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VII.

Royal

Commentaries.

the Rebels broke ic

foon as they heard that man

·of

Gomci

de SoliJ

his Men

were fled, and the reft refnfed to fighc, upon w~ich they were

encouraged,

that they attémpteci che Wall and Barracadoe wh1cti was made. When

Go'mei:..

de Solis,

and other Menof Eflates, who were with him, perceived thac their

Men would not fight, they fkd, and made their eféape in che beíl: mánner they

could, leaving

Piedrahita

in poflellion of ali the Riches and Wealth they had

gachered, wich whích ._,.e Enemy recurned fully laden and fuccefsfül to their

Captain General

Francifco Hernandez..:

And though in che return, above twen-·.

ty of chofe Souldiers formerly belo~ing to the l\1ar!hal, which

Piedrahita

car–

ried with him, fled away an~ left him, yec he c~>nlidered them as nothing, ' beio

torced- Meo, nor valuable m refpeél: of that 1mmenfe booty and fpoils whicli

they had taken, in Gold, Silver, Jewels, Arms, and Horfes. ,

Hernandez..

(whom we left in the FortreÍs, where he fought che Battel

Chuquinca)

having remained there a Mone~h and a half, for che fake of the

wounded Men ; marcbed afterwards in the be!l: manner he could to the Valley·

:1ntahuailla,

beio_g hi_&hly

inc.apfed

againíl: the _Indians

'of

the

Cha:cas

foi

danng to fight agamft

film

tH!

Battel of

Chuq1m1ca,

where they k1lled

[e::.

. veral of his Souldiers wi_th Scones and Slings ; wherefore being come into thofé'

Provinces, ·he gave orders to his Souldiers, as well

egers as White·men, to

plunder the People, and burn their Houfes, and to do them

~11

the ruine ·and

mifchief they were able.

From

Antahuailla H ernandet.._

fent íor 9is W ife, and

for the Wife of

Thomas f'az..quez..,

for whom the Sould1ers made a Solemri Re–

ception, and were

foolilh and impupent as to frile

Hernande:diis

Wife

Queen of

Peru.

Having rem.ained a few days in the Province of

Antahuail!a,

and there venced their Anger and Spleen againft the Indians, they marched

towards

Coz..co;

and having intelligence that the Kings Forces were coming after

them, they paífed the.two Rivers of

.Amancay

and

.Apurimac

; ·

which

HernanJ.

dez..

furveying, and obfer.ving the mafly difficulc paífages which were chere, and

places

nacurálly ft-rong, as mighteafily be defended agai.Qft any Army ~hich

fhould aífaulc hhn therein; he would often

fay,

That in cafe he had not fenc

away bis Major Generar

Piedrllhita

with l,iis ·choice Men, hé would 'have

fr?y'd

and given the Jultices Battel in ·fome of. t_~o(e ftrong and' difficúlt pa{fes :,

Whileft

H~rnandez.

marched in this manner,;

fix

Souldiers_of no~e, . which-for–

merly belonged to the Marlhal, a_dventured·to run away

fight of tqe wholé,

Army, with their Horfes, .f}rms, and 9ther Conveniences.' ·

No'i

would

Her–

nandez..

fufler them to be purfued ; for íince they w.ére :

tjó

m,or~ th..an fix ip an;

he was contented to let them go, rather than to adv~nture otheis to fetch tfiem

back, lell: they

alfo fhould follow their example. T nofe íiíc ,Sogldiers being

come to

his M

ajefties Camp informed them, How that

Hernándei.

was march-:

iog to

Coz.ca,

with intention to proceed to the

Callao.

Upoñ whidi intelli.:

gence the Juftices gave order to thi; Army _to march wich all expedición, and

yec

with fuch due caution and circumfpefüon as was requifite, though

-rea.:

fon of the mai}y animoíities and differences which arofe amongft the principal

Officers, the progrefs of matters was much obftruéted, and

his

Majefries Ser.:

vice prejudiced and delay'd.

CH A P.

XXiI.

Fr-ancifco Hernandez

dares not to

adventu~e

Ínto

Cozco;

he carries his Wife with him from thence.

Ranci

fco Hern

andez.

palfed ali his

Army

over the Rivér

.Apurimac

way of

the

Brid.ge,

to guard whicb; he

lefc

oñe

Vitlderravano

with a Party of

twénty Souldiers ; bue not confiding in the Hone!ty or Conduét of

tlie

Maq,

fent rwo days afterwards

'.7ohn Gavilan

take that Charge

and ordered

Va/..

derrawmo

him to his Head-quarters. .

']ohn Gavilan

having

ch,

Guard _

Ff f

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