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 Co.mmentaries. And here it is to be noted, that he who fent a Narrative of tbis Battel imo Spain,_ muíl: have ~een an Enemy to Pir¡arro, becaufe the Relation he gave there- of was to the pre1udice of rhat party ; for he 1worts, that Hernando Pir¡arro had cloathed a Servant'of bis with the 'farríe Habit whicb he pretended to wear on the day ofBattel, that fo thofe who·fought for him, might reak their fory on his Ser- vant, and füffer ·hinno efcape; which if it had been true, he might have defer- ved the difgrace and charaél:er of Coward : But though this Storo/ was abfolmely falle, yet it fo far prevailed in Spain, and over al! Pms, that the Ron! Council of the Jndies tQ be truly informed. of the matter, fent for a famoqs Souldier, who was prefent at the Battel on Almagro's íide, called Silveftre Gonz.alez.; and amongíl: other things demanded of him, they asked, Whether in Peru Hernando Picarro was efieemed for a Coward? In reply unto which, though the Souldier was of the adverfe party, yet he averred ali . that which was reponed of H~rnando. Pi farro, wuchfog the 0 5mbat wihiclrh€ .and his Compani~íJS fougnt' ana relared it in i:he fil in e manner as 'We ha ve deme ; -adding, -that fuch Wás .the cornmon fame.and, i:epÓJt: ·c0nternimg,itl1e parr.icularsiÓf that Batrnl. This paíTud ' !:l,t Madrid towards che laúer y€'ars ofj the I'mprifonm'efit of Ncrnando Pir¡árro, which werpwenty thtee in: all ;5-and t~is · S~ulpier ~Jimíe'lf acgua1nte~' me · 1vith wbq.r he lfae dedar~d .to th~ . R'.~ngs' C0uncil of'the iJndies: •Bu(( that which gave che firíl: cdl~ur to th10 ltahda-, lous ¡re¡mn,. w~s (asr he .faid) chéte1rm of Serya:n'r, which we caU-a Cornpanion ·~ for.it was·faid,-thiaili h€ was t:ichly cloathed ;· and fó it was trae, fo1 ,he Was habi.; , ~ed eKafily Hke 1Pi? ,ar.ro, weariñg a Coa.e of Inc-arnation-coloured Velvet, which W<IS' '\léfy much ílaüied : Thus far was very true, bUt then ttiat wherein . t:h~ mi- · frake lay, vyas, tFráMhis Perfon v:a1i/ a Ser"'.ant; and nQt ' a C&mpanion. · Bu~ '~º proceed: When the 8ouldiets.,of.Her.nando Pi farro faw their Com111an~ der' on ·che ·gvouna, they believe<ii _that lile was killea ; and tben pre(e'mlY. che Ar--: mies began to engage, zn~ foaght with füch 'brávery, _that a great ílatighte1:lenfúed , on· bqrh:fides ; .for they killed and rwounded each othefwith exnréme fury and 9e- fpair, .fo~genciñg tliíat'. they were ©f the fame N~üon and Religlon, or Brothers and Gornpaqions in Atrris ; and that they had entred into Aíticles of Agreement and ·Brother-hood for the ·Conqu~íl: of that Ernpire. The Viétory ·contitmecl for a rnuch longer cime·doubtfull than was believed ; for though the Almagrians were rnuch inferiour in tfueir Numbers, yet ,the others being equat in their Courage , and 'Are 0fW'al) made great refiftence; bue che advanrage which che other par ry had 'by.1tfueir Harquebufes was fo gre<~t, that with the lofs of many lives chey at Iaíl: yidded; and after moíl: of them were ~illefl and wounded, the reíl: were put to flight; when in the purfuit .the cruelry and ílaughter was greater than in the Batt~l, ~ot pardoning thofe wbo were already conquered, and had yidded to their fürce; as Carate ánd Gumara do both :ivouch; one in the 1 1 th Chapter of the third Book, .and che other in th€ Chap. 1+1. the Words of whkh are thef€ whkh follow. r' C H A p¡