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 II. Royal Commentaries. ;;, , " Rodrigo Orgonnos having no Orders from the Governoar to.engage, !oíl: his ad- " vantage ; which ifhe had done, it is probable he might have had fuccefs; for " che Arrny of Pifarro was fo weakned with rhe Snows, beíides ocher inconve- " nieocies of the Mountains, that they were in no condition co make reíifience : " Wherefore tbe Marquis haíl:ned ioto che Plains, and A(magro unto Co~co, &e, Thus far Carate. · , · li ' 4 Almagro in the iníl:ruétians given to his General, ordered him not to fight, but: apon conílraint ; ,for thefe rwo Governours had always inclinatioos to :igree, and not drive matters to the extremity of a breach , as may be obferved ever lince their meeting at Co~co, befare Almagro departed for Chili , when between chem- felves ali rhe flames of difference were extinguifhed : the like paffed ar Malla, where, as both the Hitlorians agree, they chearfully embracred each other with all the kindnefs and affeétion imaginable, and difcourfed of indifferent maccers with pleafüre and delight : And chis good correfpondence cominued, untill wicked In- .cendiaries interpofed, who reprefeming every aétion wich an evil face, inciced and precipicaced them to fuch detlruétive refolucions, as were afterwards fatal and ruinous to them boch : Nor did thefe pernicious Courifellours reap any benefic thereby unto chemfelves, but being involved in the fame calamiries, were enfna- red (as is ufual) in their own devices. Bu~ to proceed, Carate in the 11 th ChaP' ter of bis chird Book , hath thefe Words : - ' ' The Marquis remaining with his whole Army in che Plains, juíl: upon che • • " turn of che Moumain ; he found chat there was a great diverfüy of opinions ' ' amongíl: bis Officers, conceming che maoner and way that chey were to proceed; " .at length it was .refolved, That Hernando Piyarro, in quality of Lieutenant- ' ' General, íhould march wich the Army unto Cow, and that bis Brother Gon- " pilo .fuould be Commandei: in Chief; and that being arrived rhere, he íhould '' declare, .that bis incention and deftgn ofchat Expedition was in compliance wirh ".'J ufüce, .ro retlore chofe Cicizens to their Eíl:aces and Commands over che In- ~: ,dians,, who had been deprived and baniíhed from thence by the force and-ufur• " patfon of Almagro. In chis manner the Army proceeding oo their match to- '~ · war.ds Co~co, and die Marquis recurning to the Cicy of los Reyes ; Hernando Pi- " ' ia rro ·came at length near to Co~co, where che Officers advifed, as moíl: coove- " nient, to picch their Camp in che Plains for that Night ; bue Hernando was of a " contrary opinion, and would Q!larcer within the Moumain : So foon as it was " Day, Orgonnos appeared in the Field with the Forces of Almagro drawn up in Bat- ee talla: His Captáins of Horfe were Fr~ncú de Chaves, rohn Tello, Vincent d~ Gue- ' ' vara, ( or rather Vafco de Guevara) aod Francu de Chaves was elder Brother to " another of the fame name, who was an intimare and familiar friend to the _" Marquis. On che íide of the Mounrain fome Spaniards were drawn up, wich " a grear number of Jndians, who at that time ferved for Auxiliaries: Ali the " Friends and Servants of the Marquis, who were Prifoners at Co~c<J; were crou- " ded into c:wo Angles of the Forcrefs, wbich being a Prifon fo ílrait, as could " noc concain che number of the people, fome of them were preífed and crouded ~' to death in the place. " The next Day in the Morning, afcer Mafs, Gon fa lo Pifarro, with bis Army, . ' ' defcended into che Plain, where they difpofed their Tro0ps into feveral Bacra- " lions, and' in that order marched cowards the Cicy, intending to draw up his " Men upon a Hill, which over-topped the .Caílle ; upon fuppoíition, that Alma- " gi-o difcovering his force, would [caree adventure to give him Battel; which he " deftred to avoid, knowing how much depended on the fuccefs thereof; but Ro- " drigo Orgonnos havíng no fuch thoughts, attended bis coming in th~ open way " with bis Army and Arcillery, &c. Thus far are the Words of Carate, which are confirmed by Lope~ de GQmara : T°'which we íhall' ádd fome things which thefe Auchours have omirced, and are worchy to be remembred, and may ferve for che more clear underíl:anding of chis · Hiíl:ory. Andas to che firn-,· which was che place where che B'attel was fought, we fay ic was an errour of chofe who relate it to have been on the Hill, which over-looks che Forcrefs : For cercainly the Engagement was in that Plain which the