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. VII. Royal CommentarieJ. who had no E~ates, were Hernando A!v_ar~~ de Toledo, 'John_Ramon ~nd 'J 0 ~ 11 de Ar~ rry~aga; all wh1ch Commc¡.nders fo d1hgemly applyed chernfelves to their cnarge -and ernployment, that in a few days che Marfhal had an Army cornpofed of about eight hundred men, of which Palentino, Chap. 41. fpeaks as followerh. His Forces vvere in number feven hundred fevency five men, al! gqod Souldiers well armed and dchly cloched, and with great attendance, che like of whid:i hath never been feen in Peru. And indeed it was no wonder they fhould be fo, coming from che Mounrnin or Hill, which is che richeíl: of any difcover~d as ye~ ' in rhis World. Thefe are che words of Palentino, of which 1 am fure he fpeaks very true, for 1 faw chetn my felf fome few days afterwards in Couo, and chen they appeared unto me to be as brave and as well accoucred as chis Aurhour expreífes : fo rhat being chus powerfull in Men and Arms, and provided of all things ne-. ceffary the Marfhal mar,ched towards Coz.ca; in his way to which, feveral Patries of ten and twenty in a Cornpany carne t9 join with hirn for che fervice of his Ma- }efiy. And after he had paífed Areq11epa wich che difficulries before related, chere carne to him about forty Souldiers: And . Sancho Duarte and Captain Martin Je ' O!mo1, who ref1ded in che City of la Pa-.,, carne forth to the Marfhal, wich above two hundred good Souldiers, at which meeting they teíl:ified great joy wirh vol-. lies of fhoc and ocher Marrial falurarions. The Army r¡iarching forwards came within che jurifdifüon of che great Cicy of Couo, where they were mee by· a fmall fquadron under che Com.mand of {ohn de Saavedra; which though few in number, and not exceeding eighcy five rnen, were yet conf1derable for their E.fiares and Intereíl: in che Coumrey amongíl: which we1:e thirtee.not foqrteen Ci- tizens of Coz.ca, being all Conquerours of chat Empire of che firíl: or fecond Ad- vemure.. : Of thefe men there were ftxty Horfe and che reíl: were Foot, mofl men, of Eíl:ates , and fuch as had fled from the Rebels to Los Reyes, with intention to ferve his Majeíl:y. With che a ppearance of fo many good and brave Souldiers, whom .che Rebels once believ .ed would have join~d with chem, che Marfhal was anirnated :md encouraged ; and marched to the entrance of the Cicy of Co~co, bei~ . then above twelve hundred firong ; of which chree hundred were Horfe , thr e hundred and fifry Mufquetiers, and ahout five hundred and fifty Piques anq Ha - berts: Every Troop aod Cornpany marched by it felfwirh five in a File or Rank ~ aod afterwards drew up in the Market-place; where che Horfe anq Foot made a feigned skirmifh for fport and div~rf1on, and afterwards were ali quartered with- in che Precinéts of the Cicy. The Bil11op of Co~co, called Frier {ohn Solano, atten- ded wich his Deanaod Chaprer carne forth to meet and ~elcome che Maríhal and h,is Army, and to give rhem his benediél:ion. Howfoever, remembring che hard- fhips he had endured when he accompanied Diego Centeno in his long marche~, he was unwilling to follow che Camp, bue racher diofe fo rernain in his Church, and pray for cheir fucceís, and the peace of che Coumrey. From Col:..co rhe Marfhal if- fued out his Warranrs .and Orders to repair the Bridges of che Rivers of Apurimac' and Amancay, inrending ro país that way in queíl: of Francifco Hermmde~ of whom. he.had heard nothing of late, nor was it known what was becorne of him. At. chis rime Advices were fent from the Juíl:ices of the ill fuccefs of Paul de Menefe1 at Villac,ori, and thac the Rebels were encamped in the Valley of Nanafca: upon . which imelligence, che Marfhal altered his def1gn, and rerurned back the-fame way he came; to avoid paffing by Arequepa and che CharcM, which would have been a greac hure and damage to che Coumrey, anda meansco prolongche War. Whece- fore the Marfhal changed his Orders concerning che Bridges, which he com¡nanded. now to be burnt, to hinder the paffage of che Enemy, in cafe they fhould defign to recur'n chat way again. The Marfhal depaning from Couo rnarched fourteen or fif- (een leagues along the Road to the Callao, and then took che righc-hand way whkh , leads to Nanafca, where he expeéted to meet Hernande~: bue hearing no News of him, he marched towards Parih11anacocha, chough in che way chither he was to pafs. a rocky def~rt of above thirty leagues over: In chis paffage four Souldiers having robbed rwo Mules, one belonging to Gabriel de ,Pernia and the other to Pedro Franco (who were Souldiers of good reputation) and therewith Aed over to Hernan- . dez., che Maríhal upon notice thereof prefemly commanded the cwoSouldi€rsto ~ füangled, füf~íng, chat chey themfelves had been confeming chenmnto; which being efh~emel'llby all to be a piece of great injufiice and cruelry, caufed murmu- rings and difcontent i.n che Army, anda thonfand Curfes a_g¡üníl:1he Marfhal. As. Plllentir,() mentions, Cnapcei; 41 . The(e fout Souldiers which revolted mee wi~h D dd dd d ~ thcf