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 ·oyal Commentariu. Pedro de la Gafe.a, Preíident of his Imperial Majeíly, having fummoned all the Captains and Souldiers who were in .f2.!!_itu , Cdffamarca , Rimac and oth€r parts ; and who accordingly appeared ar the Rendezvous , and having ordered the Mare- fchal Alonfo de Alvarado (as we have hinted befare) to goe to the City of LoJ Rryes to t;aife Men and to provide Horfe and Arms and Mqney and Spani(h Cloth forthe u[e of the Army, and to bring the Guns from the Ships; all which being accomplifhed, and fufficient Ammunirion and Viél:uals provided; it was deter- mined that the Camp fhould remove from Saufd to meet GonfaloPifarro; and Of- ficers were appointed for better Government of the Army ; as the three Hifiori- , ans agree, and particularly Carate in the fourth Chapter of his feventh Book hath rhefe words. , . The Camp was ordered, faith he, in this manner : Pedro Alonfo de Hi11ojof¡1, con- tinued in the.Office of General, as was agre~d when he firíl: furrendred up che Fleet at Panama-. The Marefcbal Alon(o A /varado was made Lieutenant General , Licenciado.Benito de Carvajal' Standard 'Bearer General' and Pedro de Pilla-vicencio was made Serjeant Major. The Captains of Horfe were Don Pe.dro Cabrera, Go- me:;:, de Alvarado, {ohn de Saavedra, Diegode M ora , Francifco Hernande:;:,, Rodrigo de Sala:;:,ar and Alonfo de M endofª· C~ ptains of Foot were Doí1 Baltapir de Caftilla 1 Paulo de M enefes, Hernando Mexia de Gu:unan , (ohn Alonfo Palomino , Gomez, de Solú, Francifco M ofquera , Don Hernando de CardenM, Admira! Andagoya , Fran- (i[co de Olmos' Gome~ DariM, Gaptain Porcel' Captain Par4'. v.el and Captain Serna. Captain Graviel de RojM was made Maíl:er of the Ordnance. · In tom- pany with the Prefident were the Arch-bifhop of Los Reyes, the Biíhops of Co:;:,ctJ and f2.J!itu, and Father ThomM de San M artín , Provincial of Sr. DominictZs Order , with m;my other Friars and Prieíls. At the laíl: Muíl:er there were liíl:ed feven hundred Mufquetiers , five hundred Pike-men and four hundred Horfemen : the which number increafed to a thoufand nine hundred by that time that they ar~ived at Xaquixaguava : and fo the Camp removed from Xauxa on rhe twemy ninth of December, in the year 1) 47. and marched in good order towards che City of Coz.co, and endeavoured to find fome fhallow place, where they might witli the leaíl: danger foard over the. River of Avancay. Thus far A uguftine Carate : • fo that be- fides· the four principal Officers, vi~ . the General, Lieutenant General, Standard- bearer and Serjeant Major ; rhere were feven Captains of Horfe, and thirteen of Foor, beGdes the Maíl:er of the Ordnance, who were all Noble , and perfons of Qlality (moft of which I knew ) and with thefe Officers and Forces the Preíi· dent removed his Carnp from Saufa, to find the Enemy , and carne to Huamanca, where being great want of ProviGons , they were forced to proceed forward in all fo1.íle to the Province of Antahuqylla with intention to winter there ; being a Counrrey (as we have faid befare) abounding with ali forts of Provifions. Ar this place the Prefident with his whole Army made fome fray in expeél:ation of thecoming of the Marefchal Alonfo de Alvar11do, who brought new Recruits com- manded by their own Captains, and were (as Auguftine Carate reports) abouc rhree hundred rnen, of whom we fhall [peak more in the followiog Chapter... e a A P. XXIX. Of the Captains and principal Men of Q.uality.., and Soul- diers who eame- to Antahuay lla to ferve his Majefly. Ami the great joy there wa5 at their Arrival. T HE Prdident quartered his Army in Antahuaylla for above che [pace o{ chree momhs; during which time the People flocked in to him from all pares: nmongíl: them was Alonfo de Mendo f_a, who efcaped from the Battel of H11- 11rina ( whom we forgor to mention in the due place) and was preferred to the Command of Captain -of Horfe. Abouc a month and a halfafrer, che PreGpenr· entered into Antahuaylla, the Marefchal Alonfo de Alvan1do carne thither with a bun- , · · dred