4000003871

Royal

Comment(!ries.

BooK

VH.

twice ·would make no confellion; and rhat after his d~ad1, in the Collar 0f his

doubl~t a Parchment was found with a Pardon from the Juíl:ices for

Thoma. Vaz,.

q11ez,.

The which Pardon ~as prefemly publifhed by

Hernandez,,

with Aífuran,.

ces in the name of che Jufbces of greacRew~rds and of Lands w1th Services of

Jndians

whomfoever fhould kili

Hernandez

and other principal perfons who

·were about him,

Bue before rhe Defeat given at

Villacori

Francifco Hernande"'

had raifed a Com–

pany of

Negroes

.coníifüng of abouc an hun~red an9 fifty black fello~s, which

rhey had caken out of rhe feveral Plamat1ons, V11lages and Colon1es which

they had plundeted, to which he afterwards added above three hundred

Ethiopian

Souldiers ; and

encourage them che _better, he f~rrned chem imo Companies di–

füntl: from rhe others. Ofrhefe he-ordamed aCaptam General called Mr.

fohn,

who

was an excellent Carpenter, ( for I was well acquainted ~vith him) and had been a

Slave to

Antonio Altarnirano,

as I have forrnerly mentioned. Their Lieuteoant was

Mafl:er

Antonio,

to whom a principal Souldier of rhe King's Carnp had íurrende–

red mis Arms; ir is not

fir

to name him, though I was well acquainted wirh hirn

the

report whereof coming into

Spain,

caufed aGentleman wbo bad lived in rhe

Jn–

dies,

and was acquainted with chis Souldier,

fend bim aSword anda Dagger band–

fomely gilc, more in fcorn

upbraid his Cowardife, than on the fcore or in token of

friendfhip, which occaíioned much diícourfe after che Wars were at an end : Be–

fides thefe chief Officers, he appointed rheir Captains , and gave them leave ro

rnake choice of cheir Eníigns, Serjeants, Corporals, Drummers and Pipers, and

make their own Colours. Ali which che

Negroes

performed ve!'y handfomely, which

was a rneans to allure and invite many of thac

fort

frorn cbe King's Camp; w"1o

feeing their Relarions and Kindred

highly honoured and advanced in the Carnp

Hernande,:,,

were induced to follow their example, and

were engaged againíl:

their Maíl:ers during ali che time ·of this War. The Rebels made greac ufe of thefe

Souldiers, whom chey fent abroad wich a fmall party of

Spaniards

to forage and

gather .provifions; which che poor

Indians

in fear and dread of them, and

refcue

themfelves, cheir Wives and Children from their Cruelcies\ did readily admini–

fier and fupply them wich; which afterwards was the caufe of great famine and

diíl:refs

che Countrey.

CH A P.

XIV.

The Marfhal makes

choice of Captains for his Army. He

comes .to

Cozco,

and marches againff

Francifco Her–

nandez.

The zmfortunate death of Captain

Diego de'

Almendras.

N che mean time, whilíl: matters were chus tranfatl:ed in

Coz.co

, Rim,1c

and

Villa–

cori,

che Marfhal

Alonfo de Alvar11do,

who was in the Kingdom and Provinces

of che

Charc.u,

remained not idle or unafüve: for as we have faid before, he em–

ployed hirnfelf in raiGng men for his Majeíl:y's fervice, and providing Arms, Arn–

munition , Viduals, Horfes and Mules , and what elfe was neceífary for the

µfe

ofche

Souldie.rs.

He inade

Don Martín de Almendra.,

a Gentleman, who had mar.

ried bis Siíl:er, bis Lieutenant, and

Diego de Porw,

a íl:ouc and valiant Souldier his

St~ndard-bearer general;

Diego de Villavicennio

was made Serjeant Major, in which ,

Office he had been in che War which Prefident

Gafc,1.

waged agaioíl:

Gonfalo"Pifa,-

ro.

He nominated

Pero ljernandn Paniagua

and

'j-_ohn Orti-G de Carate,

who had E–

fiaces in che

Charca.

for Caprains of Horfe, witb anorher Gentleman of Noble

·extraétion called

Don Gabriel de Guz,man. Gomez, l'Iernandez,,

che Lawyer, was made

Judge Advocate of che Camp, and

'/ohn Riba M artin

Chief Apparitor. Of che

In–

fantry he coníl:imced fix Caprains, three of which had Eíl-aces al'1d Plamations,

namely, che Lawyer

Polo, Diego'de Almendra.

and

M artín de Alarfon.

The others,

who