986 / 1070
95?
Royal Commentaries.
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VII.
CH A ·P.
XX.
What
Francifco Hernandez
afled after the Battel. He
fends 0/ficers to feveral parts of the Kingdom to plunder
the Cities. The quantity of Si/ver which they robbed
from two Citi~ns at
Cozco.
A
"Fter the Battel
·Francifco Hernandez..
remained forty days within bis Fonifi–
cation,; ·both to pleafe himfelf with che choughts of Viétory, and to cure
chofe of che King's Party who had received wounds in che Fighc, whom he careífed
and created as kindly as was poffible, co oblige chem co remain bis Friends, of
which many foUowed him umill che day of bis overchrow : during which time,
he' difpatched his Lieutenant-General
Alv11rado
co
Cow
in purfuit of chofe who
had efcaped out ofche Battel: and likewife ordered bis Serjeant-Major
Antonio Ctfr–
rillo,
to go to the City of
Peace,
to
Cucuito, Potocji
and che Cicy of
Plate,
and to tra–
vel over al! che Provinces
to
gacher what Men, Arms and Horfes he.could find;
that by fuch an employment he might divert and recover himfelf from the melan–
choly he had conceiv'ed for bis lace íhamefull flight out of the Bactel of
Chuquinca:
, and parcicularly he charged him co get what Gold and Silver he could find, and alfo
che Wine which was hidden; for a cercainSouldier, lately of che Maríhal's Army,
named
Francifco Bolonna,
told him, that he knew where a great quantity was concea–
led: to bring which,
Antonio Carrillo,
with a parcy of cwenty Souldiers, taking
Fran-
.
cifco Bolonna
cogether with them, was ordered abroad ; of which twency Souldiers
two onely were belonging
to
Hernande:c,,
and the reíl: had been che Maríhal's men:
for which reafon ic was generally fofpeéted,
4
nd fecrecly whifpered, that
Hernllnde:c.
had fenc ,his Serjeant-Major wich chefe mento confound and deíl:roy.chem~ and not
to che end declared ; which accordingly happened, as we íhall fee llereafrer.
Likewife
rohn de Piedrahita
was fent to che Cicy of
Arequepa,
co provide whac Men,
Horfes and Anns he could find : and upon chis occaÍton he gave him che Title of
his Major-General of che Army of Libercy; for fo
Hernandcz.
ílyled his Forees, cal–
ling them Reílorers of che People's Libercy: And then to
Alvflrado
he named him
his Lord Lieucenanc, chat wich chefe fwelling Titles rhefe cwo great Officers mighc
be encouraged wich more pride and vain-glory
to
aét che part chey had undertaken.
. According
to
Orders
A/varado
wenc co
Coz.cain purfuic ofchofe who had fled from
che Batcel ac
Ch11quinca;
and the day befare he encred into che Cicy feven Souldiers
of chofe formerly belonging,co che Maríl1al carne rhicher (rhe chief of which
was
called
7ohn de Cardona)
and broughc che fad news of the Marfüal's defeac, co che
greac grief and amazement of che whole Cicy, who could not believe
ít
poílible
for
fuch a ruinous fellow as
Hernandez.
to gain fuch a Viét9ry : and being now afrrígh–
ted wirh rhe cruelty of chis Tyrant, they refolved ali to fly, and abandon che Ci–
cy rather chan
ro
fall
into his mercilefs hands.
Francifco Rodríguez. de Vill,;,fuertr
who was then Higlt Coníl:able, gathered what people of che Cicy he could tog/
ther, which, wich che feven Souldiers chac were fled, could frarce make up che
number of
forty
men, and with chefe he marched by che way of
Collao
.-
fome of
thefe t{)ük u
p
cheit lodging for che
fu-fl
night about a league and a halffrom che Cicy
ofwhich che Higb Coníl:able was one, but others proceeded chree or four leagues
farther,
by
which rneaRs rhey preferved chernfelves: for chis honeíl:
¡ohn de Cardona
feeiog che Confiable cake up bis Qg_arcers
fo
near che Town, he ílole privacely
a\1/ay from them, ·and carne
to
Coz.coabouc midni~ht, where he gave information
to
A/varado
where
Villafuerte
and about' twenty ochers wirh him remained abouc .
a
league and a half 'from the Toµ,·n: whereupon he commanded
Alonfo Gonr;ale:c.
the Hangman General wich a parcy of cwenty men immediacely to march forrfi and
cake
Villafuerte
and h!s Companio~s; which was performed w~ch thac diligence,
that the next mormng before e1ght a Clock
Villafuertr
and his Companions
were all broug_ht back to
Cow,
and delivered inco che hands of che Lord
Lieutenant
A/varado;
who intended
to
have put
Vi!!afuerte
and feveral of chofe
wich
him
to
deach;
bue in
regard no crime could be laid to their charge, che
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· incer.