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BooK
V.
Royal
Commentari.es. .
that
Pipirro
having completed the meafure of his iniquicy was blindly carried
tQ
receive the puñifhmenc he deferved. The.which obíl:inacy fo di[pleafed{everal of
bis people, that they purpofed
-to.
have left .him if poffibly they,could: and I can
confidencly aver, thac after the Battel of
Sacf ahuana,
and when ali things were qui.;,
eced j I have
heai:d.fomeprincipal Offic~rs who belonged to
Pifarro
fay, thac i(
he had followed che advice anm ·counfel of'his.Major General, chey would never
have lefc hirn, bue have died with him: fouhey eíl:eemed
C'4rvajal
asan Oracle;
and entertained [uch anefleem ofhis knowledge andiexperience in War, rhat they
doubred noc ofthe füccefs in all macters whe1;e his counfel was followed. Bue
ff,
farro
perfüling in his fatal refolution, inarched .out of
Cozco
towards the l:a~ret end
of
Mart:h
in che y~ar
1
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48,
anti in cwo days·came
to
Sacfahuana,
being greac'ly hin" .
dred ,by his Caniages, Artillery and Baggag~, for he was well furnifhea wich all ·
provifions for War~ fo as· noc to wanc any thing iri cafe the ·Enemy fhoukl íl:ay
or linger in rheiuoming. Aild chcugh (
?S
yve
have faid ) cnis aétion was con–
trary
to
the fenfe and opinion:of moíl: men ;. yet, finding
Pi
farro
fixed and refo–
lute in his dererminarion, none duríl:
to
diífuade .or"endeavour
to
alter bis mind:
anct in regard í:hefe men eviaencly faw rhac he wenc poficively
to
fatrifice himfelf
, ánd chem to manifeíl: deílruél:ión, every man began
to
provide for bis own ime~
cereíl: and ,fafecy; and ro abandon
Pifarro
whom chey fa~ plainly offering up him~
felf
co
death
in
che mofl flouri{hing íl:ation of his life, being in che cwo and fourti–
ech year of bis nge; during which rime he had been viét0rious in all che Battels
he fought eirher againíl:
Indians
or
Spa1;iards
,.
and had not above fix months be–
fare obcained that (amous Viétory at
Hua'l'iná ,
which gave him a charaéter.above
any in chis new World:· all which forcunes,and f~cceffes were changed , and buri-
d
in che Valley of
Sacfahuana....
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CH A P.
XXXIV:~
The
two
Amzies meet
in
Sacfahuana. ' Gon~alo -fic;:arro
jhews' a cli/fidence of thofe Souldiers which be!ongeif_ to
Di–
ego Centeno ;
and the expe[lation..
the
Prefident
had,
that
th9fe
nzet¡r'
fhould revolt to
hu
flde.
·
The O/fers and
Proteflations which were ,made by
Pi~arro.
Thi: Anjwer
given
hy
Gafca.
lt'
is refolved to decide·
the
Difference
·
by
Battel. Tlie Order of the Royal Army.
G
Onftüo
Pipmo
drew up bis Army in ·a cercain place
of
thac
Valley , having
á
River behind not very broad, and
a:
craggy Motihfain, and borh
fo
mee
to–
g<nher, that th~ firuation was naturally íl:rong, and cdered che Army o.n all quar–
rers in fuch ma:imer thac ic could noc be attacked in the rére nor on either fide,
but on che front onely. This River, towards che Motintain, is fortified with greaé
Water-galls, caufed by th€ íl:reams which fall from above: becween which and
the River
Pifarro
pitched his Tenes, leaving the Plain between che Wacer-galls and "
Mountain free and open for drawing up che Army; The Prefident ( as we havé
faid ) making fhorc marches, arrived in this Valley three days afee~
Pifarro;
and
three days paífed with fmall skirmifhes and piqueering bétween fmall parcies
5
which were of no great moment j by which time all the Imperial Army was cmne
up. The Arrriies faced one the other for two days afrnrwards, withouc engagingj
ali which time
Pi9.arro
and 'hís Captains kept a íl:riét eye and wátéh on their Soul–
diers, thac none
of
chem íhould run over to che Prefidenc. And now one would
think, t.hac a Commander, who voluntarily marched to meet bis Enemy, fhould
have greac confidence in che fidelity of bis Souldiers; ahd not doe
~s ,Pifarro ,
who too late began
to
diíl:ruíl:
Centeno's
inen, of which chere were no lefs than
three hundred in che Army ; ·and begari to approve che Corinfel of
Carvajal,
whd
N
n n n n
2.
•
perfüaded