847 / 1070
Boo« -V.
Royal Comff:ientaries.
Jength, ~fcer
a:
'Ioilg·
Jo~roey, caufed
by
íhóte
marches
:for
t~T(Qie o(;thofe
whó
wer'€
WQllrí~ed,
Pifttrro
artcf his Souldi€rs arr-ived at
C'o~co •
.,
.r
-' , ,
1 · .
-1
Captalli-
¡ohn de_ la Tofre
had prepared to make for hi
n~ a'folenití·eFitr,y
.~ñdéi:–
ttful'flptt~l Arches whid1 he had etetled over the Streets, a.nd,adorned
t~
,vith
Flqwér~:
ofyarious colouts after the
.fndian
rnat:me¡vin
rhe
ti
a1~s'of their
JJfi'cdé:r.
The
firft
tha~
led the tvay ~
1
ere the Infantry with their Bánnets difplayed, már–
éliing·Jthteé by three in a Rank, every Captaill anhe head ·of -Ws,~mpar:ix;
then- followed the Horfe in the like order; after which, and that the Scmldiers
wer.e lodged in their quarcers, followed
Pifarro
himfelf accended onely by bis own
Serva_nts and the Inhabitants who accompanied him; for he thought it not conve: .
nient to be introduced by his Souldiers, Ieíl: it íhould feem as if he gloried in aa,
entire.Vitl:ory over his Enemies, and made a Triumph before Conquefr. As he
entred, all the Bells of the Cachedral,ilnd Convencs were rang out, and che
Indi11n.r
~
of the Cicy, being drawn up in th€ ··stree(s and publi<;k places of the City, gave
loud acclamations as he paífed, calling him
Inca,
and giviog him thofe other titles
of Majeíl:y which they ufed to beíl:ow on their own natural Kings in days of trí–
umph, the which was performed by order and direfüon
of'lolm de la Torre. '
The.
Trumpets alfo founded, wich Violins and other Inílruments ofMuftck in which
Pifarro
much deligbted, and had excellent good of that kind. The
firíl:
place he
encred was the Church of our Lady of the
Merceds,
where he adored the moíl:
Holy Sacrament, and the Image of the Virgin bis Mother and our Lady. From
tbence he Walked on foot to bis Lodging, which was provided for him at che
Houfe of one 'of bis ch1ef Ófficers called
Alonfo de Toro,
which is fituate over againfi
the Convehc of che
Merceds.
I my felf accompanied them ,into the City, having
gone
óUt
the day b
efore to meet my Father as far as
fl!!efpicancha
being ·chree
leagues diílanc from
Coz.co;
pare of ch~ way I walked 'on foot, and I was carried
pare ofit by two
Indians,
who by tmns took_me on their·Shoulders: but at my re–
curo
~
perfon leading
a
Horfe gave me leave'
to
ride,
fo
chat I
faw
every thing
which
r
have hera related, and fuch p_arcicular obfervations did I take thereof,
thac I,coúld affigo the very Houfes and Charnbers, where every Captain was quar–
tere·d, für,
l
knew them ali ; _and though it be fixty years ago fince thac time yet
I
reme.mber tne very plates and Houfes wfuere they lodged ; for
We
conferve things
hetter in our memóry
1
which we
faw
in our youch than what we have obferved
·in our riper years.
Gonfalo Pifarro
and bis Souldiers being thus entred into
Qi:uo,
Francifao
de
Car,z;ajal
at~ended
to
give
out
neceífary Orders, and make fuch proviíi–
óns as were re<:¡tíifüe
to
carry the War forwards: he repaired che Arms which
were broken, ór ~ecome defefüve
in
the late Battel of
Huarina,
he caafed Powder
and _Bullers to be made, and new fixed fuch Arms a~ were noc ufed, and omitted
noching ,in order
to
carry on the War. Of Arms he hacl great íl:ores; for he had
gathered aU thofe which
Centeno's
Souldiers had left in ~he Field, and thofe
which
belonged to the men
ílaiñ
on
both ftdes, and of.thofe whG had b€@n defercers;
ali which he repaired and re-fixed with great care and curiofity: and of al! forts of
0ffenfive Arms he moíl: efl:eemed of Fire-arms, faying tbat che Gentiles bad wife1y
arrned their God
'fupiter
with Thunder- and Lighming, which was an Engin that
ktlled at a diíl:ánce as well as near.
I:Je caufed alfo Pikes to be made, and though
th~y fuad
-00
Afh in that Countrey ouc,of which to fvarne chem, yec they had ano–
th~r fort of
W
ood; as firong and proper as that; He
alfo
provided great quafltities
of
Cottén for making Marches ; and, in fine, h"e omitted not rhe leaíl: mauer
\\'hich mighc be tequifite or ufefull iri ícs time and feafon : in all which matters he
applied himfelf with that diligence, that he was nevt!r i9le, and foemed not
to
al-
l0w himfelf time either to eac, or drink.
1
,
His cúíl'ome "Vas always to ride upon
a
Mtile of' a pyed colour,
I
never
faw
- him on any other Beaíl: during the time he ce:mtinued at
Couo,
and before the Bat–
tel of
Sacfahuana ;
fo earnefr was he at his;wot'k, that day and night,-whenfoever
he was mee by bis Souldiers, they always found him elllployed: And becaufe he
knew t'hat they would marmur
to
fee
hiri!i
fo
bufie; he would always, when he
paffi!d by chem, with his Hat in bis ha1;1d, fal~rt them; a:nd i¡;¡fread ~f faying, I
kifs your hands, he would fay,
what you can perform tolday,tl.efer not ti/l ,to morrow,
and this faying he coníl:antly frad in mis mouth~ Anrl--wben they ·as_k~d
him
whac
ti1pe he Eook to eat
?
and
whac.cime
tó:íl{!t-P?
he woúld make,an'f
wer,
That thofe'
-rr,ho hada mind
to
wor/z had time for e-ve'rfthing.
,Amemgft atl ·libé-fe exe~díes -and
(,:ontrivaoces,
Carvajal
coulq not conceal his-ewn fierce-lil¾Hire,. which íhewed
it
felf.