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.

' ... ( I) RoyalCOmmCntades·. ... • • · - • ~ ... • ... • • f ~ • )- ,· • ' ... • .. "I' ~ '• ' r T" n., .:-·. : l. '' 1low ~h.e · lvew· World was Difcoverecl. : -~ . ..,.. ' BO U T the Year 1484, a cettain Pilot, Na ti ve of Hflva in the Cotinty of Niehla, called Alonfo Sane he~, ufually Traded iri a f mall- Veífel from .S¡ain to the Canaries; and there Lading the Commo- dities of that Countrey, failed .co the Madmu, and thence freigh- . teáwith Sugar and Conferves, returned home into Spain ; this was · ' liis coníl:ant courfe ami trafick, when in one of thefe Voyages mee.: ttñg with a moll: viole11t Tempeft. and notable to bear fail, he was forced to put .befare rhe'\Vind for the fpace of 28 or 2 9 days, nor kuvvvlns where Ol"'-Whither he werit, for in all that time he was not able to take an obfervation of the heighc of the Sún; flíld fo grievous wasthe fiorm, that the Mariners cquld with no c9n- veJiience eil:her eat or fleep; At length, after fo many long ánd teadious days, the Wiíld abating, théy foun·~ themfelves near an Iíland, which it ~as, is not cer• tainly known , but i~ is believed 'to have been St. Dof»ingo, becaufe that lyes ju!l Weíl: from the Canaries, whence a íl:orm at Eaíl: had driven the Ship, which is the more íl:range; becaufe the Eaíl:erly Winds feldom blow hard in thofe Seas, and rather .make faií: weather; than tempeíl:uous. But God, who is all-fufficient, in- tending to beíl:ow his mercies, can make cauíes produce effeél:s contrary to their natúre ; as when he drew water from the Rock, .and éured the blind with Clay ; in like q¡anner his immeníe goodnefs and compaffion defigning to tranfinit the light of the true Goípel into the new World, made úfe óf theíe unufüal me¡ms to convert them from the Idolatry ofGentilifrt:i, and fi:orh their fooliíh and aark , , fuperíl:itions, ·as fhall be related in the fequel of this Hill:ory. . The,Maft.e'r landing on the fhore 1 obíerved the height of the Sun, and fo no- . '· ted. parr~ru1~rJY.. in writing what he had feen, and what had happened in chis Voy- '-ageieut:''an<} h0ine:~. : ·and having fupplied himfelf wich freili water and wood, hé put tó Sé;(agárl:I\ 1 'but having not well obferved his courfe thither, his way to return was the more difficu!t, and rnade his Voyage fo long, that he began to want both water and provifions, which being added ro their forrrier füfferings, the ped· ¡>le fell fick, and died in that manner, ~hat of 17 perfons which carne out of S¡ain, there remained but five onely alive, when they arrived a~ the TercerM, of which tbe Mafier was one. Theíe carne all to lodge at the Houíe of that famous Gé- · noe(e, called Chriftopher *Colon, becaufe they knew him to be a great Seaman and * or Co/um- Coíinographer, and. one who made Sea-carts to fail by; and for this teafon he bus. received them with much kindnefs, and treareLI them wirh all things neceífary, that fo he might !earn from chem the particulars which occurred, and die difcoveries they had m:ide in this lab¡;;¡rious Voyage: bue in regard they brought a languHhing diíl:emper wirh them, caufed by their Sufferings at Sea, and of which they could not be recovered by the kind ufage of Colon; they ali happened to dye in bis·houíe, k aving their labours for bis iüheritance ; the which ne improved with foch readi- nefü of mind, that he underwent more, and greater, than they 1 1n regard that-they . B : laíled