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Royal Commentarie1.
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VII.
9uart~rs,
leaving thirty of
t~eir
befr Horfe behind for a rere Guard, and to give
rntelhgence of
what
paffed
m
thofe
pares.
Lope Martin,
with three other Com
a–
nions, offered
himfelf for
this fervice, and pofiea himfelf on
a
rugh
Hill which fur–
veyed the River
Tea,
from whence he might difcover and obferve the motion of the
Enemy. But
as
Lope
Martin
with his three Companions were on the
Hill
they
were difcovered by
a
certain
Indian
of
Cannari
belonging
to
Hernandez,
fro~
the
lower parts which are
full
of thickets and trees ; of which he immediately carried
the Intelligence
to
his Captain; upon which advice
Hernarrdez.,
with his Souldiers
~ncornpaffed
the Hill on all fides,
fo
tbat it was impoffible for any of them toe–
fcape ;
for
though
Lope
Martin
could fee at
a
diftance, yec by reafon of the thickets
and bullies ,
he
could difcover nothing that was near at hand; nor could
he
fee
when
any
paffed the River
Tea,
which runs jufi: under the mountain.
I
remem~
her that having had occalion once to pafs that way" ith fome Companions ofmine
we had the curiofity to go
up
to
the
cop
of the
Hill,
to fee the place where
Lope
d;
M(lrtin
was furprized, whicl) indeed
is
fuch
a
fituation, that
an
enemy cannot
be
difcryed untill he
jufl:
appears clofe at hand : and
fo
it happened to
Lope de
M11rtin
and
his
three C ompanions, who
fell
unexpeetedly into
the
hands of
a
Parry fent
from
Hernandez
without poff1bility
to
efcape, being
all
four taken.
Anq
vi.
hereas
it
V\
as
not known,
\vhich was
Lope
de
Martif1,
a certain Moor of
BarhlfrJ
who
had ·
been a fervant to
Alonfo
de
Alvarado,
who was Brother-in-Jaw
to
7bomtU
raz;quez,
they having married two Sill:ers, chanced to know him, and told thofe that
carri~
ed him, that they ought to look well to their Prifoner, who was
Lope
de
Martin.
The Souldiers triumphing with fo great
a
prize, carried him with much joy
ro
Hernande~
Giron;
who refufed
to
fee him; but calling tb remembrance how that
Lofana,
one of
his
Captains,
was
hanged by
Alumirano,
the fudge Advocate,
he
infiantly paifed fentence on
Lope
de
Martin,
and upon one
of
his Companions that
had formerly deferred him, and caufed them both co be executed without farther
delay,.
Lope
M artin
was beheaded, and his Head pitched upon the point of a
Lance
was carried
for a
Trophy
to
Villaeori,
as
we
!hall
prefent]y relate: And
chus
Lope
M artin
ended his days,
who
was one of the firfi Conquerours of
that Empire,
and concerned in
the imprifonment
of
Ar11h11alpa,
and one
of the Chief
Citizens
of
Couo.
CH AP. XII.
ihe
.Juftices fend recruits
to
Paulo de Menefes :
Fran–
cifco Hernandez
returns upon hiln, and def eats
_
hbll"
The death of
Michael
Cornejo.
The
f
aithfulnefs of
a Horfe to his Mafler.
P
Aulo
de Menefe.r
going, (as we have faid before)
in
purfoit of
Hermmde~,
wrote
to
the Juftice
Santillan
'
and to
Don
Geronimo de LM.Jfa'
ArchbHhop of
UJ
Reye1,
who were the Generals of the Army, advifing them chat rhe Enemy
was
very fi:rong, and that his Forces were weak; and therefore he defired them to
fend him renuits \vithout delay, not doubting but to defeat rhe Rebels in
chat
expedition.
The
Generals with all readinefs complyed with his defires ,. and
fent
him a hundred men well armed and provided, arnong!l: which were divers
Citi–
zens of
Co~co,
Huamanea
and
Arequepa;
who made
fuch
hafie in
their march, that
they arrived at
Pillaeori,
fome
rime
before
Pau!o de
Menefe1
himfelf came
rhicher ;
co
the encouragement
and
fatisfaCl:ion of both Parries at their meeting.
They
were well informed , that the Enemies quarters were not above
five
Leagues di–
fiant, and that
Lope
de
Martin
and bis three Companions were upon the watch ,
and remained
for
Centinels, attending the motion of the Enemy.
Wi h
which
News
they confidently repofed and remained in fecuricy without fear or
fu(–
{>icion of danger:
which was
an
errour in
the
Captains, who
in
War
ought
ever