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IV.
Rcryal
Commentaries.
who being almoíl: famiíl1ed wich hunger, were forced
to
kill and eat their Horfes
for want of fuíl:enance, and indeed were in grearer neceílicies than che Vice-king's
Souldiers, becaufe
Bla{co Nunne:t,,,
wherefoever hé carne, deíl:royed' every thing
which he thought might be of benefü
tó
the Enemy which followed him. In chis
purfuir, che principal that were taken, w'ere put ro death by
Carva;al;
namely,
Montoya
an Inhabitant of
Piura, Brú,enno
of
Puerto, Veiejo, Raphael Vela,
and one
Baltafar.
And farrher
to
re-inforce
Carvajal,
fixry Horfe were [ene under rhe com–
mand of Caprain
¡oh,z Acojl-a,
confül:ing of che moíl: feleét and choi~e Souldiers
rhat were in his Army, by which che Vice-king was firairned ro the laíl: exrremi~
,ty
;
which
Diego Fernandet,
in che fourty
firtl:
Chapter of his Book, expreífes
í.n
thefe words.
.
Thus did rhe Vice-king,' fays he, march day and night wich the final! remainder
ofhis Forces; and finding no other proviÍlons in many places, than onely a fe\"'.
Herbs and Roots, did often , in deípair and fury, caríe the Coumrey and che day
in which he entred inco it; and che people ,,,ho were fent
to
him from
Spain,
rhat
had
fo
bafely deferced and becrayed him: bue
¡ohn de Acojl-a,
who was larely come;
and his Men frelb preíled him fo hard, chat he came cloíe
to
him a little before
his arrival at his quarters of
Calva
;
where coming fomething lace, and having
rnarched hard~ he thought he had time enough
to
rake fome little repoíe. Bue
¡ohn de Acofta
beating up bis quarters abouc break of day, fell upon che From wich
fucha furprize, chat he took many of their Men and Baggage, onely the Vice–
king
had time to make his efcape wich about feventy of his beíl: Horfe. After
which
¡ohn de Acofta
made a retreac , and recurned
to
che main Body , fuppofiog
that chere was litcle more to be done upon che Enemy. By which means che
poor Vice-king ryred ,and famifhed carne
to
che Province and his quarcers in
Ca!,.
va.
And in regard two of his Capcains, namely,
reronimo de la Serna
and
GafPar
Gil
advanced with their Companies and Colours before him, he fanfied chat hey
wenc with intention to poífefs a cercain país on che way; which when he was at
Piura,
he had
[ene
before , and caufed
to
be made of Timber vith great labour,
upon a thick rock hanging over a river near
rambo Blanco
in chie Province of
Am–
boca
;
which being broken down would require fome time to repair ; and having
a fuípicion that thefe Men went befoi·e
to
poíleís chis Pafs, and by futh a piece
of fervice to reconcile rhemíelves with
Pifarro;
he refolved
to
prevenc thern
by
taking away cheir lives,
ai1d
accordingly he put ic io execurion , cadílng cnelr
throats to be cae during che liccle fpace of leifüre which che Enemy had givén
him :
fo
rhat now marchingwich a little more eafe and íecurity chan before, he
came at length ro
Tomebamba;
where havi11g taken up his quarters, he executed
another piece ofcruelty on his Major General
Rodrigo de Orampo;
far though uncill
that time he had efl:eemed him to be bis incimate and fa{t friend ; yet che like
melancholy fancy of íufpicion and;.ealouGe entering inro bis head , as did of rhe
orher two Captains, he incurred tae fame deíl:iny as chey did , rhoogh chey had
followed and atcended him in all his misforcunes.
The deach of chefe perfons caufed various_Díícou'rÍes and Judgements
in
Pcru,
fome condemning, and othe1s excoÍtng che Vice-king rherein. From
Tomebamba
Blafco Nnnne:t..
proceeded
tiH
he came
to
~itu,
-withoot inrerruption, and wirh–
out that wanc and fcarcity under which he formerly laboured. And having in his
wa--
1
to
~itu
réceivªd informations againíl:
Francifco de Olmos
,
that he an.d ochers
who carne from,
P11erto Viejo
had been the Authours of falíe reporcs,
to
che diífer–
vice of his Majefl:y ; he no fooner carne
to
che City, bue'he examined che crurh
of chofe informations whkh were brought agaihfl: thoíe wh0 carné from
Puerto
Vi–
ejó
,
che which being preved, he confulted the matter with
Lt'cenciado Alvarez.,,
and
then immediacely exécuted
J
uíl:ice u¡:,on rhem, cutting off the heads offome,
:rnd
na~ing others, under the Notion of Tra-ytors to che King; ?mongfl: rhoíe who
füffered were
Alvaro de Carvajal,
Caprain
Hojeda
and
Gome:t.. Eftacio:
bue upó11 far–
cher proof of the innocence of
Francifco. de Olmos,
líe [pared his life. Thus far is
relaced by
Diet o Fm¡andc:t.. Palentino:
but
Lopei, de Gomarra,
in chap.
1
68.
writing
of che death of thoíe 01prains, grves us-this account, which is excraétecl
verbatim
out of his Book in cheíe words.
Pifttrro
fom
rohn de Acojl-a
~
1
irh fixty light Horfemen in puríuic of
Blnfco Nt!nne:t..,
to engage
hi111,
cir force him to a !,affy retreat, accordihgly·he marched
to
Tome–
bamba
wich fear
a.ndtrouble , and in wanc of a·ll chings : anti having a fuípicion ,
that
¡eronimo de ta,Serna
and
Ga[Par Gil
,
wM wefe cwo Captains of h'is-, '/ke'pt a
prívate
r