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BOOK

v

I.

Royal

C)ommelitaries.

of his

Horfe.,

let

loofe his

R

in.,

and

{

pl,l r r ed after

him in

foll

f

p

0

ed ;

but

hi

Horfe bei ng

faint., and low,

he wai

too far

engaged to get

off, and fo was

him–

felf taken. As

they

were carrying him a

way Prifoner., he told

rhem.,

t hat

he

. had

promifed

the Juftices not co return without a

Prifoner

of the b ft quali t y

amoogft

the

Enemy, and for

t

fon

he had given chafe

to the

Sarjeant:

Major.

At which

faying fome

ptoudeft

of them were

fo

offended,

that

they

protefred

not to

fight,

unlefs

andona

was firft put to Death, for

that fuch

infoleot

and daring

Perfonsas

thefe, ought not

to

be

futfered to

live.

Hereupon

they

immediately committed him to the Tent

oi

Alvarado

the

Lawyer,

and ad–

vifed

him

~o

make

his

Confeilion ; and

in

the mean

time

Alonfo

Gonpale~

kept the

dooi:, to

advife

them

m·cafe

Hernandez..

fhould pafs

by,

that

they might

kill

him b...fore

he

could come

to

interpofe his Authority :

Toledo

the

Law–

yer,,

Advocate ·General to

Hernandez,

and

Captain

Ruybarba

prevailed with

Hern4ndez..

to fpare

Rar;Jona,

and grant him his

Life.

To

which

he affented,

and

in token

thereof fent

his

Gloves by

the

Meffenger, who

ca~ried

tne

Pardon.

Alonfo Gonpalez..

having

intimation, that the AC1:

of

Grace was

coming,

he en–

ter'd into the Tent,

and

charged the Pri

ft

to make an end of bis Work, for

be

would not

ftay

longer ; whereupon

the Fat er

hafrning

the·

Abfolution,

fo

foon

as it was ended,

Gonfalez

cut

offhis Head

with

a great

Knife; wbich having

done,

he went out of the Tent, Jfaying., That he had made

good

the

word

of

this little Marquefs,

who

had prom.ifed

the

Jufti

es, to

bring

~he

Head of

an

E–

nemy, or to

leave his own

with them :

and

caufing his

Body

to

be

drawn

out,

it

was

expofed

to

publick

view, to

the great

trouble

ofmany of the Speltators

1

but moreefpecially to the forrow of his Friends io

the

King's Camp,

when

the

news

thereof

was

made

known to

them.

This

J?.andona.

as we have faid,

was

a rafh

Souidie~.,

more Couragious

than

Wife : his Borfe was

very

good,

but

he

ufed

h~m

ill,

being

always oq his back

1

fuewing how

well he

could prance,

and carvet;

which was

the

reafon, as

Pa–

lentino

faith, that he

fail'd

him, when lile had moft ufe of his

Service.

We

may

fee alfo how wife he was to tell t

what he bad P.romifed to the Jufti–

ces ; upon which the Executioner Gener.al

Alon

fa

Gonf1ilez...

took occafion to exer–

cife

his Cruelty.

P

alentino

on thefe

1fages proceeds

and

fays, That the- Ju–

ftices fent feveral

Pardons to particular Perfons,

by

the hands of

Negers,

and

Indian

Domefrick Servants., who continually paffed

betwe<;n

both Camps,

car–

rying

intelligence

from

one to the

other.,

all which

were

brought

to

Hernandez,,

who caufed

them to be

publickly

cryed., and with

Scorn and

Contempt

declared

as infignificant and of no ¥alue:

Moreov

r

they cut off

toe

Hands and

N

ofes of

thofe who br

ught

them,

and

tyed them about their

Ne~ks,

and in that manner

returned them to the King,s Camp again.

Thus

far this·Author, and

therewith

he

concludes this Chapter.

CH AP.

XXVI.

The

treacherous practices

of fome falfe

Souldiers.

Piedrahita

~

gives an Allatnz to the King's Anny.

Hernandez

refolve

.

to

give

Batte/ to

the

Juftices,

and

in

what manner

it was

prevente~

by

the11z.

S

Uch

Affronts

as

thefe

were

daily

offered

to his

Majefties Camp,

during

all

the time that

Francifco Hernandez..

was lodged in

Pucara:

For fcarce a

day

paffed

without

fome remarkable difadvantage to the

King's

F?rces,

~ho

con–

£inually loft Men,

Horfes, and

Arms:

For

many

of the

Sould1ers

be}ng

.of

a

Mutinous and

Seditious temper.,

an<l

falfe

and perfidious in their dealings.,

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did