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VII.
way
and
thrown from their Horf
es
and Mules to eafe
th~m
in their flight ..
like
thofe who are
in a
fiorm
at
Sea, throw their Goods and Lading over Board
t~
fave
their v;e!fel and
~hei~ Liv~s..
.
~nd
fuch
was
the
~orrune
of thefe Royalilfs,
who
but
even now bemg m a cond1t1on to threaten their enemies with
a
total defhuc–
tion, were in the next moment forced
to
flight and entirely defeated.
In
this place
it
wil
be no great digreffion from our purpofe, to relate
a fiery
concerning the faithfulnefs of an Horfe (which
I
knew) towards his Mafier be–
caufe it is rare and turious, and becaufe Cuch accidents as this feldom
happen~
the
world.
In
this Batte! of Spurs (as we
may
call ir) there
wa~
a certain Gentleman
engaged of his Majefiy's party called
{ohn {ulio
de
Hogeda,
a
Citizen of
Cozco,
and
one of the firft Conquerours of that Empire, who, amongft other Horfes
which
he
kept, was mounted that day at
Villacori
upon one with black fpots,
and
running
full
fpeed> as
Palentr»0
faith,
Hoged11,
fell
from
his
Horfe, \ hich feei
ng his Mafier
on the ground, gave
a
fiop arnidfl: three hundred other Horfes and
Beafis.ofbur–
then, and would not fiir uncill his Mailer
got up
again and was m
ounted onhis
back
j
which faithfulnefs of an irrational Beafi faved the life of his Mafler, and
may be recounted for a fl:ory \:S:.'ithout example
j
unlefs it were another of che
like
nature performed by the fame Horfe, of which
I
my felf was a wimefs,
at
Co~co.
\Vhe1e, after the War was ended:>. cerrain Gentlemen exerciftng their Horfes afte;
the Genet fafhion,
as
they ufoally did in the common courfe every Sunday,
it
happened that a School-fellow of mine, of mongrel race, whofe Father was a
Spa-–
niard
and his Mother an
Indian,
called
Pedro
de
Altamirano,
Son of
Antonio
de A ftt't–
mirano,
one of the firfl: Conquerours, being mounted on chis Horfe, and running
full
fpeed by a Window on his left hand, he efpied a fair young Lady looking out
from the Houfe belonging
to A lonfo
de
M efa,
the fight ofwhom canfed him to for–
get his race, and at the next
courfe~
having the Window on his right band, he
tur–
ned his head two or three times
to
fee 'he beauty of the Lady.
The
third
time
paffing the fame place, the Horfe being fonfible that his Rider checked
him in
his
carriere,
he
firained harder than before
to
gain the Race; but the young Galla
t
being more intent on
the
beauty of his Mill:refs than the Government of hisHorfe,
he leaned too much on one fide and
fell co
the ground: which when the Horft?
perceived, he gave
a
fiop
in
his
full
fpeed, and {laid without moving
umm
rhe
Gallant
arofe, and again mounted upon him. and theo he continued
his
courfe,
to
the great admiration of thofe who were prefenr.
All
which
I
my
[elf
Caw
from
a
Gallery ofmy Father's Houfe
7
the
\,~hich
aetion may ferve
to
confirrJrthe truth
of the
former unto thofe who had not che faith
to
believe it at the
fir~
And
to
we
fball return
co
the Army of the Jufiices, where we
<hall find
nothing but
ani–
mofities, and troubles, and changes of Officers, and
places
of
1rufi.
CH AP. XIII.
The Jufiices deprive the
two
Generals of their Office.
'Fran–
cifco Hernandez
comes to
Nanafca.
A Spie
carries the
news
of
the
niany
changes.
The Rebels
compofe
an
Army
of
Negroes.
S
Uch were the quarrels and dHfenfions in his Majefiy's
Camp
lJetween the
two
Generals, that the Captains and Souldiers were fcandalized thereat, and
trou–
bled co fee on
all
occafions things diverfiy ar:ld contrarily difpofed. The Generals
being informed of thefe complaints and murmurings of the Souldiery, were
per- .
fuaded
at
the infiance of feveral principal
perfon~
to dine one day together,
in
order wher.eunto with much intreacy they brought the
J
ufiice
Santillan
from his
quarters two leagues off, where he was retired to a meeting" ith the Archbilhop,
and afrer Dinner they were made Friends,
co
the great fatisfadion, as
Palentin().
faith , of the whole Army. The fame day
towards
Evening ne\1\
s
was brought
to
he Camp of
the
defeat and
rout
given
at
Vill11cori,.
at which
they
much
admired~
.
having