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VII.

Royal

Commentaries.

CH A P.

VIII.

John de Vera de .Mendo~a

revolts from

Francifco Hernan–

dez.

The Peop!e ofCozco go to.feek__out for the Marfha!.

Sancho Duarce

raifes Men, and calls himfelf General of

them. He is reproved

the Mar/ha!.

Francifco

Her–

nandez

comes to

Huamanca.

The Scouts of the two

Camps meet.

Lvarado

the Lieucenant overtook his General about eight leagues from th_e

Cicy of

Co~co,

where he fiayed uncill he carne up to him; and then they

all in a Body paífed the River

Apurimac,

and before night marched cwo leágues

be–

yond it : bue were four days in pafiing the Bridge with their Men, Horfes, Am~–

munition and Provifions. During which time

¡ohn

Vera cJe-Mcndofa

conftdering–

that he had been already fifteen days in the Army, and no preferrnent given Him,

nor confirmation ofche title of Captain, which he

paffionately defired, he re–

folved to !eave

Hernande~

and recuro to the King's parcy, which appearég 'more

like a Farfe in a Comedy chao che aél:ion of a Souldiery, and for fuch we have in2

ferted it in chis place.

¡ohn

Vera

agreed upon this deftgn wich four other young

Souldiers like himfelf, who with bis Enfign made fix in all; and they that night

paífed che Bridge and afrerwards hume ic,

prevent any purfuic which míght

be·

made afrer chem. And entring in¡o

Co;t,co

che night follow.\1}g, they founded an

alarm, which put ali che Cicy into a confrernation and rtúmult, fearing·lefr che

R'e–

bels were returned with intention co doe chem farcher mifchief, fo that none dutil

fiir abroad, or puc his head out ofdoors charnighc. But fo{oon as it was day, beJ

ing better informed, chat it was onely Captain

John de Verá,and

bis

Followers, wlio ·

fiill carried hisColours flying, che Citizens went out to him, ·and agre~d to gó wich

him to find out che Marfhal, who they knew, and were well aífuréd, 'was foréified

wich aílrong Army:

'/ohn de Saavedra

a principal Cicizen w~s made their Chief;

tánd"'

'john de Vera de M endofa

would not be put by his C~pcain-füip, nor l!larch undef'·:ani}:

.Banner bue his own, and chough he carne ro che pbce·wherethe Maríhal was,

had neither the fortime co better his Colours nor-advance bis Title, bue paífétl'foi .:.

Boy more forwai;d and confident chan difcreet? -Thofe ac

Co~co,

who met arid

agreed upon chis defign, were abouc forcy in number, fifceen of which.were Citi–

zens who had command over

Jndiam,

che refr were Merchancs and Officers whom·

the Rebels had

Iéfc

behind as ufelefs perfons : and rhefe; fudr as rbey were, travel~

leq cowards

Collao,

where che Marfhal

Alonfo

AlvaPado

pt bis head Qyarters : '

who having underíl:ood that many of che Citizens

ofd

'oz.co

were corning in féarch

ofhim, he fent them Advice and Orders by no meaos

to pa

fs out of che limics of

bis Jurifdiétion, bue racher co expeél: him there, ·for tbat he was n'loving·on

th~}

\.Vay to meet chem.

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S"'nchoDuarte,

who was then Governour of ·the Cicy of

Peace,

raiféd SÓuldiers""'

for the Service of his Majeíly, and ft~tcing up bis Standard,-rnarched fowards'com-v

witb above cwo hundred men divided imo two· Cómpanies, one of Foot·comµ

manded by Captain

Martin de O!mo1,

and the otherf-'of Horfe of which·

lie

called •

himfelfCommander with cicle ofGeneral. Being come

the Brillge where the

River empcies it

felf,

he fiaid rhere fome

few

days,,; aµd having,rhere receiv.ed1n~t

celligence chat

Fr11ncifco Hernande;t,

i las deparced from

Co'l:20,

anci was·on bis rnirfch :-–

cowards

Los Reye1,

he concinued Ms•way c

oward

Co-«o

in parfuit

-of'-Prancifr:o fHer-

•,

nande;t,;

for he, as thG humom' was at that

tj.me,

ix!efiring to command and noc t<Y

be commanded, avoided joyning with the

Marf

hal, chat he·might noc he his Soul–

dier, or fall under his Banner-: which'when che Maríha-1 undellftood, he fént him

two Commands : che fufr was a Letter requiring·,him to- return witnin the limics"

of his Jurifdiél:ion, and

expeéb liisrcoming tnither : for that it was not

-che

fervice of his Majeíly ro have

many frnall Armies clisjoined from each ocher :

wich chis Letter he gave anocher more pofüive €ornmañdcto the Meífenger- in a

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