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BOOK

VII.

Royal

CoT111nentaries.

fhould return., and furprize them, but

they c.:ontrivcd to

lodge alcogether wtth

fome

few

Souldiers., which they had brought with them., and forufi d them–

felves in the Houfe of

7ohn P,,mcoroo.,

· to

which there was no entrance, or a tcefs.,

any back paffage., but only

the Fiore-gate of the principal Screet; and at

the diftance of

feven

eight

paces from the

Gate,

they raifed

a Breaft-work,

with Loop-moles to ilioot out at

with

their Mufquets.,

which they could fire

into three Streets, one on the right hand, and the other two on the fide,

where they remained all night in fecudty , haviug placed their Centinels

in all Avenues leading towards the Houfe: 1 was with them all the night, and

was fent three or four times with

Meilages

to the Neighbours

Hou

f.es.

The next day, being in my Father's Court-yard, about

clock

the Af–

ternoon, I

faw

Pero

Hernande:l-

the Loyal, come galloping in at our Gate, on

. his Horfe

Paxari/lo

;

at which I was fo over-joyed,

that, without fpeaking to

him., I ran in tomy Father to carry him the good news; on notice of which,

Father inftantly ran to meet him, and they both embrac

ith great kind-

nefs: And

Pero

told him, that the day b"'fore tl)e Rebels m

g, fornething

more than a League from the City ; he took aoo occafion , o

pretence ·of fome

neceffities of Nature, to go afide from them.,

and

taking towards the left hand

of the

way amongft

fome high Rocks, he hrd hitnfelf there for a while., and

then climbed up the Mountain, whence feeipg the Rebels at a

diftance.,

he made

his efcape, and was come thither. After whicb he went with

Father to the

King's Army, and there ferved until the end of the War.,

an~

then returned

ba~k

again with

Lord

Garfilaffe

into

Coz..co.

Of all

which

I was an Eye

Wit-.

nefs, and as foch have given this faithful Relation.

CH A.P..

XXIV.

Majeflies

a'11ip enters into

Cozco, ·

and{ronJ th<;nce mar.,

ches forwards

An account isgiven how the

Indians

carried

the Train of Artillery on their Shoulders. Part of the Amu–

nition arrives at the

Royal Army.

third day after the Citizens had made a vifit to their: RelCJtions and

Concernments in

the

City., the Royal Camp made their Entry with

the

Troops and Companies in good order. The Infantry d r,ew up

in che

Chief

Place or Square, and the Horfe skirmifhed with the Foot, according to the

Rules of Military Difcipline, and both charged e ch other

with

handfome Vol–

lies, and

quic

ire; for the

Sou.ldier~

were

become

ve~y

ready and expert at

their Arms. And though

Palentmo

faith., that

Don

Phei1pe de

Mendofa,

who was

General of the ·Ordnance, brought his.great Guns imo the

Parade,

and fired

them feveral times, and that the Mufquetiers, marching the Roond, made

fe–

veral handfome Vollies; but herein this Writer was

much

miftaken., as he

hath been in many other

Paffages ; for

the Artillery conld not be

eafily

fixed,

and put in order,

as to be ufed at every turn, and unnece

ry occafton ; for

they were not drawn on their Carriages, but carried on the

Indians

Shoulders,

and that

much difficulty, that to manage eleven pieces of Cannon only

with their Carriages, was the work of ten tboufand

Indians

felf

faw

them brought into

Coz..co,

and was then in the place when they were again car–

ried

out; and the

manner

how they mannaged them was this.

Every piece of Ordnance was faftned to a large Beam of about

forty

foot in

length ; under this were fixed feveral crofs Bars, about the bignefs

a Man

Arm, at two foot afunder., and of. about half a yard long on each fide the

Beam ; under

which

two

Indians

were placed, one on one fide, and one on

the other, after the manner that the

Palanquine.s

are carried in

Spain.

The bur–

then they carried was laid on their Shoulders clofe to their N eeks, where

they

wore

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