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 III. Royal Commentariú. -- - -- ·~43 Antonio de ,fluinnones, and bis Brorher ~uer? de fl.J!innones, and his CouGn Pedro de "f2.!!.innones, -who bad been an old Sould1er m Ita/y, and were all three near in Kin- dred to the Governour; Gafpar {ara, Diego Ortiz. de Guz.man, Garda dé Mela, who )oíl: bis right hand in ~he B~ttel, Pedro de los Rios a Native of CordoVa; Francifco d~ iAmpuero, Don Pedro Pu'ertocarrero, Pedro de. Hinojofa; 'fohn Alonfo Palomino, Don Gomez. de Luna, the Elder Brother of Gdr filajfo de la Vega, Gomez. de A/varado, Gajpar de Roj.u, Me!chior Yerdugo, Lope de Mendofa, 'Juan de Barbara11, Miguel de la Sernu, Ge- ronimo de 'Aliaga, Nícol.u de Ribera, and Geronimo de Ribera, who for diíl:inttion fake we'have in the other part of this Book called Ribera Senior, and Ribera Junior. Ali which, and many others, wbofe Names we cannot call to mind, did•rhat- day in the Battel fignalize rheir Valour in an extraordirniry manner, for fighting in the front of their Companies, moíl: of them were wounded. In ilion, thete was nor one•Man qf note in all Peru, as Gomani affirrns, bue was engaged in the Battel of that day on his Majefl:y's fide. On the King's party rhree hundred SpaniardJ were ílain, many alfo were· killed on che orher, rhough not fo grear a number; the Barre! was very bloudy ,, che ílaughrer fe]) much upon Ehe Captains, of which moíl: of rhem were killed,, four ,hundred were wounded, of which moíl: dyed with cold rhar night, i~ happening to freeze very lliarply. . Th~fe are che Words of Gomara, and .therew1rh he ends the 1 5 oth Chapter of hls H1íl:ory. ' Of A!magro's Gde two hundred were ílain, fo rhar Gomara with much reafon · terms ir a bloudy·Barrel,, for of fifreen hundred Men m borh Gdes, five bundred were ílain, and five hundred wounded ; of which laíl:, fiour hundred wertt of the King's fide, and bue one hundred of Almagro's. • , There was one of che King's Souldiers fo cruel, thar,afcer.the Battel was ended; he killed eleven of che AITl'}.igrim in cold bloud ,, of which evil Aét he made gr.far boafl:, · faying, tbar in fuch a place they had robbed him of eleven thoufand pieces of Eight, in revenge of which he had killed eleven of them, . Many other rhings of this nature paffed that nigbt; a,nd rhe reafon why fo ma: ny of thofe wounded were frozen to deárh, was, becaµfe the lndians finding them unable ro help and defend themfelv riade .bold to íl:rip them of all their cloarh- ing, .leaving them naked, and expofc the wearher, wirhout regard to either Gde or party, of which there could no¿· inétion be made in the nighr; and if chere had; yer the lndians, whofe buGneís it was to pilfer, would nor ha..ve forborn on any fmall confiderarion, or complement to either Gde. . Nor could che Conque· rours for the prefent take rhat due care of their woµnded, becauíe the Carriages with their Tents nor being come up, they were áll forced ro lodge in che open Air; onely they 1nade a lliifr to fer up two Tents, .wheréin they maqe an Accom• modation for Gomez. de Tordoya, Pedro Ancures, Gomez. de A/varado, and Garfilaj{o de la 'Vega, who were ali morrally wounded,, others who had received fome ílighret hurcs, endured rhe open Air, which cauíed their wounds fo ro frµart', rhat it was griev:ous to hear the groans, fighs and cries which rhey urrered. Nor did rhe In• diañs [pare rhofe who were fled out of che Barre!, raking che courage to puríue and affail Men in their flighr; fo that they killed {obn Balfa on the way, wirh ten or twelve others of his cornpanions, wirhour any regard or reípeét to his Qgaliry or Charaéter of Captain-General ; in like manner rhey killed many orher Spaniards, _, . who fled our óf che Barre! in divers pam: Bue fo foon as ir was day che Gover· nour fent abroad to bring in che wounded, ra-king care to havé their wounds dreC. fed: Andas for che dead, rhey buried chem rogerher, in four or five large Graves, which were made for them, into which rhey caíl: rhem ali without diíl:inétion, excepring onely Pedro Afvare::i::, Holguin, and Gome::i::, de Tordoya de YargM, wirh fome other noble and principal Perfons, whom they carried to Huamanca, and ther'e ce- lebrated their Funerals with what decency they were able. Above a hundred Horfe, and fifry or Gxry Foor, f!ed from the Batee!, ahd efcaped to che City of Huamqnca; but being purfued by chofe few who remained Maíl:ers .of the Field, were ag:lin defeated, chey yielding up rheir Horfes and Arms upon condiEiGtls of Qiarrer for rhéir lives. And as that day rhey performed an·Aét of Charity in che · burial of che Dead , fo likewiíe they performed an Aét of Jufl:ice in. puniíhment of the Offenders ; for having found ihe Bodies of Martin de Bilbao, and Arbo!a~ha, and Hinojeros, and Martin Carillo amongíl: the Dead, w ho cried out in che Battel on purpofe to be killed, that they were rhe perfons who had Aífallinated the Mar-. qtiis ,, and though chey were then cut in pieces, yet according to a new form of Jufüce, they were afcerwards dmyn and quartered, che Cryer ar the fame time , N n n n 1 , püb¿ . '