The royal commentaries of Peru : in two parts / written originally in spanish by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega; rendred into english by sir Paul Rycaut.

.BooK VIt Royal Commentaries. Inftru~l:ions they bad received; And beirig con:ie to the City of H1ma11ca, they were 1~forn1ed that Hem~ndez.. was gone to Rtmuc by way of the pla ins ; aod accordrng to . that ln~el!Jgence they foll owed him, and after a few days March, ~hey were ad~1fed th;;it h~ was qua rtered abour fi fteen Leagues from thern, "'.lth 300 S?uld1:rs, of wh1ch 15~ were Mufqueteers. The Captains, not affnghted w.1th h1s numbers, conunued their purfuir afcer him, aod the next day they were told by the lndians , t ha t they were only. 200, and fo daily the report of their numbe'rs deéreafed, until they were faid to be np more. than one hundred. This variety of reports given by the Indtan1 con~er~tn~ the number of th~ Eoemy, _J1ad fomething of truth, and íoundauon rn 1t ; for Hernandez.. bemg fled, h1s Souldiers difperfed them- fel ves by twenty and thirty in a Company, and at Jength carne to rneet together 1 and forma body of about 200 men, moft of which had belonged to the Mai:;íhal, but afrerwards taking affeél:ion to Hernandez.., they follow- ed his Fortune. • But in regard they were men running away, and polfelfed with ·afear of E- nemies purfuing afrer them, they were forced to hide th.e.mfelves in W oods,aod Caves, w:uiting ali things necelfary for their convenience and fupport;. fo that when the King's Forces approached near to them, tbey woce not above ofle hundred in all: For the Indiam in the firft report they gave of them.; accounte~ them to be more than they really were, in the fecond relation they reckned thofe whom tl¡¡ey found wandring on the way, and in rhe lafr, thoíe who were rnet and joyned in a Body. So we may believe that if Hernandez.. had not forfaken .and abandoned his Souldiers, he might fiill have . conferved himfelf and them, for it would have been very difficult to have taken, or defl:toyed them. The Captains beirig now abom three Leagues diftant from the fa1emy, difpatched away a Spaniard, who was very diligenc and nimble, together with an lndian for his Guide, to view the Enemy, and bring certain intelligence of thei-r ftrength. The Spy having taken an exaél: furvey of their nurnbers, wrote a Letter advifrng that they might be 80, aud no more. Her~upon the Captains haftened their March ali they were able, until they carne within fight of eacll other, with Drums beating, and Colours flying, and attended with abouE eighty Indiam, wham the Cttracas had fent for Service of the Sp"nilerds. The Rebels having difcovered the Enemy coming upon them, and fea red to be furprized, and furrounded by the Horfe who were forty in all, took up to the Mountain, and íheltered them- felves under fome Rocks, which ferved them for a Parapet or Fortification; The Captains notwithftanding refolved to attack them in their ftrong holds, trufting to a Band of 100 Jnd-,ans ill armed, who voluntarily and of their own accord were.come in to them, with intent to deíl:roy the Rebdsor A11cas as they called them, who were the Peff and .trouble of che Country. The Captains beíng now within Mufquet-íhoE of the Enenw, four or five of them,i amongíl: whicb an Enfign to Hernandez.. was one, carne to them, and inftantly defired n_ót to fire upan them· ; for that without force, or che death of any man, phey in tended to yield themfelves Prifoners ¡ and upon thefe terms they frood~ when about tenor twelve more carne in and fubmitted,tho' the l ndians ali the time pelted them with Stones,until che Captains commanded them to dcfift : After which all the Souldiers of Hernandez. carne in, and furreftdred themfelves, 'leaving him with 2 friends only, namely with his Son-in·Law de Almara;. 1 anda Gi;:ntleman of the Country of E.ftremad1tra, called Gomez.. Suarez.. de Figtteroa. Francifco Hernandez.., finding himfelf tbus ab¡¡ndoned ¡rnq forfaken By all. his Soúldiers; carne forth with intenE to be either killed or taken, as the Enemy íhould think ñt ; which when the Captains faw, they approached near the Rock, and with ali their Men furrounded mm to take him Prifoner ; the firft that came near him were three noble Perfons, narneiy Steph~n. Syl- veffre1 Gomez.. .Arias de Avila, and Hernando Pantoxa: The latter of which taking hold of H ernandez.. by the Helmet, and he defending h!mfelf with his Sword, Gomez.. AriaJ clapt his hand on the hilt, ccmmandi,ng him to deliver up his Arms, which H ernandez.. refuling to do, and ftill !hiving, Sylveftre thruíl: the point of his Lance to his Breaft, telling him, that unlefs he did as Gomez. Arias bid hirn, he would immediately kill him. H,ereupon Hermmde:z:., religned his Sword to Gomet. Arias, and having fet him Hh hhh h i.. up ·97I