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VII.
Royal
Commentarier.
~HAP.
VIII.
John
de Vera de
Mendo~a
revolts from
Francifco
Hernan–
dez.
The People
of
Cozco
go to
feek...
out
for
the
Marfhal
Sancho Duane
raifes
Men, and
calls hin1felf General
of
the111. He
is
reproved
by
the
Mar/ha!.
·
Francifco
Her–
nand z
conies to
Huamanca.
The Scouts of
the
two
Canips
111eet.
A
Lvarado
the Lieutenant overtook his General about eight leagues from the
City of
Co~co,
where he flayed unrill he came up to him; and then they
all
in a Body
pafied
the River
Apurimac,
and before night marched two leagues
be–
yond it
:
but were
four
days in paffing the Bridge with their Men, Horfes,
Am–
munition and Piovifions. During which time
[ohn
de Pera
de
Mcndo9a
confidering
that he had been already fifceen days in the
Army,
and no preferment given
him,
nor confirmation of the title of Captain, which he
fo
paffionately defued, he re–
folved
to
leave
Hernandez:.,
and return co the K.ing>s party, which appeared more
like
a Farfe
in
a Comedy than the aetion of a Souldiery, and for fuch we have in–
ferted it
in
this
place.
[ohn
de
Pera
agreed upon this defign with four other young
Souldiers like himfelf, who with his Enfign made
[u{
in all; and they
that
night
paifed the Bridge and afterwards burnt it, to prevent any purfuit which might be
made after them. And entring into
Co~co
the night following, they
fi
uncled
an
alarm, which
put all the City into
a
confiernati6n and tumult, fearing left the Re–
bels
were returned with intention to doe
them
farther mifchief,
fo
that
none
durft
fiir abroad, or put
his
head out of doors that
night.·
But
fo
foon as
it
was day,
be–
ing
better informed, that it was one1y Captain
John
de
Vera
and
his
Followers,
who
fiill
carried
his
Colours flying, the Citizens went out to him, and agreed to go with
him to find out the Marfhal, who they knew, and were well aifured, was
fortified ~
with a firong Army:
'fohn
de
Saavedra
a principal Citizen was made their Chief;
and
[ohn de Ve-l'a
de M endof a
would not be put
by
his Captain-iliip, nor march under
any
.Banner but his own, and though he came to the place where the Marfi1al was,
he
had neither the formne
to
better his Colours nor advance his Title,
but
paifed or
a Boy more forward
and
confident than difcreer.
Thofe at
Couo,
who met and
agreed upon this defign, were about forty in number, fifteen of which were Citi–
zens who had command over
lndians,
the refr were Merchants and Officers whom
the Rebels had lefc behind as ufelefs perfons: and chefe, fuch as they were, travel–
led cowards
Collao,
where the Marfhal
Alonfo
de
Alvarado
kept his head Qgarters :
who having underfiood that many of the Citizens of
Couo
were coming in fearch
of him, he fent them Advice and Orders by no means
to
pafs out of the limits of
· his Jurifdietion, but rather to expeCl:
him
there, for chat he was moving on the
way to meet them.
.
Sancho Duarte,
who was then Governour of the City of
Peace,
raifed Souldiers
for the Service of his Majefry, and fettiog up his Standard, marched cowards
Coz:.co
v.
ith
above
t\
o hundred men divided into two Companies, one of .Foot com–
roonded by Captain
Martin de
Olmos,
and the other of Horfe of which he called
himfelfCommander with title of General. Being come to the Bridge where the
R iver empties it
felf,
he {l:aid there fome few days, and having there received in–
telligence that
Francifco Hernandez:.,
was departed from
Couo,
and was on his march
towards
Los Reyes,
he continued his way towards
Coz.coin purfuit of
Francifco Her–
nande~
;
for he, as the humour was at that time,
defiring to command and not to
b~
commanded,
av~ided
joyning
v~:ith
the Marilial, that he might not be his Soul–
d1er, or fall under
his
Banner:
which
when the Mar!hal underfiood,
he
fent him
two Commands : the firfl: was a Letter requiring him to return within the limits
of his
J
urifdietion, and to expect his coming thither: for that
it
was not to the
fe~vice
?f
his Ma jefiy
to
have
Co
many fmaH Armies disjoined from each other-
:
wuh
this Leccer
he gave another more poficive Command
to
the Meffenger in a
differen