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VII.

Royal

Commentaries.

íhould return, and furprize them, bue they contrived to lodge altoª ether wich

fome

few

Souldiers, which they had brought with them, and for~fied them–

felves in the Houfe of

John P,mcoroo,

which there was no entrance, or accefs,

any back paffage, but~mly by the Fore-gate of the principal Street; and at

c~e

d11l:ance of feven or e1ghc paces froni che Gace, they raifed upa Breaft-work,

_ ~lth Loo11-holes to fhoot out at with their Mufquets,

which they could fire

rnco three Streets, one on che right hand, and the ·ocher two on the fid~

where they remained ali night in fecuricy , having placed their Centinel;

ali Avenues leading towards che Houfe:

was with them ali the night, and

was fent three or four times with Meffages to the Neighbours Houfes.

The next day, being in my Father's Court-yard, aboot

a dock in the Af–

ternoon., I

faw

Pero Hernandez.

the Loyal, come galloping in at our Gate, . on

hi_s Borfe

Paxarillo·;

at which I was fo over-joyed, that, without fpeaking to

him, I ran in to

Father to_carry him che good news; on notice of which,

my Father inftantly ran to meet him, and they both embraced .with great kind–

nefs: And

Pero

cold him, that the <lay bcfore the Rebels mar.ching, fomething

more than a League from the City ; he took an occafion , on pretence of fome

neceilities of Nature, to go-afide froin them, and taking cowards the 'léft hand

ofthe.way amongft fome high Rocks, he hid himfelf there for a while, · and

then climbed up the Mountain, whence feeing.the Rebels ata difl:ance, he rnade

his efcape, and was come thither. Afcer which he went with my Father to che

King's Army, and there ferved until che

end o

f che War., and then returned

back again with my Lord

Garfilaj[o

into

Coz.co.

Of ali which I was anEye Wit-

nefs, andas fuch have give

is faithful ·Relation.

CH A P.

XXIV.

·Hi-s Maje/fíes Camp enters into

Cozco,

and from

thence mar–

ches forwards: An account isgiven how the

Indians

carried

the Train of Artillery on their Shoulde;s. Pari of the

Amu- .

nition arrives •at the

Royal

Army..

E third day afrer the Citizens had rnade a vifü to their Relations and

Concernmeots in the City, 'the Royal Camp made their Entry wich che

Troops and Companies in good arder. The Infantry drew up in che Chief

Place or Square, and the Horfe skirrnifhed with the F9ot, according to cbe

' Rules of Milit~ry Difcipline, and both charged each other with handfome Vol-

lies, and quick Fire; forthe Souldiers were _.become .very read·y and expert at

their J\rms. And though

Palentino

faith, thá'l:

Don Phelipe deMendofa,

who was

General of the Ordnance, bro~ght his great Guns into the

Parade,

and fired

them feveral times, and that the Mufquetiers, marchÍng the Ronnd, ruade fe-

. veral bandfome Vollies; but herein chis· Writer was much miftaken, as· he

hath'been in man

other Paffages ; far the Artiílery could .not be eáf.il

fixed,

and put in order,

as to be ufed at every curo, and unneceífary occafion ; for

they were not drawn on ~heir Car_riages, but carried on t~e

Indians

Shoulders,

and chat wich

much d1fficulty, that

manage eleven p1eces of Cannon only

with chefr Carriages, was the work of ten thoufand

Indiam

I my

felf

faw

them brought into

Co7--co,

and was then in the place when they were again car-

ried out; and the manner how they mannaged chem was this.

Every piece of Ordnance was faftned to a large Beam of about forty foot rn

length ; under this were fixed feveral crofs Bars, about the bigoefs of a Mans

Arm at two foot afunder, and of aqout balf a yard long on each fide the

Bea~ · under which two

Jndiam

were placed, one on one fide, and one on

the otl;er, afcer the manner that che

Palanquines

are carried in

Spain.

The bur–

the'n they carried was íaid on their Shoulders clofe to their Necks, where they

wore

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