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 Commentaries. Boo K VIL CH A P. XXVII. Franciíco Hernandez proceeds forth to Battel : He mi/fes of his defig'!l, and retreats back again to his Camp. Tho- mas Vazquez revofts over to the King' s Party. Hernar'l- dez the Rebel declares a Prediélion which was made con- cerning himfelf. T H E ti~e being corn~, that the-R e b~l calculated to be the ~otpício~s hour_, he fatlJed out of h1s Fonrefs, wtth 800 Foot, of ·whtch (as P11lentino fays) 600 were Mufqueteers, and the reft Pike-men ; his Horfe were few, and nor exceeding thirty in ali: His Neger Souldiers, or bl'ack Guard, to the number of 250, he frnt by another way, joining a:bout feventy Spaniards with them, to lead themon, and to govern and din;ét thern in what they -had to do: But in thefe they repofed no great Confidence, intending thern only to dive'rr, and amufe the Enemy, who in the Night could not diftinguifh the ·difference of one from the other. The-Orders were, that thefe Negers fhould a!fail the J uftices in th.e F ront, and. /fer~im~ez.. in the R~ar; ª 9.d in this manner they filently marched towards h1s Ma¡efties Camp, wuh the1r Matches and Lights covered. In like manner the Kiog's Squadrons were al' drawn up in pofture of b~ttel, and remained quietly, and without noife with their Fires covered. The blatk Guard came.firft to the lntrenchment ·before Hern11ndez., where findíng no -refiftance, they entred io, and killed all the lndians, Horfes, and Mules, which the9 found there, together with five or fix Spani(h Souldiers, who out of Cowardife had Ieft the Army, and hid themfelves within the Intrnnchmenc. Hernandez.. coming afcerwards, fired a whole Volly of lhot into the Fortifica.:. tion, wic.hout receiving any return from tbence; but finding thai the King's Party fired ali their Mufque~s upon them, with their whole Train of Artillery, from another place ; they were much amazed, ia regard that contrary to their expeébtion, th~ Enemy had quitted their Intrenchments, aod drawn up in open Field: Mowfoever no great hure was done on either íide, for the Night bei ng very dark, every one fhot at random, alfd without any aim : Had thefe V !'.>llies of above 1300 lhot paffed by day, and fo near each to other, it had bcen impoffible, bue that the Fields !bould havc been covered wi llh the Bodies of the ilain. The Rebel perceiving that he was difappointed of his defign, gave h.i mfelf over for loll:, and fo retreated back to his Forti6cation in the befi: or<ler that he could. Howfoever he could not retire in fuch manner, but that 200 of bis meo forfook bien, who formely .belonged to the Marlhal, and ~ho now making' uíe of this occaÍion to efcape, threw down their .Arms, and revolted to the Juftices. In the mean time, the King's Forces would have puvfued the Ene- my in cheir !light~ buewere countermanded by their General, and other Oili- cers ; who ordered that no man fhould ftir out of his Rank, but fhould keep his ground; the which Rule was happil y obferved ; for a Party of Horfe per- ceiving that che Enemy intended not to fi ghc, fallied out upori them r_o ob- frruét their retreat; in which Aélion a €ornee of Horfe was killed, and three Cicizens of Coz..co were wounded, namely Dieg ode Stfoa, Antonio Ruyz. de Gue- rara, and Diego Maldonado the Ricb; the Wound of this laíl: was never cured to the day of his de~ th, whi (h happened to be elev n or twelve years after- ward s ; fo r it was always kept open by the advi ce Qf Chyrurgeons, and PhyÍI - cians, who were of opinion that the nature of che Wound was fo ch, that i~ would prove mortal-, in cafe it were do íed up and healed. By this refi!tance which t he Rebels made, rhey made good th.:: ir retreat, and retJrned to their ftrong Hold ; and greater had the flaughter been, had they been incercepted in t hcir paílage thirher . And now Hernandez.. haying not much reafon to boaft of hi s fo ccefs, abated greatly of his pride and haughtinefs, wh,en he fou nd cha-t · his