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VII.

Royal

fom.mentaries.

and

fucha blind manner <lid he wander all nighc, noc knowing whcre he went.

that upon break o(day in the Morning, he found himfelf néar to his own Forci~

fication; whi_ch when he perceived, he prefcntly drew _froén _chence, a~d 1efpe–

rately enterd rnto the Wildernefs of a Snowy Mountarn, noc knowing which

way to come out from thence; though at l~ft by che goodnefs of his Horre, he

made a fhift to get thorough, tho' noc without much danger 0f being drowned

or fwallowed up inthe Snow. This was

ali

the noi(e, or Céremony chat was

made at the departure of

Hermmdez.

from his Army; tho'

Palenti110

tells us

a long ftory of the Difcourfe which paífed between him _and his W_lfe, wicti

the Tears and Sorrows with which they parted; which in reality never was;

far fuch was the Violence of his.Jealoulie, thac he would entruft none with the

Sccret. The Lieutenant General who remained in che Camp, refolved wich

fuch as w:ould follow him, to go in queft of

Hernanf-ez.,

of which a hundred

of thofe the moft Guilty, an1 deepefr_ eng~ged in the Rebellion followed him;

howfoever feveral

che Chief Leaders, and who had been as Criminal, as

any in the, Rebellion, namely

Piedrahita, .Alonfo Diaz.,

Captain

Diego Gavilan,

with his Brother

John Gavilan,

Captain

Diego Mendez:.,

and Enfign

Marco ,

del Sauz.,

with.,feveral others of the fame (¿uality, who were as black in theÍr ,

wickednefs as any - whatfoev6r, knowing that

Hermmdez.

had deferted his

Camp, carne all over to the }l.¡ftices, and claimed his Majefties gracious

Pardon; the which was accordingly given to fhem, and paífed una~r tht;

Great Seal; and all ofthe mwere received with great fatisfaétion, and a kind

welcome by th·e Jufrices, who notwithftanding .rem~ined all che nighc

drawn out in pofture of Battel, expeécing the event of thefe matters, for

they feemed not to truft to the repor~s ,of thofe Fugitives. The day fol–

lowing the Juftices being well aífured. o[ the flight of

Francifco .f!ernandez.

and his Sould1ers, gave ,orders to the Gen~ral

Paulo de Menefes

w1ch

de–

tachment of about

a..

hundred and fifty meo,

to make purfuit after them,

and to tak~, 2nd punifu them _according to their demerit. The GeJl~raJ was

much hafte, tbat he could not ftay to get together above a huadre.ct

-ánd thirty Souldiers, with which he followed the. Path and Track of

Die

de A/varado

Lieutenant General to

Hernandez.,

who having about a hun–

dred Spaniards, and twenty Negers in bis company, could país no way,

but Tidings were given of the places ' where they quartered and lodged :.

that after baving been in purfuic of them for the fpace of eight ar nine

days, he overtook them ; and tho' they were fewer in. number than the Ene–

my, by reafon that ma!}t Souldiers, _who were

ill ínounnted, and whofe

Beafts could not endure fuch long marc~es, were lef

t ·

behind, yec the Re–

beis yielded themfelves without makiog any refiftance or defence. T~e Gene–

ral p_refently did jufrice on the Ghief Leaders, namely

Diego de Alvarado,

1ohn Cabo, Diego

Villalva, de Lugones, A/bertas de Ordumna, Bernardino

dt¡

R! bles, Pedro de Sotelo, Francifco Rodríguez.,

and

']o{m Henriquez. de

0.;.

rellana;

the lafr of which, whofe name was honourable, yec he availed

himfelf much on the Office he had to be the Executioner and Common

Cryer; chis man was he, who, as we ~ave faid, h~ged

Francifao de Car–

vájal,

and was now made the -l!xecuuoner of

.A/varado

and others,

arder of the General

Pauto de Menefes:,

who faid to him,

fince thou are

skilfúl in this Office, I would have

thee· hang

thefe Gentlemen thy

Friends, and che

uftices will give thee a_ reward for · thy pains. This

Hangman hereupon whifpered in the Ear of a certain Souldier, whom he

knew, and told him .with a low voice,

l beli~v:e

thac my reward will

be to be hanged my felf, after I have executed· the Senteoce of Juftice

upon thefe. And indeed the matter ihappened

juft as he faíd, for after

he had done bis Office in hanging his Companions, and had cut offtheir

Heads, who wer~ about eleven or twelve -Soulfüers, he was himfelf frran,.

gled b

two

Negers.

Paulo de Menefes

fent the Prifoners he had taken to

Coz.co,

under a fecure Guard, with nine Heads of thofe whom he had killed.

I fa

w them ali in the Houfe of

.Alonfo de Hinojofa,

where

Diego de Alvar4do

lodged when he aé.1:ed the })art of Lieutenant General to

Hernandez.,:,

and to

imicate

Francifco de Carva;al;

he always rode upón a Mule, for I never fa~

him on Horfe back. And now lince we are almoft at ari end of che Vio–

lences and bloody Tragedies aéted .by the Rebels : I cannot ornic one Story,

H h h h h h

which