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quarcers, leaving chircy of c~eir beíl: Horfe behind f~r a r~re G1.1ard, and to give
inrelligeoce of what paífed m chofe parts.
Lupe M11rtm;
w1th chree other Compa–
nions, offered himfelf for rhis fervice, and poíl:ed himfelf ort a high
Hill
whiéh fur–
veyed che River
Yca,
from whence he mighc difcoverand obferve che motion of rhe
Enemy. Bue as
Lopi: Martfn
wit~ his three C?mpani?ns were on che l-:lill, they
were difcovered by a cercam
lndw1
of
Cannari
belongmg to
Hfrnandez~
from, the
lower parrs which are
full
of thickecs and crees; 'of which he immediarely carried
the
Inrelligence
ro
his Capcain; upon which advice
Hernandez.,
wich his Souldiers
encompaífed che Hill on all fides,
fo
that ic •was impoffible for any of chem to e–
fcape ; for chough
Lope Martin
could fee ac a diílance, yet by reaíon of che chickecs
and bufhes , he could difcover noching rhat was near ac hand; nor could he fee
when any pafled che River
Yca,
which runs juíl: under the nioumain:
I
remem~
ber cbac having had occaíion once to pafs chaeway_wich fome Companions ofmine,
we had che curioficy
ro
go up to rhe top of the H1l1, to fee che place where
Lope
de
Martin
was furprized, which indeed is fuch a fauation, chat an enemy cannoc be
difcryed untill he juíl: appears elote ac hand : and
fo_
ic happened to
Lope de Martin
and his three Compamons, who fell unexpeétedly meo the hands of a Parcy fenc
from
Hernandez
withouc poffibility to efcape, being all four taken. ~And whereas
it was nor known, which was
Lope de Martin,
a certain Moorof
Barbary
who had.
been a fervanc
to
Alonfo
de
A/varado,
who was Brother-in-law to
ThomtU Pazquez
they having m:irried cwo Siílers, chanced to know hirn, and told chof~ thar carri~
ed him, thac r~y oug~t to !ook ~vell to thei: Prtfone:, wh? wa~
Lope de ~artin.
The Souldiers cnurnphmg w1th
fo
greac a pnze, carned h1m w1ch much 1oy to
Hernandei:., Giron ;
who.refufed to (ee him; bue calling to rernembrance how chat
Lof_ana,
one of his Capcains, was hanged by
Alt11mir1mo,
che Judge Advoc~te, he
iníl:ancly paífed fencence on
Lope de Martin,
and upon one of his Companions chat
had formerly deferred him, and caufed chem both to be execured without farrher
delay.
Lope M artin
was beheaded, ahd his Head pitched upon the point of
a
Lance
was c;arried for a Trophy ·co
Villacori,
as we fhall prefencly relate: And chus
Lope
Martin
ended his days ,
w
ho was one of the fuíl: Conquerours of cha
e
Empire,
and concerned in che imprifonmenc of
¡Jrahualpa,
and one
of
che ChiefCitizens
of
Cozco.
CH A P.
XII.
fhe Ju/fices fend recruits to
Paulo de Menefes: .
fran–
cifco Hernandez
returns
upon him, and defeats him.
The death
of
Michael Co¡nejo.
.
The
f
aithfulnefs of
a Horfe to his Mafter.
P
Aula de Mene/es
going, (as we have faid before) in pur(uic of
Hernandez,
wrote
to che Ju!lice
Sanril/an,
·
and to
Don _Geronhno de LoaJfa,
Archbifhop of
Los
Reyes,
who were che Generals of che Army, advifing chem that che Enerny was
very íl:rong, and chat his Forces were weak; and cherefore he defired chern
ro
fend him recruirs withouc delay, not doubting but
ro
defeat che Rebels in chat
expedition. The Generals wich all readinefs complyed with bis delires , and fent
him a hundred men well arrned and provided, amongíl: wbich were divers Citi–
zens of
Coi:.,co, Huamanca
and
Arequepa;
whq rnade fuch haíle in their march, that
they arrived ar
Pillacori,
forne time before
Paulo de Menefes
himfelf carne.chither;
to the encouragement and fatisfaétion of both Parties ar rheir meeting. They
were well inforrned, chac che Enemies.quarters were noc above five Leagues
di–
íl:anc, and chat
Lope de Martin
and his chree Companions were upon che watch ,
and remained for Ceñtinels, actending che motion of the Enerny.
1
Wich which
News they confidemly repoíed and remained in fecurity without fear or
fuf–
picion of danger:
which
was an errour in che Captains
·
1
who
in
War ought
ever