The royal commentaries of Peru : in two parts / written originally in spanish by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega; rendred into english by sir Paul Rycaut.

Book IX. Royal Commentaries. nhen chofe in che Van fhorrning rheir days Marches, as the orhet:S enlarged them, they carne ar length, in a few days, to make a body of twemy thcíiifand Men, and ~o pirch cheir Camp ar che bank of the River A¡utimac, which they paíled with- our any oppoficioo ; aod theoce begao to proceed like declared Enemies, with operi Arrns in rheir hands, an~ cheir Colours flyiog : ·And thus they inarched fair and fofrlY. in rwo Divifio11s or.Squadrons, being che Van·guard of the Army, untill t~l'l..ere- guard over-t0ok them, confüHng of ~en thoufand Men more; and then proce~ded in a ,body untill they carne to the top of the Hill of Villa c__;mca, beíng but úx Leagues diíl:am from lhe Ciry ; but Atahualpa kept himfelf within the . Confines of bis own Kingdom; noc dar.ing tó ~dvemure his Perfon farther, unril1 ,_ 1 he ,had proved che fuccefs of the firíl: Batee], in which he had placed all his hopes, avaHing himfelf .much on che fecuricy and negligente bf his Enemies, and on the Prmvefs aµd ,·good Conduét of bis experiented Cap_taíns; . The Enemy being chus _ tl~ar approached, Huafcar made all the Levies of Soul- diers, \vhich the fhnrmefs of-the time woqld admit; but the greateíl number of his.Army being t0 ' be fetohed rfrem che remoce pares of Collafayu,_ whic;h was at ·lean two hundred Leagues di{tant, could not poffibly be brought together in time to~ make any r~fiíle~ce; and thofe of Anti{11yu were but few in number, by reafon thac ~haí: Countrey being mouncainous, is very ill .peopled ; but G_untifalu peing a Próvmce more compaét, was very populous, fo tlfat the CHr11ca1 carne m m great numbers, - fomíing' a Eody of diirry 'thoufand Men·: But thefe being all new raifed Men, and by reafon.ofthdong Peace·rlnexperienced in War, they were ti- mor.ous, and unable to fight and contend with ao Army of vecerane Souldiers. The Inca Huáfaar, with nis Brethren and Relations, and as many as he could af- femble, confüling 'in all of abo_ut ten·thoufand Men, marched forth to join the o- thér Bo.dy of bis Army, which carne ftom pállts lying Wefrward from che Cicy; and having merthem, they ftrud .togecher i~~~él:acion of farther recruits. CH A P. XXXV. O[the R_zttel fought -between thé Incas , the Viélory of, cAta- hualpa, and bis Cruelties. T J-l E .Atahualpians, who were the beíl: Sould.iers, confidering chat delayswere dangerous, and might hazard che fuccefs which quick exécútion would fe. cure, marched wich refolution to meet Hua{car, and giv'e hi.m battel befare his o: · ther Troops were joined with him ; and finding him encamped in an opeh Plain, about two or three Leagues to the Weíl:ward of Couo, they aífailed him wich all dieir power; againíl: which he· on the other fide rnade fuch fiout refiíl:ence, tha~ fortune feemed doubtfull unto which fhe íhould give che viél:orr, ; the Atahualpi- ans excited with the glory of taking Huafcar Prifoner, fought with fpight and ma- , !ice; and his own Subjeds being great Lovers of their King, contended with e~ qual courage to defend and preferve hirn, fo that the Battel continued that whole day with great ílaughcer on both fides : Howfoever, at length for want of the Col- IM, and by reafon that tbe people of Huafcar were a raw Milicia, and unexperien- ced in War, fo chat one Souldier of Atahualpa's was worth more than ten of chofe of the other parry ; it came to país chat the Atahualpians gained che vicl:ory : In che purfuit of which, aiming above all things to take Huafcar, for that cheir viél:ory would Hgnifie little, in cafe bis Perfon efcaped their hands, they attacked his Life- guard of abouc a thoufand Men, which furrounded his Perfon, and figbring in dé- fence thereof, were ali cut to pieces in his prefence, rnoíl: being fiain by the Ene- -rny, and ochers feeing their Inca Prifoner, killed themfelves: befides whom, many o~er CHraw and Sovereign Lords were taken wim great nurnbers of Capcains · F ff and