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 V. R~yal Commentaries. ac which Pita:.ro's mea made a full fiop, and ftood fi:ill in e,¡:peétation of the Ene- my.'s coming up-to them ; and by the way as they approached, Carvajal ordered fome few íhots to be made ac thgm, to incite them to retlir!J whole vollies; which fucceeded ac,c.ordingly'. for .they· advanced,fafi:, and charged w_ich t~eir Pikes, fuing as chey went at&he d1ílance of rhree hundrnd paces: all chis whüe Carúajal fired not one Mu(quet,. till rhe Enemy was tome wirhin íhot,. and then they poured whole íhowers of&llets on them ;, which coming from expert Marks-rnen, above a hundred and fifty men were killed ac this firíl charge, and' amongíl them cwo Captains; fo that the whole B0dy began to lle difordered ·~ · and ac·a fecond d1arge they were ·PUt into coofuíion, and plainly ran away. · ·· , ihus far Carate, who wrore all the paniculars at the beginning, rniddle and end of chis Battel: aod rhe like Relation .is given· by Grnni1:ra and Palenti'1(), wlth little or no differenc~; 1 íhall repeat their NarratiVes ,. and add what 1 have heard re- poned from boch lides. . · . . lt is faid, t,hat che reafon V\.·hy Carvajal would not ·advance, bue ftood fü11 tó ·bepJiis ground un~ll che Enemy made ~he firft on-fet, was chis, The· whole· body of his Mufquetiers were nor above two hundred and fifty men in ali ; yec they had íix or feven hundred Fire-anns, being fuch as had been left chem "by che fugirive Sould.iers; chefe Arms fome few days befare che Battel were fitted ·up, and new fi~éCI and.delivered "to che hands of the Souldiers; fo that forne Souldi- ers carried three, fome four, Mufquers-; and becaufe it wás dülicult for a Souldi- er to carry 'fucha heap of Arms on his íhoulders, it was diought tiloft conveni- ent to fian~ füll and expeét che coming of the Enemy. · , · This Fr1nc1fco Carvajal was cerrainly as great a Caprai'n as any was in his:time; and whatfoever he faid or aéted was accornpanied with much fharpnefs and dex- teriry : and therefore we.will rnenrion fome few fayings of his, wfüch he uttered during che time chat thefe matters were tranfaétiog. .' . · · · Two days before this Batcel, a cerrain Souldier o~is of good farne and ell:eem carne , and deftred him to give him a little l;e,ad to !Já~e forn~ Bullets·againft che , day of Bactel. How, faid Carvajal, . I canoot believe that a Souldier of your w9r- lhip's quality íhoulcl be withour Bulle~s when pile Enemy is near : Really , Sir ; anfwered the S0uldier , I qave none: You~Woríhip muft pardon me , teplyed Carv~jaÍ , and give me leave not to believe you ; for it is impoffible yoq íhould be without Bulle.es. The Souldier finding himfelf ~bus urged, in truth, Sir, .faid he, upon che word of aS0uldier, I haye.bec chree. 011, Sir, anfwered c rirvajal, did not 1 .tell you, that your Worfhip being the man you were taken for, could not be wichouc Bullecs ; and cherefure I deGre you to lend me one óf your chree, to beíl:ow upon 'aoother ; aod theti kili me to day a Bird wich one of the two re• rnaining , and a mrn with tbe ocher on che day of che Fight ; and then 1 will re- quire you to íhoot no more. By t-his faying ·, Ct¡.rvajal would give us to under• frand, thq.t if every Mufquecier cou~9 bue kili his man, che Viétory would be fe• · cure and cerca-in. Bue howfoever, he largely fupplied che Souldier with Ammu- nicion and Arms , as he did all che ochers who had occalion of Powder and Bul• let: in chis pleaíanc manner he treated with his Frknds; but when he carne to · deal wich his Enemies, he treated cBem at another rare , with a!l graviry, cau- tion and refervednefs requin;d. 1 Another qaainc fayiog of his was expreífed to his Mufquetiers in light of che Enemy ; when he advi[ed them .tO level their Arms from the Girdle downwards, and not from che Breaíl: to che Head upwards : Far, look you, Gentlernen, faid he, Bullets are apc to rife , and chac which rni.íifs, though but i:wo Fingers breadth , is lofi: , and cannot doe execution ; büc that which fües Jow . and gra- zes ten paces off, may yet have fome effeét : And in ca[e yóa wound your E,riemy eirher in the•Thighs or Le~ ~ he mufi: fall , and becorne difabled ; when, on che concrary, a man may receive ·a füor either in his Arm or Body, i.mlefs ihe w0und he mortal, he may yec conti~µe figbting. Upon. chis _grolmd , and f?( this rea: fon, he ordered his Muíquec1ers not ro fire ábove a ·hundred paces diílaqt from the Enemy ;· which , as Carate faith , did foch cruel and terrible execution , that in che firíl: ran'ks of Capcains and Eofigns, ·and in the eleven files ~hichk;yere in che Van befare tbern , there temained not ten men found, ali bemg 1lled or woi.mded; which was a fad cafe, and much to be lamenred. In li!{.e manner thefe Sbot gauled tbe Horfe very much, · df which A/on/fa de Men~ºfª ,and "/ero.nimo de Jlil- lega.s were Capcains ; fo dm ten or twelve of che Cavahers were d1fmouated, and • • 7'l7