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v~
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Comn:ent{lrifu:_.
Chapcer, .And indeed he had nmch reafon for chis Aífercion ; for cercainly that
paffage is fo.difficult and horrid a.s cannot be expreffed or defcril?ed. . When
John
de.
Acójfa·
underílood by bis Scoucs that he was not far from rbe d.efc;ent of rhat,
ill
way, he ad\Tánced wich íix Horfernen to cake a view oí.che Enemy, and finding
thac chey had already poífeffed rh~mfelves of che top of the fylouncain, and were
fo
very numerous, he durfi not engage with them : the truth is, they deceived
him much in cheir numbers, and rpade him believe chey were many mor,e chan
in
reality chey· were; for, as Hiíl
:orian~fay,. they mounced their
Indiani
and
Negroes
on Horfes and Mules, and put Lan.ce~ and ,Partifans into their hands, and drew
them up into a marcial poíl:ure; anci. thac;rhe Enemy mighc not.difcover che qua–
Jicy of chis Rabble, they placed three or four Fil~s of
Spaniards
in che
frene
well
appoinced and armed, to cover che
Jiegroes
aod
Jndi1ms
in their difguife ; and then
of che lnfantry chey formed another .Squadr-on of ch~ like condition. The Hi~
fiorians add farther, chat
Acofta,
to amufe
fifarro
and.ma~e him believe chat he ·
would doe fomething, fenc for a recruit of chree hundr~d M,ufquetiers ; bue he
having ,not aéted ácéording to any of chofe Rules _which
Cat,vajal
had given him,
the d~íign was loíl: ; and when _che Recruics c~e ~o him, findi11g.himfelf unable
to
engage wich the PreGdent, he retreated e.o
Co,:,co
wicho"'t any aétion, .to give
¡m accounc to
Pifª"º
of whac had paífed, and that che Prefident approached near
unto che City.
CH A P.
XXXIII.
.Gon~alo.Í?i~arro
publijbes hü Orders /or the Army ta march
'Out of
Cozco. Carvajal
di/fuades him from
it,
and puts
~i-in in mind of a Prophecy relating
_to
his life.
The Pre–
,fidenl marches towards
Cozco.
lhe
Enemy goes forth to
·
meet
hirli:
'
T
., ,
HE
defign of
fohn de Acofta
failing,
Piyarro
reiolved to ~arch forth and meet
.
che Enemy, and give him Baccel; for having formerly had fucce[s againíl:,. .·
Indians
and
Spaniards,
he took che greater confi.dence to adventure ali his formnes
on che hazard ofWar.
In
order hereunto he made Proclamation thac in four
days time every man íhould put himfelf in a readineís to march
to
Sacfahuana,
being four leagues from che City; bue
Pifarro
having .made chis publication
wichout che knowledge or privicy of his Lieucenant-General,
Carvajal
was
inuch croubled ac ir, and told him, chac ic was by no means proper, or agree-:–
able to che welfare of bis affairs to go forch co meet ,che Enemy ; for chac
was to eafe che Enemy of a trouble and take ir upon ·himfelf; I befeech you,'
Sir,
faid he, to believe me in chis matter, and leav.e che conduét
Q[
it ro me.
J"o which
Piyarro
anfwered, tbac at
Sacfahua11a
he had made choice;of a fpot
of Land very advancageous for him , and where che Enemy could onely at–
tack him in che Front, and that he donbted not to gain aViétory wich his Can.
non onely.
Sir, replied
Carvajal,
in chis Countrey we cannot miís every where
of íl:rong and fafi places, and I know particularly,
(if
you will be pleafed-co leave
it unto me') to chufe you fuch a place where you may be aílured ofVietory. My
meaning is, that whereas you deftgn to march four leagues to meet che Enemy,'
that you rather change your courfe to the contrary way, and expeét cheir coming
at
Orco,,
about five leagues from hence on che other fide; which
if
you are j>lea–
fed to doe, you íhall then fee che trouble and confufion chis farcher march of five
leagues
will
caufe amongfr the·Enemy, and che·difficulties they
will
havt
{O
purfue
you : And tben having leifare
to
furvey che ground, you may make choice ofche
rnoft advantageous fituation to give Batee!.
·And I
do
again and again befeech
you to retreat back, racher chan proceed forward to meet the Enemy, che which
1
would perfuade you unto though there were noching mo~e in .ir than merely
what fome judicial Aftrologers have prognojJ:kaced concer.ning y0ur life; .namely,
N n na n
chac