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Royal

Commentarie1.

who had no E~ates, were

Hernando A!v_ar;'l:. de Toledo, ¡ohn. Ramon

~nd

¡ohn de Ar·

Y~~aga;

al! wh1ch Comm¡¡,nders fo d1hgemly applyed thernfelves to their charge

-and ernployment, that in a few days the Marfbal had an Army cornpofed of about

eight hundred men, of which

Palentino,

Chap.

41.

fpeaks as followeth.

His Forces were in number feven hundred feventy five men, al! good Souldiers

well armed and dchly cloched, and with great attendance, che like of whid:i

hath never been feen in

Peru.

And indeed it was no wonder they fbould be fo,

coming from che Mounrnin or Hill, _which is che richeíl: of any difcovei:ed as yer:

rhis World. Thefe are che words of

Palentino,

of which

I am f

ure he fpeaks

very true, for I

faw

chein my felf fome few days aftervvards in

Coz.ca,

and then they

appeared unto me to be as brave and as well accoucred as chis Aurhour expreífes :

rhat being chus powerfoll

Men

and A

rms , and provided of ali chings ne-_

ceffary the Marfhal mar,ched towards

Coz.ca;

in his way to which, feveral Patries

of ten and twency in a Company carne to join wirh him for che fervice of his Ma–

jeíly. And afcer he had paífed

Areq11epa

wich the difficulries before relared, chere

carne to him about forty SGuldiers: And .

Sancho Duarte

and Caprain

Martin

Je'

Olmo1,

who refided in the City of

la Pa'{,,

carne forth to the Maríhal; with above

two hundred good Souldiers, at which meeting chey tefüfied greac joy wich vol-.

lies of íhot and orher Marcial falutations. T

he Ar

my Q)arching forwards came

wichin che jurifdifüon of che great Cicy of

Coz.ca,

where rhey were mee by- a

fmall [quadron under che Com.mand of

'/ohn de Saavedra;

which though few in

number, and not exceeding eighty five men, were yet confiderable for their

E.fiares a

nd lnte

reíl: in che Countrey amongíl: which we1:e thirtee_n ot foqrteen Ci–

üzens of

Coz.ca,

being al! Conquerours of rhat Empire of rhe

firft

or fecond Ad–

venmre.,: Of thefe men there were ftxty Horfe and the reíl: wer~ Foot, mo!l: men;

of Eíl:ates , and fuch as had fled from che Rebels to

Los Reyes,

with inrention

to ferve his Majeíl:y.

With che a

ppearance of fo many good and brave Souldiers,

whom the Rebels once

believ

.ed would have join~d with rhem, the Maríhal was

ánirnared :md encouraged ; and marched

rhe entrance of the City of

Co'l:.co,

bein,g -

then above twelve hundred firong ; of which three hundred were HQrfe , thr~_e

hundred and fifty Mufquetiers, and about five hundred and fifty Piques anq Hal–

berts: Every Troop and Company marched by it felfwith five in a File or_Rank

and afterwards drevv up in the Marker-place; where rhe Horfe and Fooc made a

feigned skirmifh for fporr and diverfion, and afcerwards were all quartered wich–

in rhe Precinél:s of the City. The Bil11op of

Co;::,co,

called

Frier '/ohn Solano,

atten–

ded with his Deanand Chaprer carne forth to meec and v.-:elcome che Maríhal and

h_is Army, and to give them bis benediétion. Howfoever, remembring the hard–

íbips he had endured when he accompanied

Diego Centeno

in bis long marche~, he

was unwilling

follow the Camp, but rather diofe

rernain in his Church, and

pray for their fucceís, and the peace of che Counrrey. From

Coz:..co

the Maríhal if.

fued out his Warrants .and Orders to repair the Bridges of che Rivers of

Apurimac',

and

Amancay,

inrending ro país that way in queíl: of

Francifco Hern,mdez

of whom.

he.had heard nothing of late, nor was it known whac was becorne of him. At,

éhis rime Advices were fent from the Jufüces of the

ill

fuccefs of

Paul de Menefe1

Pillac_ori,

and rhat che Rebels were encamped in the Valley of

Nanafca:

upon.

which intelligence, che Marfhal altered his defign, and rerurned back the·fame way

he came; to avoid paffing by

Arequepa

and che

CharcM,

which would have been a

great hurt and darnage to che Countrey, anda meansco prolongrhe War. Whece–

fore the

Marfhal changed his Orders concerning the Bridges, which he comrrnmded.

now.to

be burnt, to hinder che paffage of che Enemy, in cafe they íhould defign to

remrn

that way again. The Marfhal departing from

Cow

rnarched fourteen or fif–

(een leagues along the Road to che

Callao,

and then took the righc·hand way whkh,

leads to

Nanafca,

where he expeéted to meet

Hernandez:

bue hearing no News of

him, he marched towards

Parih11anacocha,

though in the way thicher he was

país.

a rocky def~rt of above thirty leagues over:

chis paffage four Souldiers having

robbed two Mules, one belonging to

Gabriel de ,Pernia

and che other ro

Pedru

Franco

(who were Souldiers of good reputation) and therewich Aed over to

Hernan- .

dez.,

rhe Marfba

upon notice thereof prefemly commanded che two Souldiirs to~

füangled, füf~íng, that chey themfelves had been confenting rhereunto; which

being

efl-eemellby

al! to be a piece of greac injuílice and cruelcy, caufed murmu–

rings and difcontent in the Army, a'nd a choufand Curfes a__g¡liníl:1he Marfbal. As.

P11lentir,()

memions, Cftapcei;

41.

The(e fout Souldiers which revolteia mee wirh

d d d :.

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