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VII.

Royal

Commentqries.

and in fuch a blind

manner

did he wander all night., not knowing where he

wenr~

that

upon

break

ofday

the Morning., he

_found

himfeJ

near to his own

Forti–

fication ;

which when he perceiv d, he' prefently drew from thenc ., and d fpe–

rately enterd into the Wildernefs of a Snowy Mountain, not knowing

which

way

come out

from

thence;

though at laft

the

goodnefs of his

Horfe,

made a

fhift

get

thorough,

tho'

noc

without

much danger of being drowned

or [wallowed

in the Snow.

·This was all the· noife, or Ceremony that was

made at the departure of

H ernandeZ,;

from his Army;

tho'

Palentino

tells

a long ftory of

the

Difcourfe which pafred between him and

his

Wife,

with

tpe

Tears and Sorrows with which they parted;

which in

reality never was,

for fuch was the Violence of his Jealoufie., that he would entruft

none

with the

Secret. The Lieutenant General who remained in tqe Camp, refolved with

fuch as would follow him, to go in

queft

HernandeZ,;.,

of which a hundred

of thofe the moft Guilty, and deepeft engaged in the Rebellion followed him;

howfoever feveral of the Chief Leaders, and who had been as Criminal, as

any

in the Rebellion,

~amely

Pieduehita, Alonfa Diaz.;,

Captain

Diego Gavtlan,

with his Brother

1ohn Gavilan,

Captain

Diego Mendez:.,

and Enfign

Ma-l'co

del Sauz,

with feveral others of the fame Quality,

who

were as black in their

wickednefs as

any

whatfoever, knowing that

HenumdeZ,;

had deferted his

Camp, came

all over

to the Juftices, and claimed

his

Majefties gracious

Pardon;

the which was

accordingly

given to · them., and paifed under the

Great Seal; and all of them were

rec~ived

with

great fatisfatti9n,

and

kind

welcome

the Juftices, who notwithftanding ·remained all

the

night:

drawn out in pofture of Battel,

expeCl:ing

the event of thefe matters., for

they feemed not to truft to the

rep

orts

thofe Fugitives. The

day

fol–

lowing the Juftices

being

well a

{fur.ed

of the .flight of

Francifco HernandeZ,;

and his Souldiers, gave orders to

the

General

Paulo de Menefes

with a de–

tachment of about a hundred and fifty men,

make

purfuit after them,

and to take, 2nd punilh them according to their demerit. The General was

much hafte, that he could not

ftay

to get together above a

hundred

ancI thirty Souldiers, with which he followed the Path and Track of

Diego

de .AJ.varado

Lieutenant General to

Hernandez,

who having about a hun–

dred Spaniards, and twenty Negers in his company, could pafs no

way

butt

Tidings were given of

the

places where

they

quartered

and lodged :

that after having been in purfuit of them for the fpace of

eight

or nine

days,. he ovettook them ; and tho, they were

fewer

number

than the Ene–

my.,

reafon that many Souldiers, who were

ill

mounnted, and whofe

Beafts could not endure fuch long marches, were left behind, yet the Re-

. bels yielded themfelves without

making

any

reGftance

or defence. The Gene–

ral prefently did juftice on the Chief Leaders, namely

.Diego de Alvarado

c;ohn Cobo, Diego

Villalva., de Lugones, Albertos de Ord1tmna,

.Bernardin;

de. Robles, Pedro de Sotelo, Francifco Rodriguez,

and

1obn_Henriquez de

O–

rellana;

the laft of which., whofe name was honourable, yet he availed

himfelf

much

on the Office he had

to be the

Executioner and Common

Cryer; this

man

was

he,

who, as we have faid,

hanged

Francifco de Car–

vajal,

and was now made the Executioner of

Alvarado

and others,

order of the General

Paulo de Menefes;

who faid to him,

fince

thou

art

fo skilful in this 0ffice, I

would

have

thee hang

thefe Gentlemen

thy

Friends., and the Juftices

will

give

thee a reward for

thy pains. This

Haogman

hereupon.

wbi~pered

in the _Ear of a

~ertain

Souldier, whom

knew, and told htm with a low voice,

I believe

that

reward

will

to be hanged

felf,

after

have~

executed

the Sentence of Juftice

. upon thefe. And indeed the matter happened

juft

as he faid,

for after

he had done his Office

hanging his Companions, and had cut offtheir

Heads., who were about eleven or twelve Souldiers, he was himfelf frran–

gled

two Negers.

Pa1Jlo de Menefas

fent

the

Prifoners he

had..-taken

Coz..co.,

under

a fecure Guard, with nine Heads of 'thofe whom he had

killed.

faw

them all in the Houfe of

A!onfo de Hinojofa,

where

Dieuo de Alvarado ·

lodged when he a

the part of

Lieutenant

General to

He:nandez..;

and to

imitate

Francifao de Carvajal,

he always rode upon a Mule, for I

never

faw

him on Horfe back. And now

fince we

are

almoft at an end of the

Vio–

lences and

bloody

Tragedies all:ed

the

Rebels:

cannot omit

one

Story,

H h h h h h

which