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two hundred and eighty ''ere ounded, of hich above foarty dyed for , ant of
care and good attendance, and for want ofChirurgeons., Medicines and good Diec .
In fine, e ery thing was unluc'ky in chat difmal and fatal day. So that the
m~
killed on the Marfhal's fide , by one way or other, "'ere near
t"
o hundred and
fifcy
in aJl, and of the Rebels not above fevenceen. The plunder of the Field
(as this Authour faith) was very confiderable, being the richefi rhar ever had
been in
Peru :
for the Madhal had engaged in chis Battel an hundred of rhe rich–
eft anc.;i principal perfons of that Counrrey, and many who had fpenr fix and
fe–
ven
thoufand pieces of
Eight,
and other
c
o, three, and four thoufand pieces.
At the beginning of the Fight
Hernande~
gave order to his Serjeanr Major
An–
tomo Carillo
to guard a narrow paffage with eight or nine Horfe, to inretcepr fuch
as !hould fteal a\.\ ay out of cowardife, and
fly
from the danger.
In
the heat of
all the Batte!,
Albertos de OrdunfJa ,
Srandard-bearer General to
Hernand~
came
run iog
to
them
trailing his Colours on the ground, and told them that
they
mall
fhifc
for them felves, for that th ir General was killed, and their Forces defeated .
whereupon they
all
fled and travelled eight
or
nine leagues that night: but
rh~
next day receiving intelligence from the
Jndian1,
that the Marfhal \ a routed, and
chat
Hernande'ZJ
remained Conquerour, they returned to their Camp
"ith
fuffici–
ent !hame and reproach for their Cowardife ; though they pretended ro have
gone in purfuit of the Madhal's men, of which many were fled by rhofe
,x,
ays
:
and
co
countenance them herein, and not to fbarne them,
Hernande~
was
pleafed
to
own, that he had given them Orders
to
purfue thofe who had taken their flighc
by thofe ways.
Tne
Vietory being thus gained by
Francifao Hernandez,
h1s
Lieu–
tenant-General was defirous at the end of the Fight to fhew himfelf brave, and
a Man of aetion, though during the Batcel, he neither acquitted himfelf like an
Officer , nor as the meaneft
or
lowefl of the
Souldiers
:
buc
now to doe fome–
thing, when the Souldiers brought a Gentleman of
Camora
prifoner, n·amed
Ro–
mero
the Commiffary, who but four days before had condutted a choufand
Indian.r
laden With provifions to the Marfhal's Camp, as we have formerly mencioned,
of which when the Lieutenant was informed, he fent an Emiffi ry of his ( \ horn
he ufed to employ upon fuch like Meffages, called
Alonfo
Gon~11le1)
"ith Orders to
put him to death, before he was brought into the General's prefence, well knowing
that he
\
1
~muld
grant him his Pardon, in cafe any interceflion was made for him,
which the bloody Hangman accordingly exe uted. Then they brought another
Pri–
foner before
Hernandez
,
called
Pero Hernande:t
the Loyal, having deferved that
Surname of diilinetion for the fervice, duty and fidelity ro his Majefiy , having
always been engaged on his itde, but
in
the 'Nar againfi
Gonfttlo
pjfarro
and al–
fo
ferved in quality of a Captain under
[ohn
V@:.quez
Coronado,
a Citizen of
Me.A:ico.,
when the feven Cities were difcovered , as '' e ha\
e
given a relation in our Hi–
fiory
of
Florida
;
And now alfo he was engaged in the
Army
of the Marlhal
ct–
gaiolt
Francifao
Hernande~;
he had alfo the Title of Loyal, ro difiingoifb him
from other
fedicious and rebellious Subjecrs
of
the
fame
name, fuch
as
Pero Her–
nande~,
who was concerned in the Confpiracy of
Mufu
with
Diego
de
RojM,
as we
have already related. This
Pero
Hernande~
the Loyal, as
Palentino
faith, as a
Taylor , with hich
Francifco
Hernandez
rep cached him after he had given him
hi Pardon at the infiance and requefi of
Chrijfopher
de
Funes,
calling him pirifull
rafcally Taylor, that Chould dare
to
rife from
his
Shopboard,
to
ere a Standard
in the name of his Maje
fry.
Bue this report of him was falfe; for I knew him
all the rime that
he
was
in
Peru,
for he lodged and dieted in my
Father~s
houfe;
for before he came into the
h1die1
,
he
had
been a domefl ick Ser ant
in
the Illu–
firiou and mofl: ExceLent amily of
Feria,
from which by the bleffing of God
my
ather · defcended by a younger Son. Wherefore in regard this
Pero
Her–
/'Mnde~
had een a rvam
to
that amily , and a afial
to
thofe Lords , and a
ati e of
Oliva
in the Kingdom of
Palencia;
my ather was kind to him, and trea–
ted him with a much refpe
st
as
if
he had been his own Brother :
and
on
che
other fide thi
Pero
Hernande~
beha ed himfelf like an honefi '' orchy perfon , and
kept his two Horfes one of'' hich he called
Paxaril/o,
or
Spttrrow,
(4
r the
f\
ift–
nef5 of his running; I kne this orfe
ery
\ ·ell, and I had r afon
fo
to
doe;
for
wi
h
his
Horfe afcer the
ars with
Hernande~
were ended , a ffrange accident
full
of danger befell me, but
by
the merdfull ro idence of God, I \''a prefen ed
from death. Thi \ ery man,
Palmtmo
fays,
was a T aylor; but ir w s a millake
of his, and mull: h e be forne other man, ·ho was a
Tay
o · , and rhat fee up
a Stan-