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wounded with the Tallow, mixed wirh the dung of Cattel ( of which there is
great íl:ore in thac Cotintrey) which having dried and beaten
to
a powder they
heated
it
with the greafe, and made ic as hot as they could well endure
i~;
and
firíl:
having probed che depth of che wounds wirh fome Bodkins which che
Spa–
niardt
carried with rhern, rhey poured ir into them, and chis ferved for a Balfarne
which not onely íl:enched Bloud but healed che Sores, without other remedies -
which was recounted afterwards as a merey of God, and a rniracle ofDivine Pro~
video~ to that Party, which in their extremity had found fo fovereiga a cure :
prefeotly after mid-night they began again ro travel, dividing into feveral partié,5
that che Enemy might not be induced to purfue them, on che report of many
g~
reo
into a Body.
About
fifceen
days afcerwards
Gonfalo Silveftre
met with the
Spaniard
who was
wounded, with his
Jndian
Woman, and found him·well and found, in a Village
of
lnJians,
"here were abouc fifteen or twenty Houfes; for fhe had carried him
thither amongíl: her own Friends and Relations, .where they cured him, and ec–
tertained him with what provifions their Countrey afforded. Thefe paffages
I
received particular information of from good hands, which happened in that de–
farc Countrey : there were many other accidems ofgreater imporrance than thefe,
of which noc ·having had panicular inforrnation
l
forbear
to
write them; and
leave them to che contemplacion of che Reader, who in his thougbrs may imagine
the m·feries which followed afcer
a
cruel Battel, in a Countrey dHinhabited, and
in a Defart without relief.
I
fhall now return to
a
defcriprion of che place where
chis Battel was fought, and fay furneching of whanhe three Authours write con.,
cerning che exploics which were performed by
Garfilaf{o de. la Yega
rny Lord and
Farher.
·
CH A
P .
XXIII.
.
The htthour confirms the truth of what he _hath
faid
5
and
to fatisfie thofe who do not b-e!ieve him, he boafls of what
J!iflorians write concerning his Father.
F
R411ti[co'Lope~ de Gomar4,
Chap.
1_82.
relating the Battel of
Huarina,
and giving
ali' accounr of che numbets of chofe who were killed and wounded, faitn,
that
Pifarro
had been-in great danger had not
Garfilaf{o de la Pega'lent
him bis
Horfe,&c.
Augu.foine' de Carate,
Book ·che fevench, Chapter
the
third, difcoúrfing of chis
Batrel, faich chac che Horfe feeíng che rout which was given to che Foor, engaged
che Énemfs Horfe, and in thaé charge
Gonfa1o Pifarro'
had his Horfe kUled under
him, wirhout other hurr to hirnfelf,
&c.
Diego Fernandéi:.
alfo, Book che fecond,
Chapter the feventh and ninth, fpeaking óf chis Battél, faith, as follows ;
Pedro de los Rios
and
Antonio
de
V/loa
charged the Horfe on che othet
Wing,
and
en·gaged not wich ch~ Foot, as was ordered ; which they performed with fuch
fuccefs·char chey difmounted che whole parry of
Pi.farro,
fcarce ten meo rernaining
in che Saddle; afili•cherewith being as
1
it were aífüred ofViétory, they began to
rifle their .Enemies, make chem Prifoners, and cake away their Arms.
In
tlris
encounter
Pifarro
himfdf was difmountéd, which wheh
Gar9i!aj[o
obferved, he
alighred frorti his Horfe, ( for he was one of chofe who rnnrinued in che Saddle)
and lene ic
to
him, and helped him tó gec
úp.
Licenfiado Cepeda
was one of chofe
who
had y,ielded and taken quartet ; but
Hernando Bachicao,
giving che day for
k,{l;
paífed over to
Centenó's
parry.
Though
ali
thefe Auchours -agree in chefe particularsiconéérning my Farher,
yec
I
am
well aífured óf che cruch of whát
I
nave wrote; and thac che Horfe which
I'irarro
reteived from
my
Father was riot
in
che heat of thé Fight, but afterwards :
bm I
do not wonder chat Hiíl:orians fh0uld be
fo
informed, for
I
remember that
fome School-fell0ws of
mine,
who were''
bórn
óf
Iñdi,m
Women,
tblcl
me the
fame 1