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. RC!Jal Commentaríer. vered the deGgn he was Úpon, ana betrayed co.him the Cypher which rh~ Vice- king had given him, by the hdp of which Gonp:ilo Pip1rro taufed him ro wric~ q,ll rhat had paífed, and caufed tbe Letter to be &ieHvered to an lndian wholly igno- ranc of chis treachery. On .che other Gde, he c;c¡u[ed Pedrq de ft.telles co wrjce ro feveral of his Friends chen in Poptt:Jan, chai he was guarcered in fJ!!.itu with chrne hundred men; fo chac if chey choughc fit co' come chirher and divertí.fe che¡n-, felv.es wich. him for fome time, chey íhould fitid fa(ecy anda hearcy welcome, io regard chat che CQuntrey was quiet 'by ch~ abfence and n~.tiremem of G'ofifªlº Pi.! carro from thence ! and he delivered thefe Le~~ers cocer.rain Irit/ian,s who Wvre then prefenc at che deparrure ,of Gonr¡aJo Pifam, tlw rhey rnight che¡€by cor¡füm th\! ' (:Ontents of the intelligepce which was fent; and bmher, ·he ord~r~d Pedrg 4e f1t,. . elles to feem as if he fent thefe Indi1m.r in a 'fe~ret r.nanner, bqt yec fo as a difcoy@~·y ri~jghc be made, and chac rhe Ouc~guards of'the Vice·kiog !!light inte¡;c~pt ~he Leuers ano carry them to hím : che Pille being th1Js laid, Gonfafo fipmf) (?s lwh been faid) departed from !Jlttitu, ancl having march~cl chree or fotJr ~ay~, he f€ig- ned himfelf lick in excúfe ofhi5 delay. The Vie:e-king baving rnc~ived th<:l Lét- ters from his tr-eacherous Spy, and likewife fee1:1 the co1:mterf~i~~d intelligem;:e from Pedro de Pue/les, to both which he gave undoubted belief; he imagined that wirh four hundred men, he mighr eafily deal ~ith Pedro de fuelles, and afrer fuch , a·Vi&ery .he rnight purfü€ <aonfalo Pi9arro and ove1throw him : And .on tliis con. fideoce and belief building his defign 1 (for he could receive no other incelligence; the Roads being obfiru~ed) he refolved ro march to fh!itu : but on the comra- ry, Gonfalo Pifarro was·better informed, by way of che !ndian¡ of Cannaru, of all the proceediogs of che Vice-king; and of every days march which he made; and . when he underíl:ood that hG ,was ,come wirhin twelve days march of ~tu, he tben return.ecl with ali (peed t(;l the Clry to joyn with Pedro a~ Puelles , from whence both che Camps proceeded wich gr~at joy, thinkjng that now che~ had emrapped the Vice-king and íhould be able to , engage. hirn in a Batee! ; and though they h-eard.chat he was eight hundfrd men íl:tong; yet Pifarro confided in che valour a.nd experi~ce of his V~terflr!r .Soul9krs; and ,comemneq ·~he rawpefs ami upskil- fulnefs <'.lf che adv.erfe party { For wb~n h~ .came to .rnqfier ar¡cj f!JPJeY hi~ mim, he found th11t he had two bundred Fire-lo~~s, thrne hundred and fifty Pike-men, and @ huftdred and fif cy Hortemen, ali dexter.ous and able Souldier~, well provi- ded .and arrned, with quanrity qf !lOwder of che beíl: .and fineíl: forr. Tl1e O¡p. t;iins of the FiFe-Jocks were rohn de Acofta and rohn ,Vc/e:i:, de Guevrtrf1~ the Captaln of the Pike-rpen was Hernando de BachicM, and t9e Captains of Hor(e }'~en~ Pedro de Pue!Jes and (}omei:. de A/varado, and che Standard was prried by Francis ¡}e Ampu- ero, and {upported by fevemy Horfe. Benito Sµtfrei:. de Carvróal, Brother of. the Ag~cant Y/len Suarei:., took the fide of Pifarro, and was .ther{I pr;C!(enc wich thirty men under his command, ali of his own Kinqred and Relarions ; In this po.fiure was che Army of Pi farro when news carne tbat the Ene~ny was c:ome wi,rhin cwo leagues of rhe Camp.; whereupon they marcl?ed.anq took poífeílion of a Pafs on the River where rhe Vice-king ,was to go over, fo~ rhere was no orher way; and peing rher.e Pifam poíl:~ ancl fortifü~d himfelf Very adv,c¡pragyo,u{ly ~ which happened, as Artguftine C.arate reporrs, oo Samrday tby fifteenth day of [flnuary; •I )4!6. . The Vice-king charged Pedro de Fuelles with gre,at courage, in )1oReS fpeedily ta tout hirn, and afterwards to deal in like marmer wirh PifaPro; for he alway's .en- tertained an opinion of che loyalry of che peopk, that chey onely expeéted an OR- pormnity rn revolt and re.turn ro obe.dience and f~pJi~e. of hi~ Majeíl:y. In con,fi- denc;e whereof he approached fo near to ,,lihe .Forces of. Pedro de P11elles, tbat rhe Van-guards could [peak and e.ali each oth'er Trairogrs aod Rebels , für borh Par- ties prete"nded loyalty and duty to bis Maj):.fiy, and yet all .this time, the Vice- king was not inform~~ rhat Con,9.alo Pi9art11 yy,as fo q~ar, bue b'elie;ved aII th€ time rhat he had to deal with J11one but Pedro de Puelle1. The night following, ab9ut che glimpfy of che Evening, Carate reports in che. ~liircy fifth Chapter .ef his fiftb Bo.ok, That ·the Vke-kfog holding a Council of War with bis Comrnanders, it w¡¡s che1;e agrieéd, as moíl: adva(1tageous and of Iefs dariger to get poíleffion of tbe 1' own rhan to adyencure a Battel in the opeo Field ; arrd according\y b'efor.e m~d-night quietJy and wichouc noife rhey marehed away, leavirrg their Carnp·and 'tenes with che Jndiam who carried thern; and taking :che way on rhe lefr hand, they marchecl over a.greac Defan : and Fernando· · Pa; entin~