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 VIJ.I. Royal Commentaries. ,. thern entered into the Tree, whilíl: rhe other Joared aloft , being ready ~o take the Bird [o foon as íhe adventured out. When. rhe Bird was forced out by the Kefhel in the Tree, the orher without íl:{)o¡;>ed ar her like a B:awk ; whjch the Bird avoiding, recutned again to the Tree, to íhelcer her felf; thert the Keílrel, which was on the Wing, emered in after her, whilíl: the other took her place in the Air ; and thus they entered aricl fallied three or four times, umill ac laíl: che poor Bird adventured to fly cowards a building, where fhe fhelcered ·her felf within the hole of a Wall, fo linle; that tbe il\;efhels CGuld 1iot enter, and fo efcaped from being made a prey unto them1· AU this time fome Spaniards with great delight and curiofity obferved the many íbifts o( thefe Crea rures, whi¡;h na- . wre had taught them to maintain and preferv·e tfuernfelves. They have wild Bees in divers manners; but fuch as are hou fed and hived at hog 1e, they have none, neither have the Spaniards raught the Jndians as yet how to.rn ;mage th.em . Tlieir wild Bees hive themfelves, and make their Hooey in defts , and hollo w places -. of -the Rocks, and hollow Trees : che Bees which are. in the cold Coumries make .Jittle Honey, becaufe they want Flowers and odorifürous· Herbs , oQt of which to extraét ic ; and that little which they;do make is bit,ter; and tlie .Wax bfack, ána 'of no ufe : But in the wanner Co.untries, and more tenwerate¡ where the Climate yields good Herbs, and odoriferou_s Flow~rs ;' th~ Honey is excel- lent, and white, clean, and very fiveet : This fort of Honey being carried inro colder Countries, candies and turas to a. Suga~ ; they highly eíl:eem it, not onely becaufe i~ .is wholfome food, bue alfo becaufo it is medici1)_¡¡ l, and very whol- . (orne. 1· ..1 ,. ' J J 1~ .. CH. A P. XXI. O/ the divers forts of Parrots ; and how tal/zative they are. P Arrots breed, and are found moíl: commonly in the Mountains of Antü ; chey are of divers forts .and fizes, fome being greater, and fome lefs : the little ones are lefs than Thrutbes, and the great bigger than Kefrrels ; there aré fome aH over of the fame colour, others of great ~·ariety, being green, .yellow, blew and red, efpeciaUy thofe of the greanliind, which the Spaniards call Guacama'yM, which·· are of all colours, ~fpecially their Tails, which are long, and the Feathers fo fine, that che Jndians on dl.e.days of the Feíl:ivals adom themfelves with them ; from the beauty of which Feathers {ohn Bocacio took his fubjeét to frame the pleafant 'Novel of Friar Cipo/la. The Spa7!iards caU theíe Parrots by divers names, accor- ding to the difference of their fize and bignefs·: che leaíl: of ali they name Peri- quillos, thofe that are bigger they call CatttlnillM, and fuch as are a fize b'gg'er,. and. which [peak beíl:, they name Loro; and che biggeíl: of ali, which are dull, arad never [peak, they call Guacamayas, and are good· for nothing bue to look upon, for the beauty of their Feathers: Such as ·thefe rhey carry into Spain in Cages, for the aelight they have in hearing them talk ; but others , which are not Io beautifull, nor diverting, they think not worth the care and charge of tranfp0rt- ~ fo~ ; fa ~he Year 1 55 5, and 5 6, .there was a Parrot at Potoji, which was one of chofe called Loro, which was fo ready in its Tengue, that it would call rhe Indi- ans, as they paífed along the Streets, by the names of rheir feveral Countries; fuch as Colla, Tunea, Huayru, ~echua , &c. as if it had been acquainted with the feveral Safhes they wore on rheir Heads, to diíl:inguifh rheir Coumries. , Upon a certain day there was a beautifull Jndian Woman paffing the Streets very fine, and accompanied with three or four Servant-Maids, as if fhe had been fome great Lady, or ·Palla of che Bloud-Royal : 5¿ foon as tbe Parrot · X x · faw 337