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 Commentdries. BooK 'li.' Bue as ro che précife yéar, Authóut!#c\iffer vefy rfü1Chl; 'f?,r~ t~máke wffiónef, and others latér ; ali~; ~d~e ~.i~~ ~a~~ itJ.n tl1: :Yfar 1"~~/~~a~itig~ey~f~~~ 4·.r . ~iic hüt to infifr on tbeíe feveral 0p\r:'i1~ifs, ~let ús· e~m~~rl' I!~ tt~s W¡tlHfie gtfaf and notable Aél:ibns whiclii' fdcceed~ai ~ 'füf 1r is moftic~ca1 , ápél tfféféiri,aU Aúfü0ürs agree, rhat i~ was _in ti\~ ye ar 1 _,5.2.~? 5 ~~lle~ PiráYf"o~i ~fm~ff~~· Á~1<rHl~@~dho~l--m~ífer Hern4h4o de Luca, ~!~ 1 ~ríl: ' ,e.nt~ r' 1n€0 .~r:cles of 1!b~l?~'Fhlirnvfllák '. :~htee 1 ~~ªfS afierwa'rds were fpent· ,ií tH e · fü fcóveij~HbefoJre füé~ arríved -the'.'fifíl:4u'i:iefat 'T'flitt· • pit-. Two' yéa~s fa~noe1-;paffea befürél~ey h~ulct füi!(~ l!h"eit'V_(lra~é.'llltd Sfat# o procure thé!r C6inrhillfürNd 1 mal?e' á: CO'ííque'fi!r láiia~~e'fdre"tñ?t~ t~fürn bael{ r6 Panama wifü' Amtnbfffü · H aba Provi(1pn's fer fucU 1 árr \jn~ei:talfr'ii ·.' In the y~ i 53 1, théy invaded che'Jífand Plt.na, ,aqd alfor 'l'uihpli ; ánd 'ó·: e'Cember of the fame year they tóoW~!1i'1Ji.alpl:i Ptifqner, llntl it\i ' Mtlr~ -fo!ldw~n ,,t>eing fh~ :Yffi , ¡ 0 1 he was pur hN=>t!affi ; ih Cfllo~efl 1 folld{fí~~ mt!Y"érffrN iqta t:a~o, wh~ die Gbvernour reíldéd ifürill April-r 5 3~) wheq ne«rs ~~me-óf fHe Afti'Va of )J[i;$t. rada ; ancl in SeptJJlbc :Jie ~e~arted 'ffürn Cot.~o fü/~e~I~~; ~itt~ 'P~ ftiin ~he ~O­ ney accofQing to agf-eehWn .· A'nCilfáb u~ füe ·~flnmg of. tlle year I) 3;¡., ~ihg Twelfrh-day, or the biv dP the ·R!íii'~s, he láiMrie'Fo~hdátl0n df 1 t.liát Gity, ·a!)d fo 'dlled ir lá ci1t!ad d& 'fbsl.ejes, ·er '.f~~ CiEY ' qf' t~.(Ni~gSf ! i 'ln 're!rfembrante·of which he made rhe A ·Jh oT meí.G:if}'<t0 'Be Tb ée 1 Cfow~~, Wifü'tsrlat íhlñi!lg over them:; tHe Forrtl , ~ 1 Model ·ón~was V'ery oe'ápt\füll, for m! 1 Mfüket' pJkte wai; yery Wide and lafge~ unlefs '~érp it wa~ t B 'w füe, fdr thele:-Ry" ili'd 8tr~élS alfo ,\rere wide and íl:reígbt ; fo rhát 'bln ,evhy é&~ér i bf-tH~íW róB-W~ys; rtl)(! 1:ields maybe íeen oh·aH 0&~. '.~rl~~t~orth''fi~f~~r~1s a'Hiv~~ frt)lii wtlteli fev ral Cllji'nels are cítt, to water che · ands rdü11a at@ut ·, r~1tl ,ro füpply llfi Hou[e ín the City \vtth Water. Thi$ l1own', ar aJdííl:ancd makes fld goodílieW nor appears well,' be6mfe the Houfes are 'not cbvere~ \vl:tH 1 '.fii¿; 1 1:íut rpatCRe~ with a fort of Sfraw Wfiicl\ chat Colffi?"ey'yields? f9! 