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Royal Commentarier.
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VII.
íhould drive before them the Cows which were in that Valley with lighted Mar–
ches faíl:ned
to
their Horns, and guided by many
Jndians~
and
Negroe1,
and Mufque–
tiers, who were to mm and force them direél:ly upon the enemy: che which ac–
tion was agreed
to
be put in execurion four nights afterwards.
Diego de Silva,
a Citizen of
Co"'co,
wa~ prefem at' this Co~fultation, with whom
(as is faid before)
Hernande"'
had preva1led to coumenance and encourage bis Soul–
diers with bis prefence; and to fhew the efl:eem he hnd of him, he always cal!ed
him to be affiíl:ent at every Confultation : during which time the Scoucs from
each party viewed and furveyed each others Forces, and carried che inteiligence.
The Joíl:ices and theír cwo Generals prep:nep and puc themfelves into a poílure
of defence, to obviqte any
ill
accident which might poffibly happen: che Captains
alfo did the like, exercifing their Souldiers every day W\th Skirmifhes between
themfelves, and fhooting at marks, and for better encouragement gave Jewels and
Rewards to che moíl: dexterous Marks-men.
In
this Carnp were numbred above
1
300
Souldiers, 300 ofwhich were Horfe,600 Mufquetiers, and abouc 450 Pikemen.
And here it is to be obferved, chat
fo
foon ·as che Juíl:ices had received news of
the removal of
FrancifcoHernande"'
from
Huamanca,
and that he \~·as on his march
to
meet and fight chem ; That the beccer
to
fecure chemfelves of che good will and
affeétions of che people, and loyalty of .che Souldiers of che Coumrey, they refol–
ved to fufpend che execucion of rhe late Decrees which were publifhed, and by
Proclamacion to declare, that chofe Ediéts which exempted che
Jndians
from their
perfonal Cervices to che
Spamards,
and which enjoined and forbad
Spaniards
to make
ufe of
Jndian
~N
ornen or Men in cheir Travels were all atlolifhed and made void
for certain years·: and in che mean time they generally agreed to make choice of
cwo Procurators, who were to be fent into
Spain,
and there, in the name of the
whole Empire, to lay before his Majeíly the hardfhips and aggrievances which were
i)npofed on them, and with ali humilicy
to
fupplicate a redrefs, in fuch manner as
his Majeíl:y fhould in his wifedom judge mofl:
fir
and requifüe to be gramed. The
perfons nominated and eleél:ed for this fervice, were
D1Y11 Lewú de Cabrera
a Cirizen
of
Cow,
who by reafon ofhis great Belly (as we have intimated before) was un–
wieldy and unable for aél:ion in the War; and che other was
Antonio de Ribtra
a
Ci–
tizen of
Rimac,
boch whicb prepared for cheir Voyage into
Spain,
where
Don Antoni,,
de Ribera
arrived in fafety, but
Pedro de Cabrera
made a frop by che way and carne
not thither.
Two days after
Hernande"'
was entred into the Valley of
Pachacttrpac,
a party of
bis Souldiers fallied om to skirmifh with che enemy; who being engaged rogether
were affiílfd by others who carne in to their aid, and the numbers of each fide in–
creafed, both
of
thern being defo-ous to make erial of rheir skill and valour: amongíl:
the
refi
Diego de Silva,
to fhew his fonvardnefs and zeal for
Hernandez,
,,vas one
who appe;¡red in the firíl: Rank, but finding his opportunity, he revolced over to his
Majeíly's Carnp, cmying with hirn four otber Souldiers of good reputation, ene of
which
was called -
Gamboa,
and was Enfign to Captain
Nunno Mendiola,
to whom
by this flight he caufed great mifchief, as we fhall fee hereafter; and thefe were
followed rhat day by divers others, which put an end to that skirrnifh. The like
was aéted by·others the day following, and ali che time he fl-aid in
Pachacamac
bis
men deferted hirn in twemy and thirty in a cornpany whd revolred over to the
King's party: which when
Hernandez
obferved, and that no remedy could
be
con–
trived
to
prevent it, he refolved to retreat back to
Cozco
before he was abandoned
by ali his Souldiers ; fo now che íl:racegeme of the Cows was laid ~fide, in reg1ud
that
Diegode Silva
had difcovered it, and that the Jufl:ices, asmighcbe prefumed,
had provided to counterrnine and prevent rbat deiign.
In
purfuance of rhis refo–
lutioo,
Hernand(/z,
to prove and cry the inclinations of his Souldiers, told them
plainly, that he gave free liberty and licenfe to any perfon whatfoever, \.vho was
not fatisfied witb his caufe, to pafs over to the contrary parcy : bue none cook ad–
vamage of chis permiffion, unlefs fome few mean and unferviceab)e fort of people
whorn the Lieutenant-General
Alvarado
íl:ript of their Clothes, and devefl:ed of
their Arrns and Horfes before they departed. And fo
Hernandei:,
retreated out of
Pachac-ilmac
in the beíl order he was able, being moved thereunto more out of
a11
apprehenfion he had tbat bis people would deferc him, than any fear he conceived
of danger frorn the enemy: for it was evidem that fuch was rhe confofionof Coun–
(els
in the Camp of the Juíl:ices by reafon of many Ru!ers that nothing was deter–
mined and concluded in its due time and feafon.
As will appear by what follow,
CHAP.