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Royál

Comme

ntaries."\

BooK

the

Kin_g,in all the days of. his

lifl;

but

1<1011fó1lo Silveftre

returned him nb anfwer,· ·

bmJpuned upmis Hdrfe,and went awar., TMs Sr<?rY I have heard from thofe of

Pifarro's

Parzy,

'and like-Wife fr(i)m

Si'J.v'efl,re

himfelf) ancl

<Dn''Phe ~eport of ·boch

fides

relace,ic here.

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GonfalJ Pi9arro,

:in:ipúrfuance

hís

~~lfiory,

th?ug?t

ttOt

-fit

to en~er

~enteno's

Camp, having underflMd Jtbac ·h1g Sotilth~~slwere

1c alr~ady, a~dlwerelip11!1A~

dering cbe Tents in great heat ano fury: lwherefore, remrmng ~o·h1s

0 ~ 0

Cámp,

fou11dlir ifoid .aKo been··pillaged:by

Centcnóis

Souldiert;

::ltlthe

time wh~n:they

thoughr che V:iétory was•~heirs, ·and that d~ey,hacl taken

from

·thence ali

tn€

Hor–

fes and Mules rhey coultl íl:ife, which wer.é now'ufefull in theit' flight.

Francifco

de Carvajal

.on che orher fide purfued rhe~iétory, 'not

kilLfpaniard1,

W:ith Clubs

·which cwo

N egroes

carried, a~

Palentino

teporrs Ghaptet t~e.eíghtieth, ,and fays;

thac he killei:l -above a, hundr-ed;

whicih certaioly had been a -very cruel'a~ion:

bl¡lt ir isigooci neicher t'crAa.tter ·men wirh'praife whio ido ,t:tc5t'~eferve it, ncir yet to

calumniare or accufe wherein men are nbt'gbllty, the ttml:lJis,.

@arvajal

kiUed none

after -che Barre!, bue remained ütisfied With his Viétory, which he had'obtained

folely by

his

iown good marn1gemeno and1induílry, ( as was manifeft) and mighc

be attributed to his grear,skill _and experienae

mmial

.aff~i-rsi~

and ~herefore he

mighr welli criumph andr,glory, tliat he himfelf had kill~d-4 hundred1~en in that

Battel, lince the wholé fucce[s of chac·day was effeél:ed 1:Dy

lhis

exrraordinaty con–

duét. ,

Lope~irle Gomafa,

Cha,p.118

refleéts on the.worcls

·o.f,Francifc.o de Carvaj,t/

and defcarits far,cher upon

dfüm,

and fays'

chat he boafted of, the ,farisfu&ion and

pleafure,he had in killing a1hundred mea amongft which one was a Friar, who

faid Mafs : -bút if chis reporc benot-true!

wé

rnay rhen ~ay-the cruelty at the door

this Authoar, and not of ·chis great.Souldier, who•@rtely gloried in his Viéto–

ry,

&c.

Thusfar

Gomara.

H·

:·"''

, ,

Franoifco, de Carvajal,

having1 atahieved fo much horloub and g\ory, carefied and–

dea!t kindJy ~iith his Enemies ; tfor the nexc day after

che

Battel, being informed

ihat feveral principal rnen oí.note, belongi~g to

Cé»teno,

aAd profeífed Servanr¡ to

his Majefry;Jwere wounded, and lay.concealed in the Tents óf fome of bis Soul–

diers, \,\ho.

out

,of friendíhip took care for their cure, he with ali diligence made

feárch afrer them, which alípe'ople imagined

a-e

foifl-

waS'\>vith defign to kili them;

af lengrh he found dgmt rof,them, one·was

Martin de ".Ar6let.o

Bifca.JnQr,'

a perfoa

noble defcent and valiant, of whom we ,have formerly Lnade menrion, and

whom we íhaill have occafion to name •hereafcer; another was a Gentleman of

Sa–

lamanca,

caJled

lohn de

St.

Miguel;

anocher was a Génclemari boro·at

Cafra,

named

Fra11oiflo Maraver.

knew them

all chree~ and the other five alfo bue

have

forgot ttheir names; all which

Ot1rvajal

finding very mucK wounded, he fpoke par-

ticularly to every one of them,

and told them thae he was troubled to fee diem

in chat condition, and

defu:ed

them ,to take rore of their recovery,

which if he

could ,cmnrrfüure, he defired them f

reely t

o command ir of him, aífuring rhem,

that he would be as carefull·of chem

as.of

his own Brorher

s; and tha

t when they

were cured he would readily grant th

em th

eir freedom and

liberty.to

depare; bue

if they would, refolve to fray wieh hirn, he would make

ir his bu(i

nefs to ferve

them

ali

the days ofhis life. Moreovh he c:mfed Broclamarion to be made tho–

rough the whole Camµ, Tfiat what Souldiers foever belonging to

Centeno

which

lay wounded, íhould freely difcover themfelves and demand help for cheir cure,

which íhould be adminiílired to them, and rnoney, if rhéy wanted it, and he pro–

mifed to take rhe fame care of chem as he did of his Lord che Govemour. This

policy

Carvajal

ufed to allure che hearts ,of che Souldiers to his Parry': for he was

not ignorant, cbat benefits and careífes are more prevalem than rigour and cruel-

ties ; the which he exerdfed towards his declared enemies fianding in defiance,

bur was more gentle and complemental

w.iih

fuch

as he perceived inclinable

bis

Party.

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