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perfüáded him long Ítnce to difmifs thofe men, ofwhom there beiog no aífuraoce,
they were unfit ro be entru~ed w~th
fo
~reata coocernment, wherein Eíl:ate, Life
aod Honour did confüt. Th1s particular
1s
alfo noted by
Lopez. do Gomara,
Cbap.
1
8-6.
in thefe words:
·
,
Pifarro
fays he , marched out with above a tbo,ufand
Spaniard,,
ofwhich two
hundred ~ere Horfe, and five hundred and fifty Mufquetiers; but he was uery
doubtfull of four hundred who had ferved under the comrnand of
Centeno,
which
caufed him
to
keep a firitt guard over them; and to kili fome of them with Lan–
ces who attempted
to
make an efcape,
&c.
Thus far this Authour.
But on the contrary, The Prefideot remained wi:th aífurance of Ehe faithfulnefs
0f chofe who revolted dver to his Party : particularly ( as that Authour reports in
the fame ·Chapter, which is very long) be was well fatisfied in tbe Promife wbich
Lice¡¡ciado Cepeda
fent him by Friar
Antonio de Caftro
o[
the Order, of Preachers ,
who was Prior at that time of
Arequepa ,
that in cafe
Pi9arro
carne not ro terms
of agreement with hiin, he was refolved upon breaking off che Treaty, to país
'
over to the Emperour's Service.
With this aíforance che Prefident held a Confultation with bis Captains, whe–
ther it were beíl: immediatel'y to engage or decline Fighting for fome time: And
though they were ali of opinion, tbat
to
avoid the dfuÍton of bloud it vvere bet–
ter to forbear; yet, coníidering the neceffities they fhould be fpeedily forced imo
for want of Proviíions and of Wood, and more efpecially of
Wam,
which they
brought from far , whilíl: the Enemy was abundantly füpplied therewirh ; ic was
refolved to engage rlie next day; lefi the[e inconveniences happening by fuch .de–
lays, che Souldiers being enforced by hunger íhould rnn
to
the Enemy : bur on che
fame
Pi9arro
fent fome Arrides and Proteíl:s
to
the Prefident , as che fame Au–
thour expreífes in thefe words.
Pifarro
fent cwo Prieíl:s one afrer another,
1
to require
Gafca
to íhew to him in
writing , hisCommiílion and Comrnand of che Emperour : and chat in cafe ic did
appear in che original wricing that his Majeíly did enjoin him
to
leave che Go–
vernment, he was ready ro yield ali obedience thereunto,
to
refign up his Power
and
to
abandon che Counrrey. But in cafe he refufed
fo
to
doe , he then decla–
red , chac he was refolved to give him battel , protefüng againíl: him for ali che
bloud and miferies which íhould thence enfue.
Gafca
being informed that thefe
Prieíl:s had been dealing with
Hinojofa
and others, ro fübvert chem from their ducy,
he caufed them co be deteine~, and fent word
co_Pifarro,
that h~ \¡Vas ready to grant
free Pardon to him and ali h1s Followers ,; addmg how great honour he had gai–
ned in being the principal iníl:rument
to
procure a·revocation of the late Ordinan–
ces which would now be compleced in cafe he would accept of the grace and favour
ofhisMajeíly, and enrer iota che number of his faithfull Servants: thacali chofe
who were engaged on his fide wquld have eternal obligations to him for obtai–
ning a Pardon for them, and putting them into a condition of fafety and riches
without the hazard of Battel , wherein they may be ílain or be taken Prifoners:
to
receive the puniíhment of their Rebellion. But ali chefe '\,Vords were wind ,
and they might as well be preached in the Defart ro the Woods and Rocks as to
minds
fo
obíl:inacely inclined , or to defperate rnen , and foch as believed rhem–
felves invincible ; and the cruth is, their Camp was well fortified by the·fituation
of che place , and was well furniíhed with ali Proviíions, and actended by che
fervices of
Jndians.
Thus far are the verywords of
Gomara.
And whereas he fays
thac che
Indian,
were very ferviceable
to
them is moíl: true,; for generally the
Jndi~
ans
ferved
Gonr¿alo Pifarro
with more affeétion chan others ; by reafon that he was
one of che firíl: Conquerours whom they called Chíldren ofche Sun, and Brothers
to their Kings the
lnca's;
and therefore gave them the title of
lnca's ;
and particu–
larly they bore a fingular love and re[pett to
Gonfalo Pifarro
for being the Brother
of the Marquis
Francifco Pir¿arro ,;
they bewailed his death with much cendernefs
and compaffion.
'
The night before
it
was refolved to give the Enemy Battel ,
John de Acofta
was
appointed to attack chem wirh.a body of four hundred meo, in which hewas che
more forward, in hopes to recover the Credit he had lofi in the !are Defign; by
hismifcarriage
in
which, he was taxed of negligence and want of knowledge
in
yY'
ar: and it was well known how l:riuch
Carvajal
lamented his misfortune,
by
be–
mg denyed che condutt of that Affair whereby he hoped to bave crowned ali hís
former Aétions, and confummated che glorious exploics of his old age. Bue whilíl:
'fohn