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ney .from chence; the like chey did to particular mens houfes, which they facked
and plundered, not leaving any thing of value cherein. And it happening, thac
a certain Souldier carne ac chac time from Rimac, being banifhed thence, they cau–
fed him to repare, that Hernandez.. was rnarching with a very firong Arrny'co Los
Reyes, and that ali the Kingdom had declared for him , and that the Jufüce San~
ti/lan'himfelf, with many of his Friends and Relarions were paífed over to thac
parcy; belides a multicude of other Lyes which rhey caufed him to report,
which ferved thefe poor Rafcals for che prefem, and puffed chem U!) as ful! of
vanity as if rhey had been truths, and made them tp confider themfelves no le(s
than as Lords and Maflers of ali Peru, and when chis Souldier declared his in–
tencion to fol!ow Hernandez.. , chey alj became of che fame mind , and prefencly
proceeded to join wich him. · ,
The Governour th~y carried with them in Chains, and eighc or hine Citizens
ahd men of Eflaces belides , with Collars of lron about their Necks, after rhe ·
rnanner of Gal!y-llaves. In chis manner t~ey rravelled above fifty .Lea·gues wlth
all che boldnefs and infolence imagir1able , untill they carne to Cajfamarca ; where
they mee with cwo Spaniards who lived by their labour and honeíl: dealings, and
from tbem they received true information of che fiare and condition -of Hernandez..
Giron, and how he fled, and was purfued by che Jufüces; and that it was credi–
bly believed that ac that very time he was defeated and killed. With chis News
Fr,mcifco de Silva and bis Companion's were extreme]y dafhed -and confounded,
and began to bewail cheir follies; and, to fave themfelves, they deligned to fur–
prize fome Ship , if ic were poílible , to make d1eir efcape. The Governour
and his Companions were now freed of their Chains and fec at Liberty, bue ex–
tremely incommoded. And che Rebels, being aboµt fifry in number, divided
'themfelves into lirtle paities ofabout chree or four in company to pafs more free-
ly withouc any nocice raken of them. • ·
The Governour finding himfdf at Liberty, fümmoned people in the King's
name and took fome of them, whom he hanged and quarcered. And che Jufü–
ces being informed df the Outrages committ-td by thefe Villains, fent a Judge
·called Bernardino R.~mani with Commiffion to puniíh che Offenders; who in pur–
fuance chereof took and hanged a·l'mofr all of chem, and the remainder he fent to
·che Gallies, but Francifco de Silva and his Companions, efc~ped to Truxillo, where
they entred into rhe Convent of Se. Francü, and there difguifing thernfelves in
rhat habir, they rr-availed to the Sea-m¡íl:, where they embarked on a Ship
which tranfported chem out of che Empire, and fo faved cheir lives.
In chofe days carne fad and lamentable News frotn che Kingdom of Chif,e broughc
by a Citizen of St. rago called Gajpar Otenfe, giving an accotrnt, hów that rhe A–
rttucan Indians of chat Kingdom had rPade an lnfürreétion, .and had killed che Go–
vernour Pedro de Valdivia and his People, of which we have rendred a large relati–
on in che fevench Book of che fir{l pare of chefe Commencaries. This difl.urbimce
amongfr che Indians was of great confequence 'to ali Peru : for it began towards che
end of che year 1 s ha th continued to che end of rhis, being 161 1, in
which we are now thefe macrers ., and yec che War is noc aran end; bue
che Imlianr are mor and fiand more on their terms, chan at firfi, being en–
couraged .by the many Viél:ories chey obtained, and rhe Cities they deíl:royed ;
God ih his Merey por a good end hereunto, as is mofl for his Glory. Perhaps
in rhefoll-owingBook, we may couch upon fome later aétions of t~e Ar11uc-ans.
C H A P. XI.
Of fome unhapn Mufortunes w'hich befe/,/ hoth Armies. The
t!earh of N1rnno Mendiola, a Capt-ai:n helonging to
Franciíco Hernandez, anrf alfo of Lope Ma.rcin, aCa,p–
tain in his Majefl/s Army.
Bu T to return to che Affalrs of h-l'H; We fay, that Hmmndez Giron heing
depacced from Pach'1camac, marche?! with greac care ahd vigilante, .keeping bis
baggage clofe to him, and always ready, ancl in a pofiure to r-epulfe t-ht Enemy, in
cafe