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cafe they fhould purfue, and fall on him
in
the rere: but afi:et he had marched
3
or
4
days,
and found that no purfuit was made after him; and bad underfiood by
his
Spyes; that the Councils held
in
the Enemies Camp were various, and com–
monly concradietory, and that what the
J
uftices ordered, was again countermanded
by
the Generals ; he cook courage and marched more leifurely and with more eafe
and fecurity than before. Howfoever things paffed not
fo
fmooth and fair neither
between him and his moll: intimate friends, but chat many quarrels
and
difputes arofe
amongfi them, for being come to the valley called
fluarcu,
he hanged up two of
his
principal Souldiers, upon a bare
fuf
picion, that they intended to revolt ; for among(l:
chem a jealoufie onely was fufficient to rake away rhe life of any man whatfoever ;
though he
vi.
ere the greatell: Confident, and the moll: zealous for their caufe.
Her–
nande~
proceeding forward came
to
the valley of
Chincha,
which was a Coumrey a–
bounding and plentifull of all provifions; for which reafon Captain
N t1nno Mendiola
advifed
Hernandez::.
to remain there for three or four days for refrefhment ofhis Soul–
diers and making Provifions which were neceffary for their farcher march ; but
Her–
nandez..
would not admit of this Counfel; and looking at' the fame· time on
MendiolA–
he fanfied, that his countenance changed at the refufal, and that he feemed difcon–
ceoted; which opinion others nourllhing in him, endeavoured to increafe and im–
prove, and told him plainly that
Mendiola
was refolved
to
pafS over to the King's
party, which belief
Hernandez
eafily admitted, when
he
called to mind that
G
am–
bo1t
who was his Enfign was already revolted with
Diego de Silva,
and rhence he cer–
tainly concluded chat it was with <defign to make way for his Captain, and
to
treat
and fecure conditions for him againft the time chat he Chould find opportunity to
efcape; upon which fufpidon onely he ordered
his
Lieutenant General to take
away his Horfe and Arms, and to difcharge him the Army ; which was according–
ly
executed; and not onely fo, but with them alfo he was deprived of his life..
And thus poor Captain
Z.ltmno Mendiola
ended his days, which was a due reward of
h~
demerit, having been one of the Coofpiratours engaged in this rebellion. Not–
withll:anding which feveral Souldiers
fiill
continued to revolr, and came
in
to
PaHlfJ
tie
Menefes,
giving him advice, chat
Francifco
Hernande'Z.>
was
in
great diforder by
reafon that he was deferted by many of
his
Souldiers,
fo
that lie had fcarce
3od
men with him, though in reality they were above
s-oo.
Paulo
de
Menefes
being
encouraged with this News, entered
into
confultation with his friends of the man–
ner hQw he might beat up the Enemies quarters in che night ; which being agreed,
. and the Sould iers on the march, they called to mind., that they had made no provi–
fion of Corn for their Horfes, which was a matter which fhould have been thought.
upon before: but whilfi they were conGdering hereof, a certain Souldier, who was
one of thofe which had
lately
revolted from
Hernandez,
called
Francifco
de
CuevM,
fiept out, and cold them, chat he knew from whence to fetch a fufficient quaruity
of
May~:
whereupon
Paulo de Mene[es
fent him away with a dozen of
lndianJ'
to
carry the provifion. The SoQ.ldier accordingly went and difparched away the
Jndi–
tt1u
with their full burthens, ordering chem co go before,
and
that he would pre–
femly
follow,
fo
foon as his'Horfe had eaten his Corn : when the Souldier found
himfelf alone, infiead of returning to
PaHlo de
Mene~J',
he pa£fed over to
Francifto
Hernandez
;
to whom he gave an account of the number of his Enemies, that they
were marching againll: him, and of cheir defign to beat up his quarters, the night
following: He then asked his pardon for having deferted him,
faying,
that
it
was
the Providence of God which had direeted him for good, and fent hill} to bring
this Intelligence, that the Enemy might not take him upon furprize. Now
it
is
faid, that the reafon of this revolt of the Souldier again to
Hernande~
was occafio–
ned by a word which fell from a certain Souldier belonging to
Paulo de
Me11efas,
who, difcourfing with another concerning the Rebels, faid , that fo Coon as the
War was ended, the bell: of chefe Runagates would be called to an account and whip–
ped, and fem to the Gallies: which being over-heard by this Souldier, he refolved
co recurn to his former Captam, and
to
merit his Pardon,
by
the intelligence he
brought him.
Franci(co
Hernande~
allarum'd with
this
information; remained all chat
Evening and the night following in a pofiure of defence and readY. co receive the
Enemy:
but when
Paulo de Menefes
and
Lope de Martin
and the other Captains
found chat
Francifto
de
CHCJJa
came not back, they prefently fufpetted, that he was
returned to
Hernande~,
and had given him advice of their defign to furprize him
iri
the night; wherefore they changed their refolution, and ordered their Sonldiers
to march unto a place called
Vi!L11cori,
about five Leagues diftant from!thetr former
quarters
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