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,Koyal Oóttttnen~-llti:es.

BrooK

V,,.

that fdcfu

a

year yoa

íbal-1

run

a great

hamd

ro

lofe

ir,

bue in

¡zdfe.

ly'0Ú

ch€'n

éfcape

yolil íhall 11ve ,long

in

greac happinefs ·a1nd profpedry. :rhe '9t!'ár which threarerrs

y0ur Hfe aecer-aing

to

their préfages

1

ís

almofl: expi:ted

s

ífor noc

íii1lh'y

moncb-s

1

<1r

weeks r@14'lain before ehac üine ·aecer-miaes, which

r

'woulq cherdfeqlle advif'e

'yd(n0

pr-orraétrby- a·handfome-t~creac fr0m lfheiEhemy: chis:! fay, r'hac 3/ourmay nei~htir

bave caufe to compJa:in

óf

your 0wMaílínefs, nór ·yóur Friénds

ífri<'.l

Wéll-wifilicrs

co

larnenc y0ur want of cdnfüleraci@a lin rnakiag

~©0

íllghc ,an-áttou-hc

0f

füch pre–

di6l:-ions :

fot

though there

be

,no cer-tQint'y in íudicia:l 1Aftl:rol0gy;

'.1/i:{'ác

,leafl: ic

\vill

be

g00~

rn

fpend out the time,

tf

¡1>dffi0le,

co

feé whether

;fmd1J-

p1-~fages pro'Vé

rrue•or falfe.

1

am w'ell aífuréd chac dte

1

Erterny caandt force yoa c0 fiigl:Jc , raód 'plfr–

haps c1leiie may be many veafons which may perfu~de you

co

,avdiS

ir;

untill

fom~

greacer advancage 0ffers ~han ac prefefic -appears. Why fhould

1

w-e

adve;hcure ~fuat

wlhiéh we may @afily avoid, in cafe

incend to uavel from 9ntt -Oou[iltrey

anouher wr-rh pleafure,and reafe,

whítíl:

the Enemy

,i'n

.parfuic of us érf01:ire all

·~fue

inconveniéinces of

a

1

ldflg .march am\l hardíhips which famine and w,anr 'muíl: briog

upoa ,~hem ; aad

i,;i

this rnanner we

1

may fpin dl!l'r

cl:ie

'time

uotill

the bad influén–

ces are pafi which-thrnaten you, and "üll

che

áays :teélfrn which r~e Aíl:

rofogers.aC

:

fure you

will

be

more propitious.

Pifarro

an-fwerncl

in

few

w-0,tcls,

cha

e

W-as

reíolve0100t ito make a •recrear eichtir far or néar,

ü

rnoc being é0ó'fülenc wich

14-is

honour and repucacion ; bue

co

follow his fortune, and expeél: che

EPierny

ac

BJteo–

fahuana,

and be his deíl:iny whac

it

would, he decermined ro give che Enemy Bac–

rel aHhat place, withouc regard eieher

to

rhe

MOOfl

or Srnrs. -Herewirh ·r:he -ch-f..

courfe ended, ac which

Carvajal

was greacly croubled and complained amongíl:

his

friends and familiar acquainrance>,; ~hac his Lord che Governour reíolved upon a

moíl: pernicious courfe, efpeciél!

J.ly

M

chis cricical;t:~e -fhis life, which was

more

dangerous than any orher: in chis opinion all o'cfiers· did concur, and were much

affiiél:ed co fee bim chus refoluce and wichouc regard

ro

his fafery or condirion co

deliver up himfelf (as ic we~e) inro the hands ofhis El'lemies: ch'e!'e was no doubc

bue he

was

a man of greac underf.landing; and r,herefore we may accribure

this

violenc cranfport

ro

che influence of che Srars, which carried him b'eyond his rea–

fon, and caufed

him (

as ic were)

w

offer che Knrfe

to

his own 'fihl'o:rr, and re–

jeél: the reafonable counfeliof his Major-General.

