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VII.

Royal Commentarie1.

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upan the rout chey haq refeafed him¡ .,bÜt chi;

¡J.iece

~f Treachery-did

;~e

pafs un, ·

puni!ked; for fome

few

days afterwards.,

when

.Pera/e;

was ac

6.:oz,co

wich che

1:ieucenant General

btego

de .Alvaratfo, He~nandez..·

was informed chat

Peraús

m¡ide

l\is

b>raggs .aad boafrtd .rhat he had k1lled hlm; :whereupon

Hern,mde~

wrote to his

Lieutemanc

hang

nim;

which he accordingly performed , for I my felf

faw

hirn

. . banging on the Ga,1-low~ m that Cicy. , Bue

r.ecurn a,gain to the Battel;

Piedra–

hit;i

oo[erving th~Je~r,ánd confufion whi~h wa·s_¡o

d;ie

t1aríhal's Q¡mp, (aUie.d

.out of~is Fort w1th about

fifty

roen

cry1og

Olit,2f19

fingmg, v~aory, Viétory,

and finng as chey weoc wher~foever.}hey_faw_.cwency or tnirty in a compaoy

to–

gether; all which yielded rhemfe1v'es wích tneir ;Arms and l?owder, being chac

which chey moíl: needed ; and

i11

this manner they :made Prifo~ers of above chree_

hundred men whom chey .carried wich chem, and who .duríl: noc depare from

them ar leave chem, leíl chey íhould fall into another Parcies hand,. who would

treat rhem worfe cbah chofe of

Piedrahita's

meo to whom they had yielded thern-

felves Prifoners.

,-_

C H A

·p_

XVIII.

Francifco Hernandez

gains the Viéíory. The Marjhal and

his Souldiers are

put to

/light. The

Indians

~ill

manj of

them on

the,

way.

HEN the-Maríhal

A/varado

Caw

that,many of his Souldiers declined che

Fighr, and would not pafs the River; he in perfon led che way, in hop<;s

:to

animare chem to follow bis Exam

ple: b

ue al~ bis Críes and CaUs and Perfuaü–

ons could avail noching ; for chey all fl.ed before

Piedrahita,

who was now in

hot

·pur(uit of chem, Wherefore fome of che Maríhal'~ Friends cold him, chac it.was

mvain to endeavour to íl:op che flighc of his Souldiers, being purfued by the E–

nemy;

for

chac it was never known rhac ever any Army rallied again or íl:opped

their courfe who had once turned cheir . backs to che Enerny , unlefs fome new

fuccour appeared., or fom,e firange accident offered it felf for cheir encourage-

menr,

This being faid, che Maríhal íhifced for himfelf and as many as could followed

him, and che reíl were fcatcered in divers \1arts where Lhey choughc they could

beft have refuge:

fome whereof ~ene to

Areq11epa,

fome to che

.CharcM,

others

to,che new Plantation , and

Huamanca

and ochers travelled along che Coaíl:

co·

·join with

bis

Majeíly's Army under command of the Jufüces: fome few, not ex–

ceeding feven Souldiers, returned

Couo,

whom we will give fome relation

hereafcer.

On the way, which was far and long, which chofe who fled from che Enemy

were to pafs , che

JndianJ

killed many of che

Sp.iniardt

for they having no of:

fenúve Arms with them, were expofed to che merey of ali -chey mee. Amongít

thofe who were chus killed, was che Son of

Don Pedro de A/varado,

who was a

perfon ofgreat qualicy, of whom we have given a relation formerly, and chat he

brought eight hundred men· wich him into

Peru :

chis Gentleman was n~med

Do11

Diego de A/varado,

a Son worthy of fuch a Facher ; and bis unciinely ·and anfortu–

nate death was much lamented by all chofe who had any acquaintance wich his

Father

That which induced the

Jndian,

to adventure upon chis infolence and cru–

elry, was a Command given by che Officers of the Maríhal's Forces, ( I .!hall

memion no man's name parcicularly) who fanfying to chemfelyes,an affurance

of viétory, in confidence thereof gave Orders co che

Indians

kill all chofe whom

they íhould meec wandering and flying ouc-of the batcel; not expeaing chat chii

Cqmmand íhould fall on chernfelves, bue on the Rebels onely whom rhey incen–

ded cotaÍly

deíl:roy : but it had a contrary effelt, and eighcy of them were

maífacred by the

Jndians.

The number of chofe killed in the Battel and in che

firfi

day's Skirmifh was above an hQndred.and twenty, and ( as

PAientino_

faich)

e e e

two