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VII.
which fhews the impudence of thofe Sóuldiers, which was this, The very nexc
day after th'e flight
"oí'
Francifcu Hernandez.,,
f!!Y Mafter
Garfilla!fo de la Vega
being at dinner with eighteen or twenty Sould1ers, for he commonly kept an
open 'fable'for fuch a namber; it being che cuíl:orn in the time of War, for all
Men of Efrates, to be hofpitab1e in like manner according to their ability; he
obferved amongft his guefts a certain Souldier belonging to
Hcrnande~,
and who
had been with him ·from the beginning of the Rebellion, to Groud in at the
T able with_all the boldnefs and fre\;!dom that ·an honeft Gentleman might
prefume 'to ufe; he was
by
his profeffion and trade a Black-fmith,
but
in che
w ·ar ,he wás as richl
y
c\oarhed as the greateft Gallant
of
them ali. My
f
ather,
feei.ng·him' fic dowtl With much,Confidence, faid to him,
Diego de Madrid,
fince thou
árt
feated
ª\
,che T~ble witfr thefe Gentlemen,·eat thy Dinner, and
welcóme :
·But
come ·no more hither,
I
charge you; for he who yefterday would
have cut off-my head, i(' he had been able, and thi.rewith have gained a Reward
from his General, is not company for 01e 'to day~ nor
for
thefe Gentlemen,
who are well-wifhers t0' ·my Life and fafec-y, and devoted to his Majefries
Service. To which
M~rdid
made anfwer; Sir,
if
you pleaíe to cornmand me,
¡'
will arife at this inftant: No ·
F
ather,
l
do not bid you ¡ife now; bue
if you have a mind fo to ·,, you may ufe yonr pl.eafure. Hereupon the Smitb
arofe; and quickly depa teq, leaving fuffüienc Subjeét of Difcourfe to the
Gueífs; and to admire a dquarrel at líis impudence. Thus were the Soúldi–
ers
ó(Hernandez.
hated: and deteftecl'
by
ali mankind ; for their Rebellion
and Treafon againft his Majefty was not to
be
parellell'd in any Age,
whereby a company of pitiful Raícals pretended ·ro deprive him of his Em–
pire, and to affaffi11ate and murder ali 'tbe Gentlemen of Eft:ares, that they
might poOeís and inherit their Lands, and lndian.s. The Wife of
Fran–
cifco flerna,idez.
rernainect 'in che Power of Captain
R¡¡,ybarba
;
and his Sifter
in Law was cornmitted to tbe care of }Qhn
Rodriguez.. de.Villa Lobos,
to carry
her to
Coz.co,
and the,re to dehver her into the hands of her Kindred and
R-€latiÓ~s,,Iwhich was accordjngly performed.
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XXIX.
The
Major General
Don Pedro de Porrocarrero
is fent
in. fearch
of
Francifco Hernandez.
Other two
(;aptains
are fent
by
another way, whofe Fortune.
it
was
to tai<_e the
!Jebel,,
whom.
tpr;y carried
tó
Los Reyes,
and
entered
with
hin~ into
the
Cíty in manner
of
T,iumph.
T
He General
Paulo de Menefe.s
having fent the Prifoners he had taken to
Coz.co,
with the heads of taofe he had cut off; and hearing no news of
Hernandez.
himfdf, he refolved to return, and render an accoun,t to the Jufti–
ces of what he had aél:ed in this Expedition. The Juftices haviog routed~ and
diíperfed the Rebels, .marched to
thl!
Imperial City, where. they received in–
telligence, that
Hernandez.
was gone to.wards
ús
Rtyú ;
upon this advice,
rhey diípeeded
Don Pedro Portocarrero
the Lieutenan·t General in purfuit
of him, with
·8 0 0
rnen, by way of the .Plains: And two Captains, who were
come from the City of
Huanacu
with two Companies tG> ferve his Majefty
in this War, were ordered
.t<>-
make fearch ªfter the Rebels by way of the
~ouMains ; and tbat he might not efcape eithcr by oneway, or the other, they
had
a
Commiffion given them, to _execut!l fpeedy juftice on all fuc h as they
Jhould take : The Capt_a ins, who were
']ohn Tello,
and
M lchael de la
Se:'Va,baving
e1ghty men
under their command, performed every thing accord111g to th¡;_
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nfrruél:i~n-s