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.

95? Royal Commentaries. BooK VII. CH A ·p. XX. What Francifco Hernandez afled after the Battel. He fends (Jjjícers to feveral parts of the Kingdom to plunder the Cities. The quantity of Silver which they robbed from two Citi~ns at Cozco. A "Fter the Battel °Francifco Hernandez.. remained forty days within his Fortifi- cation ; ·botl1 to pleafe himfelf with che thoughts of Viétory, and to cure thofe of che King's Parcy who had received wounds in the Fighr, whom he careífed and rreared as kindly as was poffible, to oblige rhem ro remain bis Friends, of which many followed him unrill che day of his overrhrow : during which cime, he' difpatched his Lieutenant-General Alv11rado ro Cow in purfuit of chofe who had efcaped out of che Battel: and likewife ordered his Serjeant-Major Antonio Car- rillo, ro go ro che City of Peace, ro Cucuito, Potocji and che Ciry of Plate, and to tra- vel over ali rhe Provinces co gather what Men, Arms and Horfes he.could find; that by foch an employment he might divert and recover himfelf from che melan- choly he had conceiv'ed for his late íhamefull flight out of rhe Battel of Chuquinca: , and particularly he charged him ro get what Gold and Silver he could find, and alfo the Wine which was hidden; far a cercainSouldier, lacely of the Maríhal's Army, named Francifco Bolonna, told him, chat he knew where a great quantity was concea- led : to briug which, Antonio Carrillo, with a party of rwenty Souldiers, taking Fran- . cifco Bolonna cogether with them, was ordered abroad :; of which twenty Souldiers two onely were belonging to Hernande:::., and the reíl: had been che Maríhal's men: for which reafon it was generally fufpeéted, and fecrerly whifpered, that Hernande:::. had fem .his Serjeanc-Major wich chefe mento confound and deíl:roy chem~ aad not co che end declared ; which accordingly happened, as we íhall fee hereafrer. Likewife {ohn de Piedrahita was fent to che City of Arequepa, to provide whac Men, Horfes and Anns he could find : and upon chis occafton he gave him the Title of bis Majar-General of the Army of Liberty; for fo Hernandez. fiyled his Forees, cal- ling rhem Refiorers of the People's Liberry: And chen to A/varado he named him his Lord Lieurenanr, that wirh rhefe fwelling Tirles chefe cwo grear Officers mighc be encouraged wirh more pride and vain-glory to aét rhe pare they had uridercaken. . According co Orders A/varado wenr to Coz,co in purfuit of chofe who had fled from che Batee! at ChuqHinca ; and che day befare he enrred into the City feven Souldiers of chofe formerly belonging·ro che Mar01al carne rhither (rhe chief of which was called {ohn de Cardona) and broughc the fad news of che Maríl1al's defeat, ro the grear grief and amazemenc of che whole City, who could not believe it poílible for fuch a ruinous fellow as Hernandez. to gain fuch a Viét9ry : and being now attrigh- ted with che cruelty of chis Tyrant, they refolved ali to fly, and abandon che Ci- cy rather rhan to fall inro his merdlefs hands. Francifco Rodriguez. de Villt'fuerte who was then Higlf Confiable, gachered what people of the Cicy he could toge~ ther, which, with che feven Souldiers rhac were fled, could fcarce make up che number of forty men, and with chefe he marched by che way of Collao : fome of thefemok upcheit lodging far che firft, night about a league and a half from rhe City of which che Higb Confiable was one, but ochers proceeded rhree or four Jeagues farther, by which means chey preferved rhemfelves: for chis honeíl {ohn de Cardona feeiog che Confiable cake up bis O!!_arters fo near che Town, he fiole privacely avJay from them, and carne ro Coz.co about midniªht, where he gave informarion to A/varado where Villafuerte and abour ' twenty others wicb him remained about . a league and a half 'from che Town: whereupon he commanded Alonfo Gonr;alez. che Hangman General wirh a parry of twency men immediarely ro march fonh and cake Vi!lafuerte and bis Companions ; which was performed with chac diligence that che next morning befare eight a Clock Pillafuerte and bis Companion~ were .all brought back to Cow, and delivered inro the hands of the Lord Lieurenanc Alvar11do; who intended to have puc Villafuerte and feveral of thoíe with him to death; bue in regard no crirne could be laid to their charge, rhe ' · ínter-