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Commentariu.
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Party; though in truth fear, rather than al! his favours, induced him thereumo;
and with him
'fohn Gavilan
was fent with fourcy other Souldiers, whofe Orders
and Iníl:ruétions were rhe fame with thofe of
Thoma. Vaz.quez.;
and that m.oreover
·chey fhould tell che City, that though they had ·affured him already by their Am~
b'aíladours, that they would join and correfpond wich him in all his defigns, yec
for farcher confirmarion tnereof, he required them
to
cal! a Court, to ratify cheir
former engageme_nt, and
to
own and acknowledge him in that Sphere and Station
wherein he aéted. The truth is,
Hernandez.,
[ene and employed thefe rwo Cap–
tains out of a defign to give repuration to his caufe by che fpecious colour of uni–
Qn between him and two Cities, rather than from any expeltation he had of
bringing them over to his fide and party ; for he was not ignoranc that they had
,
already retraéted their former aífurances, and repented of the Offers they forrner-
ly rnade hirn. Befides the Commiflions and Inílruétions given to chefe Captai~,.
he delivered letters to them for particular perfons, who were rnen of power and'
intereíl: in their Countrey, alfo Letters from himfelf, and from the City
of
Co-t.coto
che Corporations of chofe Cit.ies , defiring them to join wich chem i
n chiscaufe , which was for che common good and welfa1:e of che whole Empire:
He
alfo caufed che City of
Couo
to write unto che Cicy of
Piare
in che fame m;nner,
and to the fame effeét , as to the other Cicies : and
Hernandez.,
himfelf wroce
Letters
to
many Planters in the
CharcM,
and to che Marfhal
·Alon(o de Alvarado
.:md
ro
his
Wife
Donna Anna de Ve/afeo,
che fubíl:ance and Contencs of which was fo
ridiculous, as ferved onely for
f
porc, and laughrer ; and were not thoughc worchy
ofan Anfwer. He chat hath the Curiofüy
to
reade them, rnay find d-iem in che
Hiíl:ory of
Diego de Hermmd,z.,
Chap.
1.7.
·
G
H· A P. VII. -
, ·
The Juflices nominate 0/ficers for the War.
The
feveral
Pretenders to the
C
ommand of Captain General.
Fran–
cifco
Hernandez
leaves
Cozco,
arzd marches againfl
the Juftices.
N
EWS
_coming
to
Los
_Reyes,
that
Fr~ncifcoHernand:z.,
~ncreafed dailr
in men,
·reputat10n and authoncy , che Jufüces thoughc
lt
ume
to
appomt cheir
Captains and Officers for che War.
Paulo de Menefas
was named for Lieutenant
General, and
Don Antonio de Ribera, Diego de Mora, Melchior Verdugo,
a Knight of
che habit of
Sr.
"f
ames
,
and
Don Pedro de Cabrera
were made Capcains of Horfe;
búc
che two laíl: refufed this Prefern1ent, as too mean for men who had
fo
good
an opinioo of themfelves , as to believe they deferved to be rnade Generals of
Armies greacer than chis. The Captains of Fooc were
Rodrigo Ninno,
once con–
demned
to
che Gallies ;
Lewú de Avalos, Diego Lopez., de Cenniga, Lope Martín Lu–
fitano, Antonio de Luxan,
and
Balta-r,,ar Vclafquez.,,
who in the lafi rebellion ·of
D01t
Sebajlian de Caftilla-t
efcap~d
fro~
che Juíl:ice of the Marfhal
A!onfo de A/varado;
afhath been alre-ády menuoned.
Lope de Guªfº
was made Scandard-bearer Gene–
rál ; and che Con10¡and of Horfe refufed by
Melchior Verd11go
was beíl:owed up–
on-,PelJ,..o ·de Carate
;
And
Alonfo de.Carare
1
aCitizen of
Arequepa,
was alfo rnade Cap–
tain of Horfe.
Franc
i{c1>- de Pinnawas made Serjeant Major, and
Nicho/a& de Ribera
Junior, was made
Captairi.ofthe Guards
to
che Jullices, with Title
of
Cap–
rain of che Guard
te:>· che Royal Seal, which was, as
Palentino
faith,
to
difguife
the Prefumption of raifing a Guard
for
themfelves. Bue when chey carne to
make-choke of"'a Captain General, a great Tumult and Sedition arofe by three
Pret~nders ,~wl,o.twere ali.mea
of
Eítates.and Intereíl:, and each abetted by
a
cor1ílderabl6! Pany. · The'Perfons i¡:¡ nominacion were~
Sa11tillan,
one
of
bis Ma–
jeílis fofüces , who had the beíl: repucation of them
all ,
and was allyed
to·
many
of
-th(.s!
Nobility
who
had
gainecl tbe Empire ,
and
who -appeared in
favout
of