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Royal
Commentaries.
BOOK
away to
Hernandez..,
and gave an 2ccoont of. the State and Condidon of the
Royal
Army ;
and how that fome
fi
w
days
before their coming to
Pucartt
the General
P~mlo
de Menefes,
in difcontent, would have laid down
his
Com~
million.,
by
reafon of the Factions and
Di~erences
which
were continu
2
lly
a–
mongft the Officers, who would nGt obey
his
Orders, but
ratl.ercomradicted
and
oppofed
them ; fo that he defired rather to have no
Charge.,or Office
·a~
alJ, than one
fo
incum
bred~
by
tbe refrattory humour of Souldiei:s, who would
nor.
obey, but pretend to Command: And accordingly
Menefls
wooICi
have
ac–
quitt d bimfelf of his
Charge,
had he not been pcrfwaded to the contrary
by
Do·
clor
Sa-1avia,.
who
told
him., that io the prefent Con}u lture he
fbould
rather
lofe his Honour
by
fuch an Action.,
than gain Reputation. This was
joyful
news to
Hernandez..
and his
Souldien>,
who hoped
by
fuch Diilentions as thefe to
make their Benefit.,and fuch advantage as fhould with time facilitate their
Victo~y.
0 n occafion of
thefe
Skirmi!hes.,
fome pleafant
fayings were
utter d
by
both
fides ; which being (as
Diego
Hernandez...
faith) the Jefts of Souldiers,
they may
come pertinently tWbe ipferted
iI_l
this
place; an.d
wh~ch
we lhall
explain more
dearly than
this
Author, who, m the
51ft.
of
his
Book, fpeaks confufedly,
and
darkly, as followeth.
·
.
·
As fome Soulcliers came
forth
to skirmifb,
it
was the Fortune oft-times for
Friend and
Acquaintanc~
to
meet, and they
inftead
of fighting
would
enter in–
to difcourfe, and expofrulate the matter :
Scipio Ferrara
who
was
of
the King's
Party, met wich
Pavia,
who bad been fellow Servant with him in the Family
of th good Vi e-King,
Don Antonialde
Mend-0fa:
and he began to ufeperfuafive
Argu-nents unto him, to bring
him
over to the King's Party ; to which
Pavia
made anfwer, that the Party with whom he was. engaged, had honeftly won
him
by
War; and fo
if
they were defirous to regain him,
it
muft be in like man-
ner
by
War,
&c.
·
This
Pavia
faid
in
reference to
the
Battel
of
Ch.uqJJinca,
where
he
was tak
by
the Rebels, and
kindly ufed
and treated
by
them,
which .made
him to fay,•hat
he could not deny them, but
if
the King's
Party
were defirous of him,
they
rnuft
win
hi.
~,
as
the
others had done.
In
like manner, Captain
Rodrigo Ninno
en–
terq1ined D1fcourfe
with. 1ohnde
Piedrahita,
perfwading
him
to come over to
.the
Service
of the
King,
with
Promifes of great Rewards and Promotions from
the
favour of the Juftices: to which
Piedrahita
made anfwer,
that
he knew very
well how
the Juilices
did
ufe to
reward thofe who deferved their favours,. which
.might incline
him
at anqther time to a different refolution, but for the prefent be
bad a profpect of the Game he intended to play. This was the reply of
Piedra..
hita,
depending with others of
Hernandez..
his
Confidents? on
the
vain Delufions
and Prediltions, which Witches.,_ and Men pretending to Necromancy, had
infa–
euat
ed them with, alluring them of Vitl:ory over the King)s Forces: tho' a
few
days
afterwards.hewas undeceived, and changed his miqd, as we fhaU fee hereaf–
t
r.
And thiq\uthor proceeds, and farther fays, That the like Conferenc s
pafled
between
D iego Mend
A.
and
Hernando
G11illada.,
and
alfo between Captain
i'uybP..rba?
and
Bern{l.rdino de
Robte.r
his Son-in-Law: But no Benefit,or
effeCl:,reful~
ti1
g from tbefe Difcourfes, the Jnftices
€ommanded
for the
fo
ur ,
that
no Mao.,
. upon pain ofD atb,fhould entertain any Communication with the Enemies
Party.
However
it
was
agreed
between
Captain
RnybarbA,
and
Bernardino
de
~bles,
to
meet again the next day, and to
finifh
their
DifcQurf~;
and the better to know
acb other, they appoint d to wear their Scarlet Cloaks.
Bernardino
de
.Robles
cam attended with io or
12
Officers, and Souldi rs, and treachernufly feized up–
on
R11Jbt!rba.,
and carried him before
Hernande~,
giving out amongft the Souldi–
rs, that he cam in
volunta~il~
and of bis own accord;
which
wh n
Ruybarba
hca
d,
h deni d ir, and faid, That whofo v r reported, that h came in with
·so n Confent., did not
fay
tru ;
which.,
with Licenfe
Hernandi
.:::.,
h was
readv to male good, ithet: a Foot, or Horfe-b ck, againft
any
..
a, whatfo
r;
~nl
s
againft
hi
Son-in-Law.,
by
whofe Treachery he was b trayed into the
hands
of
his Enemies.
Franc1fco H ernandez..
was over-joyed
t
e hicn brought
in, and w.ent
with him
to
his Wife
Donn
Mencia:
See.,
Madam,
faid he,
tPh"lt
Prifoncr
I
bring
011, !001'
to him well.,
for I commit
him to
yo1tr
Char<Te.
I accept,
fai
D onn'!
M encia,
ofrhc Truft,
~nd
JhalL tak.§
care of bun,
as
you
require.
After
this
R411dona
made a S
lly
abro d, and had fom'! Difcourfu
wit
'John~ Tll~w8.r,
Sar–
j ~ant
Major co
Ht'rnandcz..: Ranthn1
thinki
g
to take him
by
t
f
wiftne~
of