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BooK
VII.
R~al
C
ommentarie
f.
a Standard in
Co~co
againfi:
Hernande~:
and not this
Pero;
for during all rhe time
ofchis War, I remained at
Couo,
and
~hen
in cafe this
Pero
Hernande~
who lod–
ged in
my
Father's houfe, ·bad fet up any Standard or Colours , it could not have
patled Without my know edge ; and therefore in this matter I may rather be cre–
dited than this Amhour. The Youth whom I mentioned in the twenty fifth
Chapter of the fecond Book to have had an Infirmity in his Eyes, and that by
~pplying
a certain medicinal Herb chereunto I recovered his Sight which was in
danger to be loH , was the Son of this honefi Souldier, and was born in
my
Fa–
ther's houfe
:
and now in chis year,
1611.
he lives at
Oliva
in
Valencia,
his Fa–
rber's Countrey, and ,is called
Martin Loyal.,
whom his Excellency the Duke of
Feria,
and the Right Honourable the Marquis of
Pillanueva de Barca Rota,
do em–
ploy in their fervi,:e whenfoever they have occafion
to
buy Horfes, or breed them
up co the Manage; for
he
became an Excellent Horfeman in dreiling the Genet,
v.
hich \'-·as the Horfe chat gained and conquered our Coumrey,
&c.
When
Pero Hernandez
rhe Loyal received the firfr Intelligence of che Rebellion
of
Hernandez Giron,
he was then in the
Antu,
trading for the Herb called
Cuca,
which,
vvtth
an Herb called
Tunu,
yields a great Revenue
to
his Majefiy :
And then leaving his employment , like a loyal Subjeet
to
his King , be went to
the Marfhal's Camp, where he remained untill he was taken Prifoner at the
Bat-
te!
of
Ch11quynca,
and prefented co
Francifco Hernandez.
for a Perfon of Quality, and
one eminent for the many Services he had formerly aeted
in
fervice ofnis Impe–
rial Majefty, for which reafon
Hernandez
gave prefent order
to
have him execu:
ted; and accordingly the Hangman ordering him to kneel down, chat he might
put the Halter more conveniently about his Neck; and it happening at the fame
time, that a certain Souldier asking the Executioner forne quefl:ions, which
whilll:
he turned about his Head to anfwer, and was in difcourfe with the Sould1er , up
rofe this
Pero,
and ran
with
fuch fwifrnefs, that a Horfe could not
have
overta–
ken him; and direltly coming to the prefence of
Hernandez
,
he call: hirnfelf
a~
his Feet , and embracing both his Legs , he mofr earnefily prayed and
begg~d
his
mercy :
this Petition of his was feconded by all then prefent, and parricularly
Chri.ftopher
de
Fune.s,
a Citizen of
Hutem11nca,
interceded for him, faying, that the
poor Wretch had 4lready tafl:ed of death by the apprehenfions he had conceived
of it when the Halter was about his Neck;
Francifco Hernandez
at the importuni–
ty
of
fo
many friends, rather than his own inclinations, gave him his Pardon.
This
parcicular pa{fed in the manner before related; for afterwards in the time of
peace, I have heard the Story repeated in
my
Father's honfe, both in the pre–
fence.and
in
the abfence of this
Pero
Hernande~
the
Loyah
whofe efcape out of
the hands of the Rebels unto his Majefiy's Camp we !hall relate in its due place..
CHAP.
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