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VII.
I
Royal
Commentaries.
ever co apprehend the worfi, and provide againft the furprife of an enemy, though
diftant and
far
removed;
for
example of which we fhall lay before them
t
e
pre–
fent misfortune.
For
Francifto Hemande:l:.,
having been
informed from
Lope Martin
and his Companions of the quarters and condition of
Paulo de M ene(e.r,
he
prefently
put his Forces in order co march againfr him with all poffible diligence: and here–
in fortune favoured him very much ; for though one of
Martin
Lope's
Companions
had made his efcape, yet he was
fo
affiighted with the apprehenfions ofdeath, that
he hid himfelf in a Cave, and
had
not power to
go
fonvard with
this
information
to
Paulo Menefe.r,
which was of the highell: importance
to
him;
for
want of
which,
on confidence of fuch vig"lant Sentinels a
Lope Martin
and his Companions, both
he and his Souldiers repofed fecurely without fear or fufpicion of any furprife.
About break of day in the morning
a
certain Souldier, who went out of che Camp
to gather a little
May~
in thofe Field
~
fueard on a fudden the noife of people co–
ming towards him ; and looking about him_, efpied a party of about thirty
Horfe~
which
Hernandez..
had
fent for
the
V~m-guard
to
amufe the enemy, and entertain
them with skirmifhing
untill
the re!l: of his Forces "'ere come
up
to their affiflence.
The Souldier immediately ran in with the advice, and gave the
alarm;
but
Paulo
de
Menefe.r
fuppofing that the enemy was not more numerous than what the Soul–
dier reported them to be,
he
kept his ground and would not retreat, untill feeing
the enemy very near, and appearing on the Sands, and himfelf almofi: furrounded
with Forces
far
greater than his own, he then gave orders to make a retreat with
all
[peed, whilfr he in perfon defended the Rere againfr the enemies attempt,
in
which many were killed and
V\
ounded
on
one fide and the other
5
and in this
manner they continued fighting and skirmifhing the greateH
part
of the
day, un–
till
th~
whole Force of
Hernandez..
was come up ; and then the confuGon
was
great
as well amongfi thofe who purfued as thofe that fled, not being able by reai ,
of
the noife and du!l: to di!l:inguifh one from the other: this purfuit continued
for
the fpace of three leagues, in which Captain
d'
Avalos
~
ith
five or fix more were
wounded, and about fourteen or fifteen were killed, and amongfi them
Mr."chael
de
Cornejo
a
very honell: man, and a Citizen of
Arequepa,
and one
of
the firfl: Con–
querours, to whom
Francifco de Carvajal,
Lieutenant-General to
Gonfalo Pifarro,
made many acknowledgments of friend01ip for the kindnefs and generofity he had
!hewn him, as we have formerly mentioned. His death was occafioned
by
rhe
Borgonion
he
wore, having the Vifard clofe
<hut
down, whereby, and wirh the
dufr
rai~
by thQfe who purfoed, and thofe who Bed, and by the· violent heat
which
is
always in tbofe Valleys, he was fiifled and fuffocared.
He
was much
lamented by all that knew him, being a perfon ofgreat goodnefs and honour,
as
ap–
pears by the entertainment and reception
he
gave
to
Franci.fco de Carvajal,
his Wife
and Family, when he found them in the Market-place of
Arequepa
defiitute ofLodg-
.
ing, or Money, or Friends
to
entertain them. Notwithfianding this fuccefs which
the Rebels had in purfuit of their enemies, who fled before them, yet their Iofs was
greater by the revolt
of
many of their own Souldiers co the King's party; which
caufed chem to give over the purfuit, and found
a
retreat, lell: the example of
thofe who fled lhould be the caufe of a general mutiny and defeetion amongfl: their
Forces.
{ohn Rodriguez.. de "f/illaloho.r
a Cirizen of
Co:l:.co,
was one of thofe who re...
volted that day from
Hernande:l:.,
'~'horn
though he had endeavoured
to
engage
ro
him by the marriage of
his
Wife's Sifier, yet the loyalty he owed
co
his Prince
was
of greater prevalency with him than the bond and tie of alliance : but
Hernan–
dez..
feemed to make light of his defertion, fweariog, in contempt and difdain of
him,
that he was more troubled for
a
Sword he carried with
him
than he
was for
his perfon
or any other concernment relating to him : And farther to {hew
his
con–
fidence, and the_afiurance he had
to
prevail, he again publickly declared,
chat
he
gave free liberty to any man who was weary of his fervice to p
~
over
to
the fide
.;
of the
J
ufl:ices, for
h~
pretended not co entertain forced and pre!fed Souldiers, but
willing and faithfull Friends.
As
to
Paulo Je Menefa.r
him
elf, he
left
his Souldiers
. <!nd fled to
Chincha,
which
P
ttlentino
tefl:ifies in there words :
When
Paulo de Menefa.r,
fays he,
faw
that his Souldiers fled, and chat his Body
of Horfe ran away in
full
carriere, he turned out of the way, and palfed through a
fandy Countrey towards the River
Pi[co,
and with three other Companions, who
followed him, came to
Chincha,
&c. Thus far this Authour.
As
the Rebels returned from the purfuit, they gathered up all
the
Arms, Coats
Cloaks
and other things of burchen, whic
the King's
parry
had fcarrered in the
?av