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 Commentaries. By reafon that the City of los Rejes is of a hot and moiíl: Air, Fleíh will immedi- ately corrupt in it; and therefore when it is newly killed and boughr, it muíl: be eaten che fame day, which are all qualities different to the Climate of Co~o, thac be~ng hot, and tbis cold, or remperate. The Cities and other Colonies of Spa~ niards, which are fituare along the Coaíl: of Peru, are all of rhe Carne tempera- ment with the Town of los Reyes, being under rhe fame degree. All the other Cities,within the ~and from f2_uitu, as far as Chuqui{f{ca; whicb runs for the fpace of feven hundred Leagues Norrh and South, are ofa pleafanc Climate, not being ' <:old as Gouo, nor hot like Rimac, but of an equal and moderate ~emp~rature; excepting onely the fimation of Potofi, where the Mines of Silver are, is extreme- ly cóld, and the Air penetrating. The Indians call it Puna, which is to fay, a Cli- mare, nor ,habitable by reafon of coldnefs ; howfoever the love add thiríl: of Sil- ver ha:th invited fucfa numbers of. Spaniads. and In4ian¡ t-0 tha.t place, that ac _pre- fent ir is the molt pQpulous, a.Qd tbe beíl: ferved with Pr.ovifions of a9y <:;ountrey in all Peru. Acofta in the 6th C~apter ofMs 4tl¡i :5ook, me.P.ti_oni,ng th~ G[lqatn~fi of thac Colon~h fay\ that tbe Town, that isJ ch~ place, 4iw~itec1 ~ tWQ Lqagqe?.; ( which are fix miles J in compafs. . . , • Thus much íhall lile fufficient to have fpoken iJ1 gep~ra.l o.f all the Cjries a.nq Plantations of Peru; fo as chac we need not Ereac farther of any one in p~rtjcul(!r: But co retum to the City of los Reyes; we fay, that tbe Gqv,etn.ou.r Fr4ncifco Pi,wro having foundecl this City, and 4\vided the Lands, Fields, ami lnheritan¡;:~ ~qge::­ ther with che lndians amongíl: bis_ Spl1'7iards, h~ d~fcended to - ~he Valley of c;h~1110, about eighty Leagµes Northw,ard from ws Reye.s, éJlong the Sea-coal:l, and. ther.~ bulle another Cicy, which to this day is called~'.f'r-uxi/lo, apd was fo naq¡eq iq re- membrance ofhls own C0,untrey: At whidi p,lace alfo he. Ill,ade a divifioq q{ Lands to the firll Conquerours, to whom he marked out the fev.eral ~rovinc~ Lands ancl Poífefijons, which belonged to every perfon iQ r:ewa+d of ~,Iw lªbou1'$ and bazards which every perfon had fuíl:aine,d. The like h,e per.form<ip in tb~ City and Countrey of los Reyu, where he witb great applauf~. and fatisf<Jétion é\Í- figned to every Man his íhare and due proportjon ; fo thac ic appeared as if the Land began to he at ~ce, and all thing,c; to difppfe themfe!ves toward s qaje cneí§ and enjoyment : And having tb1,15 juíl:ly fbared co che firíl: Conqqerours e.he.ir qqes, 1.t was not to be doubted, but that he would d€al with Qthe(s, who were to fol.- low with the like equalicy. And being thµ$ well employ,ed, ~ this fam9us Ga- valier ever was in all the courfe of his life, we ! hall now leave lµm fqr '1- whU~ ' t~ tr~t of other matters, which at che f~11J~ ii.me p,¡ifiecl aro911g(l tl}e .(ndi1,11f1: ¡. Xxx 2 e HA .P.