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Commentariei.

BooK

Fooc followed che fame example, and furrendred chemfelves likewife to che Prefi–

denc

in !jke manner forcy Mufqueciers ofche lefcWing took the fame way wichouc

any purfuic made afcer chem; for marching offin aBody they often faced abour,

in–

tendiog éo defend chemfelves in cafe chey ~ould meet anr oppoficion: And more–

ove'r by chistime

A!onfo de Mendofa

and

l)sego Centmo,

w1th a parcy of fixty Horfe,

had placed chemfelves becween

tfi~

E~emy_ an~ che B~g,

fuccou~ fu~h as íhould

make cheir efcape.

Carvajal

ali th1s ttme concmued h1s Song, roarmg 1t out aloud

as he

faw

che parties run away~ The Pike-men, finding themfelves naked and

forfaken on boch fides by cheir Mufquetiers, and no poffibilicy for them to make

rheir flighc, upon precence of skirmifh with ~he Enemy, ali_on a

_fudd~

chre~

down cheir Arms and fled by feveral ways, wh1ch puc an end to all

Pi;_arro

sForces.

This

was che fuccefs of che Bartel of

Sacfahuana,

it may be called a Battel;

in which chere was neicher blow with aSword, nor pufh with a Lance, nor

MuC.

quec fhot of Enemy againíl Enemy, nor nothiog more than what is before relaced:

and

fudden was che deílruétion of

Pi 1 arro,

that if we fhould enlarge chereupon

ic would take up more time in che reading than chere was in che traníaétion chere–

of. On

arro's

ftde, as

Gom11ra

reports, ten or cwelve were killed ; ali wlúcb.

dyed by che hand of

Pedro M artin

Don Benito,

and ocher Officers in purfuit of

che Fugitives, bue by che Forces of che Prefidenc not a man was ílain :

chc:iugh

Hiílorians fay borh Parties were wichio fhoc of each other, and whole

Vollies

were incerchanged ; yec it is certain they were above five hundred paces

dülanc

each from che orher : Qn che ocher ftde bue one was unluckily killed by

che

mif:

chance of a fhoc from bis Companion.

CH A· P.

'XXXVI.

Gon~alo ·ri~arro

furrenders himfelJ;

judging

Ít

lefs difh~

noura

ble fo to d

oe than·to turn his back, and

fty.

The dif

cowfe

which.pa

!fed hetween the Prefident and hi11l.

The

imprif

onment of

Francifco

Carvajal.

HE Pikemen having thrown down their Arrns,

Gon

alo Piptrro

and bis

Cap–

tains were fürprifed with a fira,nge aíl:onifhrnent, béing an Aét concrary

ali expeétarion: And chen

Pipirro,

turning bis face to

'fohn de Acofta,

faid, Brocher

¡ohn

what fhall we doe?

Acojta,

prefuming on bis valour more chan on bis own

, difcretion, anfwered, Sir, !et us tighc and dye like old

Romans.

No, faid

Pi;_arro,·–

it is beccer to dye like Chrifüans.

Gomara,

upon chis occafion, Chap.

186,

úich,

chat his words were like a good Chriíl:ian and a valiant Man, for he judged it

m9re honourable to furrendenhan co dye, for thac he had never turned

rus

back

to bis Enerny,

&c.

AQd he adds farther, that

Pifarro

íl:ill kepc himfelf in a

very

excellenc garb, mounced on a brave Horfe of a Chefnut colour ; he was armed

with a Coac of Mail, and over ic a

aíl:coat of Saetín well beaten wich

maoy

doubles, and on bis Head he wore,a Helmec and Bever of Gold,

&c.

AngH.ftine

Carate

fays, thac the Goat which he wore over bis Arms was of an incarnacion V

el–

vet, <::bvered almoíl: ali over wich boífes ofGold ; and chac he faid co

'f_ohn

Ac(l–

.fta,

,fince ali people are going over

che King, I alfo am going likewife,

&c.

Ha–

ving fa!d chis, he proceeded to che Royal Camp, wich chofe·Capcains who were

contenc~d to follow him; n~mely

'f(lhn de Acofta, M_aldonado, 'fohn Pele~

GHevara;

and as he was going in chis rnanner, he mee with

Pedro de Pi!Javicencio;

whom

obferving to l:,e well attended, asked who he was, and underílanding chat he was

che Serjeanc-Major; he faid to _him, I am

Gon 1alo Pifarro

and am going to render

my felf ro che Emperour: having faid chis, he yieldea up to him bis·Dagger which

he carried in his hand, for chat (as

Carate

faich) he had broken and fpent his Lance

opon his own people which Aed from him.

PiUav,cencio

was very proud ofchis his

good fortune, and wich many fair words returned him thanks for che: greac favour