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.

BooKIX. Royal e ommentarie.s. Olives mighc b~ engrafted on thofe Trees whicb the lndians cal! !2.!!ifhuar, for both rhe Wood and rhe Leaf is much like ao Olive; and 1 remember when I was a Eoy, rlilar 1 have often heard the Sp4niard1 fay,, that Olives and Oil did proceed from Tre€S like thern; but che truili is, that Tree is barren, for thongh it cafis out a Leaf hke the Olive, yec it foon wichers and falls : for wanc of Canes we dim ufüallyin Co~co make our Darts ofthat Wood; forCanes will not grow in fo cold a Counrrey a'.s thar. . CH A P. XXIX. Oj rheir Garden-Herbs, and other Herbs, and of the great- nefs of them. O F ali the.cemmon Herbs, and Plants,. aAd Roots, · which arn eateH• ifll Sp11i11~ there was non€ in Berru; thac is to fay, LemKe, Radi~es, Tmnips, Gadick, Onions, 13eecs, Spil'lage, Goards, Garden-CaFduus, Afparagus, and the li;ke, which grow in S¡¡ain, onely there was Puríloim anal: Peilllyroya1; · nor of Se'1©s filad they Peafe, or Beans, or Lentils, or Annifeed, or Muíl:ard-feed, cr Carroways, or Rice, or Lavandc¡:r., nor many other Herbs and Plan~s.; nor haq- they Rofes, or Gillyflo,wers o[ various fores, as we hav~ in Spaini n<Dr Jafmincrs, nen: ouliier odori- ferous Flowers. · , · · · · Of all rhefe Herbs and Ffowers which ·we have atready named,. and mány bEhers, .which 1 eann©t nowcall te> mlllcl,~ tliere-are no.w fuch great quantities, and whi.ch do now abound to that dégreé;. 1 11hao they are cumherfome and 1 perniQic;>us to ~he ground, haiving fo fpread and rootel!Ítthernfe1ves in fome Vafües, tfuat they cannot be eracfü:ated and defrroyed by the Arr and lndufliry ofMankind; and ha- vimg .fo o.v~r-run fome Vallies; thac they have rooied ouc nhe ancient name, anc;l caufed them to take that of ~he pvevailing Weed, witnefs tha~ of Rucm¡¡,J which is flQW called the Valley of geod Herbs upon.the (:oaíl:. In the Cicy of' los Reyes the firfl: Spinage and Endive which rhey fowed grew to 'rhat prodigious heighr, that a Man eould nor reao:h the itop of i~ wloh his Hánd) a!ild fo thick, that a Horfo could not pafs thuough them ; ª"d a,JJ other Herbs gvew to rne like ranknefs and targenefs at the begirnµn~;:i iullike. rnanliler \Mheat in niany pans yields.nhree hun- dred Builiels for one. 1 • , • • • • • 1 In the VaUey,0f Hu.arau., ·lately peopled by a Cololily whioh the Vice-king Don Hurtado de ..Mcndofa fent thivlner, the like abundance was ol:íforvable; for in th~ Year 1 s 60. being upon rny •Voyag,e into Spain , on~ 0f thb Inh abita ms of thac Celony, Cél'JledGarci' Tf4u.p1e1t,, who had be~11Ja1 St?rvam : ro . m;r Fad !J.eu , cartied me to his Houfe, where ati Sup¡ner he gave me fome Bread, afild:;uold me, '~hat it was of that Coro wbich had'yiefüed himthr~eihunclred for '0ne7 1 )ina'fo much l te!lyou~ faid he, thatyim rl'IAJ. report it af a' trf.tth iñC8pain; which when,I feémed to aclrnir€, Ga-,,ci Y11~quf~ aifured rn~ uhác hnight-·belieye •iv., for .drar upan' the Faith 0f a Chriíl:ian he had fowed normófe tharr í::~0 .BUAfels an~ ·it.. half ofWhcr:tt, ai;id that t,hey h:¡d prodmrncl 680 Buíh~ls, 1whid11rwere heaped ioiibis::6ranat y; añd tlia~ he tbQijght he -had loíl: as mucln. Jmore.for iwanc:df people r0Jiather it in. . · · Once I remember, chaox~lioig r~his'{tony -t~f Gonfato Sii l!e{treJi of wh0n1 '1-\re have made rnencion in .oar Hilloúy,,.of Ffo¡¡ida; 1and' íhall have'fat~he.r occafion"' to.name him, when we íhall have. cieduced our ma.~ter rn bis tim€, itri~ c;0nffrmed th~ fam~', and farrher aífor~d .me, thá.t · ih•the Prc).Vrnce of Ch.11quij)itai , ::·whicq is 11c:;ar t~ th(il River of Pi/(gu1My1J, ami! wherq· ñe liiath .f~une Lands, chabt!ne1tiirll: 1 1;if ear be fQwed Wheat, ic ~ielded · him f©l!Ír,fomalré4i ' Eü{b€ls f©pone. Jnifi~)ftiar 1'ft l1.' wh~ l)qri G11rfia,de Mendo~a went GovevllOU1.1 1ii11d"aChiif,1.and raiklngrthe Poi;t ip.f :Hxita in bis way 1 it was told hirn, tllat'in a cerrnín .Valley, near co1.rha-t plac€ i ca~led Crt~ E e e · fªPª' 393