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Royal
Commentaries.
BooK
VII.
different
fry
le, fubfcribed Captain-Gene_ral, direclin.g more magifieriall}, chat in
care
Sancho Duarte
fhould not comply'
1
1th e
ery
pomt commanded in the
Letter
that he fhould certifie the fame back to him: bu
Sancho Duarte
upon thefe
fom~
moos became very tractable, and returned again "uhin the limits prefcribed
him,
though before fuch fumrnons he feemed to fee up for hirnfelf, and
in
an arbitrary
manner to follow his own humour and pretenfions.
·
And here we fhall leave him and fee what
Hernandez, Gjron
is
doing whom we
lately left in
ApHrimac:
Giron,
proceeding on his way, \lnderfiood
in
Atha11yUa
rhac
all
the Souldiers and Citizens of
Huam11ncn.
had declared themfelves
for
the King's
parry,
and
that
{ohn Alon/ode
Badajo~,
who had called himfelf Lieutenant-General
of thofe Companies, was joyned with thofe few Souldiers ,,. hich
Francifco Nun.
nez,
had raifed in
Co~co,
and were gone together unto
H11amanca:
which
HernMdez:,
much refenced, and complained thereof
to
his Friends, wondring that the
Cities
who at
firfr
had owned
his
caufe and approved
his
proceedings, fhould '' ith fo
much facility abandon him and difown his altions. Howfoever he proceeded
00
his march to the River
Vil/ca,
where his Scouts difcovered feveral of his Majefiy's
Army :
for
that the
J
ufiices being informed
chat
Hernandez:,
was marching againll:
drern,
gav~
orders
to
Captain
Lope Martin
to
advance with
a
party of thirty Soul–
diers
to
inform them of the enemy, and of the place where they were quartered
and "ith
all
fpeed
to
return with the advice; accordingly
Lope
Martin
proceedel
an~
having difcovered rhe enemy, gave an account of their condition and
plac~
where they lodged. But
Francifco
Hernande~
proceeded onihis march to rhe
City
of
Huamanca,
where he fiaid in expeCtation
ofThomtU
Va~que~;
for when he fent
him
to
Arequepa,
he told him, that he would not
pafs
that City untill
his
remrn.
Ya~q11e~;
having made but one days fiay at
Arequepa,
marched thence by'
av
of
che
coafi, untill he overtook
Francifco
Hernande~;
for he found
th~t
he had little co
~oe rh~re;
for though that City, upon fa]fe reports and mifreprefentation of rhings,
had underfiood, that the City of
Couo
had unanimouily concuned to chufe
Her–
nande~
for their Procurator-General,
co
reprefent the cafe and fiate of their aggrie.
vances to his Majefiy, and to Jay chem before the Lords
J
ufiices, they then
fent
their Arnba!fadour to
Cozco
(as
we
have
faid)
to fignifie their concurrence
"ith
them:
but
when they rightly underfiood, chat
all
this Jnfurreetion
was
nothing
but the Rebellion of
a
few defperate
men,
they then were ailiamed of their mef–
fage;
and
che whole City declared themfelves refolved to fpend their lives
and
fortunes in the fervice of his Majefiy,
fo
vhat
ThomM
Y'llUJue~,
finding none with
whom to treat, returned without effecting any bufinefs; but that it might not
be
faid but he had done fomething> he
killed
Martin
de
Lezcano
upon the way, who
had been his great Friend and old Comrade> to be before-hand \' ith
him~
and to
prevent his killing him ; for he fufpetted that he had a defign to declare
for
his
Majefiy. He alfo hanged up another Souldier of good efieem
and
nme, called
Alon[o de Mur,
becaufe he fanfied that he had a mind to efcape, having rec
ived
been Horfe, and Arms, and Money from
HernA-nde~
.-
when
Hernande~
heard
chat
Pa~qHez,
was near the City, he went forth to meet him with
his
own Equipage and
Retinue, and they entred both together without
mYch
order or ceremony ;
"hich
was focontrived not to fhew the fmall numbers which
Vaz:..quez
brought with
him–
Caprain
Francljco
Nunne~'>
who came
Out
of
Cozco
with
forty
Souldiers, with
de·
fign
co
take poffeffion of
Huamanca,
and co perform all other things
which
he
was
commanded
co
doe, found matters there in the fame pofiure chat
VaVJuez
had done
at
Arequepa
;
that is, that all the Inhabitants were fled and gone to the fervice of
his Majefiy; onely
'fohn Alonfa de Badajoz,,
and
Sancho de Tudela,
an
old fe11ow of
eighty fix years of age remained behind, who followed the fortune of
Her»ank
untill
the end of his Tyranny and Rebellion, and then
he
was killed amongll the
rell.
With
tbefe t\ o and fome
few
Souldiers more
FraHcifoo
N'11nne~
went forch-ro
re–
ceive their General,
w
horn they found
p:mch
out of humour to find
rhofe
who
at
the firfi feemed to abett his caufe and his interefi, now ro deny and revok from
him :
but co comfort and cheer him
up a Jircle,
two Souldiers of good elleem and
note, belonging co
Lope Martin
revolted to him, one of hich was afcerwards
made Enfign-bearer
co
his Lieutenant-General the La iYyer
Alvarado;
by whom
he
was
fully
informed of the
fi
re of the Camp which appeared for his Maje(ly.
Af–
ter
which he marched out of
IV1am1tnca
\
ith above feven hundred SouJdiers,
co–
wards the
alley of
Sa1<fa,
from
\ ·hence he feoc
t\
o Captains
with
their Squa-
drons