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Royal
Co1n1nentaries.
of his Eleetion. The fecond who pretended thereunto was the Arch-bifh op of
Los
Reyes
called
D on Gerommo
de L oayfa :
but what reafon
!hould incite this religio•.l
Perfon
who was of the Order
of
Preachers
and
ArchbHhop
'in
the Church
of
God ,
'co
be General of an Army againft: C hrHl:ians is not
known ;
thougn
ouldiers cook the Boldnefs to affign the cau[e thereof
co
Ambition
and Vaniry
of a
Prelate,
\ivbo[e
duty
it
was to remain
in
his Church, praying
for
the Peace
of thofe C hrifl:ians, and for the Converfion of Infidels, by preaching the Gofpel,
rather than
to
appear a Fomenter of the civil War. The third P retender
was
Dr.
Saravia,
one of his Majefiy's J u(lices of the fame Tribunal; who , though
he
was fufficiently a!fured , that he was never likely to carry his pretenfion , yet
out of oppofition to
Santillan,
and from a fpirit of Emulation, he was refolved
to
appear againfi him, and finding his Party too weak then to join them with that
of the ArchbHhop's.
In
this fufpenfe matters remained· for feveral days,
with–
out any determination :·
untill
atlength the Eleltors finding that
time
was loft
in
thefe quarrels,
co
the hindrance of affairs and to the weakning of the authority
of che Army, they agreed as the befi expedient to gratifie both parties, to make
choice of two Generals
j
namely,
Santill~rn,
and the Archbifhop of
Los
Reyn,
fup–
pofing thereby
co
have fatisfied the defires of Doetour
Saravia
and his Parry.
Whilfi thefe things were in agitation News was brought to the JufHces and Let–
ters from the Citizens of
Coz..co,
giving an account of the numbers and qualities
of the perfons who
~ere
gone from thence to ferve his Majefiy. But fuch
was
the jealoufie and fufpicion which the Ju!Hces entertained of every perfon and ac–
tion in that rebellion, that they even mifhu(led each 0ther and much more the
advices and Intelligence which came from the quarters of the rebellious party :
wherefore they font them word not to advance nearer to
Los
ReyeJ
untill farther
order. But no fooner had they difpatched away the Meffeoger with this Com–
mand , than they difcovered their own Errour , and began to confider how preju–
dicial
it
might
prove
to
the fervice of his Majefiy to rejett and refufe adrniffion
to
Cuch principal perfons who were coming
co
their Parry, and
had
chofen
to
abandon their Houfes, Wives and Children, rather than to remain in the power
and at the difpofal of the Rebels: wherefore they infiantly difpeeded away ano–
ther Mefilnger , with a kind invitation to them, fignifying in the rnoft obliging
terms how ace ptable their coming would be to the
C~cy
j
and encharged the
rnelfenger to make fuch fpeed , as
to
overtake the former, and require of him
his
, difpatches
which
he
\Vas
to
fiifle , that nothing of the Contents thereof might be
known ; which being performed accordingly , the Citizens of
Coz:.,co
arrived
at
Los
Reye$
where they were received\ ith all the kindnefs and refpett imaginable.
The·Elecrion of Captains and Generals being
at
length
made
and agreed,
Or–
ders
~ere
fent by the Judges to all the Cities of the Empire, giving them to
un–
derfiand that
H ernandez.. Giron
was in attual rebellion , to fupprefs
~
hich it
was
their duty
co
arme themfelves, and appear
for
fervice of his Majefiy:
And
a
Lifl:
\~as
fent of the Names
of
all the Captains who were to command Horfe and
Foot in the feveral Plantations. Moreover Proclamation was every whe·e made
· of
General Pardon
to
all thofe who had been engaged in
the
late Wars
wiEh
Gon–
ralo-
Pi2arro
or
Don Sebaftian de Caftilla
,
provided that within
foch
a time , they
came in for Service of his Majefiy.
For it was well known, that many of thofe
people
had
concealed themfolves amongft the
Indians,
not daring
to
fhew rhem–
felves in the
Spani/h
Plantations.
It
was farther thought neceffilry to fecure the
Seas,
for which Service
L ope
M1trtin
was
appointed
to
embark
on
a
Galeon,
then
in Port with fourty Souldiers, and to fit and equippe what other Ships he could
provide;
Lope
Martin
accordingly aeted., but
his
Command lafied not above
-eight
days, for he was too paffionate and cholerick for fuch a charge, which
re–
quired a perfonof a more phlegmatick confiimtion and better temper. Wherefore
Geronimo
de Silva
was put into his place, which he executed like a Gentleman and
a
Souldier well experienced
in
affairs both by Sea and
Land ;
and
Lope Martin
returned to his command of
a
Foot-company,
where
we
will
le.ave
him,
to
de–
dare the
things
were aCl:ing by
Hernandez..
Giron.
Who now perceiving himfelf firoag in men, and in the increafe of
his
forces
~
the
number
of
four
hundred , who were come
co
him ,
from
divers
parts, be,,.
fides t_hofe he
had
fent to
H uamaca
and
Arequepa
he refolved
to
march towards
the City of
Lo.1
Reyes,
to fight the Army of the
J
ufiices , as he called
it:
mea–
ning
that his
Army
was the
Royal
Army,
and
rai[ed
for
fervice
of
his Majefiy.
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