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Royal

Comme~taru~s.

away to

Hernandez.,

_and gave an accou ilt of the State and Condition of thc

Royal Army; and how that forne few days befare their coming to

Pucara,

the General

Paulo de Menefes,

in difcontent, would bave laid down bis Com–

miilion, by t'eafon of the Faétions and Differences wbich were contiau.ill

a'–

mongft the Officers, who wonld not obey bis Otders, but rather comradiéted,

and oppofed them; fo that he delire_d rather t<;> have no Cbarge, or Office ac

al!, than one

incumbred, by the refraétory humour ofSouldiers, wbo-would

not obey, but pretend to Cornmand: Aad accordingly

Menefcs

wculd have ac–

quiüed bimfelf of his Ch~rge,had _henot been períwta?ed to the contrary by Do–

é1or

Saravia,

wbo told h1m, that

lil

the prefent ConJunéture be fhould rather

lofe his Honour oy

fuéh

an Aétíon, than gain Reputation. This was joyful

news to

Hernandez.

and his Souldien,, who hoped by fuch DiflemioRs as tbefe,to

malee their Ben~fit,and fncb advantage as fhould with time facilicate their Viétory.

-On occalion of thefe Skirmifhes, fome pleafant fayings were uttered by bóth

··

fides ; which being (as

DiegoHernandez.

faith)

t~e.

Jefts of SouJdiers_, tbey may

come pertinently to be inferted

in,

this place; and which we fhafl explain more

dearly than this Author, who, in the

51ft.

of his Book, fpeaks confufedly, and

darkly, as followeth.

As fome Souldiers carne forth to skirmifh, it was the Fortune ofc-times

for

Friends and Acquaintance to meet, and they inftead offighciog would eoter in–

to difcourfe, and expoíl:ulate the µiatter :

Scipio Ferrara

who was of the Kiog's

Party, mee with

Pavía,

wh_o had been fellow Servant with him in the Family

· ·of tbe good Vi~e-King,

Don Antonio de Mendofa:

and he began to ufe perfuaúve

Arguments unto bim, to bring him over to the King's

Párty;

to which

Pavia

made anfwer, that the Parcy with whom he wa·s e!1gaged, had ·honeftly wón–

him by War; and

if they wer(; delirous !o regain him, it muft be in like man-

·ner

War,

&c.

•

This

Pavía

faid in refereoce to the Battel of

Chuquinca,

where he was taken

by the Rebels, and kindly ufed and treated

them, which made him t_o fay,that

be could not deny them, but ifthe King's Parcy were defirous of him, they mufi:

win him, as the others had done.

In like manner, Captain

Rodrigo Ninno

en–

tertained Difcourfe with

']ohn de Piedrahita,

perfwading him to come over to

-the Service of the Kiog, with Promifes of great R1;1wards a_nd Promotions from

the favour ofthe

uítices: to which

Piedrahita.

made anfwer, tbat he kt1ew very

·we!I how Íhe Juftices did ufe to reward thofe whodeferved their favours, w~ich

might incline him at another time to a different refolution, but for·che prefent he

hada profpeét

the Game he intended to play. This was ,the reply cf

Piedra.

hita,

depending with others of

Hernandez.

bisConfidems, on the vain Delufions

and Prediétions, which

iccpes, and Men pretending

~cromancy, had infa–

tuated themwith, afiuring them·of Viétory over che King's Forces: tho' a few

, days afterwards hewas undeceived, and changed his mind, as we fhall fee hereaf–

. ter.

And this Anthor proceeds, and farther fays, That the like Conferences

pafied between

Diego Me11dez.

and

f!ernandoGuillada,

and alfo between Gaptain

Ruyb1trba,

and

Bernar.. !ino.deRobles

his Son-in~Law: But no Benefit,or effeét,reful-

, t_ing 'fro_m thefe Difcourfes, the Jn~ices command~d f~r th~ future, that nó Man,

upon.parn of Deatb,fhould entertam any Cornmumcauon w1th the Enemies

Paity.

However it was agreed between Captain

R11,yb.irba,

and

Bernardino de Robles,

meet again the next day, and

finifh their Difcou¡fe; and the better to know

·each other, they appointed to wear their ·scarlet Cloaks.

Ber-nardino de Robles

-carne attended with

<:1

Officers, and Souldier~, ~nd treacheroufly feized up–

Ruybarba,

and carned h1m befare

Hermmdcz.,

g1vrng out amongft che Souldi–

ers, that he c~m~ in volunt_arily, and of

his

own accord ; which when

~uybarba

l1~ard,

he demed 1t,_and fa1d, That wh?foeve~ rep~rted, that he carne

¿n

wiih

h1s own Confe

ne,

d1d not fay true; wb1cb, w1th Lttenfe

of-Hernandez.

he <vas

ready to ~ake ~ood, e_ither a Foot, or Horfe- back, againft any Man whltfoever,

unlefs agamft h1s Son-10-Law,

whofe Treachery he was _betrayed into the

~ands o( bis En~mie~.

Fr~ncifc~ Hern111ndez.

was over-joyed to fee him brought

1n,

and went w1~h I11m to h1s

1fe

Donna Mencia

Sce, M adam,

faíd he,

what a

Prifoner 1bring yon, looktohim rvell,for I commit hiT!t'to your Chargc.

I accept,

faid

Donna Mencia, of the Truft, ,md fhall tal~ care of

hi111,

m you require,

After

this

R,mdona

made- a Sally abroad, and had

fom-::

Difcourfewich

']ohn dertlanes,

Sar–

jeant Major

Hermmde1.,: Randona

thinking to take

hi_m

by rhe

wifcnefs