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 IV. Royal Commentaries. . Reyes, and the rather, beoufe che(e two great men were ar odds, on Q~caíion rha~ Gon9alo Pi9arro had caken from Alonfo de Toro his Off.ce of Majar-General, a'nd con- ferred ir on Fran,cifco de Carvajal, on precence d1Jc the ocher. was íickly añd infirm which rendred him u11capab !e.of rhac Cloaf.ge; bue Carvajal was frarce come ro l os Reyes before the news overtook him that Diego Centeno had-paífed che:: Mouncains in purfüic of Aloefo de Tor~, anij cha( he h:iq cakeq fifcy of his men Prifoners, and , rhac they had re¡Volced and taken up Arms on t~e. Ene~y's . íide, a11d chat Álonfo de Mendopi was recreated another way :· upon dus mcel11gence he r~folvec~ co cum againíl: Diego Centeno, as he according\y did, and took his way by Arequepa to avoid meeting wich Alonfo de Turo : nocwichHandin~ which boch Alonfo de Tura and che Governmenr of Cozco receiving adviccs rhereof, wroce a joinr Lerrer to i'ar- -vajal, deliring him to r1ke Co~co in his way, for thar it would feem a diíparage- mem to char Cicy, (which tvas rhe Head of thár Empire) to be negleéted, and rhat his Forces deíigned againft Diego Centeno fhould feem to iflue ouc of Arequepa ch~n from Co?.co. Carvajal cvnfence.d to their defire, rarher from hopes of il}Crea- fing and augmencing his Forces in chat Ciry rhan a defire ofcompliance wich theit requeíl:; and fo haítning to Co7.. c.o, he, and Alonfo de Toro had a meeting wirh un- kind looks and . jealoufies each of orher, d10ugh ourwardly an·d in puol'ick cheit eumiries were noc manifeíled : howf9ever the day follovving C.irva}al rook four of che Cicizens of Couo, and wich'ouc any intimation thereof to Alonfo de Toro,, haoged chem up, which ferved ro foment che quarrel and differences which were becween them. And now Carvajal having increafed bis numbers m chree hundred men, ali well arrr.ed and appoimed, ·one hundred of wlrich were Horfe, and the reft Foor, he marched wich chem to Callao, where Diego Centeno was quartered, and being come within ten leagues chereof, Cmteno grom1ding an opinioo~ on a reporr, chat the Souldiers of Carv fl.jal were difconcemed and would not nghc bur revo!t to his fide ; cook an alfurance one nighc wj~h a Parry of eighty men ro beac up che quarcers of Carvajal, and accordingly carne fo near rhac they cauld hear one anocher [peak : bue he foon found himfelf deceived, for Carvajal pur himfelf in fo good a poflure to receive him, char every pe~fon was in order of Barcel, · r.ior were che difconrents amongíl: che Souldiery fo greac as were reporced; for ócher- wife it had been impo)Iible for one !ingle Man to have conrained three hundred in due obedience to him. . Howfoever it is moíl: cerrain, as all Auchours agree, thac Carvaja/was i11 belo- ved by che generality, for he wasyery íll-nacured and fevere rowards his Souldiers, paid them ill, and perhaps wich noching but bad words, and worfe perforrnances: bue howfoever the flory goes, ic is füauge rhache fhould rerform fuch great ac• tions wicb men fo much difconcenced, and who had evi wills and inclinacions ' · towa-rds him. Ic is cerrain chac he was very cruel in hi~ ' own ,nacure, bur no"c to chofe ofhis own Parcy; but to füch as were Traicours, and revo1ced .from his to the contrary Parey, like che Weaver's Shuttle from one fide ro che ocher ; for which reafon chey n;ere called Weavers ·: bue we fhall [peak more ar large hereafier of Carvajal, wbo mofl certaillly was a very brave Souldier, lnving been bred UlJ un: . der thac great Capc:ün Gon9aío Fernandei:. de Cordoua, · Duke of Sefa, and other re- nowned Commanders of chofe times : but as to Diego Centeno, he perceivfog _rhac rnmers did noc fucceed according to his ¡;xpeétation, made bis recrear in good order, and füll defended himfelf with fome lofs, uncill by degrm his Forces be- ing diminiíhed, he was totally defeated. · z zz i 2 ,, t l