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but therewith fell in

fuch a Sadn fs and Melancholl y., as brok his He

few

qays .

~ave

only

'f\

t .

relate the End of_Captain

Martin Gnrcia Loyola,

whom,

reward of havrng taken the

Inca

Pnfoner, and many other Ser ices

which he performed t

the Court of

Spain,

married to the

Infanta

who

was Niece to the laft Prince, and Daughter to his Brother

Sayr.i

Tupac:

wher

he came to inherit that Eftate which this Princefs receiv d from h r Fa ther ; and

for his greater Honour and Advancement., and. better Service of his Majefty., he

was p referred to be Governour., and Captam General of the Kingdom of

Chile,

where he had a great party of Horfe, with a good force of

Spanijh

Infantry

under his Command. It was hi Fortune to govern this Kingdom for feveral

years, and fome Month'S., with great Prudence and Difcretion., and to the con–

tentment alfo and fatisfaltion of his Companions ; howfoever he was engaged

continual Labours and Ern0royls, caufed by the Wars which were waged again

th~

Indians ;

and whi h

a~e

not yet at an end, in this year

13,

having ever

fin ce

53., when the

Indians

began firft to rebeJ, been conftantly carried on

without Truce

Intermiffion during all that time, as we have intimated

before in feveral Places. W hilft this Governour employed· himfelf in the ex–

ercifes of War., he went one day (according to his ufual cuftom) co vifit the fe–

veral Forts which were raifed on the Frontiers, to curb the Enemy, and keep

them from making incurfions and depredations oh thofe

Indians,

who had fub–

mi tted

an~

were

~ecome Serv~nts

to the

S~aniards

And having fuppl

yed

all

thofe Garpfons with Ammunuon and Provdions, he returned to thofe Cirl s

within the

Kingdom~

which were fetled and in peace: And being without the

Limits of the Enemies quarters (as indeed he was) and as he believed out

danger, be difmiifed

200

of hisSouldiers, (which were then of his Guard,) and

difpeeded them away to their refpective quarters :.Leaving himfelf only with

a·

bout thirty Companions;amongft which were feveral Captains., and old veterane

Souldicrs., who had ferved

ma.~y

years in the Wars: And being come into a

very pleafant Plain; they pitched their Tents., intending to repofe and folace

themfc Ives that Night and

fev~ral

Nights afterwards,

that they might re–

cov r the Sleep they had loft, by their continual watchings; for whilft

they

were on the Frontiers, taking care to fecure the Garrifons, they were

fo continually allarm'd

the

Enemy~

that they had not time to Reft, Eat,

or Sleep.

The

Araucos

artd

Indians

other

Provinces, Neighbouring on tbefe who

had rebelled., fent heir Spies

Night

difcover the condition of the

Spa–

niards;

and finding theQ1 without Centinels., and in all fecurity faft afleep., and

fafe

as their Enemies could defire, they whiftled to each other with Bird-Calls,

and gave notice

fuch kind of barking and howlings which G iacalls or

o1ves

ure in

the Night, which were the fignals agreed upon amongft thern. At thefe

noifes great numbers of

Indians

came flocking together., and with all the

filence poffible, went foftly to the

Spaniards

Tents, where finding them afkep.,

and in their Shirts in Bed., they cut the Throats of every one of them ; and

carrying away with them their Horfes, Arms, and all the Spoyl which belonged

to the

Spaniards.

This was the end of the Governour

M artin Garcia Loyola,

which was

much

lamented over .all the Kingdom of

Chile

and

Peru;

but as often as that Dif–

courfe was moved, either amongft

Indians

Spaniards.,

it was confefled, that

Providence had fo ordered thofe matters, that the death of the late

I nca

niould

this manner be revenged on the

Spaniards

by the Hands of his own V

afial •

And herein it was more plainly evidenced

an Infatuation which poffeffed the

Minds of fuch Captains, and Veterane Souldiers pratl:ifed in the Wars of

that Country., who knowing that they were near an Enemy

incenfed and

enraged againft them, and thirfting after the Blood of the

Spaniards,

fbould

yet

with

much fecurity compofe themfelves to a ileep from which they did

never afterwards awake.

This Governour

Martin Garcia

Loyola

lefc: one Daughter, which he had by

his Wife the

Infanta,

Daughter of the Prince

Don D iego Sayl'i T upac,

which Daughter was tranfported into

Spain,

and there married to a Gentle–

man of

Qyality.,

called

Don

7ohn

Enriquez., de Boria.

His Catholick

Maje–

·fty,

befides the Eftate which lhe inherited from her Father in

Peru,

was pleafed

o o o oo

(as