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. Royal Commentaries. CH A P. XXII. Gon\alo Pi~arro i/fues out Orders to hury the Dead. He difpatchesOjjícers in to divers parts. The /light of Diego Centeno; and what happened to the conquered Party. S O foon as Gon1alo Pir.arro returned to his Tent, he found my Father there, and defired him to lend him his Horfe, Sa!ini!la., untill his own were cured of the ílight wound which Gonr.alo Si!veftre had given him; which being gr.anced, he mounted thereon, and taking a mm round the Field, he gave order to bury the dead, and to take care of fuch as were wounded ; which he found for the mofl: pare firipped of their Clorhes by che Indian1, who, without regard to Friend · or Foe, rnade all prize which carne within their power : che comrrlon Souldiers were all buried togerher promifcuouíly in ten or cwelve greát P~ts, which were made for rhac purpofe ; but che Bodies of Noblemeo and Perfons of Qg_ality were carried to che Viflage of Huarina (which was near chereumo, and for wliich reafon chis Fig 1t vas called che Banel of Huarina) and there they interred them . in a íinall Church builc by che Indit111s themfelves, in which chey were taughc the Arrides of che Chriíl:ian Faith, when things were in pe¡rce, and when che ~ime was proper for it : and there chofe Bodies refl:ed for che fpáce of four years; un- till che rroubles being ac an end1 and the Ernpire Aouriíhing in peace, chofe Bo- .dies >vere taken up ·and carried to the great Char~~ of a qty which the Sp~niaid1 .had lately founded and called it che City of Peace, where chey were re-buried 'With much Solemniry, Maífes and Sacrifices, which concinued for many days. The Gentlemen of Pene did generally contribme to che expence hereof, in regard they were all related to che dead, either by Kindred or by Friéndíhip. Gon1alo Pif_fft'ro having buried rhe dead, and taken care of the wounded, diípacched away Officers inco divers pares fo provide neceffaries which were_ anting. Dionyfio de Bovadi/14 was {ene to the Cicy of Pl;rte, to bring what Silver he could get for payntent'é)f che Souldiers. · Diego de Car_vaja!, furnamed che Gallam, was diípatched to the City of Arequepa on che fame errand, and Captain fohn de la Torre was fent to Co~co; ' all three were accended with chiréy Muíquetiers apiece, who had commiilion tQ prefs what men -they met, and bring chem to che place where Pi1arro lay en- camped. . . But now to return to D~'ego Centeno (of whom we have for fome time been filem) He was Ítck, as Authours wr ite of him, having bee~ fix times lec bloud too in the diíl:emper of a· Pleurifie ; and cherefore was not all:ually prefent in che Fighc, but was carried abomina Chair, frorn whence feeing che ílaughter of his men, and the lofs of rhe <lay, he Jefe 'his feat and ·mounted on his Horfe, whjch was led near to hirn : and being overcorne with the fear of death and the defite of life which is namral to al! meo, he Ae.d away, not ílaying for che Biíhop or a'ny orher; but onely with che company of one Prieíl: called Father Bifcayner, ·he t9_ok his way ·over the Defar cs and Mouncains, leaving che high way, rhe better to elude che devices and füategems of Carvajál, and carne ar length to rhe Cicy of Los R~es ; fo that neither Carvajal nor any of his own fide knew wliat was be- come of hirn, thac he feemed to be vaniíhed like an Appariti<m; or cartied away by fome íl:range'l;:nchantmenc. And though he was informed chac che Ptefüient Gafca was in che V ¡¡Jley of Saufa, which was in bis way, yet he choughu noc fit to go thitlm,i but wrore a Letter to him by che F:ither Bi/c~y»er, to excufe his non-anendance, being forced to go firíl: to the Cicy of Los Reyes to provide him- felf wirh fu~h neceffaries as were requiíite Jor his own perfon, and agreeable ro che quality of rhat Office and Dignity Í!1 whi\h he had ferved. And here we will leavefüm at ;lto~ Reyes toJpeak of Francifco de.Carvajal, who was wandring abouc che Gountrey' fo fearch, as A.uthours fay, of Dqn Fray {ohn Solano, Biíhop of Cot.cc>,. againíl: whom he was highly incenfed, ·faying, thac whereas he oughr to have been in rhe Church, praying unto God for che peace ofChr" íl:ians, he ~as tarned Soul- dier, and was become a chiefOfficer in the Arrny of Diego Centeno : bue being noc . Kkkkk 2 f~und,