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Royal
Commentari,es. , '
CH A P~·
XXVL
Jiow the Prejúleni
and
his ,
4r;új
recei~ed the iti news o/ the'.
Vi[/ory of
Pi~ario;
and what
?Zew Orders he
made.
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H.
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vain,and íhorc are_che pro(pericies .and fucceffes of this lite rnay appea
0
r
by whac happened in the Valley of
Saufa,
where we lefc che Prefident and
his Army fuJl of joy and co'nti=ntmenc upon che good
news
which
Francifco Voffo
lately broughc concerning che'_flouriíhing e0ndicion of
Centeno's
Army, .which was
rnuch fuperiour
to
Pifarro's
boch in Men, Arms and Horfe.
In
confü,ience of
which che PreGdenc, and chofe who were of his Council, refolved
to
rajfe no
more men, bue to disband che Army which chey had already formed, and difmifs
the Souldiers who were come from füch diítant Councries and Provinces; for chac
it
feemed an unnéceffary.and .fruicleís expence co keep
fo
many men in pay in e~–
peétacion of an Enemy already prefumed
to
be overcome and defeated. And chis
courfe was
fo
far refolved, thac (as
Augujlinr: Carate
faich in che fourth Chapter of
his feventh Book) the Arrny was ruíl: upon che point of being disbanded ; the
which he expreífes in thefe words: Ac this rime came intelligern;e co the Prefi•
dem of che Defeat given to
Diego Centeno,
which he cook much to hearc, though
he ex1?reífed not
fo
much publickly, bue feemed to carry ic oucwarqly without
rnuch concernment: all which happened fo é:ontrary t,o che common expeétation
of che Army, chat many of che Officers were of opinion; chac the Prefidenc had
no need to raiíe an Army, for chac
DiegoCenteno
hada füfficient force to overthrow
Pif_arro,
&c.
Th'us far
Carate.
,
. .
But as ic was che good formne of che Pre:fident,
fo
it was che misfortúne of
hiS
Enemies thac chis decermination was noc puc in execucion ; nor was it
fo
rnuch as
known chat chis maccer was ever deliberated or deGgned to _b,e maqe publick; for
if che Army had been'disbanded, ic had cercainl~ b.een ve1:Y dífficulc ,ro have rai–
fed another of che ¼e nacure, or
fo
well pr0victed witfa Men and Amrnunition
as chis was. ' As maccers were in chis ~gitation che Biíhop of
Coz.,co
arriveq ac
Sa,,._
fa,
with che ill news ofche Rout and Defeac
qf,J)iegoCentrno,
ofal! whiclr he having
been an eye-wicnefs was,beíl: ahle to giye a relacion. The Preíiden_t, and ocher
lnhabitants of chac Countrey, \'!-·ho had Baronies and CQ\jllmands over che
[ndiam-1
iyere greacly fürprifed and rrol!bled. ac che n~w~; fináing chac che heac ofWar
1
which chey coníidered lacely as exci~guifhed, w¡¡s,now again infbmed, with fuch
advantage to che Enemy,
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chac-cheir caµfe feell}ed almo~ defperate, and che Rebels
in
a
íl:ate not
to
be reduced. Howfoev~r,che_Capcainsan9 Souldie1js, whQ live by
War, were not in che leaíl diíl:urbefl,acchis Q.~ws;
fai;
W.<1r
is their livelihood
and crade, from whence chey derive cheir Honoursand Eíl:aces, _and efpecially in
che Empire of
Peru,
where che,reward ofSou)diers and Advemu~ers is Command,
and diviGon of Lands, and ,a :8aror¡y over
[ndians•
.
Th~ I:?reGdem being defirous
to hold up che _hearts of hi~pe_ople, .which b.e found droopiqg, puc che beíl: cpun
tenance he could upan che maüer, and made chem a {\ior_cSpeech in chis \Tianner :
That Succeífes of chis naturie were u(ual and,common over all -&lie \~orld, and were
incidenr to
W
ar ; and chac chefe chir,1gs were intended
for
che _good ·of God
1
s
]?eople, who were có gi~e chan
ks tohis Di1Jine Majeíly for having,grJ11JCed co
Pirarro
a Viétory, with incenc ro
bri.ng greacér mifchiefs on hi.5 head, and thac ha–
ving füled up che meafur~ ,of his iniquity,, his ruine aqa downfall woulc;I
be
che
_greacer. And
to
obtain chisgreac blelling,' he advifed everyOfficer to bé_.vlgilanc
and diligenc in his íl:ation, and to order and difpofe all ching_s in füch a mec_hodand
readinefs as might enable rhem to contend with foch an Enemy.
He
added far–
ther, chacchere was no need
for
him
to
mov~ and incite Cavaliers
fo
well experi–
enced in
W ar
as they
i
1
ere
to
aétionsof bra-very and
to
marcial exploits; for chac
_he
was to follow their example, and cake cheir coµn fel a~d advice in matters of
greateíl: imporcance : In fi_ne, he tola chem, .chac· h~ wa-.s- well affured thac rhey
'\-\ ould direét every rhing in che beíl: manner
to
the Servíce of his Maieíl:y, who
would gracifie rheir fidelity \~/iEh rewards agreeable to their rnerics, and rnake chem
I
ords,of chat whole Empire.
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