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VII;
.
Royal
Com1nentaries.
having according
to
their befi intelligence received daily. advice, that
Paulo de /l£e:.
nefas
was much fironger than the enemy. The JuCHces, Captains and other Offi–
cers were highly fenfible of the lofs they fufiained by this defeat, and found by
experience chat the original of that and other misfortunes proceeded from the diC–
cord and mi fimderfianding of the two Generals, to the great difgrace and difcou–
rage11Jent of the Imperial Army. And though they endea oured as much as was
poffible
to
palliate this lofs, faying, that thofe who came over from the enemy
made reparation for the numbers of thofe who were killed, yet they could not
digefi: the lofs of reputation which the Royal Army fufl:ained
by
the contrariety
of their
opinions and oppoGte commands ; and therefore calling
a
Counfel, the
Officers by a Royal Mandate difcharged the two Generals of their
Commands~
and conferred the Office ofCommander in Chief upon
Paulo de Menefes,
and con–
fiituted
Pedro Portocarrero
his Lieutenant-General: which
like~
ife ca,ufed
mur–
murings and difconcent in the whole Camp ; and men talked loudly, that
it
was
a {hame
and
reproach co them
to
make choice of an unlucky fellow who but the
other day had loll a
Bartel,
and had rather deferved ignominy and
punHhment
for
his
ill
conducr, and to be debafed
to
the meanefr Souldier in the Field, than to
be
raifed
co
the bighefi dignity and place
of
command. Howfoever the elettion "'as
confirmed and the refolurion notified
to
the
t~
o Generals,
\1\
ho made fame de–
mm; thereupon, but they were over-ruled and forced to fubmit; and
farther
it
was agreed
to
purfae the Rebels with eight hundred men, and for better expe–
dition to march without Baggage or other iocumbrance:
but
this determination
met
with
delays like the rell:,
fo
that it was not put
in
execution
till
three days af–
terwards.
For the Jufrice
Santillan
being upon his return to
Lo1
Rryu,
was atten–
ded on his way with a numerous train of Friends and Relations to the number of
about an hundred and
fifty
perfons, to the great
diminution
of their Forces, and
difcompofure of their affairs
:
of which
Santillan
being made fenfible
by
otie of
h1s
Friends, who told him, that the taking many
men
from the Army would look
like a
Rebellion, and give his Adverfaries occafion to pretend that he was jealous
of his fafety, and fufpicious
of
Plots and defigns
~gainfi:
him
:
be
prefently appre:.
hended the inconveniences; and difmifr his Friends and Kindred, de.firing
them
to
return
to
the
fervice
of his Majell:y
in
the Army,
which \\as
much more neceffary
than their attendance upon him:
\l\
1
hich they accordingly performed,
fo
that
San–
tiDan
entred into
Los Reye.r
with no greater attendance than of his
O\\'O
Servants.
By this
e
Hernandez
\vas come to
Nanafc.·1,
being about fixty Jeagues difiant
937
fi
om
Lo.r Reyes,
to \'
hich
plac~
he had marched \;w;;:ichour let or hindrance whatfo–
ever : for fuch had been the confuGon and difference in his tvfajel1y's Camp, that
nothing could proceed to
his
hurt or interruption : and
for
his better advantage
and information of every thing, the
J
ull:ices gave ear
to
the propofal of one \'\
1
}10
'"·as a Serjeant' in the King,s Army, and h:id been a Souldier
in
the Plot and Con–
fpiracy
of
Diego
de
Rojas,
\;t;;:ho
offered
to
adventure
into the
enemi
Camp
in
the
habit of an
Indian,
and to bring them from thence a true information of the flare
of their affairs. The Jufikes
afienting
hereunto gave him free licenfe;
fo
that he
as a
falfe
and treacherous Spie went O\'er to
Henumde<:.,,
and told him, chat he had
clothed
himfeJf
in that habit
to
pafs more eafily to his Army ; for that in the
King's Camp there were fuch quarrels and difcords amongll: the Officers, and dif–
conrents
ambngfl:
d~e
Souldiers, who had no will or courage to fight, that nothing
but dell:rutl:ion could be the end and iffoe thereof; and for that reafon, out
of
a
principle
of fel£prefervation, he
refolved
to
fave
himfelf
in
his
fervice.
Moreover
he reported, that the
J
ull:ices were
much troubled and
confufed upon the news
t~ey h~d
received, that the City of St.
Michdel de Piura
~as
in Rebellion againfr
his
Ma1efl:y, and had declared themfelves for
Hernandez.- Giron;
and that a certain
Captain named
Pedro de
Or}na
was coming from the New Kingdom
'~
ith many
men
in
favour alfo
of
Hernande~
;
all which being of great
encot~ragement
to
his
people, he caufed them, for better credit thereof, to
be
declared
by
publick out–
cry. But to quaiifie this news a little, he told them, that the Madhal was coming
from the
CharcM
with a
powerfull force of twelve hundred
men
bat they char–
ged
tl1e
_Spie co make this report, or at lttaft to moderate
it,
a~d
fay, that he
came
w1tn
no more than fix
hund~ed
men, left
it
!hould prove too great a difcou–
ragernent
to the Souldiers.
At the
fame time
letcers were
intercepted from the
·
Camp of the
J
u(l:ices, conveyed by
an
Indian,
diretl:ed to a Souldier ; for
which
both of rhem were hanged> though the Souldier after he had endu'red
the
torment
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