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VII.
CH AP.
XIX.
The great Trouble and Diflurhance which the News of the
lofs
of the Marfbal caufed in his
Maje/ff-5
Canzp.
The
11~eans
which the Juflices tool{ to
repair this
Lofs.
'The
Difputes and
Differences
aniongfi the
Officers
,
whether
the
Arnl)I
ought to niarch
,
or not to march againfl the
Rehels. One of the Captains of the Rebels revolts to the
J(ing's Forces.
T
H E fame rumour which at rhe Battel of
Chuquincr:i
affiighted
Anttmio de
Car–
rillo,
Serjeant Major
to
Fra»cifto Hcr:nantkz
and
Alhertos
de
Ordunna,
and cau–
fed them
co
fly upon
a
groundlefs report that
Hernandez
was
flain; and which
af–
terwards was contradieted,
and
the
truth
divulged of the Vietory he had gained:
the fame rumour being fpread amdngfi: the
Indians
was related to the
Spaniartb
who lived
in
the Countries thereabouts; who taking the News upon Hear-fay,
wrote it to the Jufiices, with demands of a reward for their good cydings; but
it
was
not long before winged fame brought the true relation of
the
fatal ovc:i:–
throw of the Marthal and
hls
Forces,
which
raifed great confiernation and trouble
in
his
Maiefiy,s Army; and came to that height,
that, as
Palentino
faith,
Chap.46..
a
Council
was
held amongfi the three
J
ufiices, without any reafon or caufe for
it;,
either
to put the
J
ufiice
Santillan
to
death, or to fend him Prifoner
into
Spain,
upon
pretence that this
Santillan
had caufed the lofs of the Battel ;
but
Doetour
Sara–
via
differing from the reft in his opinion, nothing was determined agaiofi him.
And indeed we are not to tbink it ftrange,
that
men iliould
irn~gine
fome
foul
play
in this matter ; for this Vietory of
Hernandez
was
fo
contrary to the
expecta–
tion ofall
men
who
had
any knowledge
in
the Affairs of
Pen1,
that
no
man would
believe but that the Marfhal
was
betrayed, and fold by
his
o" n people, and con–
fequencly they pitched upon the perfons whom they
fuf
pecred and imagined
co be
the Contri:vers of it: And herein they fo confidently flood, and believed, that
if
an
Angel frorn Heaven
had
come
and
revealed the truth, they would not
have
been perfuaded into another belief;
untill
they
faw many of
thofe whom
they
fufpelted of this Treachery, and who were fled from the Batte],
to
come
co
his
Majefi:y's Camp
for
refuge, !bowing che Wounds they received , and the
Marks
of their
ill
treatment ; and then they were convinced of
the
Errour they had recei–
ved, and begun to entertain a good opinion of their faithfulnefs and loyalcy: fo
foon as the people were recovered from their amazement , the
J
afiices ordered
Antonio de
~innones
,
a Citizen of
Couo
,
\
ich a parry of fixcy Mufquetiers, to
march to the City of
Huam11nca
for the defence thereof, and to receive fuch as
" ere fled thither from the Batte! , and to hinder the Enemy from taking any
re–
frefhrnents or fuccours from thence, of which they might fiand in need; and fo
it happened accordingly ; for
Hernande:::.
fent Captain
Cobo
to
the City for Provi–
fions and Medicines to cure his wounded men; but
Coho
having intelligence that
Antonio
~innones
was coming thither, he retired from
Huamanca
without doing
' hat he deGgned.
·
.
Ac
chis rime two Letters were brought to the
J
ull
ices .from divers parts almofr
at the fame infl:ant, one was from the Marfhal
de Alvarado,
complaining of
his
ill
fortune and the refraetarinefs of the People who would not obey his Orders, nor
follow his Direetions: the other
wa
from
Lorenfo de
Aldana,
which in very fe\V
words gave an account of the ill fuccefs of the Bartel, faying that
it
was done
againfi the fenfe and opinion
fall
che principal Officers of the Army
:
as
Palen–
tino
writes,
ha .
47.
in thefe word
:
Upon 1onday lall: I\ rote
to
your Lordfhip
fignifying whar I chen fu[pecred
and feared ;
for
I
had
no fooner con luded my Lener,
than
L11cifer
entered into
he
a
fhal
and moved him to refol
e
infl:antly to
affault
Hernande<:.
in
the
Poll:
., 'he1e
he had
fortified him
elf
againll: the fenfe nd opinion of
all
his
Officers, and
particularly