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VII.

Royal Commentarie1.

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,.-,· 94

HA P. XVi.

The Mar/ha! receives intelligen,ce of the Enémy: He femls

fome Forces againfi them: A

Skjrni;Jh

happens hetw.ee1i

the two Parties.

The genmi./ qpinion of the Officers to

dccli'!l.? fighting witb ti~~ Rebels.

day follo,wing afcer this unhappy misfortuhe befaÍleri bptairi

Alrhén.:..

dw;

the Maríhal receiving advice that the Enemy was noc far diílant he

rnárched eight leagues farther widi his Army ; and then made

firong decachmenr,

which was i.-equired to haíl:en with all expedition, and to carry no ocher baggagé

or incumbranr:e, than onely Provifions for three days: and in chis manner, as

Pa–

,entino

faith, chey paíléd a defart Countrey

füll

of marfiles and boggs, and deep with

Snows; and that night they lodged in che open Air, wichout Tenes, or ocher cove–

ring: ~nd havi~g cravelled eighc leagues farcher; che next day they carne very weary

People called

Guallaripa,

whete they received News, chat

Francifc

o Hernande.:.

had

departed thence chree days before, and was chen

atChuqHinga

abo.uc

four leagues di–

fiant from them, where he íl:aid to refreíh his Army, whiéh was greatly tyred and

difcompofed by che Facig-aes of a long march over mountainous and defolace Coun–

tries.

chis time che Cqmmiífary

Romero

and

Garica

Me/o

carne

che Marilial

wich a choufand

Indian1

ch:it were Souldiers bringing Provifions and Ammunicion

to him from che Province of

Andaguayla,1

;

fram

them he received

rdacion of

all mmers concerning

Hernande:,:,,

and how he had íl:rangled

Diego Orihuel,

a Na–

tive of

Salamanca,

having taken him as he was cóming to che Madhal's Camp to

ferve

his Majeíl:y. Thus

far

Palentino.

TheMarilial having certain intelligence thae the Enemy was near , he greatly

defüed to engage witn them, and therefore refolved to detach cwo Captains wich

hundred and

fifcy

choice Mufqueciers, who early in che Morning wer.e

give

the Enemy an Allarum, and receive fuch as would pafs over to his Majeíl:y's fer–

vice.

Bue the Captains and other perfons of qualicy and intereíl; who weré well

informed of the firengch of the place wherein

Hernqndm

was encamped, would

have diíluaded che Maríhal from che defign , giving him very good teafons , why

it was not

fit

fafe

to ªftempt che Enemy within cheir Fortifications, -or to ha–

zard the

lofs

ofan hundred and fifcy of che choiceíl: Mufquetiers in che whole

Ar•

rny, on wpófe fuccefs che fomme of the day depended: bue the Marfhal r.eplyed;

that he himfelf would follow chem in che rere, and fuccour chem wich the whole

Army, and fecond them

warmly with his Troops, chac the Enemy fhould

able to preyail liccle on chem: and

he iníl:antly defired licence ofthe Captains

draw out

from

their Companies a hundred and fifcy choice .Mufqueciers, which

committed

the• command and charge of his Lieucenant General , and of

Captain

'/ohn Ra'mon,

w¡ch Pireétions to approach as near to che Eoemy as was po(:

fible. The Capcains accordingly about midnight marched out wich chis decachmenr,

and aboue three hours afcerwards che Maríhal followed chem with che whole

Ar–

rny.

Hermmde~

who was well advifed of the near approach of a fevere

and

incen–

fed Enemy, was vigilant no.e co be furprized unawares; and having his forces al–

ways irÍ a poíl:ure of defence , he kept Guards on the Avenues;

hich

were but

two,

wher<e it was poffible to be acracked by an Enemy.

Before break of day in che morning the King\ Forces carne to the place where

the

Enemy was forcified ; and wichoue any-noife endeavoured to furprize them

beforn they who were on che other fide of che River

Amancay

could hear any thing.

of t~eir approach: bue whilíl: they moved chus

fofcly,

they were difcovered

Indian

belonging to

Hernande.:.,

who prefently ran to his Maíl:er, and told him,

that the Enemy was near at hand.

Frttt}fifco Hernandez.

immediacely caufed an Allarum

be fqunded ; and diípoi

fed his ¡;,eople in fuch places as were moft

for

their fecurity ; and ,on both lides

Vollies of Mufque-es were interchanged wichout damage unto either,

for

they Bred

great diílance. Ab0ut ,njne a dock the Marilial brotight his whole Ai:my i,n

tight

Hernandez.;

and

thea the skirmiíh

was rtnew~d

with

more heat and

cou-

ragé