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R.oyal Commentariet. ~OOK VII.
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C ·HA P. XJK.
The gr"eat Trouhle a11d' Diflurbance whic~ the ,News of the
. lofs of the · Marjbal caufed in his Majeflfa Camp. The
means which the Juflices took_ to repair this Lofs. The
Difputes and Differences amongfl the 0/ficers , whether
the Army ought to march , · or n~t to march againfl th~
Rebels. One of the Captains o[ the Rebels revolts to the
fúnfs Forces. -
T HE fame rumour which ac the Baccel of Chuquinca affii~hted Antonio .de Car–
rillo, Serjeant Major to Francifco Herr.ande::;, and He Ordunna, and cau–
fed them to fly upon a·groundlefs reporc chac Hernande:,;, was ílain; and which af–
cerwards was concradiéted, and che cruch divulged of che Viétory he had gained,:
che fame rumour being fpréad amongíl the Indians was related to che Spaniardf
who lived in che Countries thereaboucs ; who caking the News upon Hear-fay,
wrote it to che Juíl:ites, with demands of a reward for their good cydings; bdc
it was not long ..before winged fame brought the true relacion of che fatal ovér–
throw of che Maríhal and bis Forces, which raifed greac coníl:ernacion and rrouble
in his Majeíl:y's Army; and carne to that height, thar, as Palentjno faith, Chap. 4"6'.
a Council was held amongíl: the chree Juíl:ices, wirhout any reafon cir caufe for ir;,
either ·ro put che Jufl:ice Santillan to death, orto fend him,~rifoner into Spain, up0n
pretence chat chis Santi!lan had caufed che lofs of che Batee! ; bue Doétour Sarac–
vfa differing from the reíl: in bis opinion, nothing was determined againíl:.him.
,, And indeed we are noc to ·think it firange, that men íhould imagine fome.fou1
play in this matter ; for this Viltory of Hernande::;, was fo contrary to .che expeéta–
tion ofall men whohad any knowledge in the Affairs ofPm,, thac no man would
believe bue chac che Maríhal was becrayed, and fold by his own people, and con–
fequencly chey pitched upon che perfons whom chey fufpelted and imagined co be
che Concrivers of it: And herein they fo confidencly íl:ood , and believed , chac
if an Angel from Heaven had come and revealed che truth, chey would not have
been perfuaded into anocher belief; untill they faw rnany of chofe whom chef
fufpe'füd of chis Treachery, and who. were fled from che Battel, to come to his
Majeíl:y's Camp for refuge, íhowing the Wounds they received, and che Marks
'.. ofcheir ill creatment; and then they were convinced of che Errour they had recei–
vec!, and begun to encerrain a good opinion of their faichfulnefs and loyalcy : fo
foon as che people were recovered from cheir amazement , che Juíl:ices ordered
Antonio de ~innones, a Cicizen of Co:,;,co, with a party of fixcy Mufquetiers, to
rnarch to che Cicy of Huam,inca for che d~fence chereof, and to receive fuch as
were fled chicher from che Barcel , and to hinder che Enemy frorn taking any re–
freíhments or fuccours from thence, of which they mighc íl:and in need ; and fo
ic happened accordingly ; for Hernandez. Cent Captain Cobo to che Cicy for Provi–
íions and Medicines to cure his wounded men ; but Coho having intelligence chat
Antonio f2!!:innones was coming thicher, he recired frorn Huamanca wichout doing
whache defigned.
' Ac chis time cwo Lecrers were brought to rhe·Juílices from divers pares almoft
at che·fame iníl:ant, one was frorn che Marfhal de Alvm-ado, complaining of his i1I
forcune .and che refraltarinefs of che Pe1'ple who would noc obey his Orders, nor
follow his Direfüóns: the ocher was fiom Loren1o de Aldana, which in very few
words gave an accounc of che ill fucceís of che Battel, faying thar i~ was done
againíl: che fenfe and opinion of ali che principal Officers of che Army : as Palen–
tino writes, Chap. 47. in chefe words:
Upon Monday laíl: I to your Lordíhip, íignifying whac I chen fuípefüd
and feared; for I had no fooner concluded my Lecter, ehan L11cifer encered into
che Marílul and moved him to refolve iníl:antly to aífaulc Hernande:G in che Poíl:
where he had forcified himfelf againíl: ch~ feofe and o'pinion of ali bis Offic.ers, and
particularly