1n regatd,l :Vheve~· Ra1 J CM that Climare, nor for many Leagues d1íl:am on euhed1de aldng the Coart ~ ''fli1: coverings of che Houíes are ali rnade of a forr of Straw, or Rufhes, which grow in that Coumrey; on which laying a kind of Morrar, or Earth, rnixed with Straw, two or three .fingercs thitk:,.iHllak€5~~fonrn.againli-ffieHeats"Cf the Sun : But as ro the Buildings themíelves, borh wirhin and wirhour, rhey are good and commodious, and they daily improve their Art in Archireéture. This Town is about two finall Leagues dillant frnm the Sea ;. but as the reporr is, the parts neareíl: to rhe Sea are beíl: inhabited. The Glimare is hot and moiíl:, aná much of rhe fome remperamenr wirh rhat of Andafu:{;ia; the difference of which is onely, rhat t~1e Days rhere are nor fo long, nor the Nights fo fhort in {uly and Attl}t_{f, as they at:e here ; fo thar t]ie Sun arifing ~!1~re ~ore lat~ <!,nd ferring more eady, harh nor umero 11eat and warm the Earrn, as m chofe Kegions where rhe Days aré longer ; fo that rhough rhe füuarion be nearer the Son, ~et the Nighrs being long , rhe Earrh hath more rime to become cool, and ro be refrefhed : Bue in regard the Hears are coníl:anr, and admit of f mall remillions, the lnhabitancs being habituared or accu., íl:omed rhereur;ito, do in~~nc and.. conrtive preventio.ns_; remé~ies ága~níl: the H~rs, ~both . \h rf)e rnol_rt1F ~(':füeir H<:>tlfes/Gatm'em~J .Beddmg, wh1c'h tbe'y fo ·cover anCf feljce, ~hat rt1'te ifl)1éS anc3 1 GF1éks ( ~' ith wH that Co~mrey Is n;pc'h ~nf~íl:ecl) ' e~fi'baye no .paífugg· ~~ Mhcfü~'·ot · diíluro -liti repo[e, ' e1ther by ·day or n1gdt:; for ;rH hefe qó"1rG1·0tirlasJ!hl:l 'Marlhés, ihe ('.}h are extt1eíbely bulie ahd. t oub1efome; ~ "~11 by dliy' as l5y nighr j'\thofe , ffiCh are bpíle ar night, 'rnake a buzziHg! h~ 1are of the, f.1me' o ohr ' '6t111 'füch 1 ~\\~ have he e, onely t'lfcit füey are imucW-kréáter, a'n{l -fi¡1fg !fo tér!fül}I 1 'f füit 1 rhe , ~t,!W­ ards fay, thar théy will bite rhrorigh la pair óf Cor,ao t1n. Bóots,;) ~1l fi a ps ltri~ée21 rhey 111ay pa~ a kilfit Srockin, wiHl~á-'I!inlm cln 'tlíM r 1 it , 1 Bút'hot 1f 'it were '8f Cloth or Kerfy ; atid indeed in ídíne 1Go1:1ntries th~y · t-e dilf h more keen5aAfl ~ungry 1 rJ1an th~y are in others: ".P~ .·G~cl t~ ,~41iéh 1 rf\fe tróul:lltlfolile by day,t ~re hrrle, ·and nor 'mrlcn unl?ke. tho(ewlfid1 1 aee 1 f.ler lBf~d'ihSh6ps, ahd . ~'eneraleBirstn Wine ;, dnely chey ' ar~ -Of a yellowiíh edlour, <ancPlo; i.hiríl:'y '8f'e>16 d, ( rHaldf&I !~ave heat~ crel:libly repdi-'ted) rna~y o,f hem 'have be!:!td'een t<t)lbbf ' at rheThYrk ume th 1 ar rhey ,have b~e'llfuck.ing _: 11 ~ ri'y 1 füis 1 experltn~m¿ T 1 Hkve'fitfferetlfóliie of rhetn to fuck of my 'b'loud, 'as mu Ji ·as they would '3 áM {\ he'n ~diey w€re lfüU. - they wou!B drbp off, ahar rowl~ . biit ' !ere not able 1 éo go or ':fly :' 1 lfhe ~ing ·df theíe Gnars are in fome degree poifonous, efpecially to fome forcs of . fléfrl 8 ~ which rhey will make little wounds, chough not dangerous, or of great mom'em. , . . . 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