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.

R.oyal Commentaries. BooK V. vide tli~ít Dinher wich, a, ctm1blc:: l!C?1•Eion · 1 teady againíl: their recur~, that ch~y might .entertC~n their Frle)'ids/ whe11 .~h~<.~aq fubdued .chem, and caktm them pn- foners. r: • 1 . 1-J • 1 ' • • • But che Jndian.r, w:fi'éJfe'ar'ecl-chat Fliis vanity and confident boaíl:mgs portended fomé il'ratt[wer~d tfüfif MáfleFS, and :!sk~a them where they íhould drive tQOle Herds qf Cactel, to [ecpre,c)1em againíl: th~ir E~emJ~s; wh? t~ough f~W: ·iA num- b~r, will yet, faid chey, ·lí>e y0\Jr Maíl:~s :; 1 and thlS they uttered wtth tlfat 'earneíl:nefS and cénf.iden~e, cha e m~ny of the Spant-ar'ds-. grew Í<? angry and outrage0us co hear them.. chat they were ready to beat ch~ , and w1th thlS paffion they.entred in- to che pla~es · and poíl:s appoin~ed them 1 ih · ~heir refpeétive ~quadrons. One of t~efe was Martin lle Arbieto, who d1fcourfing with a Fnend of h1s upon what che Ind1ans had fo únlqckily .prefaged ; iat che fame dtM ~ame one Gon1alo Silveftre, -who repor- ted th5! fatfie as ~he Jndi-ans hpd prognoli_ltáted : And they had. fcarce advanced a 1 few paces.forward·before one '/ulio de Ho1cda 1_ who.was an Inhab1t.ant o~ C.ó~co, and one of the firíl: Conqueroúrs of Pmi, .cahie roanng, and [Wearmg faid, that he could frarce·forbear ' killing his Jndiam, · for r faying chat we (hould be defeared this dzy. · How thefe doggs íhould come ·tó fay thefe things,. 1 know not, unl~fS chey being Wicches, converfe w ith the Devil: At the fame mfiant carne another Inha- bitant of Co:i;.co, éalled· Carrera, who faid the fame things; and another alfo carne to r~p'órt, the faJTJé 'News, fo that it carne by fix or [even hantls; who.fcorning t-0 . give credence w che•vaih prefages of cheir Indians, poíl:ed tbemfelves in that Squa- dron of H~~ which flanked the lnfantry ih the left Wing. ' • 1 ~ 1 • f CH A P. r 1 XIX. : . The 1 'f3ttttel of Huarina. The Strategem which the Lieute- 11a11t General Carvajal ufed. The particular Exploits of Gon~alo Pi~arro and of ~ther Cavaliers of renown and good Jame. B O T 8 Squadrons being drawn up in the Field íl:ood facing each other for a long time wichout moving, .and being in chis poíl:ure, Gonfalo Pi farro fent his Chaplain, c1c11led Facher Flerrera, to Diego Cenw10, requiring bim to permit him a free paífage co depare , and not force him to make bis vay by Batee!; and in cafo he would not grane bis requeíl: , he did th<;n prorefi againíl: him for ali 'che loífes • damages and bloud wh~h íhould enfue thereupon. The Chaplain carne with his Cracifix before him, but che Guards íl:opped him, upon fufpicion rhat he carne as . a Spy to difrnver their numbers <\íld order. The Bifhop of Co:tco and biego Cen. teno who were togecher ac che fame rime, fent for che Chaplain, and having heard whac he had to fay, he was ordered to be broughc into che Bilbop's Tent. The Forces of Diego Ce11teno , having information of che Meífage which che Prieíl: br.oughc, and being confident and aífured of Viltory, wer~ refolved to gain che honour of being che firfi to make che on-fet: and accordingly moving to- .wards che Enemy they had fcarce advanced a hundred paces before they made a ft·and. Francifco de Carvajal ordered his men to keep rheir ground, bein_g defi- rous to have che Eneruy come up to chem , and ro encourage and provoke rhem chereumo, he fent rohn de Acofta with thirty Mufquetiers to begin.a skirmiíh, and ' co tnake a [eeming recrear , to draw the.enerny to follow rhem. The ocher fide drew our ·an equal number to engage wich chem; bue no hure was done, for they fired ac füch a ditlance rhat che Bullets could not reach home. • Hiíl:orians write, and particularly Aug11ftine Carate, in the third Chapter of his fecond book, hath chefe words; Francif co de Carvajal, faith he, feeing.rhe Camp of Diegp Centeno to make a halt, ordered his own S0uldiers to advance ten paces forwards; which when Ce~teno's Souldiers obferved, rhey cryed out; thar che Ene· my gained honour over them t and thereupon began ,.to march in a full body ~ . ac ·which