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fearing fome rigorous puniíhment for their demeric, íl:ole fedecly ou~ of rhe Town
by night, and fled, with intention
to
joyo with
Don Diego
;
but of this number
there was not one perfon of Note or Qpality amongíl: them. Captain
NHnno de
Caftro,
and Capcain
Hernando Bachicao
having notice' hereof, purfued them wjth
twency Harquebufiers, which beacing up their Qg_arcers in che Night, by furprize
took and brought them back again ro the City wichouc ·any hurt or ocher mif–
chief.
In
the mean time
A/vare,:, HolgHin,
with his Souldiers, arrived at the City,
to whom alfo many principal perfons of condition flocked from all pares, and
were received by- che Corporation of the City with much joy and contentment.
After which, their firíl: buGnefs was to Eleét a General, for
A/varez:. HolgHin
ha–
ving performed chat charge hitherto, was defüous to be difmiffed from that Of–
fice.
In
chis poinc therefore was fome diverfüy in ,Opini9ns, which occafioned
delay; not ~-hac any Emulations or Parties obíl:ruéted che progrds of affairs, but
the many perfons, which for their Q!ality and Abilities were deferving of that
Honour, ca:ufed che Eleétion
to
be with more difficulty determined. At lengch,
by rhe common confrnt of all chofe in che Ciry. che c~oice fell u~n
Pedn; 4lv11-
re,:, Holguin,
who w:is accordingly fworn Capcain-General, and ~hief Juíl:iqiar'y
of
Peru,
untill his Majefiy's farcher pleafure íhould be known therein. ,
The
which Aét was !egally done, for it was in che power of che Govemment of
tnis
Cicy (as che Head .of che· Empire) to nominate
,a
Chief, witb ocher pfficers
both Milicary,and Civil, whenfoever che lawfull Magifiraces íhould
fail,
and cbe
famt
to
to continue, unrill his Majelly íhould confirm them, or Commillion!ce
ochers.
Come,:, de Tordoya
was appoinced for Lieucenanc-General,
GarfilafJo ,de"ia
Vega,
and
Pedro de Aniures,
were made Capcains of Horfe,
NHnno
de
Caftro,
and
R emando de Bachic,10
Capcains of Foot, and
Martin de Robles
was appoinced Enfign
·ro carry,che Royal Standard.
Hereupon Wai· was declared againíl:
Diego
de
Almagro,
and che Citizens of
Couo
1
obliged themfelve5
co
make good unto
nis
Majefiy whatfoever
Al11are,:, Holguin
íhould expend in profecucion of this War out of che Royal Exchequer
in
cafe his
Majeíly fhould noc allo\i che fame: To the performance ofwhich, noc onely che
Cicizens of
Cow,
bue che Inhabitants of
Charca.
and
AreqHepa
did bind boch rheir
Perfons and Ellaces ; and fuch was che chearfulnefs aod affeétion cowards his Ma–
jeíl:y's Service, chat in a íhort time they compofed a Body of chree hundred and
fifcy, ali choice and feleél: Meo, borh Officers and Souldiers; of which number
there were about a hundred and fifty Horfe, a lmndred Harquebufiers, and rhe
re{l Pikemen.
In che mean time News came to
A/vare,:, HolgHZ·n,
thac-
A/011/0
de
A/varado
had fec up his Standard for che Emperour in che
Chacbapuy,u,
which
oc–
caGoned great joy, becaufe they greatly feared, that ali chac Countrey from
Rimac
to
fl!!iru
was well atfeéted
to
Almagro.
Much abouc che fame rime likewife in–
telligence carne, thac
Don Diego
was marching cowards
Couo
with an Army of
a·
hove eight hundred Men, with intencion
to
give them Batee! ; which being
COQÚ–
dered ac
a
Council of War, it was agreed not
to
fiay, and
exped
his cotning ro
'
Cow,
bue to march forth and joyo wich
Alonfo de A/varado
;
and that paffing by
way of che Mbuntains and narrow places, they mighc eaGly avoid che Engagemenc
wirh
Almagro,
uncill chey were better recruited, and reinforced by fuch as were
loyal and well-affeél:ed to their caufe, which (as they were advifed) were coming
co rhem
frOl.n
ali pares, by fecret ways of Woods and Mouncains. Wich chis re–
folucion tliey deparced from
Couo,
leaving fuch behind as were ufelefs, and noc
fü
for
íervice ; an<l that che City might füll keep a face of being cheirs, Officers were
appoinred to maincaín che Governmenr, and diílribuce Jufiice.
In
cheir Marcf1
they ufed ali due caucion, fending cheir Scoucs befare
to
difcover che Enemy,
r~–
folving ro avoid
fighting
with
Almt1.gro,
unleís they could furprize him wi¡h ad–
vamage.
'
, In
che mean rime, whilíl: things were thus ordered in
Co,:,co, Almagro
and his
Complices were not idle or negligent
in
che Cicy of
los Reyes,
where they received
fecret incelligcuce of all chat paífcd at
Co:{,co
,
and how chey intended to march by
wáy_or che Mountains to joyn with
Alonfo de A/varado,
and with his ro ílreng·chen
cheir Forces, which as yet were not fufficient
to
give him Batee!. Upon chere
Advices
Almagro,
wich concurrence of
his
Captains, refolved to meec chem ; and
in order thereunto he rec:illed Capcain
Garfia de A/varado,
who was bufily em–
ployed along che Coaíl: of
Truxillo,
levying Men, and providing Horfes and Arms
for chis fervice : And chough
he
incended
to
have fallen upon
Alonfo de Alv11rado,
w'ho
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