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up on the Horfe behind

A rias,

they carried him away Prifoner, and being

co'me to the place where they in tended to lodge thac night,

Gomez. Arias

de–

fired that the Prifonér mighc be commítted tó the cníl:ody of che,Sheriff, who

was to take care to ki;:ep and fecure him from an efcape. The Capt;lins con–

fented hereunto, and ordered thache lhould be com,;nictcd to Prifoni and be·

ing under a <:_;uard of Souldiers,_chey marched with him ):>y_the way of t he

Mountain, unul chey carne to the C1cy of

Los Reyes.

The Capta1ns

Michael de

/,s

Serna

and'

']ohn Te/la,

incended to have exe~uted Juíl:ice on manyof the Reb–

bels that they bad taken, according to their Commi!Tion, but feeing .

rnany

Noble Perfons at11ongíl: them, and fome poor filly fellows, they were touched

with

remorfe and compaffion for them, and

baniíh them into divers pares

ouc of the Kingdorn', But that afcer thefe

Aéts

of Merey, they mighc feem to

execute fome piece of Severity, they put one of thc,111 to deach, named

Gua–

dramiros,

who had béen concerned in the Confpiracy of

Don Seba/lian,

and was

the boldeft, .bloodiefl: Villain of any of thofe wh'o adhered to

J-Jernandez.,

and

bis Life fatisfied for the Crimes of bis Companions. The fame of the ta–

king

H.ernandez.

wás foon fpread and divulged into all pares; upon news of

wh.ich the Major General

Don Pedro Pon ocarrero,

and Captain

Ba!tl¡tar Velaz.–

q11ez. (

who fome few days befare had by arder of che Jufl:ices rnarched out of

Coz.ca

with thirty Souldiers, and rwo Colours in fearch of

Hernrmdez.)

made

what h

áfre tbey could to joyn with the other parcy, who ·cooduéted" the Pri:.

fo ner, that they rnight partake of the glory of¡hac Viétory which others had

acquired., and migh t enter into

Los Reyes

wich triumph, as if they alfo had

been concerned in

that happy exploit.

In this rnanner they met forne fe'w

Leagues befare they carne to the Cíty, .and made a tríumphant emry with ali

four Colours flying ; bue

,in

regard che two Captains only wert;.#concerned in

che taking of

Hernandez.,

the,y with their Companies marched. in. the .rniddle

between the party commandcd by the Major General and Captaii;i

Baltatar Ve–

laz.quez.

the Prifoner was placed in the midft between the four Colours, and

on each fide, and before him, went tbe three Souldiers, aiready named, who

took him.

After thefe followed the Infantry in rank and fil e, and in Jike

manner che Cavalry.

In the rear of all carne the Major General and the

three Captains.. The Mufquetiers in token of rejoycing and triumpb fired fe–

veral·Vollies as they marc~ed; and indeed the joy was univerfal to fee an end

.Put

to that Rebellion, which had given a diíl:urbance to che whole Empire,

and had brought ruin and mifery, as well on the

lnd111ns

as che

Spaniards;

wliich

was

great and enormous, thac if it were rightly fcann'd and confidered, ic

}','ill appear, that w.e have not defcribed the centh part of the deftruélion

and

ruin

had produced.

A P.

XXX.

The Juflices mal.@ Laws _to prevent future _Infurreélions. They .

entertain

troublefollle ·Conference with Souldiers, who pre–

tend Rewa_rds for their great {er'llÍces.

Juftiee is done

~p–

Francifco Hernandez

Giran;

his

Head

is fixed

011

the

Gallows, an<l tak_en thence by a certain Gentleman, ·with

t_he

Heads

GonHllo Pifarro

and

Francifco de Carvajal.

The

Jltange death of

Balcacar Velazgu z.

HE Juftices comiag from

P11cara,

where

Hernandez.

was defeated, macle

fl:ay at

Coz..co

for fome

few

days, to order feveral matters conducing

the

good .Government of the Empire; wh ich for above

year had

been