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.

R:..oyal Commentariu. BooK III. C H A Í?. XVII. the Relaiion of the cruel Battel of Chupas . i5 continu'ed. A difagreement amongfl the º People of Almagrb. The Viflory of the Gdvernour ; and the Flight of Almagro. T 1-IE Serjeant-Major, and the ocher Captains of his Majeíl:y, obferving what a Lane was made through cheir Squadron by the Enemy's íhoc, and that their Foot was daunted cherewich, che~ preíently clapc within the void place? and cau- fed cheir ranks to cloíe up, and w1thout íl:op or any delay to make up direétly up- on the Enemy ; and co have no cauíe of recardment, they left and deferced all their own train of Artillery. The Capta:ins of Almagro noc well confidering cheir éaíe and advamage, and as people riot much uíed to fuch kind of emergencies ; obferving che Enemy to advance upon them, cried out with a lou~ voice, Let not ~ur Enemin gdin honour by our cowardife, they fee U4 ftand fti!J IU not krt'ng to oppofe them: Let m to them, !et m to them, for we are notable longer to endHre thi1 4{r-ont. Here- with chey forced Almagro to advance with his Squadron, and wich fo lictle confi- deration1 .chat cbey made him to interpoíe between che Enemy and his own Can· riQñ.; which when Serjeant·Majar SHarn obíerved, he went to Almagro, and with a lóud voice told him, faying, Sir, hadJou ktpt the order which I direfled, and hadfoí- lowed my COHllfef, )OH haJ been viflorÍOIU; b11t jince )OH tak! )OHY mellf11res from otherJ,)OH wi!L lofe the hono11r of. this day ; and flnce your [,ordjhip ú not pleafed to maf<t me a Conq11e- r0Hr in your Camp, l will makt my way to it en the jide ofyour Enqnin. Ami having re- peaced theíe words, he f et Spur~ to his Horíe, and paífed over to 1'_ac11 de Caftro, adviGng hién immediacely to clofe wich che Enemy, and to give them no time, for .tbac there was greac diforder anq confufion in their Counfels. Vaca de Caflro obíerving chis good advice which Suam:, had given him, com-· manded his Forces to march 9ireétly up in face of che Enemy , with which. Fr1111cifco de Carvajal was fo encouraged, and aífured of viétory, by reaíon of che umkilfulnefs of their Foes, rhat he tfüew offhis Coac ofMale, and his Head-piece, and caíl: them on che ground, telling his Souldiers, That thry jhould not /Je affrighted 4t the C11nnon; for ,bat if he who wM as fat 1111d big tU 4~ two of them, was not fe11rf uO of them, mHch lefs ought any of them who.1111ere but half the mark, that he WM, • At this time acertain Gentleman who was of Noble Bloud, and rode wich the Horfe, obferving hoch údes wichin Muíquer-íhoc, and that chere was no ocher re- medy bur that he tnuíl: engage ; he on a fudden paífed forch from che Squadron of • the Governour, and faid, Sir1, 1 declare m; falf f or the party of Chili, for 11/l the World k_now1, that At the Battel of Salinas 1 was then on the Ji.de of Almagro the Elder; 1C11d jince 1 cannot now be for them, there i4 no reafon but rhat I fhould ftand ntHter, and Hot be againft them. Herewich he íallied our of his rank, and [eparaced liimíelf ac fome diíl:ance, where a certain Prieíl: remained called Hernando de LurJlfe, who was a Kiníman to that School-maíler of Panama, that was che Companion and Aífo- ciace of Alm11gro and Pifarro. With chis Prieíl: there was anocher Gentleman.al- fo, who being fick, was excufed from che Fight ; but che recrear of chis Gentle- ma'n was incerpreced by ali the Army to be an dfeét of down-right cow:irdiíe and that cherefore he duríl: not engage on either fide. The Harquebufiers of e/ ftro de Paca would have fired upon him, but the haíl:e they were in prevenced their intention; and when chey underíl:ood che reaíon for which he deíired to íland a Neuter, they then were willing to [pare their íhot I had once an ac- quaimance wich him, and Jefe him alive in~ certain Cicy of Peru, when I deparred thence ; and 1 know and remernber well hts Name, though 1 think fü co conceal it in this place, and onely recount che faét in general to che end, rhar füch a piece of cowardife may be haced and [comed by ali Perfons of Q!alicy and Worrby Souldiers.