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Royal

Commentaries.

OQK

VII.

different íl:yle, fob[cribed Captain-General, direéting more magiíl-erially, that

irn

ca[e

Sancho Duarte

fhould not comply with every point commanded in the Letcer,

rhat he fhould cercifie che fame back,co bim :

bm,Sancho Duarre

upon thefe fom–

mons became very rraétablé, and rernrned again wirhin 'che limits prefcribed him,

though before fuch fommons he feemed

fet up

for

himfelf, and in an arbicrary

manner

followhisown humour and pretenfions.

And h'ere we íhall leave him and fee whac

Hem,mdez..

Giron

is doing whcm

\'\'e

Jacely lefr in

Apurimac: Giron,

.,procee\li'ng on his ,vay, underíl:ood in

Athnuy/!a

chac

all

che Souldiers.and Citizens of

Huamanca

had declared tbemfelves for the King's

party, and that

¡ohn Alonfo de Badajo"-,

\vho bd called himfelf Lieutenam-Gen·e·al

of chofe Companies, was joyned with thoíe

few

Souldiers whi~h

Ftancifco Nun –

nez..,

had raifed in

Co:s,co,

ánd were gone together unto

Huamanca :

\oVhich

Hernande~

much refemed; and complained thereof to bis Friends, wcr¡dring that che Cities

who at firíl: had owned his caufe and approvecl his proceedings, fhould with

rnuch facility abandon him and difown hisaétions. Howfoever he proceeded on

bis

march to che River

Villca,

where his Scouts difcovered feveral of his Majefiy's

Army : for thac rhe

uílices being informed that

Hernandez..

was marching againíl:

them, gave orders

Captain

Lope Martin

to advance with a party of thircy Soul–

diers

inform them of the enemy, and of the place where they were quanered,

and wích

all

fpeed to return with the·advice; according\y

Lopt' M cli'tin

proceeded;

and having difcovered the enemy, gave·an accounc of rheir condition and place

here they lodged.

But

Franci/co Hernande2:.,

prnceeded onhis march to che City

Huamanca,

where he íl:aid in expeétation

euf.Thomru Va:s,qtte:s, ;

for when he fem him

Arequcpa,

he told him, that he would not país that Cicy untill bis return.

Vav–

quc:s,,

having made but one days (l:ay at

Areqt1epf/;

marched thence by way of che

coaíl:, umill he overtook

Francifco Hcrnande:s,

;

for

he found that he had little

doe rhere; for though that qcy, upon falfe report~ -and mifreµrefe ncation of thing5",

had underfl:ood, thac che Cuy of

Co:s,co

had unammouíly concurred

chufe

Her–

nandc:.,

for their Pro'curator-General, ro reprefeor

the

caíe and 11ate of their aggrie–

vances

nis Majefly, and

lay them before che Lords Juíl:ices, they then

fem

their Ambaífadour

Cou o

(as we have fai.d) ro fignifie their concurrence wich

chem: but when they rightly underíl:ood, that ali this Infürreétion was

norhi1

but the Rebellion of a few defperace men, they rhen were afhamed of their

me[.

fage; and the whole Ciry declared tbemfelves refolved

fpend their li\'es and

formnes in the fervi~e of bisMajeíl:y,

that

Thoma,; Va~q1tn,

finding none wich

whom to treat, remrned wichout effeéting any bufinefs ; bue char it mighc noc be

faid but he had done fomething, he killed

Mirtin de Lez..c11no

upon che way, who

had

been his grear Friend and old Comrade, to be b fo1'e-hand

h him, and to

prevenc his killing him ; for he fufpeéted that he had a defign to declare fur his

Majefty. He alfo hanged up anocher Souldier of good efteem and note, called

A lon[o deMur,

becaufe he fanfied

chac

he had a mind

efcape, having received

both Horfe

and Arms, and Money from

Hernande,:;,:

when

He;·nandn

heard that

Va'{,quez..

was near che City,. hewent forth to

et him with bis own Equípage and

Recinue, and chey emred both rngecher wirhouc much order or ceremony ; which

was

comrived not

fhew che fmall numb

ers wh

ich

VaZ,quez..

broughc

wich

him.

Captain

Francifco Ntmne:s,,

who came ouc of

Coz.co

wir

h forty

Souldiers, with de–

fi'1

cake poífeffion of

Huamanca,

and to µerform

all

orh.er

things which he

was

commanded

doe, found matters therein che fame poílure that

Va,:;,r¡_ucz,

had done

Arequepa ;

thac is, that all che Inhabicanrs were Aed and gone

the fervice of

his Majeíly; onely

'/ohn Alonfo de Badajo::::.,,

and

Sf/ncho de Tudc!.1,

an old fellow of

eigh;y

fix

years of age remained bel2ind, who followed che fortune of

Hernande::::.,

umill che

ene!

of bis Tyranny and Reb llion

and chen he was killed ~mongíl: che

refl.

Wich thefe two and fome fewSouldiers

more,francifco Ntmne,:;,

wem

fonh

to re–

ceive rheir General, whom chey found much our of humémr to find thoíe who ac

che firíl: feemed

abett his caufe and his imerefr, now ro deny and revok frorn

him : but to comforc and cheer him up a lictle, two Souldiers of good eíleern and

O(}te, belonging

éo

Lope 1Martin,

revolted to him, one of which was afterwards ·

rnade Enfign-bearer to hisLieurenant-Genera-1 che bwyer

A/varado ;

by who

m·he

{vas fully informed of che ílate of che Camp which appeared for bis Majtf.ly.

Af.

ter which he maréhed out of

Huamanca

wich above feven hundred Souldiers, ro–

wai:ds che

Valley of

Saufa,

from

whence .he

[ene two Caprnins wich their Squa-

drons