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BooK V. Royal Commentariéf.
<lillance 0ff :fue fec !fpurs ro his Horfe, whrch was a very ·cornely Beafi: of a dark
-Ghefnac colour, lhavir)g Ms ,n'eck, breaU añd hin:der parés covered with a thick
-Billfs tiile ·dye-d 'black, thac ic iooked very handfornely, and was a new forc of
-0mam'enc and coverrng whioh I never teme·mbet ro have feen before, nor fince to
,cfue day ~hac I lefc chac 'Councre:y :.bue chis new forc of hooftng wás at thac time
very •<ilanger0\J's r© l!he Ma!ler, 'b-ei!'rg 'párrícularl.y noced ar:td known chereby ; for
foonet began co n1h cowards che Enemy bue he was known and purfued by
Martin de Don ·iffenitoi mounred upon a1!árge Horfe thin and leah, bue ín good
rh, andas I rem'ember he was nf a bayifh'colour, and fo fwift chac he tan chree
fooc for che 0cheti-s @ñe, and fo fet<1líed Upon iiitn diac he carne up wich Cepeda juíl:
.as he encretj 'upbA tht= wec ·grouhd\ which was n'ear che Prefideric's Camp, and
~here be gave Ms Hmfe fuch ,a frroke wi'ch bis Lance on che hinder pares chac he
-ll><lll:é hím down it1rr0 che mire, an~ gave .rn@thet wound to Cepedáin che righc
Thigh, and fuad cerbi:iAIY killed him, had nm füur Cavaliers under che cotnrnand
of Alonfo de Meñdop1., placed chere bn fach 0ccafions, come in to his refcue. Had
-11@c che Horfe b€en overcharged with che W'eighc of his Bull's Leather, he had cer–
tainly ouc-run ahd efcap'ed the Lante ~f Pearo Martín de DonBenito, who was moufi–
ted on an 0ld lean Jade ; and having performed chis piece of bravery he returned
,again 10 che maitt fürdy of hís Forces ; bue Li'r:enciado Cepeda beilig relieved by che
tünely fucrnurs which carne to his affiílence, he was taken out of the mire into
which he wa'S fallen, and c0ndu'é'ted co lí:ifs che Preftdent's Hand, who received
-him wich gr-eac j0'9'., and, as Gorm1ra faith, kiífed him on che Cheek; looking up–
on him for fo confiderable a perfon, as thac b")7 his defertioh Pífarro was overcome.
Thus far Gomara.
After his example many other Souldiers both Horfe and Fooc carne flocking in
á:em -a-11 fües ; ilmong{t chem was Marún de Arvieto; of whom we formerly rnade
menrion in rhe Bactel of Huarina, and prornifed to relace feveral chings of him, of
which chis particular {hall ferve for one. He was well mounced on an excellenc
Horfe, carrying his Lan€e in bis Wtefr, whTch forc ofWeapon began co be out
chofe days ; chis Ma-rrin Arvíeto was ~ccornpanied by a Souldier called
ArmM; boro ac Colmenar de ArmM, he was litcle of fiature, bue a neac
le fellow, and eíl:eemed honeft, and a good Souldier; he wa-s mounred on a
p~ccy dapper Mare of a brown Bay, wich whice (treaks, bue frnall and fic for che
Mafier, ánd was·moré proper to ride abouc che fireecs chaq for an engagemenc in
Bactel ; and becaufe Arvicto had caken him undér his ¡;,rocecl:ion, he held his Horfe
in wich a fiiffhand, chat he migbt noc.leave his Cornpanion; which Pedro Mar–
tín obferving, who had altea'dy run four or five Footmen thorough with his Lance,
immediately purfued after chem: M artín de Arvieto who _led che way, paífed eaft-
1y OV€!: che mbbt-Uh ground; büt Pedro de J1rma/s Mare ffüühflred in ir, anti afcer
twb ór three pJufiges Íhe threW her Ridet iñ{ó the mire and dií'~, ánd che -girrs of
the Saddlé broRe. Atviuo rurning ab5Ut at\tl feeíng his Gomfadé in che dirt, in–
-t~rpo[éd between füm afld Maffin de Don lNnfto, Which wh~n B~mto faw, and that
.:YJrvie-?o intendeti to fjghc hit\í; h~ íl'ó~~ed Ms· Hórfi anti íl:ootl fiill: wñ~teú~oo
Martifl de Arvieto called Upoo hllfl, and faíd~·A9va-nte Raf,al, ·and lec us-tfy which
.óf lis hach futk:ed dlé betn¼f tnílU : but Biñ'i't'o adcepteél nM fh~ cthallénge, l)uc re–
l!lltned again t® ~i~ a0mpánroñs. PétlritMtiFtin lftalfo fü~tiy ~f fli [e falli~, :índ at
1aa a fhoc cook',füm -dn the tight ~ána~ with whi~h his naAce falling, fi@ éame to
l'i~arroWithÓUC' it, afiid tóld him,. Sif; l afil_11GJW difablt!d,1añ~ úrJfit fatthef fer yóot
fetttité, ahd ch€téáplfü hé retire€! into die Reré 0f che H0tfe. D ring whic'h time
tdl tlie Souldi@rs th~t could, ~ ~tfü H0ffd ás Fóót, fled ov~r éo che Royal Canip;
·Whiah wli~11 Fr;'1hcifao de Carvajkt ÍáW{ attd tnat, by,tfafon eÍIPifarro's obíl:irlaq, who
perfüte~ íl:iH ió'ttis·óWri lilfrflour,-,.ál was br011ght' to aefirut.ffiéb ahd ruiné, he be-
. ~ari ((:) ífag wifH á lótid vóké; 71nu,-Mot1feí', il.otli the rM!t.l.'=oarrj aiidy my hairs trio
/;~ two, an~ in díis ·wanher corttiñ~~~ fingifl~', ¡,a~él. j~fü.tag úp6~.~ha(~ w~o reje~e~
h1s couníel, untill tHere yvas ridt one man terr1am1fig. Af leng~h rhé nghc Wmg
of Mulquetiefsi pre~éhdfüg ütk(H!h~at Fétith artd Loyalty,1épfüé'd leave co be dé–
ta11:h@éi from che refl: of ch@ Booy•té sk;itmiíli wtich thé Ene.m·y; which beirig ad'–
m\i'tt~0, and chey drawn ouc;, 'fo foon as @~yrfudqd tHemfélves ac fomé difüiñce
tlff, rhey ali fec to rlmñing, aqd carné ovt!"tt~ t~é.Pn2fideiW ; -wli,ifü when he and
his Omcers obfütVéd tliey refól1Je8 to életline,fígf.ifihg\ in,é pec1atión that in a
very fhort timé' a,Hche Pórces·of-Pifhml wclútli cbm'e ov'ef ib thérn'; che whiéñ at–
t0r~iñgly faccl!!eaed ; for a'patcf ~f thihy'Morfo Theing1éifawh out to pórfue the
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