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 IX. Royal Co.mmentaries. .thflr Pap€lrS wbre Mdfonger.s' ltO twhom the Spani:ards had decla(ed· their minds; ~nd ffJokeA 1th©~ w,orcls iwhioh weue <rl1tli.vered -ro them,.<alild . tha:t tmey were as ~~je_s t0 ·teH .Whatl.bev~J.iltm~y'Jfa\v· in mlie )W/&y where nhey nrai\leH~&; .aF1.d · tfo~11efore -w,heR ,méy fcl:L<t.© ·th€ir ttfear, -nh'ey la:id . 1the1 Baper hebihi!rl . a .ban!\,· thatJÍit migl:f[ :net ( ere them. As irhey ,craiVJdll~d nn rheiEd'9llll\€f, ::lnG tlrat .carri~d _the · five Me'- )o.NS faid ;to him:ill'lhat .haG! 1IDl'e ~fmqr,; i:füvf.e ito~ith 1this· '<Ddd bumh>er, <\mr Mafie_r :wj-ll fufpdt that l ~e hav.emtmrorle,~:aW ,uh'erefure letllils· e-at anorlhet, ·r-e> :ma.f}e thém eqmah dfiris witty Counfel •p:l~afücb:iwelk<aiicl Jfo ·:~y , ágreement they fare flh>w·n .aad ane tQe)Óther :_) Ami beimg l'l®Wk@me.,to 1theirtMafter, the~ .prefented hi,n;J· ·wiclil ~ght:iMelons ohHt~· wb reil'ding<the Lett~r. ~)i asked .i;hern what wa5 J.iaome .~f d'!e':'(i) ther rw.oMellmis, :for thaoithe rf:.'@liner ·fPfumecl ten. , ;No Sir, faid the~'" 1the•SP 'eitr1tr.ti 1gav.e UJ J/ut eight. rufli; ídtffyoY iie1 ,;~i1d Í1?#,ónio SolM", for U,eIPaper fpMkJ uf un: :r iWi llerewith due .¡¡i0.onFelluwsrbecame .fQ) ,afftigfutecl aind rnnfufed, tbat they bew· 1not what to rnply, ·but 0aely.· l!o ronf.?~ 't~e trud>1, 1 fay·ing, that with .great OOáfDn theñ 'p.a.ni~ dJ were caHed rtiracocha '. f mc~ _they 1W<ir€ able to pe- netrate into, f'llffii1hjdd em Sec rnts.. A Seor.y of the. 11ke , nanure- 1 Goma~-'i rda~es t0 have happened in the Iiland of Cttba, when i~ . was at firíl: poffeffed by the seaniaYds 5 · anti indeed ic' is::ñ~ w0111der that t11e fame ~n~an¡;e ihmíild h~ c0mmod i!l all patt.s of the new Wcirld:; for tihe fimplicicy of dl'd Jndian.s was f~di, aiahat ;wha(foevei: was new, and nG>t feen fo them .before, could never:enter"into rheir :~pacities, and 0aely fern0d 'l!O fil! them with wonder (lnd·admiratidn'.; fotwfoi~füever thej obferved to be e xtraordinary in the Spani ards , fuoh, :J.S' rimning· o11l•,Horfebacli, breaki~g 9xen.to tlhe Yok:, , ~nd pfougJüng .t.he groun? wifü,~b~m; ·~<V{üng Mills, ami hml dmg ~nch es for .fü1dges, íhootmg w ith . Guns,•.<m~ kl.llmg aran 'hundred and two hñndr't!cl paces, anct the like, wer~a.U fuch mir.<wles • 'to i th~m, as could .not be effeéteq hy other mea!ils; than fome Divine 'P.oweb .aMd rfor tfuar reafon they called ~he Spaniards Gods, as·they did :in the evi~encé whichrthe Paper gav~ againfr them. . 1 1 ' \ 1 , , - · , · ' ' • • .. 1 '1. .. , , ·I CH A P. XXX. OfFlax, AfParag~, Vifnagas, with which they cleanfe Teeth 3 and Annifeeds. N O R was 'there Flax in Pme at 6ríl, but Donna Catalina dé Retes, who was a , Native of Se. Lucar, and Morher-in-law to Francú de Villafuerte, a noble and religious Lady, and one of the firíl: Nuns of che Convent of St. Ciare in Couo, expeéted in the Year 1 5 6b. to receive fome Flax Seed from Spain, to fow in that Counrrey, togerher with Loorns and lnfüumems to fpin and weave Li- nen for their Houfes; but in th~ Year chat I departed from Peru, I canílot fay that chofe things were as yer brought; but íince I ~ame from thence, I have heard that confiderable quantities of Linen are made there, though I cannot avouch how great Spiníl:ers the Spanifh Women have been, nor how good Hufwives my Countrey Wornen are ; for I did never fee them fpin Linen, though I have feen them fow, and weave Cottonand fine Wool, which che lndian Women fpan wirh great curioficy, though they combed it with their Fingers, for want ofCards where- with to card it, and cherefore they may be excufed, if they be not as yet bti'COme fuch excellent Spinílers of Linen as our 8panijh Houfwives are. · But to· rerurn to oúr former Difcourfe, relating to the great eíl:eem which thé Fruits and Cornmodities of Spain had gained in ene Jndies·at firft1 when the Spa- E e e i niardi 395