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 Commentari.es. that Piptrro having cornpleted the meafure of his iniquity was blindly cairied tq_ receive rhe puñifhmem he _deferv~d. The.which obíl:inacy [o difpleafed feveral of bis people, that they purpofed w have left .him if poffibly they· could : and I can confidently aver, that after the Battel of Sacfahuana, and when ali things were qui-' eted; I have hear;d.fotIJe principal Officers v\rho belonged to Pifarro fay, that if he had followed t4e advice ami tounfel o( ·his.Major General, they woulp never have left hirn, but ,have died with him: fm:·they eíl:eemed C'4rvajal asan Oracle; and entertained [uch an efieem ofhis knowledge andiexperience in War, that· they doubted not of the füccefs in all matters whe1:e his counfel was followed. But Pi~ farro perfüling in bis fatal refql'mion, inarched .out of Cozco towards the l:at_rer end of Marth in the y~ar I) +8, anCi in tWO days-came co Sacfahuana, being gready hin~ . dr€d by bis Carríages, Artillery and Baggag~, for he was well furniíhea with all · provifions for War·, fo as' not to wam any thing in cafe the ·Enemy fho'ukl íl:ay or linger in rheir,corning: Aild chcugh ( ?S y;,re have faid ) cliis aétion was con- trary to the [enfe and opinion .--of moíl: men·;. yet, findir.g Pipirro fixed and refo- lute in bis determination, none durfr to diífuade or endeavour co alter bis mind : and in regard í:hefe men eviaemly fa.w tbat he wem pofitively to fatrifice himfelf , áncl chem to manifeíl: defüuétion , every man began to provide for bis own inte~ cereíl: and ,fafecy; and to abandon Pifarro whom they faw plainly offering up him; felf co death in the moíl: flouri!hing íl:ation of bis life, being in the two and fourti- eth year of bis nge; during which time he had been viéh~rious in all che Batrels he fought either againíl: Indians or Spai;iards ,. and had not above fix months be- fore obtained that famous Viél:ory ar Huar.iná, which gave him a charaéter above any in chis new World:· ali which fortunes ,and f~cceffes were changed , ami buri- "ed in che Valley of Sacfahuana-... ~ ~ · !' t.. ,' l' CH A P. XXXIV:~ The two Amzies meet in Sacfahuana. / Gon~alo -Pi~arro jhews' a di/fidence of thofe Souldiers which be!on.ged to Di- ego Centeno ; and the expeElation..the Prefident had, that th9fé met,? fhould revolt to hi,s flde. The O/fers and Proteflations which were .made by Pi~árro. The Anjwer given hy Gafca. lt' is refolved to decide the Difference · by Battel. Tlie -Order of the Royal Army. G. Onftlfo Plf'4rro drew up his Army in ·a certa~n place of that Valley , having á. River behind not very broad, and a craggy Motihfain, and both fo met to• gether, that ch~ fimation was naturally íl:rong, and covered the Army·o.n all quar- rers ín fuch rnaimer that it could not be attacked in the rere nor on either fide, but on the front onely. This River, rnwards the Motintain, is fortified with greáé Wacer-galls, raufed by chc;: íl:reams which fall from above: between which and the River Pifarro pitched bis Tenes, leaving the Plain between che Water-galls and Mountain free and open for drawing up the Army: The Prefident ( as we havé (aid ) making fhort marches , arrived in this Valley three days after Pifarro; and three days paffed with fmall skirmifhes and piqueering bétween fmall parties 5 which were of no great moment; by which time all the Imperial Army wascorne up. The Arrriies faced one the orher for two days afü~rwards, \\'ithout engaging; al! which time Pi f.arro and 'bis Captains' kept a íl:riél: eye and wárch on their Soul- diers, that none of chem íhould ru.n over to the Prefident. And no'w one would think, t.hat a Commander, who voluntarily marched to rríéet his Enemy, fhould have great confidence in che :fideHty of his Souldiers; ahd not doe as .Pifarro, who too late began co diíl:ruíl: Centenó's men, of which there were no lefs than three hundred in the Army ; ·and begari to a:pprove the Coúnfel of Carvajal, whd N n n n n ?. • perfüaded