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 HI. ro revolt unto Almagro. Hereupon the.Governour refo!Ved imrnediately to give themBattel, wifhing he had had the pówer of {ofhuah to cornmand che Sun to fiay his courfe. . . · , . .. Herewich rhe word wás given to march diretlly againíl: che Squadrons of Alma. gro, who upon tht ir firíl: morion ordered his Cannon to play upon the J;.nemy, and to íl:arcle them in the firfl: onfer ; but Fran'cifco de Caravajal obferving; that ~f chey kept a direét courfe up0n the Enemy, chey íhould receive much damage frorrt theit Cannon, which wei-e many, and very good; direéted rherh another way un- der che coverc of a Hill : But havil1g pailed this ·íhelrer into the open field, fo that they remained e:i?pofed tó the Enemy's Cannon, Pedro de Candia, who com~ mamded the Artillery, íhot over them; fo that clJey rec:eived .no damage ;, ~hich when Almagro faw and· obferved, he imrnediately fell upon Pedro de Candlli, and killed him with his Lance upon che very Cannon ; and being full of rage and anger for this piece of treachery~ he leaped from bis Horfe,, and mounced on ché nofe ?f one of t~e G~ns, ~nd Wi~h the wéight óf his b~dy 1o~ed it .in, f uch m~n- . net, as to make tt bear on the En~my ; and then ordermg the Cannomer to g1ve fit€ rherel!into, he plaéed bis thpt ~midff the Squadron of Pa1!l de Caftro, which. raking rhem from che Frónt ro ctíe R.ere, as Cdraft confirais in· the 18rh 01apter of bis fourth Book, and Gomara in Chap. 1 5d. bué do abe fuy hbw many wére íilain fhereby, which were foventeeó Men; which unlucky íhor, 11ad ic be&ri-t'ob low@d by orhers wich che like fuccel.S, they had needéd no ocher f6rce, bí:tt fia'd: · focured che Víél:órf<rccording to che affurat'lce wfiich Slf.dte~ che Serjeant-Ma1or' had given; but .ali 'was loft by ·rhat ú eachery whieh' Pedro' de Candia had áeted: For we muíl: know that Capcarn Pedro, having confidered that He~nanllo Piiarro, who was d~e Perfo~ rhat had affionced and injured hirn, was irnprifüned in- ~~in, ( (IS we have formetly mentioned,) and that by r'eafüíl' of hirn fre hid fided,wit1i' tlie parcy of Chili. And that che Marquis, who by· his 'Powtr a:nd Greaédefs had much oppreífcd hí'm, was now d@ad, he judged bimfelf futñt iendy reveógecÍ b0th of one, and of the other : And chat now ·finte rhere was a new Góvernour; it was bis beft cour[e·to return unto che Obedience and S,ervice of bis Majeíl:y,_ thát ne might not ·utterly fofe ali' the hopes and metit he had accfuired by1beihg" u{efuU in ~he <;:onq~eft of tha~ Einpire., Alíd ?n 1 tbis MotiVe' it was, ch~t he. ·fent fecret mcelhgence to che Oovernour not to fear' the Cannon, fot he would fo order it, chat he íhorrld not need to apprehend any damage or hurt from thence.- on·confidence of which promife che Govemóttt refolved nbt to delay che :Battel, ~hough Pedro de Candia· did not attain the end he ddigned. I ": • • " l G H -.A P. . ,