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.

(, Royal Commentariet• ~OOK VII. .. CH A P. XIX. The gr·eat Trouble and' Diflurbance which the · News of the . lofs of the · Marfbal caufed in hú Majeflfa Camp. The means which the Juftices took_ to repair this Lofs. The Dífputes and Differences amongft the O/ficers , whether the Army ought to march , · or not to march againft th~ Rebels. One of the Captains of the Rebels revolts to the !íinls Forces... T HE fame rumour which at the Battel of Chuquinca affri~hted Antonio .de Car- rillo, Serjeant Majar to Francifco Hm:ande:::;, and Albert,os 8.e Ordunna, and cau- fed them to fly upon a·groundlefs repare thac Hernande:::;, was ílain; and which af- terwards was comradiéted, and the truth divulged of the Viétory he had gained: the fame rumour being fpréad amongíl: the Indians was relaced to che Spaniards who lived in che Countries thereabours ; who caking the News upan Hear-{;iy,, wroce ir to che Juíl:ites, with demands of a reward for their good cydings; bdc it was not long _befare winged fame brought che true relati'on of the fatal ovér- thtow of che Marfhal and his Forces, which raifed gr-eat coníl:ernation and trouble in his M~íefiy's Army; and carne to that h~ight, ~hat? as Palentjno faith, Chap. 4:6. a Counc1l was held amongíl: che three Julhces, w1thout any reafon or caufe for l~ eicher ·to put the Juílice Santillan to death, orto fend him .~rifoner into Spain, u~.n pretence chat chis Santiflan had caufed the lofs of rhe Battel ; but Doétour Sarti- vta differing from the reíl: in his opinion, nothing was determined againíl:.him. / And indeed we are not to think it íl:range, that men íhould imagine fome. fou1 play in this matter ; for chis Viétory of Hernande~ was fo contrary to .che expeéta- tion ofali men who had any knowledge in the Affairs of PerH, that no man would believe but that the Marfhal was becrayed, and fold by his own people, and con. fequemly chey pitched upon the perfons whom rhey fufpeéted and itnagined to be che Contrivers of it: And herein they fo confidently ílood , and believed , that if an Angel from Heaven had come and revealed che truth, they would not have been perfuaded into another belief; untill chey faw many ©f chofe whom they fufpe'lted of chis Treachery, and who. were fled from the Batrel, to come to bis Majeíl:y's Camp for refuge, íhowing che Wounds chey received, and the Marks of their ill treatment; and then they were convinced of the Errour they had recei- vea, and begun to enterrain a good ópinion of their faithfulnefs and loyalty : fo foon as che people were recovered from their arnazement , the J uílices ordered Antonio de ~innones, a Citizen of Couo, with a parry of fixty Mufqueciers, to march to the City of Huamanca for the d~fence thereof, and to receive fuch as were fled thither from the Barre! , and to hinder che Enemy from taking any re- frefhments or fuccours from thence, of which they might íl:and in need ; and fo ic happened accordingly ; for Hernande~ fent Captain Cobo to che City for Provi- fions and Medicin~s to cure his wounded men ; bue Cobo having intelligence that Antonio fl!!: innones was coming thither, he retired from HHamanca w¡chout doing what he ddigned. ' At this time.two Letrers were brought to che·Jufiices from divers pares almoll a't che·faine iníl:ant, one was from che Marfhal de A/varado, complaining of bis i1l forrune _and the refraél:arinefs of che Pe1'ple who would not obey his Orders, nor follow hisDire&ións: che other was from Lom110 de Aldana , which in very few words gave an account of che ill fuccefs of che Battel, faying char it was done agai níl: the fenfe and opinion of all rhe principal Officers of the Arrny : as Palen- tino wr ites, Chap. 47. in chefe words: Upon Monday laíl: 1 wro.te ro your Lordfhip, fignifying whac I th~n fufpeéled and íeared; for I had no fooner concluded my Lecter, rhan Lucifer emered into rhe Maríl1al and moved him to refolve iníl:antly to aífault Hernande~ in che Poíl: where he had fortified himfelf againíl: ch~ feofe and opinion of ali his Offic.ers, and particularly