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VII.
R~al
Commentarier.
CH A P.
X.
Fraricifco
Hernandez
retires with his
Army.
In
his Maje
fl/'
s
C
anzp
io
great
C
onfufion bydi!1erfity of opinions.
A
mutiny
is faifed in the
City
of
P1ura;
a11d
how it
was
pacified.
F.•·
RAncifco
Hernande.,
according to his
f'orme~
refolution
~ithdrew
bis F?rces
fr?~
Pachacamac
in fuch haQe that the Sould1ers left behind them all things which
were ufelefs and
cumberfome
to
them, which were
all
taken away
.by
th~
King's
Parcy~
who upon retreat of the .Enemy, .
witho~t
order from
their.Command~rs,
plundered every
thin~
that
!emamed. :. Upon
tblS alcerat100
of affairs, the Ju{hces
entered into confulcat10n wuh the Field Officers; and fummoned unto the Coun...
cil ofWar, befides the Captains., feveral
Planters,
who were men of
E!l:ares
in
the Kingdom, and :vere
well experienced
in the Affairs of that
Cm~ntr~y ~
_but in
fuch variety of
opin~ons,
there was great confufion,
every
one perfilhng
10
htS own
perfu~Gon,
preffed eagerly that his
Counfel
might be. taken. Atlength afcer long
debates
it was concluded that
Paulo de Menefes
,
with fix
hundred
felett men
::i
fuoald pur.fue after
.Hernandez.,:
the next day the detachment being made, the cwo
Generals conrradill:ed the refolution concluded at the Council of War, and orde–
red
that no more than
a
hundred men
iliou1d
be drawn out, for that it would be
too great
a
weakning to the Camp to be devefl:ed
of
the
greacell:
number of rhe
choicell: men. Howfoever the
Ju!l:ices remained
confiant co their firfi Refolves
2
and
again
commanded
that the
detachment iliould be
made
of
che
fix hundred
men;
which was again contradieted
by
the two Generals,
~ho
were of opinion
that a
lmndred
men
were fufficient
co
keep the Enemy in Alarms, and
to
receive
fuch
as
were
defirous to
revolt. Between thefe conrradietory Orders
Pa11-lo de
Me-.
ncfas
was greatly
confufed,
and much more
troubled, becaufe
he was
not
permit–
ted to take with him .rhofe Comrades and Friends of his in whom he
mo!l:
con..
·
fided to
fiand
by him,
and who were defirous
to
keep
him company. And here
we will leave chem to declare thofe matters, which paffed ac the: fame time
in
the City of St.
Michael de Pim-a.
The
J
ufiices,
as we mentioned
before,
had fent
advict:s
to
all the
Governours
of
the Kingdom concerning the rebellion of
Hernande~,
and
iffued
out their Orders
and Warrants
to
rai[e and arm Souldiers to refift and defiroy the Rebels. The
Governour
of
Piura
,
.called
{ohn D6lgadi!lo
,
gave his Commiffion to
Fra»cifao
de
Silva,
a Souldier of good fame and
reputation,
who lived in that City, with In–
firuCl:ions to leavy Souldiers
!n
Tumpiz,
and along the
~oafi,
and
to bring with
him as many as he could
raile.
Francifco de Silva
went accordingly and
returned
to
Piura
with a party of about twenty fix
or
twenty feven Souldiers, who having
remained there about twehze or thirteen days without any care taken co provide
th€m
with Victuals,
or Lodging, and being poor menj
and
not able to
rnaincaio
themfelves , they came
to
the Governour with their Captain
Fr1ncifao de Silv'6
and
defired his Licence
to
goe
to
the City of
Los Reyes
to
ferve
his Majell:y.
~
The
Govemour being preffed by the Inrreaties and Importunities of all the Citizens af–
fented thereunto ; but the next day,
the
Souldiers being
drawn
our, and
ready
to
march, the Governour, without any reafon for it, revoked his
Licence,
and gave
a
pofitive Command, that every one fhould repair
to
his quarters, and neither go
out from thence, nor out of the City
V\
ithout farther order.
Francifco
He-m.ande~
and his companions , finding that no entreaties could prevail on
the
Governour ,
they
refolve~
Eo
kill him,
and plunder
the City, and then depart
and
offer their
fervice
to
!fernandez
Giron,
fince they were denyed leave to ferve his Majelly. The
matter was foori agreed, and about twelve
or
thirteen of them well
armed
went
into the Governour's houfe, and took him, and
killed
a Jufrice of
Peace
of the
lower rank, and made feizure of Guns, Head-pieces, Swords, Buck ers, Lan–
ces, Halbards, with a great provHfon·of Powder; and then carrying forth che
Royal Standard
they
proclaimed upon pain of death ,
chat
every man fhould re–
pair
therew1to ;
then
they
broke open the royal Treafury , and carried all the mo-
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