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-CH A P.
XXXI.
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Lop~ Martin
layes_ three:Stramze,s
·f
the Bridge over,
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Rzv?r.
lfíe Sp1es of
Gorn;alo
P1~árro
cut
rwo
of the711:_
off.
.
The great diflurbánce
which
thú occafioned in the·
Royal
Caí,ip.
_Carv:ijal
gives ordú
to
John
de
Aéóil:a
to defend
the
pafs
of the River.
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T
HE Gentle~en before me¡;¡ui~ned, to whofe.care ic was c;~mitted
co
make
.
che Bridges, had prov'ided ali che materials required thereunto.
Lope Martín
the
Portugues,
to whom 'it belonged to erelt chat at
.Cotopa_mpa,
expeéting che -Army
in
l
day's time; laid che firíl: three Strannes on che Wacers, which are che foun-–
dation of che Bridge
~
chough he had received· orders noc to lay any untill che,
corning of che Prefident.
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' Howfoever
Martín,
to
íhew his diligence and
to'
anticipate a day, advemured–
to lay chem, which proved a matcer of greac trouble and inconvenience to che ·
Prefident, Officers,'and
to
che whole Army : for che Spies of
Pijarro,
being chree,
·s¡aniards
and eighc
Indians
,
tracing alon~ che banks
'OÍ
che River , perceivéd che
three Scrannes which were caíl: over
to
cheir fide , and che 'litcle care chere was
·ró
defend chem, advemured che nighc following to cut chem with hacchecs and co,
fer
t_hem on fire; and proceeded
fo
far
in cheir defign
,r
that they cut cwo
o(
them befare che guards could come from the ocher fide: bue whac chey mofl: ap–
prehenaed, was; ihat the Enerny would hereby receive intelligence of cheir defign
~
ancJ before-chey could país che Army over, they would have.time to ·hindef and
diíl:urb ,them in their paífage;
fo
that chey íhould be coníl:rained either
to
force
'tbeir way w.ith great danger and . hazard ;· or ocherwiíe to make cheir paffige
ac
Accha
,
which w.ould be both incommodious
to
che Arrny , and a,difcou–
Fagfrnent and a lofs of repucation; and off che ocher fide it would raiíe much
che fpirics of che Enemy, who mighc alfo give chem che like incerrupcion a_t
A
e–
cha.
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Having confidered che[e matters, it was oonduded/ chat che onely recure re–
medy and prevenrion was expedition ; and accordingly ic was ordered, that im–
mediacely after
Paldivia
and Gapcain
Palomino,
che General íhould march wich che
Cornpanies of
Pablo de Menefes
and
Hernan M exia,
(which were Muíqueciers)
and· endeavour, if ir were poffible , to reach che Bridge that nighc ; and to pafs
over. upon Floacs to the other fide, boch
to
defend the·Bridge, 'and
to
give affi–
ftence
to
che workmen employed in füecching che Strannes and faíl:ning che Ropes.
6.rdaliel de
RojM
was alfo appoinced wich his Caonon
to
hallen
,ro
che River, cha
e
his
Indians
which belonged
to
the Arcillery might alfo lend a nelping hand to che
W
ork. Orders were alfo given to the ocher Companies
to
forlow che General ,
with whom che Prefidenc [eerning to entercain diícourfe, he accornpanied him
fo
far, uncill he carne
to
che Banks of che River, the Biíhops foon followed afcer, whilíl:
the
Marefchal remained
to
command the Camp,
&c.
Thus
far ·Palentino.
And here we
will
leave che Prefident and his Captains on fheir way ; and em–
plo~ed
in
repairing and making their Bridge; to relace whac
Gon 1
a!o
Pi 1arro
and
bis
Officers were contriving at the farne time, and whac
Francifco de Carva–
jal
was projeéting
to
counrerrnine his Enemies , with che Scracegems of War
in
which he was chiefly pra~ifed. So foon as che Spies broughc advice of what was
doingat che River
of
Apurimac, Gon 1alo Pi 11lrro
called aCouncil of War, and com–
municaced to chem che News which was broughc to him·, defiring cheir opinion
of whac was to be 'done for defence of che País, and what advancage rnighc be ta–
ken on che Enemy in this preíenc Conjunéture.
Carvajal,
who was the moíl: an–
cient and principal Capcain, firíl: aníwered and faid, Sir, This day ic
is
my tura
to
aél:,_nor doch it belong
to
any perfon to go upon this exploic bue
my felf
No,
Facher, replied
Pifarro,
for
I
have need of your perfon and' couníel to.be atways
near me on all emergencies which rnay happen, we have young and ílóuc Cap–
tains wich us, any o(.which will be ready and
fic
for chis
W
ork.
Carvajal
,replied
again; This Enterprife, Sir , belongs to me , and
I bef
eech your Locdíhip not
ro
·
deny