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.

_BqoK11I. Royal .Commentarier. In íhort, the Souldiers óf Vaca de Caftro made fuch haíl:e, that without much hure they - ~pupted , the MHl; ( wher.e'i the. .Squadrcms 1 @fJ1111fakróJ wer.e drawn up, being much <;liford(ired, ,aod' remo~c!l out ,ofi.that good poUure i[i} .which they' were firlt plac~~·: rHowfoevedfue Ji-Iarque!:iu(lers n:eceived them with ·fuch aVolley .ofShot, tl;iát _they, k.illed -qiany ,of ~h~ Hot t~nd · \~iO l.il~me d rhe M.ii9t' Germal¡. <Jomk' de 'J:'or~a, w1th rhree Bullers,,t.oflwln1ch lnel dy.ed rwo 1 .days afrérwards.. [" Nu11no dé Caftro was alfo defperately wounded, befides many others who were ílain, which be~g«:>bferv~d h y)Erániifco de Carvajal, 1 he«cbminanded the1Horfe co cbarge rhem, for ~hey Mere.<t:h.e,ehief Fom: ~01 ~Mhi11:h he :tnilll:ed, breingrlímoFci-i imnm~~er-Hhán tq~~oFlAlmi'tgr.ó ;Lr.iccordim~Wi>lihe'.Aerfü engaged, ..arid tbofh_fides maindi'fü':d::tfre · J.'.igfo:-wüH, fiwb1<bráv:eey¡ chavrliJ~ ; Viétory for1a;dong rime •r'emaimed doubt.fulh f4t-(~p ~~ar-e~F!o'if1i?as · ~~Hed .rwi~lra:i Muf cq~e_, ¡¡;fh9p ~-: for -b~ing ' clorhed. ·¡n wllflto/¡ and by¡ b1s,€0lbur and: Hab1t1(Wnbwn ~ •allp be :bmrartre· rhe .C0mrno& Mar-k, -eve ry o'ne !ai\l)i~1g;ro· hít:fo1fainou9.rarYtrfom- cQ)rí ~he anhedrde :Che • fafan~;Y10'fK.;icif de_<;;,.aftro rha~gimg":;the ~~mirÍly{ carp~/valí~~Jy1, ~p. to th€í1v.er_Y 1 'Cann617 ' whk~ were noy¡r ofmo·ufo,.11n.r.egar.d-1 thaitr ib~ · ~he 1tl: :a1fo1plí~e :amhhforder of :.l1!'.11agr"'s Commaqaers, they had mterpofed cheir own Sould1ers between rheir•CaimGn and che Enemy. Howfoever both lides fought wich füch animofüy and bravery, that they continued fighring in che night, which when ir was fo dark and obfcure, that chey could no.t fee each -ot.h€f -7· th€y-t~"l@n made ufe of rhe words Chili and Pachacamat to make rheir diíl:inétions, whereby the Pi farrifts and Almagrians knew their.parries ; the greateíl: ílaughrer was amongíl: rhe Horfe, who afier the ufe of their Lances, coming to a dofer Fight, kUled each .other _wüh rheir Swords and Pole-axes. The fücc~fs of this Battel beiqg of high eq_ncerr:hnem, animated both ftdes wirh a tefolution to dye, or gain the viél:ory ; g,eing well affured, rhat as rhe Dominion of that Empire, and the Rkhes depended 0n this Viétory ; fo being overthrown, there remaln~d no ot~er reward for chem, but ~eath or ílavery. Ir was now aBove two hours 'in 'thé night, ·a:nd yet the F!ght co~tinued with equal fl~ughter, being ful! four homs dioce it "firíl: bégan. - At lengrh che Governour díarged the left wing of the Enemy, whic~ w~s füll entire, and not;as yet broken, fo that the Battel'feemed 'tO be again teriewea ~ Howfoever, 'at length the Gover- nour routed and defe!lted them with the lofs of tenor tv,velve of bis Guard, a- monglt which were Captain Ximene:;:,, formerly a Mercham in M edína, a ~d Nunno Montalvo. By this time bqth lides began to think themfelves fecure ofViétory, and yet íl:ill the Fight cootinued : At length the Forces of Almagro feemed to grow faint; which when he obferved, he put himfelf into the heaCl .of· rhém, abd be- ing feconded b91 thofe few whkh were his Life-guard•,u hez, entFeq amiclíl: the thickeíl: of his Enemies widí that .:valour and refoluoion, tha tl he performed Mira-' eles by bis own,Pczrfon, being d~íiirous · to be ílain on rhe ·Mace ; but being un- . ktrown, and weU a11i\necl, he·eftaped with bis life, and without a wound ; fighting brav~ly, as Gomara reports of hiínl in Chapter i >º· . And now Viél:óry began tó 'incline to tHe fide .of che Governour; which wh~n Almagro and hi~ tbief Officers obíerve<li they. called out' aloud, and faid; I am fach an ~ne; it was 'l 'Wlio.kj!lod th'e 'Marquu; and fo 'they fought with fury an9 defpair '· untill tbey were ílain and cut in pieces. Many 6f Almagro~s peóple e[caped by fa- vo~r of a:dark night; ~avin~. taken off ~heir w?ite Ribbons,. and placed the Co~ lours of Vaca de Caftro m their fl:ead, wnh wh1ch they füpphed thern[elves from thofe who were ílain on the other fide. Almagro himfelf [eeing that tb€re was no. hopes of Viétory left, and that Death fled from ·him, he efcaRed out of the Bat~ . teLwith fix Companions, harnely, DiegoMenae:;:., Bergan, and ?ohn de Gu:tman, and three others, whofe Names I have forgotten. 1 • Thence he fled to Co:tco; where he met that Death which he cou!d not receive from his Enemies, by the hands of · chofe Men whom he had there coníl:iruted in Offices of Júíl:ice and Military Em- · ploytn ems : f.or fo foon as·thªy underíl:ood that heihad loíl: the .da.y, Rodrigo de Sa- laz.ar, who was aNative of Toledo, and deputed by Almagro for his Governour in that: place ; a'n~ .Antonio Ruy;_ de Guevara, who was Comrni(Iionateq alfo by him to be chi€f JuíHciary,. immediately laid 'hands on' him; and made him Prifoner ; and to confummate-rhis cruelry, tbey took chofe 'alfo who·were his Companions, aqd ~ttended bis Perfon : To confirm which partitular, Carate in che 19ch Ch~p- t~r-qf. his fourfh .Book , hath thefe Words which follow. . , Nnnn "Thu.s