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Royal
Commentarier.
fhould drive before them the Cows which were in that Valley with lighted Mat–
ches faftned to their Horns, and guided by many
Jndian.J,
and
Ne$roe.J,
and Mufque–
tiers, who were to turn and force them direetly upon the enemy : the which ac–
tion was agreed
to
be
put
in
execution
four
nights afterwards.
Diego de
Silva,
a Citizen of
Co~co,
was prefent at this Conful ation, with whom
(as
is faid
before)
Hernandez.
had prevailed to countenance and encourage
his
Soul–
diers
with
his prefence ; and to !hew the efl:eem he had of him, he ah". ays
called
him to be affiftent at every Confultation : during which time the Scouts from
each party viewed and furveyed each others Forces, and
carried
the intelligence.
The Jafiices and their two Generals prep:ired and put themfelves into a pofiure
of defence, to obviate any
ill
accident which might poffibly happen: the
Captains
alfo d. .
the like, exercifing their Soulcliers every
day
with Sltirmifhes between
themfelves, and fhooting at marks, and for better encouragement gave
Je\
els and
Rewards to the moft dexterous Marks-men.
In
this Camp were oumbred above
1300 Souldiers, 300 ofwhichwere Horfe,600 Mufquetiers, and about450 Pikemen.
And here
it
is to be obferved, that
fo
foon as the
J
ufi:ices had received news of
the removal
of
Francifco
Hernande~
from
H11amanca,
and
that
he was on his
march
to meet and fight them ; That the better to fecure themfelves of the good
will
and
affeetions of the people, and loyalty of the Souldiers of the Countrey, they refol–
ved to fufpend the execution of the
late
Decrees which \
1
rere publifhed, and
by
Proclamation
tb
declare, that thofe
Edi&
which exempted the
Indians
from
their
perfonal
Cervices
to the
Spaniard1,
and which enjoined and forbad
Spaniard1
to make
ufe of
Indian
'N
omen
or Men
in
their
T ravels
were all abolifbed and
made void
for
certain
years : and in the mean time they generally agreed to make choke of
two Procurators, who were to be fent into
Spain,
and there, in che name of
the
whole Empire,
to
lay before his Majell:y the hardfhips and aggrievances
which were
impofed on them, and with all humility to fupplicate a redrefs, in fuch manner as
his Majefty
!hould
in
his
wifedom
judge mofi fit and requiGre
to
be granted. The
perfons nominated and eletted for this fervice, were
Don
Lewu
de
Cabrera
a Citizen
of
Couo,
who by reafon ofhis great Belly (as we have intimated before) was un–
wieldy and
unable
for
aetion
in
theWar ; and the other was
Antonio
de
Ribera
a G–
tizen of
Rimac,
both which prepared for their Voyage into
Spain,
wh~re
Don Antonw
de
Ribera
arrived in fafety, but
Pedro
de
Cabrera
made a fiop
by
the way
and
came
not thither.
Two days after
Hernande~
was entred into the Valley of
Pachacamac,
a party of
his Souldiers faJlied out to skirmilh with the enemy; who being engaged
cogerher~
were affifted
by
others who came in to their aid, and the numbers of each fide in–
creafed, both ofthem being defirous to make trial of their skill and valour: arnongft
the reft
Diego
de
Silva,
to fhew his forwardne!S and zeal for
Hernandez ,
was one
who appeared
in the
firft Rank, but
finding
his
opportunity,
he revolted over to his
Majefiy's Camp, carrying with him four other Souldiers of good reputation, one of
which was called
-Gamhoa,
and was Eofign to Captain
N unno
Mendiola,
to
whom
by
this
flight he caufed great mifchief, as we £hall fee hereafter; and
thefe
were
followed
that
day
by divers
ochers,
which
put
an
end to that skirmi!h. The like
was atted by ochers the day following, and all the time he fiaid in
Pachacamac
his
men deferced him
in
twenty and thirty
in
a company who revolted over co rhe
King's party: which wheh
Hernandez..
obferved, and tharno remedy could
be
con–
trived to prevent
it,
he refolved to retreat back to
Coz...co
before he was abandoned
by all his Souldiers ; fo now the firategeme of the Cows "as laid afide, in regard
that
Diego
de
Sj/va
had difcovered
it,
and that the Jullices, as might be prefumed,
had provided to countermine and prevent
that
defign.
In
purfoance of this refo·
lotion,
Hernandez..,
to prove
and
try the inclinations of his Souldiers, told them
plainly, that he gave free liberty and licenfe to any perfon whatfoever, who was
not fatisfied witli his caufe, to pafs over to
the
contrary
pany:
but none rook ad–
vantage of this permHlion, unlefs fome few mean and unferviceable fort of people>
whom the
Lieutenant~ General
A lvarado
ftript of their Clothes, and devefi:ed of
their Arms and Hodes before they departed. And fo
Hernande~
recreated out of
Pachacamac
io
the bell: order he was able, being moved thereunto more out ofan
apprehenfion he had that his people would defert him, than any fear he conceive
of danger from the enemy: for it was evident that fuch was the confufion of Coun–
fels in the Camp of the
J
ufiices by reafon of many Ru'ers
that
nothing ' as deter–
mined and
concluded in
its
due
time
and
feafon. As
will
appear
by
\\'hat follows.
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