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BooK V. R -oyal Commentariu.
Pedro de la Gafca, Preíident of hís Imperial Majeíly, having fummoned all the
Captains and Souldiers who were in ~itu , Cd./Jamarca , Rimac and oth€r pares;.
and who accordingly appeared ac che Rendezvous , and having ordered che Mare–
fchal Alonfo de A/varado ( as we h_ave hinted befare) to goe to che Cicy of LoJ
Reyes to t;aife Men and co provide Horfe and Arms and MQney and Spani(h Cloth
for the u[e of che Army, and to bring che Guns from che Ships; all which being
accompliíhed, and füfficient Ammunicion and Viél:uals provided; ic was decer~
mined thac che Camp íhould rernove from Saufd to meec GonfaloPifarro; and O~
ficers Were appointed for beccer Government of che Army ; as che three Hiílori- ,
ans agree, and particularly Carate in the fourth Chapter of his feventh Book hath
chefe words, ,
. The Camp was ordered, faith he, in chis rnanner : Pedro Alonfo de Hinofoft1 con–
tinued in che Office of General, as was agreed when he firfr furrendred up che
Fleet at Panama, The Marefcbal Alon(o Alvarado was made Lieutenanc General,
Licenciado.Benito de Carvajal, Standard ·Bearer General, and Pedro de Villa-vicencio
was made Serjeanc Majar. The Captains·of Horfe were Don Pedro Cabrera, Co–
me~ de A/varado , rohn de Saavedra, Diegode M ora , Francifco Hernande~, Rodrigo de
Sala~ar and Alonfo de M endo 1 a. C~pcains of Foot were Dor; de Cafti!ta 1
Paulo de M er1efes, Hernando Mexia de Gu~an , 'fohn Alonfo Palomino , Gomez, de
Sol&, Francifco M ofquera , Don Hernando de Cardena1 , Admira! Andagoya , Fran–
rifco de Olmos, Gome~ DariM , Gapcain Porcel , Captain Par4' and Capcain
Serna. Captain Graviel de RojM was made Maíl:er of che Ordnance. · In com–
pany with che Prefident were che Arch-bifhop of Los Reyes, che Biíhops of Co~ctJ
and f2.J!.itu, and Facher ThomM de San M artin , Provincial of Se. Dominiclzs Order ,
wich many ocher Friars and Priells. At the laíl: Muíler chere were liíl:ed feven
hundred Mufquetiers , five hundred Pike-men and four hundred Horfemen : che
which number increafed to a thoufand nine hundred by chac time that they arrived
at Xaquixaguava: and fo the Camp removed from Xauxa on the twency ninth of
December, in the year 1 >47. and marched in good arder cowards che Cicy ofCo~co,
and endeavoured to find forne íhallow place, where they rnighc witli che leaft
danger foard over the. River of Avancay. Thus far Auguffine Carate :• fo that be–
fides-the four principal Officers, vi~. che General, Lieutenant General, Standard–
bearer and Serjeant Majar ; chere were feven Captains of Horfe, and thirteen of
Foot, beGdes che Mafrer of the Ordnance, who were all Noble , and perfons of
Qiality (moíl: of which I knew ) and with thefe Officers and Forces the Preíi•
dent removed his Carnp from Saufa, to find che Enemy , and carne to Huamanca,
where being great wanc of ProviGons , they were forced to proceed forward in all
haíle to the Province of Antahuqylla wich incencion to wincer there ; being a
Councrey ( as we have faid before) abounding with all forcs of Provifions, Ac
this place the Prefident with his whole Army made fome íl:ay in expeél:ation of
thecoming of che Marefchal Alonfo de A/varado, who brought new Recruits com–
manded by their own Captains, and were (as Auguftine Carate reports) abouc
three hundred rnen, of whom we íhall fpeak more in the following Chapter,.
C B A P. XXIX.
Of the Captains and principal Men of Q,uality .,, and Soul–
diers who eame- to Antahuay lla to ferve hv., Majefly. And
the great joy there was at their Arrival.
T HE PréGdent quartered his Army in Antahuaylla tor above che [pace OÍ
chree monrhs; during which time the People flocked in to him from all
pares: amongíl: them was Alonfo de Mendof._a, who efcaped from thé Bactel of H11-
arina ( whom to mencion in che due place) and was preferred to che
Command of Horfe. Abouc a month and a halfafcer, che PreGdent·
emered into Antahuay!la, e Marefchal Alonfo de Alvar11do carne thicher with a bun- '
dred