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.

Roya~ Commentaries. BooK VII. of the Bridge com_mi~ted to him, he had fcarce been the~e two· days! before the Van of his Maielhes ·Army appeared; upon fight of wh1ch, notftayrng any longer or obferving who they were, or in what number, he fet fire to the Bridge, and burnt it, and afterwards returned to bis Captain General, with ali expedition; which Afüon, as Pa/entino faith, fo_ much difpleafed Her- nandez: that he ga:ve Gávilan very fevere words for havrng fo done: Tholigh I catlfi~t inragine, what reafon he fhould have for it; 9for fince he had no in• tentibn, as may be believed, to retúrn again by that way, 1 know not what dam- mage bis Party corlld recei"."e thereby ; ancf it is 'very evident on t~e con~rary,, • t-hat the enemy was datnmfied artd-forced to great ttouble, and difficulues m tbeir paffage over. ·s-ernandez:. marched by the Valley of Yucay, to enjoy (tho' but for 2 days) the pleafures of that delightful Coumry: and being come with hís i\rfi1y within a Le'ague of Coz:.co, he turned off by the left hand; being per- Maded by the A.ftrológers, Díviners, or Prognofticators, not to go thither,; faying, that his errcrarlce there, would be unf-ortunate, and prove h~s overthr~w: to'evídeñce which, they ptoduced many Ex.ples, as well of Ind1an Captarns, as óf Spaniards, who had been defeáted after their entrance intó Couo ; but they did not fpecifie thofe who Md bem fuccefsful, of which we could give . niMY. particulárs, in cafe it were pertinent to our purpof~. In cor¡firmati~n hereof, Diego Hernandez:., (chapters 32, and 45) names4 Spamards, amta ·Monf- can Womán, who were efteemed-skilful in the Art of Necromancy, artd who gave olit, that they beld a correfpertdence with a familiar Spkit, which difco- veréd to thetn all the fecret counfels,artd aétions which were refolved,and which pafled ih bis Majefiies Camp; which report ferved to keep many people fo iñ awe, th:it_they élurft neither adventure to fly, ;ior alt any thing to the prejudice of che ilebels, left the Devil fhould make a difcovery of their intentions. I my felf faw a Letter which Hernandez. wrote to Piedrahita at Coz.co, when orders wete fent him to go·to Arequepa, as we faid before: And in ~hat he tells him, that he íbould not remove out of the City on fu ch a day of che Week, but on füch a d:ty ; atld that bis natne of 1111m was ~ot to be written hencefotward witít án v. brtt wit"h ·an o. of wliich náture were many otlier ·t.hings in the · f.etter, which 'I 'cántfot. fo particufarlfredlember, gs to del~ver tnem in Writibg, only 1 c'an fay; 'that he was ºgeneially efteemed f<lr a Che-at, and an Impo- frer: A:nd by this fort of Conjuring and -Tricks, (as is ufu~) he haft""'. iled his O'faJD ruirte ~hd deftruéfion, as' we (hall fee by the fequel. ' 'The Welllwifhe'ts cif Herttandez:., 'whowére acquah1ted w.ith the Correfpon- dencies :ind Compalts which he had with Wi·zzards; made it aqueftion.among(l; thénfft:lvés, wby he m-ade no ufe óf the Jndians of the Cóuntry who were fa- motls for Cdnjuratioris, :rnd Diabolical Arts: To which anfwer was made, that théir General had no Opinion of che Magick and Witchcraft of the In- dfans,; Which Wel'e fooleries, rather than any. real contraét, or dealing with the Devil. And hfreiá they had fome reafon, as we have proved and evinced by fe- veral Inftarlces, ih the firft part of thefe Commentaries, Book__the 4. Chap. 16, One 6fwhich, was their Prognoftícation of good or .bád Fortune, by che pal- pitation or twinkliog of the Eye; and another fort of Divination they took from che buzzing, or finging of che Ears, which, as we mentioned in che foregoing Chapter, fo we fhallhear repeat it again; having the Authorityof a Synod held in that Empir~, whereby this vain Superfiition is condemned by a Catholick Cannon; and Advertifements are given to Confeffors, to let them know, that the Jndians take their Superfütious Divinations from feeing and hearing : That of the hearing, , I have obforved many of them to ufe in this manner, when they found a¡¡ any time a humming or buzzing in their right Ear; they faid, that fome Friend or Kinfman was fpeaking well ofchem-; and to know who this Friend was, they would clap the Paltn of their right hand to their Mouth, and breathing hard upon it, they would think of fome Friend, and then ~arry it clofe i:o the Ear; and if the humming did not pre- fentl y ceafe, they would think of another Friend, and do as before; and then of arlother; and he, wirh thoughts of whom the ¡mmming went away, it was condulled, tbat he was the perfon who fpake well of the Party. lJn lik:e maliner, when they found a humming in their left Ear, they would fay, that an Enemy fpake ill of them; and to fincl out who it w.¡¡s, they ufed the Hke applirntion of their left hand, and he, with whom in theír thoughts · che