeing -the Cam~
o[
Diegp
Centeno
to make a halt, ordered his own S0uldiers to advance ten paces
forwards; which when
Ce,iteno's
Souldiers obferved, they cryed ouc,·char che Ene·
my gained honour over them
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and thereupon began ,.to marcp in a full body
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at which