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.

Rojal Commentariei. BooK V. Foot followed che fame example, and furrendred 'chemfelves likewife to che Prefi- dent ~ in !ike maooer forty Mufquetiers of che leftWiog took che fapie way wichout any purfuit made after c~em; for marchiog off in aBody they often faced abour, in- tendiog to defend chemfelves in cafe they ~ould meet anr oppofüion: And more- ovet by chis time Alonfo de Mendofa and l)ugo Centmo, w1th a party of fixty Horfe, had placed chemfelves between en~ E~emy an~ che B?g, to fuccou: fu~h as íhould make cheir efcape. Carvajal all chis time contmued his Song, roarmg 1t out aloud as he íaw che parties run away~ The Pike-men, finding themfelves naked and forfaken on boch fides by cheir Mufqueciers, and no poffibilicy for them to make cheir flight, upon precence of skirmifh wich ~he Enemy, ali_on a .fudd~ tbre~ down cheir Arms and fled by feveral ways, wh1ch put an end to all Pi;arro sForces. This was che fuccefs of che Batee! of SacfahHana, if fo it may be called a Battel; in which chere was neicher blow with aSword, nor pufh wich a Lance, nor MuC. quec fhoc of Enemy againíl Enemy, nor nothing more than what is befare related: and fo fudden was che defiruétion of Pifarro, chat if we íhould enlarge chereupon ic would cake up more time in che reading chan chere was in che tranfaétion chere- of. On Pifarro's fide, as Gom11ra repares, ten or twelve were killed ; ali wlúch dyed by che hand of Pedro M artin de Don Benito, and ocher Officers in purfuic of che Fugirives, bue by che Forces of che Prefident not a man was ílain : though Hifiorians [ay both Parcies were wichin íhoc of each ocher, and whole Vollies were interchaoged ; y'er it is cercain they were above five hundred paces dillanc each from che orher : Qo rhe orher fide bue one was unluckily killed by che mu: chance of a íhoc from his Companion. · , • ~· '>, CH A· P. 'XXXVI. Gon~alo ·Pi~arro furrenders himfa~ judglng Ít lefs JifhÓJ; nourable fo to doe than to turn his bacl<, and fty. The Jif cowfe which. pa!fed between the Prefident and hün. The imprifonment of Francifco de Carvajal. T HE Pikemen having chrown clown their Arms, Gon1alo Pipirro and bis Cap- tains were fürprifed wich a íl:r~nge aíl:onifhrnent, being an A~ concrary to ali expeétation: And then Pi¡arro, curning his face to 'fohn de Acojfa, faid, Brother {ohn what fhall we doe? Acojta, prefuming on his valour more chan on his own , difcretion, anfwered, Sir, !et us fighc and dye like old Romans. No, faid Pi;arro.,. it is better to dye like Chriíl:ians. Gomara, upon chis occafion~ Chap. 18 6, úith, that his words were like a good Chriíl:ian and a valianc Man, for he judged it m9re honourable to furrendenhan to dye, for that he had never turned hiS back to his Enerny, &c. AQd he adds farcher, that Pir.arro íl:ill kepc himfelf in a very excellenc garb, mounced on a brave Horfe of a Chefnuc colour ; he was armed with a Coac of Mail, and over it a 'N a{koat of Saetín well beaten wich maoy doubles, and on bis Head he wore,a Helmec and Bever of Gold, &c. An¡,Hftine Carate fays, chat che C:oat which he wore over his Arms was of an incarnacioo Vel- vec, covered almoíl: al! over wich boífes ofGold ; and chat he faid to [ohn de Ac<1- .fta, .fince al! people are going over to che King, 1 alfo am going likewife, &c. Ha- ving fa!d chis, he proceeded to che Royal Camp, wich thofe·Capcains who were concenc~d to follow him; rn¡.mely 'f<1hn de Acojfa, M_aldoniido, 'fohn Pelez de GHevara; and as he was going in chis manner, he mee with Pedro de Vi!Javicencio; whom he obferving to be well accended, asked who he was, and underíl:anding chac he was che Serjeanc-Major; he faid to .him, I am Gonfalo Pifarro and am going to render my felf to che Emperour: having faid chis, he yieldea up co him his·Dagger which he carried in his hand, for that (as Carate faich) he had broken and fpenc his Lance · opon his own people which Aed from him. PiUavlcencio was very proud of chis his good fortune, and wich many fair words recw-ned him thanks for che: greac favour he