4000003871

BooK

R~yal

Commentaries.

flouqdred and tumbled on ali four; wich· che fórce 0f which ~he head of che

~nce broke.off in-his Arms; bue how(0ever the Hol'fü \)ounfing up, carried off

h1s

Maíl:er w1th more danger th~n what

here ex¡i,reífea.

Bue

Michael dr Vergara

was more unfortunate, for he m che h~a.t of his FurY'. fanfying chac che Traycor

Pif

arro

was bis prifo™:t, purfued him 'within chree ot four fries of ch~ Enemy,

where they knocked h1m down, and cec both him and

his

horfe into pitces:

Nor did

Francifco de V/loa

fuq:eed 'bmer·,, for as he ,

..yas

turñiQg his horfe to

efcape, a tvfufquetier clapt che nofe of'hJs Gun oq the mios of his Batk, which

paífed clear chrougb him ; arid .another 5o.úldíér at the fatl]e time, euc his horfe

over

the huckfons of bis hin~er leggs, arid chough he was hamfhinged chereby,

yec he was a horfe of chat fpiric, thaf he carried bis Maíler off above tifcy paces,

and then -both of them fel'l dtad cogether ; all which

have learned and heard

very parti~ulady that the colours of their Horfes were de[cribed : This wás the

iff'i!1e -of thé Fight between che Hol'fe .of

Pipirro

and

Centeno,

which was

bloudy

that a hundred and feven 'horfes lay dead within che field wbere the Battel was

foughc ,

~J1id1

cootai-ned not above cwo Acres of ground b~.fides chofe which fell

-ar fome fa-rd)er difianc-e

off,

and yec aU the number of· horfe on one fide and che

kDcfuer di<ll

•lil0t

amount to .tbove a hundred and eighty t:wo. The matter was very

fiurange, and indeed no

Qlªº

believed·the report , uritill my Father

Gar¡ilaffo·tle la

Vega

clid aff1;1re tihem updil bis word, tbat he bad countea thern one by one , and

,thac

Ol!lt 0f

cu,riofüy,

·he

.had t-aken the account, by reafon that che Baccel was

.exceeai0g 0l@1:1_dy -that

man would hereafcer believe, tbac out of fo fmall a

-number fo -ma0y íh0uld be

killed.

" Wheh

ll>iegoiC:'cnte11o's'H0r[emen

faw llhat

Pifam

was retreated foto che Body

,of

;bis 'lnfahuiy, •they éhei;i cbarg_ed~thofe ~w Horfe of the :E;nemy which remained

w.itlh fodvfoc'c€ís , ·thac •they

killed ,rhem almoíl: all

che laíl man , fo chac che

Viél:ory was ckar as ~o ch~m: One of chofe who were killtd

W?S

Ca.ptain

Pedro

Fu.entes

who had h<len G~V;er-nour ,:to

f'i9ar~o

_in

)1requf/Ja;

líe was knocke.d

.d0wn widh ·~ne,

,chofe-Clúbbs,which

·'me

Indians

ufe in,the War; by t'be firong

Arm

of a,bfor.fem~n,

·w

l,~

riftng hig~·ifr~m ·his Saddle ;

gavt:!

him' ·fuch a blow

·\.~ith >both hands-©n-hi Pieknet..,

:a~

beatj

it:1µ~0

pieces, and·gaíhed ouc his Brains, fo

ithat poor

Pear~

fell-aown .deaq·upon the

Vf2fy

place. Captail}

Licenciado Cepeda

was

-gtievout1y wom;ided with á·Gut over

his :Face ,ánd bridge

his •Nofe, and was

taken prifoner, I reme,mber ,rhac I faw him at

Co:{.oo ,

afrnr•he .yas cured , with a

_patch of blaéK Ta.ffaty of a ifinger's breaclth ov~r the Scar. At this time

Hernan~

do Bt!chicao,

wh0

comirnmded -che.Lances under

Pifarro,

hearing che Enemy [qund

it:he Levecs

.df

Viétory,

r~n

9ver

toCenteno's

fide, aµd callfd Wimeífes char he

was come,over to che King's fervice, and .clai'm~d t_he pr-ivilege of che

Proc!ama-

. tion of general Pardon. But rhe oeher Squadron of Horfe belonging

CentenQ,

whi h fhnked on che right Wing of che Infancry, and commanded by

Pedro de

Los Rios,

1 '

Antonio de V/loa,

charged che !efe Wing of

Pifarro's

Foor, as was or–

ciered at che beginning of che Barcel ; bue chey were

warmly received with fuch

a volly from the :c.nemy, chaeCaprain

Pedro de Rio;

was killed, and many ochers,.

before rhey co ld come to clo[e with them ; whereupon they wheeled off, and

would not ad enture to engage farther with thac •Squadron, which was too hoc

for tbem, being well fortified ~vith Pikes and Fire-arms: Howfoever paffing along

rhe !efe Wing and the rere-guard of

Pifarro's

Forces, chey were much gaulled wicli

Shot from them; for that Squadron was well guarcled with

Yllapa1,

which in che

Indian

tongue •fignifies

thunder

and

lightning;

and indeed it proved

chat no-,.

ble

and

flourifhing·Army of

Diego Centeno ,

which confiíled for che moíl part of

Gentlemen,

mounted on che beíl: Horíes which ac that time were to be found

all.Peru,

and which were for che moíl: pare cha~ day defüoyed in chac bloudy

and unfonwme'Battel.

Pifarro

hada qefire to have charged the Eqemies horfe

-iri

,perfon, and fought it out wich them

,cheJafi, bue

Caroajal

advifed him not to

.doe ic, bue to keep his ground, and leave che management unto him; and do noc

-~oubc ( faid

hé

)

but very

peedily y0u {hall fee your Enemies routed, taken and

killed.

Centenc's

Horfe having rallied into one body, after they had paífed the two

W~ngs of

Pifarro's

Squadron, were y~c more warmly receiv~d by the Rere-guard

whic

h Ca

roajal

commanded to fire bnskly.upon them ; which they_performed

with

fu.ch

fuccefs, that chey killed many

them, and put tbem into d1forder, and

-forced chem to quit tbe Field; the which aétion was performed in

fborr

ti01e

that'frarce had

Cenreno's

Trumpets finiíhed their Levet which founded

V1étory,

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