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Royal
Commentarie:r.
BOO K
VII.
which
fhews
the impudence of
thofe
Souldi rs, which was this, The very
nexc
day
after the flight of
Francifco Hernandez..,
my
Mafter
Garcilla.ffo de
la
Ve<Ta
being at dinner with eighteen or twenty Souldiers, fo.r he commonly kept
~n
open Table
fot
foch a number;
it
being the cufrom in the
time
of War,
for
all
Men of Eftates, to be hofpit able in like manner according to their ability· h
obferved amongft his guefrs a certain
So~ldier
belonging to
Hernandez..,
and
~ho
had been with him from the beginning of
t he
Rebellion, to croud in at the
Table with all the boldnefs .and freedom that an honeft
Ge~tleman
might
prefume to ufe ; he was
by
his profeffion and trade a Black-fm1th, but in the
War he was as richly cloathed as the greateft Gallant of them all.
My
Father
feeing him
fit
down with
U\UCh
Confidence, faid to
bim,
Dtego
de Madrzi
.
fince thou art feated at the Table with thefe Gentlemen, eat
thy
Dinner,
and
welcome: But come no more
hither,
I charge you; for he who yefterday would
have cut off
my
head,
if
he had
been
able, and therewith have gained a Reward
from his Geueral, is not
company
for me to
day.,
nor for thefe Gentlemen
who are well-withers to
my
Life and fafety, and devoted to his
Majeftie~
Service. To
which
Mardid
made
anfwer; Sir,
if
you
pleafe
to command me, I
will arife at this inftant: N
,
a1ct-m¥
Father, I do not bid you rife now; but
if
you
have a mind fo to
~,
you
may ufe your pleafure. Hereupon the Smith
arofe, and quickly departed,
leaving fufficient Subjelt of Difcourfe to the
Gu~fts.,
and co admire and quarrel at his
imp~dence.
Thus were the Souldi–
ers of
Hernandez..·
hated., and detefted
by
all mankind; for their Rebellion
and Treafon againft his· Majefty
was
not
to be parellell'd in
any
Ag~
whereby a company of pitiful
Raicals
pretended to deprive him
of
his Em–
pire,
and to affaffioate and murder all the G(:ntlemen
of
Eftates, that they .
might poifefs and inherit their Lands, and
Indians.
The Wife of
Fran–
cifco Hernandez..
remained in the Power of Captain
Ruybarba
;
and his Sifter
in
Law
was committed to
the
care of John
Rodriguez..
de Villa Lobos,
to
carry
her
LO
Coz:ca,
and
there to deliver
ner
into the hands
of
her Kindred and
Relations,
which
was
accordingly
performed.
CH AP.
XXIX.
The Major General
Don
Pedro
de
Portocarrero
is font
in fearch
of
Francif~o
Hernandez.
Other two Captains
are
f
ent
by
another
way,
whofe
Fortune
it
was to tak.._e the
Rebel, wham
they
carried
to
Los
Reyes!'
and
entered
with
bim
into
the City
in 11zanner
of·Triltmph.
T
He General
Paµ lo de Menefes
having
fent
the Prifoners he had
taken ro
Coz..co,
with
the heads of
tlwfe
he had cut off; and hearing no news of
Hern~ndez..
himfelf, he refolved to return, and render an account to the Jufti–
ces of what be had acted in this Expedition. The juftices having routed, and
difperfed the Rebels, marched to the Imperial
City,
where they received in-
.
t
lligence, that
Hernandez.,
was gone towards
Los Reyes;
upon this advke,
they difpeeded
Don Pedro Portocarrero
the Lieutenant General io purf\}it
of him., with
800
men,
by
way of the Plains: And two Captains, who were
ome from the
City
of
Huanacu
with two Companies to ferve his Majefty
in
this War, were ordered to make
f
earch after the Re els by
way
of the
Mounta ins;
and that he might not efcape either
by
one
way,
ctr
the other.,
they
had a Commiffion given them., to execute fpeedy juftice on all filch as they
iliould take: The Captains, who were
John
TeDo,
and
Michael
J,e
I.ftServa.,
having
eighty men under their command, performed every thing according to. the·
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In
ft
ructions