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VII.

K<!Jai

Commentaries.

who had no Efiates, were

Hernando

Alvare~

de TOledrJ,

John

RariJo;z

and

{ohn

de Ar–

reynaga;

all which Commanders

diligently applyed themfelves to their charge

and employment, that in a few days the Marfhal had an Army compofed of about

eight hundred meo, of which

Palentfno,

Chap.

41.

[peaks as foJiowerh.

His Forces were

number feven hundred feventy five men, all good Souldiers

well armed and

richly

clothed, and with great attendance, the like of which

hath never been feen in

Peru.

And indeed it was no wonder they lhould be

fo~

coming from the Mountain or

Hill,

\~hich

is the richefl: of any difcovered as yet

in this World. Thefe are the words

Palentino,

of which I am fore he fpeaks

very true, for I

faw

them my felf Come few days afterwards in

Coz.co,

afld then they

appeared unto me to be as brave and as Wcell accoutred as thi

s Aur

hour e:xpreffi s :

that being thus powerfull in Men and Arms, and provided of all things ne–

ceffary the Marilial marched towards

Cozco;

in his ·way to which, feveral Parries

of ten and

enty in a Company came to join wich him for the fervice of his

Ma–

jefiy. AQd afrer he had paffed

Arequepa

with the difficulties

befor~

related) there

came to him about

forty

Souldiers : And

Sdncho Duarte

and Captain

Martin Je

Olmos,

who refided in the City of

la Paz,

came forth to the Mar<hal, wich abqve

two hundred good Souldiers, at which meeting they tefiified great joy with vol–

lies of fhot and other Marcial falucacions. The Army marching forwards came

within the jurifdiction of the great City of

eozco,

where they were mec by a

fmall fquadron under the Command of

[ohn de Sttavedra;

which though

few

number, and not exceeding eighty five men, were yet confider2ble for their

Efiates and lntereft in the Counrrey amongll: which were thirteen or fourteen Ci–

tizens of

Cozco,

being all Conquerours of that Empire of the

firfi

or fecond Ad–

venture : Of thefe men there were fixry Horfe and the refi were Foot, mofl: men

of Efiates, and fuch as had fled from the Rebels to

Los

Reyes,

with intention

to ferve his Majell:y. With the appearance of

many good and brave Souldiers,

whom the.Rebels once believed would have joined with them, the Marlhal

was

. animated and encouraged ; and marched to the entrance of the City o

f Coz.co,

being

then above twelve

hundr~d

{hong; of which three hundred were

Horfe,

three

hundred and fifty Mufquetiers, and about five hundred and fifty Piques and Hal–

herts: Every Troop and Company marched by

felfwith five in a File or Rank;

and afcerwards drew up in the Market-place; where the Horfe and Foot made a

feigned skirmHh for fport and diverfion, and afterwards

ere all quartered with–

in the

Preclltts

of the City. The Bifuop of

Couo,

called

Frier {ohxi Solano,

atten–

ded with hiSD(jd_n and Chapter came forth to meet and welcome the Mar<hal and

his Army, and

give them his benedittion. Howfoever, remembring the hard–

iliips he had endured when he accompanied

Diego Centeno

in his Jong marches, he

was unwilling to follow the Camp, but rather diofe to remain in his Church, and

pray for their fuccefs, and the peace of che Countrey. From

Co:uo

the Marlhal

if–

fued out his Warrants and Orders

repair the Bridges of the Rivers of

Apurimac

and

Amancay,

intending to pafs that

ay in quell: of

Francifco

Hermmde~

of wqo·m

he had' heard nothing of lace, nor was it known what was become of him. At

this time Advices were fent from the

ufiices of che

ill

fuccefs of

Paul de Menefe.1

Pillacori,

and that the Rebels were encamped in che Valley of

Nanafea:

upon

which intelligence, the Marfhal altered his defign, and returned back the fame way

he came, to avoid paffing by

Arequipa

and the

CharcM,

which

ould have been a

great hurt and damage to the Councrey, and a means to prolong the

War. '

Where–

fore the Marfhal changed his Orders concerning the Bridges, which he commanded·

now

be burnt, to hinder the paffige of the Enemy, in cafe they fhould defign to

return that way again. The Mat!hal departihg from

Couo

marched fourteen or

fif–

teen leagues along the Road

tc".>

the

Collao,

and then cook the right-hand way

hkh

lead~

Nanafaa ,

where he expeet:ed to

me~t

Hernandez.:

but hearing no News of

him, he marched towards

P11rih111macocha,

though in the way thither he was to pafs

rocky defarc of above thirty leagues over: In this pa£fage four Souldiers having

robbed two Mules, one belonging to

Gabriel

Pernia

and the other

Pedro

Franco

(who were Souldiers of good reputation) and therewith fled over to

He-man–

dez,

the Mar<hal upon notice thereof prefently commanded the rwo Souldiers to be

firangled, fufpecting, that they themfelves had been confenting thereunto; which

being ell:eemed

all

be a piece of great iniufrice and cruelry, caufed murmu–

rings and difcoment in che Army

and a thoufand Curfes againfi the Marfhal..

Palen.Jir,o

rnention , Chapter

41.

Thefe four Souldiers which revolted met with

D d d d d d

the

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