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Commentari
r.
BooK
III.
feari~g
Come
rigorous
pun~fhme~t
for
t~eir
de1!1erit, fiole fecretly out of
1
the Town
by
rughr, and
fled, with
mtenuo~
to 1oyn with
Don Diego
;
but of this
number
there was not one perfon of Note or
O!Jaliry
amongft them.
Captain
Nunno
de
Caftro,
and
Captain
Hcrna~do
Bachicao
having notice hereof, purfued them with
twemy Harquebufiers,
which
bea~ing
up
chei~
QQ.arrers in the Night,
by
furprize
to9k and brought che_m back agam ro the
Cuy \
ichout any hurt or other mif–
chie£
In
the mean ume
Alvare::G Holguin,
i
ich
his
Souldiers, arrived
at
the
City
to
whom alfo
many
principal
perfons
of
condition flocked from
all
parts
and
were received by the Corporation of the
City
with much joy and concenc:nent
~fter
"hich, their
full:
bufine~
was
to
Elecc
a
General,
for
A/vare:{.
Holguin
ha~
vmg
p
rformed that charge h1therco, was deftrous to be difmitred
from that
Of–
fice.
In
this point
therefore was
fome diverfiry in Opinions,
which
occafioned
delay ; not that any Emulations or Parries obfirutl:ed the progrefs of affairs, but
the many perfons, which for
their
OQality and
~biliries
were deferving of
that
Honour, caufed the Elechon to be
wuh
more difficulry determined.
At length
by the
common confent of all rhofe in the
City,
the choice fell u{>On
Pedro 4hn1.:
re~
Holguin,
who"
35
accordingly
f
worn Captain-Genera), and Chief Juilictiary
of
Per11,
untill
his
Majefl:y'
fa
1
·rher pleafure fhould be
known
therein.
The
which Act
was
legally done,
for
it
was
in the power
f
rhe
Government
o(
rhis
City
( as the Head of the Empire) co nominate a Chief, with ocher Officers
both Military and Civil,
henfoever
the
lawfull Magifirates fhould
fail,
and'
che
fame
fo
to
continue> umill his Majelly
fhould confirm them, or Commill1onate
ochers.
Gome~
de
Tordoya
was appointed
for
Lieutenant-General,
Garfiiaffe
tle
'"
1
ega,
and
Pedro
de
An
ure1,
v..ere
made
Captains of Horfe,
NHnno
de
Cafaro,
.and
Hernando
de
B11chic,,io
Captains
of Foor, and
~Martin
de
Roblei
\Vas
appointed
Enfigri
to
carry
the
R
yal Standard.
I:Iereupon War was declared
againfi
Dieg.o
de
A(magro,
and che Citizens of
Co40
obliged themfelves
to
make
good
unto fits Ma1eay whacfoever
Alv1+re:{. Holguin
fhould exp nd
in
pro(ecmion
of
chis
War out of the
Royal
Exchequer in cafe his
1'1ajefiy
fhould
not
allow
the
fame : To
the
performance
of
which,
not
onely tb¢
C itizens of
ouo,
but the Inhabitants of
CharctU
and
Areq11d{'a
did
bind botb their
Perfons
and
flares ;
and fuch was the chearfulnefs and affeetion
towards his
Ma–
jefl:y 's
erv1
e, that in a fhort rime they compofed a Body of
chr
e
hURdrecf
~nd
fifty,
all choice
and
feleet Men, both Officer and Souldiers ; of which nnmbei:
the
e
were about
a
hundred
and
fifty Horfe, a
hundred
Harqu bufiers, and
iJie
r
fl:
Pikemen.
In
the
mean
tune
e s came
to
Alvare:{.
Holg11in,
ch~
Alon/a
J~
Alvarado
h d
fit
up
his
Standard for the
Emperour
in the
Ch1«hap11Jll4,
which
oc~
ca!ioned great
joy,
becaufe they greatly feared, chat
all
that
Counrrey from
Jlitna,&
to
f2.t!it tt
was well
aifeeted
co
A
Lmagro.
Much
abouc the fame time likew.ife
inr
telligence came, that
Don
Diego
was marching
to
ards
Couo
wich an
Army o.t
~
hove eight hundred
Men,
with intention to give them
Batcel
~
hich being.coq"'
dered at
a.
Council of
War,
it
was
agreed not
to
fiay,
and expeet
his
coming ro
Couo,
but
co
march forth and
joyn
with
A lonfo
de
A !v11rado;
and that
paffing
h¥
way of
che
Mountain and narrow places, they might eafily avoid che Engagemeqt
with
A!m.igro,
uncill
they
were better recruited,
and reinforced
by
1Uch
as
were
loyal and ' elI-affetl:ect
to
their caufe,
hich (as they were advifed) were
c;omjng
t o th m
from
all part , by fecrec ways ofWoods and Mountains. Wirh
this
rer
fol ucion
ch
y
departed from
Couo,
kaving fuch behind as were
ufelefs,
and not.
lie
f<
r
fi
rvice ;
and
rhac
the
Cicy
might
llill keep
a face
of
being theirs, Officers
were
appou
t
d
t
m
imain the
Government, and
dillribuce
J
ullice.
In
their Mard1
they
uCed
all due caution, fending their Scouts before
to
difcover the Enemy, re–
folving to
avoid
fighting with
Aim11gro,
unlefs they
could
furprize him
with
a4-
vancag .
.
In
the mean time, whilll: things were thus ordered in
Couo,
Alm11gro
and ·his
Complices were not idle or
negligent
in the
City
of
Los
Reyu,
where
che¥
received
fecret
intelligence of all that palfed at
Couo
,
and
how
they intended
co
march
by
way
of
the Mountains to joyn
with
Alonfa
de
Alvarado,
and with his
co
firengtheu
their Forces, which as yet were not fufficient ro give
him
Batcel. Upon che(e
Advices
Atmagro,
with concurrence of his Captains, refolved ro meet them; and
in
order thereunto he recalled Captain
Garp·a
de
Alvarado,
who was
bufily
em–
ployed along the Coafl: of
Trux illo,.
levying Men, and providing Horfes and Arms
'
for
chis
fervice : And
though
he mtended
to
have
fallen
upon
A.lonfo de
AlvaraM,
who