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.

B.ooK IV. RoJ 1 at Commentaries. where, with foven or eight other Commauders, he might bette.r overfee and go- vern che battel. The Vice-king's Troops of Horfe confiíl:ing of abouc a hundred and fourty men, obferving chat che Troops of Carvajal weFe cQming up to charge. thern, they put themfelves on a Trot to meec thern ,-but fo without rank or order, tbat they feemed ( as Carate fays of them ) to b€ :half routed before they carne to engage ; and a file ~f Mufquetiers fo galled th~in in che flank , that though Carrvajal's party was lefs in number, yet the Vice-king's Horfe ~c:ir~ fo ha- raífed and tyred , and che En.emy on the contrary freíh and in courage, than Car- vaj.al had great advantage over them. Howfoever engaging firíl with their Lan- ces, m any fell on both fides, and at lengrh, fighting nearer with their Swords and •Daggers, Poldxes .and Hooks, the battel grew hot and bloudy : but then Picar- . Yo's Standard fupported with about a hundred meo corning in quite tul.'ned che fcale of che batee!, and the Enemy routed and totally defeated. Oo che other fide, the fight between the Foot, was very fore and bloudy, with fuch noife, and out: cryes, that che numbers feemed much'greater than.they were: In the firíl charge Captain 'fohn Cabrera was ílain,. and foon ,after Captain' StJncbo Sanehe"' J A,vila ; but before he fell, he did great exécution with his Sword , having cut d.own whole files and ranks of the Enemy; bu~being overwheimed with nurnbers and advan- tages of Arms, they were forced to yield -to the greater1power of the Enemy , wbich ranging viétoriouíly on all fides, the chief Commanders were killed, with moíl of the' Souldiery. The Vice-king fought very íloutly with his Horfe, and in the firíl Charge had the fortune to difmount AJonfo de Monta/to, befides otber exploits whicln he perfonned with great uefolution and courage: he was difguifed in bis habit, for oyer his,Arms he wore an Indian Coat" which wa_s the caufe of bis death: for when be fawhis Forces tota!ly defeated, h~ would then have fled, but hfs efcape was prevented by an Inhabitant~of Arequepa called Hernando de Tor- res, who engaged with him; and not knowing wh0 he was, gave him fuch a blow with a Battle-ax on che head·, with both his hands , that he koo.cked him to the ground. And here Carate, in rhe thirty fifth .Chapter of his fifth Book, gives relation of this paífage in thefe words; The Vice-king and his Horfe was fo tired with the laíl night's march, having neither reíled, nor ílepr, nor eaten, that to overthrow hlm and bis horfe ~as nQt very difficult: howfoever the bat- ee! was obfiinately difputed between the Foot ; but feeing the Vice-king fall, their courages failed, and fubmitted to the Conquerour, moíl of them being ílain upon the place. T,hus far Carate. _ · If Hernando de Torres had known the p~rfon of the Vic~-kiog, which he migbt have done, had he difcovered who he was by the mark of his Order of St. 'fa- go, he would certainly have [pared bis life ,_and taken him prifoner: but fuppo- fmg him to be a common man, clothed in an Indian habir, he kilied him with- out diíl:inétion. The Vice-king might rather have been blamed for wearing a difguife , but his intention was not to be [pared, but to fall arnongíl the reíl:, in cafe he were overcome, and' nbt to outlive his honour and power. So foon as Carvajal faw that the field was their own, and that they were fecure of viél:ory, he with great diligencefought out for the Vice-king, that he might wreak his revenge upon him for the death of his Brother; and found that Pedro de Fuelles was giving him another mortal wound, though with bis fall, and a íhot through his body, qe was then expiring his laíl breath: a cpmmon Souldier was the fi.ríl: who difcovered the body of the Vice-king to Pedro de Fuelles, otherwife it bad rema!- ned unknown under the diíguife. Licenciado C11rvajal had a mind to have aligh- ted from his Horfe, to have given him the laíl: faral íl:roak; but Pedro de Pu- 'e!les told him, that it was too mean an aétion for him to lay his hands on a dying man : howfoever he commanded his Negro to cut off his head , as he did, and carríed it with him to f2J!.itu, where it was fixed on the head of aLance, untill · it was made known to Gonfalo Pifarro, ~ho in anger caufed it to be taken away and buried together with che boay. A certain Authour gives a relation hereof in chis manmn· ; The head of the Vice-king was carried to fki tu , and rhere for forne time expofed on the comrnon gallows; but this giving offence to fome people, it was·taken clown and j9ined with the body, and enterred rogfüher ~ith ir. And here it is remarkable with what nicenefs this Authour touches this point ; for not to fay that Pifarro gave order to have the Heacd removed from the gal- lows" he fays, that fome taking offence thereat , caufed the Head to be remo· ved, fo that he feems cacitly to accufe Goncalo Picarro, as if by bis order the · ' · füad 755