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particularly againíl: mine : .the v,:hich was performed with that difadvancage to us,
thar
Hernandez.,
(hoc and killed our people, and defeated us, wirhouc rnoviog out
of the covert of hisForcific;ition, many of our principal 111en and perfons ofQua–
lity are killed; che precife mmber I canhot tell,- beóufe. i:he Maríhal retired 6e:
fore
Hernandez.
fallied out of bis Fortificacion : diey fayche Maríhal is wounded;
hut I am fure ic was neither wich fighting nor giviog encouragernenc
to
bis Soul–
diers,
&e,.
Thu;; far
Palent.ino.
_
..
.
The News of che lofs ,~
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hich rhe Marfhal fuíl:ained being how éonfihned by all
hands ; rhe Juíl:ices commanded that the Army lhould rnarch, and follow
Hei-–
nandn ;
and refolved, chacche Courc of Juíl:ice !11ould accompany the Army, to
give greacer amhoricy and repucaci?n}as
Palentino
fai_ch, to their Caufe apd_Procee–
dings, and
to
cake off che rnurmurmgs of che Sould1ery, who perhaps might com–
plain
df
che hardfüips they underwent, whilíl: che Juíl:ices were folacing and eq–
joying themfelves ar home : bue Judge
Altamirano
óppofed this refolucion, alledg–
ing chat hís Majeíl:y having confined the Courc of Judicature
to
Limá,
che Bendí
had no power or authoricy wichout che Precinfü of chat Jurifdiétion; nor ought
chey
to
remove from thence
witbo.ucexpreís command from bis Majeíl:y. ,But:
DoB:our
Saravia
earneílly infiíl:ing that che Courc was in this emergency.obliged
to
move wich the Army;
Altamirano
poficively declared, that he was refolved
not
to
íl:ir for that the King had not given him a Comrniffion to fight, bue to
fü
upon bis Bench , and there
to
judge fuch Caufes as íhould be broughc befare him;
T
O
which DoB:our
Saravia
replyed, that he would fufpend him of bis Office in
c.1fe he followed not the Army, and that he would fend Orders to the Officers
of che King's Treafury
to
íl:op the paymenc of his Salary; and ,~cordingly-the
fame was notified, though afcerwards 1t was rnade good
by
a particular Wartant
from his Majeíl:y. Thus far
Palentinr,.
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Afrer long Difputes of chis.kind , it was ac léngch deterrnined , that che three
Juíl:ices,
v1z.
Doél:our
Saravia,
Judge
Santillan,
_ánd
Mercado,
íhould attend che
Royal Army ; and that
Altamirano
,
who had profeífed himfelf ignorant and un–
skilfull of Arms., and would·wage no other War than civil Pleadings at che Bar
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íhould rernain in-che Cicy of
Los Reyes
in quality ofLord CliiefJuíl:ice; arid that
Diegb ele Mora,
a Citizen of
Truxillo,
(
who, as _we have faid, broughc a good com–
pany of Mufquetiers to ch~ Army,) was appomted Governour óf the City, and
his Company given to another Captain called
Pedro de Carate.
Things being or–
dered.-and difpo{ed .in this manner, anda fufficien~ Guard being appointed for
the
Sea-coa{\ the Royal Army rnarcht;d to
Huamanca,
on the way whereunto, aSoul~
dier of g_r, at repucacion, narned
fohn Chacon,
carne to them, having been former–
ly take1:1
by
the Rebels in the Rout at
Villacori
;
bue having the credit and eíl:eem
of a good Officer ,
Hernandez.
was very defirous to 0blige him
to
be his.friend;
and for that reafon had given him the comrnand of a Cornpany of Mufqueciers:
bue
¡ohn Chacon,
being a perfon of Loyal Principies
to
his Majeíl:y, fecretly ploc~
ted wich other friends to kili the Tyrant; bue as at that time there was no faith
or honeíl:y amongíl: that fort of People; bue that they fold and betrayed one che
other, as they could bdl: make their Market; fo they difcovered to
Hmiandez
che
Plot intended againíl: him, of which
rohn Chacon
having intimation, he efcaped be–
fore they could feize hirn, and ran away in che fight of
Hernandc:t
and ali bis Soul–
diers : howfoever in che way his Life was in great hazard ; far (as we have faid
befare) che
Jndi.amhaving received Comrnands
to
kill ali chofe who fled from
the Battel , they had certainly alfo killed
Chacon,
had ic not been for a Carbine he
carried wich him, which he ofcen prefented at che
Indiam,
and thereby faved his
Life:
howfoever he carne wounded
to
che Royal Camp, where he gave a large
account of che Scate of
Hernandez.
and .bis Forces , and df what they intended and
defigned
to
aa:; which information the Juíl:ices1nade ufe offor their better govem,
mene, and witb rnuch fatisfaétion they rnarched
to
Huarnanca
;
where we will
leave them co relace what
francifao Hermtndez;
was doi11g ac the fame time. ·
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