832 / 1070
..;_,
·
Royal
Commentariu.
ffo.OKV.
¡rnd ª11100gíl: them was one
Carr.:r(I,,
whom
w,~..
ha1,1e ~ormerly memtinned. One
of the_Calonels, pamed
Luys de
R1ber¡t,,Co~ítd~mg thac
m
cafe the
IJfarfemcm
W.tlre
dec¡¡.cheic;!. by degrees and ordered to.cqarge che F~ot, they wouJd.all be kalerl,or1e
af~er tbe ocher,.befote they could be:; able
to
come up
to
tbe.Enémy,; and
there–
.fqre Orders w_ere given, tpat
d1ey
lhould charge
Pi 1
am's
H:orfe; who.1 feeing.che
Enemy comiog upon.tqe,m; kept their ground, and fürred not
one.íl:en forward,
a?
che Lieuceoanc Ge~eral had dir~tkd~ chat the Mufquetiers migknot lqfe th'eír
Shoc, n011 ádvantage of their Volhes, as the Enemy carne up t9 tbem,: hut when
he
faw
that
_Centeno's ,
Horfe hacl paífed the right wing of the
Fo.ot;. he.nhen ad–
vanced thirty paces forward, to receive·the charge of che Enemy,
Centeno's
Horfe
tidi~g upon a
ful!
,trot, over-bore
Pipirids
Horfe, and trampled and trod them
unper foot, as if. chey had. been fo·many Sheep,
fo
chac ( as Hiftorians agreei, anci
I
with rhern ) Meri ·and Horfe were,overchrown ; and fcarce ten Meo o(
ali
cheir
nurnbers remained who were noc difmoumed. One of chefe chus hardly befec was•
Go»fafo-Pipírrp ,birn[elf,
who being fingle and divided from his Company,haíl:enecl
JJP.
to
jeirJ
wich¡his, Fo,ot. But oeing known by three Cav.aliers of chief
.QOle
;.
thev, fell upon him. with incent
to
kili him or take him prifoner : one of them
~~S
(;,al!ed
,Fr'!-llcifeo
d'e
VII.ar:,,
an?ther?
Michae!
de
Vergara,
and the OEber,
Gonr¡ajo
S,j'l:féftre:
ThIS fatcer ailiuled
Pt farro
on che nght fide,
Vergara
on the Jefe; and
'(_:)/loa
joined with
Vergara.
Thefe two carne up
fo-
clofely
to
Pifarro ,
rh:u rhey
gave
him
many Stabs under the Ribs, but good Arms defended him.
Michael
d;
Vr,;gar~ ·made!a
krod Ouc-cry, and faid, ThisTrayror
Pif_arro
is my prize and
my prifoner. In chis mam;ier chey ali
four
purfued him , till he camr up to the
F9ot::; bue rbe Horfe on which
Gonf_alo Si!veftre
rode rnoíl: troubled and endangered
bim,' for, ,geing_a1nitnble Horfe andina
full
carriere, he carne
fo
clo(e
up to him
that
Sjlvefti;e
took h0ld of the Horfe's ped:oral, and íl:opped him in his rnurfe;,
which when
Pifarro
perceived , he turned abour bis body to him, and with
a
fbort Cutlace , which was if.Oged with a Ribon on rhe wriíl: of his right hand
be
g~ve ~bree Cuts upon h~orfe; :ene of which lighted ~pon his
No(e,
and
cu:
. off
h1s
Lips,
fo
as the Teeth were 1a1d bare upon one fide; another Cut
he
gave
him over che Noíl:rils ; and the chird cook hirn over the hollow of his right eye,
though without hurt
to
bis fight. And chis
Pif_arro
perforrned wirh
fo
litc)e con–
cemmenc, as if he had.been engaged in fports
-0f
the Ring or other Feats of
Arms,.
And this very íl:ory
I
heard frorn
Go»fafo Silveftre
himfelf, who ofren amongíl: _
other particulars of this Batee! recounced chis paffage, and che f~me
I
have heard
confirmed by divers others. And thac all four of them purfued him
.up
to his
body of the :foot.
r
.
CH
A P.
XX.
.
fhe
Story of Íhe cruel Battel o[
Huarina
ú
f
arther c~nti-·
·nued, feveral'
Feats
of
Arms per¡formed therein. ' The
Vic-
tory
i1
gained
by
Pi\arro.
,
'
W
HEN che _Souldi~rs f~w him con:iing they knew hi~ to be
Pifarro,
and
charged w1th the1r
Pikes
to rece1ve and defend h1m.
Sil-¡eftre
percei–
ving thac he had not wounded
Pip11rro
with al! che Stabs he had given hirn on
his lides; he fiopped -his hand, ano gave
a
Cut on che Blade-bone of his Horfe's
Shoulder , bue the wound was
fo
inconfiderab!e , that after chefe matters had paf–
fed , ,ahd the Wars were at an end; chis particular was fcarce judged wonhy to
be mentioned, leíl: it fhould accufe his Arm of faintnefs and want of íl:rength
:
bue chis ímall wound was again recurned
by
1
Pifarro'sSouldiers,
who fallying forth
to kili thofe who purfued him, wounded
Gon 1 a!o Silvejlre's
Horfe in the head
with
a
Lance, whicli made him rife up on end,;
and
tben another wich his Lance ran
Silveftr~
himfelf through both
his Arrns:
the Horfe-wich che fmart of his Wounds
flowndred
•