Bue we muíl: rerurn again co ihe Prelidenr, and ofcen change our hands from

one parcy co che orher. The paílage being now made free and open by che re–

treac of

rohn

de

Acofta,

che Royal Army had)iberry

to

march wichour fear qr dan–

ger ofan Enemy ; bue by

1

1

eafon of

d1ei.gr,

eac im,umbi:ances ofCamil0n, A!mmuni–

cion aF1d Pr.oviGm1s, Í014r days were

f¡,e¡;¡c

before they

1

eoald clear ohemf~lves

ooc

o(

clm

uneaíie paífage, of whi~h chree days were ,rea¡uired c0 marcfo"froff}

rhe

füver 1to 'uhe oop of che

1

Mouncam, where ofue Ar,rny was drawn

up:

fl10m

wl+ikh

,Ji)lace ~he:Preíidenr gave aornrnand

t0

march che

rAttno/

with. gPeat or-al:r ; ho1Vfo.

ever tfue ways were

fo

nari11ow and r-ugged, and che Baggage

fo

great cba{ ~he

Ofifoe

5

could not obfehve that rule

ohey

defüed, and norwichfianding all:their endéavours

che lün"geíl:

marcfu

chey

1

colilkl make

in

atday was nórt..lbtve cwo leagues, ancl

forilé:

times bue

óne,

and'.{lliien,.peFhal:1)s rhey ,were

forced co

,~ay a>day ór'c,wt!>mnlill

rhé

Rere could corne up. 1

·

·

In

the mean time

Gorrfalo

Pifarr'o

laaflned his

Mén

out of

Co-t-cb,

a-nd

to

mal'fh

unto

Sac.fahuana,

wheFe ine defigoed

-'t-0

exp·eét

'tíliíe

,Enemy tlmd,givt

rl4eltl

Ba(-i!el

-Iil:is ü1prainswerea,ll•y0ung ancl íl:ou~, and íuch as depended m0ft:up©n rbieir--éwa

bravery b.F1dtcouragé, in c~nfidtmae of 'W!nich che,¡ rah'eal'fally haífned o& iof

Crk!cO'.

to antioipa-te che dary whid1 fuoul<il

1

make ohen'i

imrils

lmd

Maíl:

rs

0't

a:M

Fe1J.

Bút

OdnJajaL

and nhdfe

0f

1

his opi111ion, iwho were bre 1n0'íl:1bber,a'nd confüilft,aie

were very ,u¡;¡wiJling u0,nwec c,1le

Brf~,

nor1ha~ ng1rnen in

wfo<D"m

iobéy

aoúM

'i1lll~

any confid~nce; for at'tlongíl: tbeir -0Wn

F>aroy

w~e·<t!hree h1:1F1€Jt(!d

óf

thdfe&íe,I–

diers which belonge-<l

to

Diego

Ci:nfeno,

w ho'had ·h~ ·l'ácely ov-eh?ó'tñe, at:1§

mfiffy

of chem as iyec·

nqé

1

cilred -of r,lwir w-0nt:1'ds: 1anct·1!hilreftire .in ,t-étififtP5úght

ir&

1

~íl:eemeáHbl.l tfuch

iwl:Jóideíired

I

their

w

~rcJ.ir

©w

at1d1d~li!:lfl!létidm,;

i

tJr at

léaíl:

v.

1

01:Jlcl

rO!il

away

in,1he ida

y

ó'f1Eatrnl, and-clI.f !!óffi·aige•th@fevÍ]lb

wéreifáÍimfiiH iPri~-nds

f6

'Pi.9arro..

1

·:

1 •

'• ,

• •• • •

_

l

fl

rh

' ,

'fhefe aonftder,atio~s'adminiílrecd juffieaufe c;;¡ffeár~nd dattget

1

;01,~l(Jivetfc

wMitff

Carvlljdl

·(teh

cmnet:I

lEO

dlífuaoe

P,i,fiWo,

'ftom

l!har,rfaml GouF1!fuh

1

Wt-iith

'w01trnI

inevicably ,becray

l:ii'n_1

to

,a

lofs of !fis-ltfe, ےl:a-!ie>.'

1J-ronour

attd:i~(:!1

1

y-

ch1ng 'that

was

door -Umo

hi'm. '

füit-Co

G0a,oráai11e1l1it' ( asr~l~<,>fer fttHe

C0tlH",&l~I

p¡wcy faid)

thar