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VII.
Royal Commentaries.
of
his
Eleétion. The fecond who pretended chereunco was the Arch-biíhop of
Lc1
Reyes
called
Don Geronimode Loayfa :
buewhacreafon íhould incite chis religious
Perfon, who was of che Order of Preachers and Archbiíhop in che Cbtirch of
God ,
to
be General of an Anny againft Chriíl:ians
is
ndt known ; though
Souldiers cook che Boldneís to aflign che caufe chereof
to
Ambician and Vaniry
of
a
Prelate , whofe ducy ic was
to
remain in his Church, praying for che Peace
of
thofe Chrifüans, and far che Converfton of Infidels, by preachingche Gofpel,
rather ·chan to appear a Fomencer of che civil War. The chird Pretender was
Dr.
Saravia ,
one of his Majeíly's Jufüces of che fame Tribunal; who , chough
he was fufficiencly aífured , that he was never likely
to
carry his precenfion, yeé
out of oppoíicion to
Santil!an,
and from a fpiric of Emulation, he was refolved to
appear againft him, and finding his Party too weak then to join chem wich chac
of che Archbifhop's.
In
chis fufpenfe maccers remained
for
feveral days, wicli–
out any determiryation : uncill atlength ~he Eleél:ors finding cbac time was lofi in
thefe quarrels, co che hindrance of affairs and to che weakning of che auchoricy
of che Army, chey agreed as che beíl expedienc to gratine boch parcies, to maké
choice of two Genera!s; namely,
Santillan,
and che Archbiíhop of
Los Reye1,
fop–
pofing chereby to have fatisfied che deÍtres of Doél:our
Saravia
and his Parcy;
Whilíl: thefe things were in agication News was brought to che Jufüces and Lec~
ters from che Citizens·of
Coz.,co
,
giving an accounc of the numbm and qualities
of che perfons who were gone from rhence ro ferve bis Majefiy. ·
Bue
fuch wa~
the jealoufie and fufpicion which che Juftices encenained of every perfon anda<;–
tion ín that rebellion, chac chey even miíl:ruíled each other and much more
the
advices and Incelligence which carne from che quarters of che -rebellious pa,cy:
wherefore they
le[\r
them word not to advam;e nearer
ro
Lo1
ReJ·ei
unti!l
farther
order. Bue no fooner had chey difpacched away t~e Me{Ienger with chis
Com–
mand , than chey difcovered cheir own Errour, and began to confider how preju–
dicial it mighc prove to che fervice of bis Majeíly to
1
,ejeél: and refu[e admiffion·
to
fuch principal perfons who were coming
to
cheir Parcy, and haq choíen
tq
abandon their Houfes, Wives :md Children, racher than to remain in che powet
and at che difI,Jofal of che Rebels: wherefore they infiancly difpeeded away anQ- .
cher Meífenger , wich a kind invication to chem, fignifying in che rnofi obliging
terms how acceptable cheir coming would be to che Cicy; and ,encharged che
nieífenger
to
make fuch [peed , as to overtake the former, and require af him his
difparches which' he was
to
füfle , rhac nothing of
che
Concencs thereof
roigfü
º'
known; whidr being perforrned accordingly, che Citizens of
Cozco
arrived
c{t
(.,p¡
JJeyo
where rhey were received wirh all the kindnefs and refpeél: imaginable.
The E!eél:ion of Capraios and Generals being at length made
anci
agreeq,
Or–
ders were fent by rhe Judges to all che Cicies of che Empire, giving them
to
un–
d~rfiand that
Hernandez GirDn
was in aél:ual rebellion,
to
fopprefs which
it
was
their ducy
to
arme themfelves, and appear for fervice of his Majefiy:
Aod
a
'Liíl: was fenc of che Names of al! che Capcains who were to command HorCe .:¡ild
fooc in che feveral' Plantations. Moreover Proclamation was every where madé
of.General Pardon to all chofe who had been engaged in che late Wars with
Gon–
fªlº Pi 1 arro
or
Don Sebaftian
de
Caftill•
,
provided chac wichin fuch a time, cbey
came in for Service of bis Majeíly. ' For ic
\VtfS
well known; thac many of thofü
people had concealed chemfelves arnongíl
che
Indians,
not darjng
co
fhew ~hern–
felves in che
Spani/h
Plamations.
le
was farcher thoughc neceífary
co
fecure che
Seas , for which Service
Lope M ,min
was appointed to embark on a
Galeon,
then
in Pon witlf fourcy Souldiers, and to
fit
and equippe what other Ships be could
provide;
Lope /!,fartin
accordingly aél:ed, bue bis CQmmand lafied noc ahové
eight da)
s,
for he was too paflionace and cholerü;:k for füch
a
<;h~rge , which re–
quired
a
perfon of a more ph!egmatick confücucion and better temper. Wherefore
Gm nimo
de Si/114
was puc inco bis place, which he executed like
a
Genclem~n and
a
Souldier well experienced in ¡¡ffairs both by Sea an,d
Land
7
and
Lope
Marri,;
returned co his command of a Fooc-comp,any, where we
will
leave him,
~O
de~
clare che chings ~ere aél:ing by
Hernandez., Giron.
Who nowperceiving himfel( firong in q¡en, and in chejqcreafe of
hi$
fqrm
to che number of
four
hundred, wh<? were csirne
to
h~
1
f.t~m
dive~
par~,
Qe–
fides chofe he had fent to
Huamaca
and
Areq,upa
he refoJve~
~
[lJarcp
~ow~rd~
the Cicy of
Lo1
R0·u ,
to fight che Army of the
J
uíl:ices ,
~
h~
ca-lleq
je:
m~a–
ning chat his Army
was
che Royal
Army,
and raifed
for
fervice
of
l1is
Ma~y.
And