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.

794 Royal Commentarin. BooKV. , ' CH A P. XVIII. 1 . Pi~arro refolves to gi71e . the?.n Batte~. Acoíl:a is fent to al- - arrn the F:ne1'!1y in thé night. D1~go Centeno draws out his Men; and Pi~arro doth the li,~. · G Onprlo Pifdrro atld his c_aprains being enraged Witp a~ger and difáain,_ to find, whiilíl: they were treatihg of peace and accomtnodauon, that_the Enemy had corrupted their ~ífenger, and feducéd him from the faith .and duty he owed to fiis Ltltd and Maíter , whéreupon, bllntled with madnefs and rage they refolved (0 purfl.J~I t11efr mlit'Ch, 'and fdrcibly mlJke their Way thl"OUgh the midfr OÍ their Enem'i€s, and eicher 'ro rdye bt conquer. · , 1 This réfolution ·was takeh ata confulta'tion held by Pif arro and his Officet$ on ·occaliori of che flíghl: of Prancifco Vof{o; ano accordingly·now to put it in execution, they forbiíhed and prepared cheir .Arms to ,mard~ rowards Huarina ; but firíl chey gave '6uc a report, chac they intended by forne ocher way to divert Centeno from ,giviAg "thém any inren'lrption in the Pafs they defigned ; and to make this repare che more credible, they fent ameífage l:o Francifco de Efpinofa to provide chem wich Indian,; and provi'lfons on their way by chófe pares. Howfoever che true defign of Pip!ttr'o was difcove;ed to Centeno 'by means of che lndians, who by arder of Don Chriftoval Pardlu )nea ( of wbom we have forrnerly made rnention) were very diHgerlt and ifai'thfull co acq1:1aim Oen~eno wich all che motions of his Ene- mies. iBy mete rneans 'Centeno being truly irtformed of rhe way and cornfe which p¡_ 9arro inteJ:iided ro cake marched forth ro fiop and interrupt hirn ir. his paífage ; and chereby caine fo near each EO che other thát che Scoots mer nd called to each ocher, and chen returned ro carry che advice. So foon as Centmo recei 'Jed chis in- telligeAce of cheir nea.r approach, he put his people into a pofiure of defence, and drew chem out all night into form of Battel, having been forrneriy well acquain- ted wirh che alarms and furprifes which Pi9arro ~ad ofren given him io che mghr. And yet for his care and vigilance Acofta made fuch an attempr upon hirn in rhe nigl:it with nvency Mufqueciers as put ali che Camp iota confufion ; and che aff i hc- ment was (o great, thac Carate faith, in 1 che fecond Chapcer of his feventh Book that t:na)!)y of the Sou\diers fled co their Tents, and the people of Valdivia left chei1~ Pikes and (hamefully ran away; and that Acofta recreaced again wirhout cheJofs of one man. Tlias 'far Carate. v;,:hat he (arther adds concerning che people of 'V1tldivia is chis; There \.Vas a certam Captam, fays he, narned Pedro de Vd!divia, who, _being in Chil~, Feceived imepigence of che great fürs and tr~ubles which were m 1 P.erH, and to be che better mformed thereof, and perhaps to mcereft him- felf on one fide or the other, he 1 came with many followers, and failing along the Coaft of Peru, he received information of che il1 condirion of Piyarro, and thac the Preíidem Gafca w<is chen in Sa11fa preparing to rnarch ag~inft him ; whereupon Pedro ~e Val~ivi~ re~olv~ to ~o hirn_[elf in Perfon to ch~ Prehdenc, an~ to liíl. rum~ felf w1th hm in his Ma1efty s Serv1ce, and to travel w1th the leíS Tram he d1fmifl: ' his me.n an9 fenc them to joyn with Centeno; and thefe are chofe l7aldivians, who, as Carate faith, fhamefully ran away. The day' follo~:ving, as is 1'eported, both Parties marched in fight of each orher with their mén drawnup in ,Batcalia. The Forces of Centeno (as Lope~ de Gomara re~ pares) were twelve hundred and 1 cv. 1 elve tnen ílrong ; Carate faith chat chey were fornetlú1.g under achoufand; Palentino calls rhem above nine hundred; bur far my part, I ~ave r_eceived it frorn very goocl hands that they were twelve hundred ; of which there were two hundred ahd íixcy Horfe, a hundred and fifty Fire-locks and about eight hundred Pikes and Lances: All the Infantry he drew up inco on~ Body, flanking the Lánces wich che Fire-'locks, though indeed che Flanks were very chin. The Captains 'of fdot were [ohn de Pargao•Brother to Garyilaf{o de la Vega, my Lord and Fat~er, Francifco de Rewnofo, Captain Negml, Captain Panroja and Diego Lo pez