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Royal ·Commentaries.
BooK
V.
,
deny me che benefit of chis good fortune which now offers ir [el~ in ·thefo lat~er ,
days of my life, where~y I may confümmate the l~íl: of O;Y atch~e_ve~ents w1th
a glorious and final V1étory ov~r ali your Enem1es; whic~ pern1on 1f you are
pleaíed ro grant me, I dare próm1fe and affure y0u on the
f
a1rh of a good Soul–
dier wirhin the [pace of four days to plant the Imperial Crown of tbis Empire
upo~ your head. , And fince your,Lordíhip h~th by good experience proved the
extraoi-dinary ze'al and paffion I have conceived _to fee you exalced to a degree of
Majeíly (of which
I
have given fufficient teíl:imonies)
I
befeech your Lordfhip
again and again not to deny me
tl,e
favour. of tbis requeíl:, 1which I .onely-beg for
rbe greacer exaltation of your Lordfhip, my owq honour, 'and welfare of your
parcy and well-wifhers.
1
' •
• ,
Pifarro
repeated the farne words again,
:mcl
told
him
char he,was well enough
affored of his good will and affefüon towards him, and would never forget rhe
fignal ·aétions he had performed, which had mai1Jcained and ít1ppórced him in thac
íl:acion wherein he ac prefent moved: And for that ·reafqm,l 'e .could notiealily.
(pare him, or fee him removed ata diíl:ance from him, who was his Father
1
and
his Parent. Uµon chis denial,
it
being puc to che queílion iwbo füould command
the Párty fent upon this exploic,
1.obn de Acojla
was
the ¡.;ieríbn who by, general
coníent was chofen; for he was not onely a favourice
to.Pifarro,
bue one, as
Hi.,,
Horians fay, empk>yed
0n
fuch like aétions as chis, an
d perlja·ps on greater, as of–
ten
as occafion offeted; for he was eíleemed
to
be 11-ouc an~ btave,. and indeed
he was fo:
But
Courage is not che onely endowment required,in a Caprain;
tbút
there muíl- alfo be Prudence and Conduét, which were greacly wanring in chis
Perfon : and rhough
Carvajal
was endued with bocb, yec chefe Couníel\oucs, ob–
ferving the inclinations of
Pifarro
towards him, com\)lied racher \Úth che affeéti–
ons of cheir Prince chan wicn fuch meaíures
as
agreed beíl: wich the neceffit'y of
che times.
Francifco Carvajal
feeing
that
(ohn de Acojla
\
1
vas
che perfon appOÍf1tCd for tha_t ex–
ploit, he curned towards him and faid; Capcain, Since you ar..e fo(happy as to be
employed on chis glorious aétion, and to cake from me che honour and
fame
whichJ íhould win, be pleaíed to receive thefe inílruétions from me, which
if
well ob[erved and execured, you will cercainly be viétorious, aríd recuro \Vith the
· Crown of this Empire, which
I
have fo ofcen promiíed to our 'Lord ·che Gover–
nour. The Rules which I would ,give you are·1heíe;
I
would have you depart
from hence about nine aClock in che morning; che Bridge 1.reckon
to
be afouc
nine leagues from chis City ; and
fo
on a moderare march, rieicher too
faff
nor
too ílow, you may by two a Clbck in the afternoon travel Ídur·leagues, where
you may 11-ay an hour, and eat, and refreíh your [elves and your Horfes ; and
from thence íetting out abour rhree a Clock, upon a ílow and •eaGe march, you
may gec
to
the top of che hlill, which borders upon che River, by riine
a
Glock
at night; for I would not have you be there fooner chao abóut rhac time;
a
little below che
top,
at a league and half diílance from che Bridge, chere
is
a
pleafant Foun,cain of clear Water; at chis place eac your Supper, and cake your
repoíe, cauGng your Bed
to
be made with four good Quilrs~ and a clean pair
of Holland Sheecs, lay your felf thereupon, and puc a dozen Muíquecs under
your Pillow charged with Powder, and without Bullet ,
for
you
will
have no
need of íhor. The PreGdent and his Souldiers, !et chem make whac haíle they can,
will not be able
to
reach che Bridge umill fuch an hour che next day ; and chough
all the Devils in Hell affiíl them they will not be able to lay tbe
firíl:
Stranne un–
till che evening, and che fecond rhey will endeavour to lay in che nighc. Aíter
which chey will begin to país about nine a Clock ac nighc, and fuch as are goc
over will begin to climb the Hill without Rank or Order, having no jealouíie or
füfpicion of an enemy, bel'ieving ic impof11ble for us to have made
fo
fpeedy
a
march thither as we have done.
Such as have been che
firíl:
to país will imme–
diately make to chis Founcain, wich deGre to quencn their rhiríl: wich chis plea–
fant Water, and may be come near yout Bed abouc cwelve a Clock ar nighc, ac
which time caufe the Mufquets
to
be fired which you laid under your Pillow
which having done, without ocher delay, orfo muchas íeeing che enemy, I ,~oald
have you remrn to rhe City, and theo we will immediacely plant che Crown
on the Head of our Lord che GoverQour. Thefe Infüuétions
and
Rules
Ciir–
vaj11!,
who was wife and experienced in the W,ar, gave
to
Captain.
rohn de Aco–
fta,
who aéted
fo
contrary chere~nto chat he noc one-ly
miíled
of tbe Crown
bac