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.

Seo Royal Commentaries. Bbo-K v. before it was begun on Pif~rro's fide : ~hic~ whe~ Hernando. Baohicao percei- ved he returned back to htS fonner Squadron, crymg out V1étory as loud as any.' One of che H,orfeplen .ºº Cente?'q'~ hq~, b~rn at Her:rera de 1lcantara? ( whofe name I have forgotten, runmng away, mq1s Flighr and full carnere, acc1dentally happened to país by, FraJJcifco de.C11r'!lafal fücing on his ft"':all, Nag, a.s ~e have be, fore mentioned, an<;l not knowmg 1 who he was, gave ·h1m a ílroak w1th a broad Sword over che Vi~arq of )lis Head-piece, which being·given wich a füong Arme and a good Will, che Sword ~mred deep within che Irg_i;i, bat yer wem not fo far as to,wound himr: at which tho~e.w ho .faw it w?ndered very much; ~nd af- ter che Battel was ended, and ali chmgs qmet, Caroa;al íhewed che Head-p1ec.~ to Gon9alo Pip:zrro, ánd faid to hin:i , wl;at do you think, ·w.ould have b~come •of me , had l not been guarded Wlth th1~ defence ? One chird part of Diego Ge'nte- no's Foot were al! ílain, as ¡s mentioned before; another chird pare ofthem, .w.hen · Viltory-was founded pÓ.(heir fide, wer~ licenfrd .ro plunder P'.9ar~?'s Camp, and' accordingly cheyrfac.ked a great pare ,of ic; bue chis pro.ved che1r rume, and was a great occaúon of che lofs of che day.:, The remainder of the lnfantry, which were not above fixty in all, were left ac pufb, of Pike wich ·Pi9arro's So.u ldie1's, fecoo- ded wich a Parcy, of 'fohn de Acofta's. A certain Souldier of Centenr/.s 11de, called --vuadramiros ( whom l knew) a Man tall ofStature, and well fhaped, of a peaceable difpofüion apd more a Courtier than a Souldier, g::ve Acofta .a pufh wich his Pike in the T,hroat ; and che head ofche,Pike,remaining wicbin che flefh, he gave him wich che Scaff end fuch a blow over che Shoulders, rhat Acofta was therewich knocked d<;>wn, with his Heels up in the.1\ir : at the Carne tin:e a Ne- ger chanced to come m, whom l. kpe¡w, called -(jutC~af,,,pe, and gave h1m a cuc over boch the Calves of his Leggs; QUJ, the Neg~r b~ipg a weak little fellow, and the Swotd as dull and as bJ;ick with ruíl: as the Mj\fie.r,: )1e racher bruifed the flelh than cut it. . · Ar lengch Pi9arro's men coming to handy-blows ,with thofe of Centeno's, they killed chem almoíl: all : bue {ohn de Acofta faved both Guadramiros and Guadalupe from being killed : for he interpofed hiQ'.lfelf becween th~m and thofe who would have killed them, and cryed out a-loud, that th~y deferved QQ.arter and alfo Ho- nour and Reward : What I have faid here 1 knew to be true; for afrerwards I took acquainrance with Guadalupe, when he ~as a Mufquecier in one of the Com- pan¡es belonging to Gon9alo Pi farro, quartered ar Co<:.co, where he was gallant in his Habit , and dreífed up in Feachers as gay as a Peacock.., becaufe every one re- f peéted hirn for his courage and bravery. And here 1 muíl: beg che Reader's par- don for having defcended chus far to trivial parciculars, having 011ely 'an intention hereby to confirm che crurh of my Narracive by the Teíl:imony of having been an Eye-wicnefs to the foregoing Tranfaétions. · CH A P. XXI. The 'number of thofe who wel'e kjtled and wounded on hoth fides , with other particular Succe/fes: as alfo what was aéted by Carvajal after the Ba1ifel. · T HE efcape of Guadramiros was afier ~he B~ttel ended , and after the Viél:~ ry plainly aP,peared for Gon911lo Pifarro ; for o'n bis fide were flain about a hundred men, of which fevency odd were Horfemen, and about fifieen Foot, befides chofe which were wounded, amongíl: which ,were Capcain Cepeda, {ohn de Acofta, and Captain Diego Guillen. On Diego Centeno's fide above chree fmndred and fifty were killecf, and amongíl: chem theirMajar General, and all the Captains of Foot, with their Eníigns, being the Flqwer of cheir Army, and che choice(t Mea amongíl them; beíides which Pedro dj f-os Rios, Capcain of Hórfe, and.Diego AJ. vare~J who carried the Standard, dyed on the place. There were, beíides chofe that were ílain, three hundred and fifty wounded 1 of which above an hundred and