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 VII. Royal Commentaries. . the hummi~g ceafed, t hey conduded, fuch pe rfo~ to be the evil fpeaker and fr_om that ucne, 'they would conceiv_e malice againft him; and for ever preve bis Enemy. And upon fuch foolenes as thefe, the Friends of He.,.nandez.. de- c~ared, that ~he lndiam. ha~ no Are in Necromancy, nor was any Faith to be ·gtven to the1r Prognofhcauons. The Rebel Hemandez.. overtook his A rmy in a plain, which is behind the Fortrefs of Coz..co, •where, as Palentino faith, he maéie a vifit to Francifco Rod.,.i- g~ez. de Villa fHe~t~, who was Jufrice in ordinary of that City; coinplaining . htghly of the Cmzens of Coz..co, and f wearing that he would kifl and deftrov them, becaufe the.y had done him ali the mifchief that they were able : but he bada mind to quarrel with them becaufe they efjJoufed not his Caufe, nór fol- lowed him as he defired. From thence he m~rched bis Army9over thofe Bilis 'which are Eaftward from the City, as his Aftrologers had direél:ed, and carried bis Wife with him to the great grief of all her Friends and Relations, faying, That he would not leave her in the power of his E~emy, to revenge themfelves on her fot the .Crimes óf which he himfelf was only guilty; and fo he proceeded to the Valley of Orear, about five L'eagues from the Cíty : And befe 1 will leave hil'n for a while, to fpeak of the Prefent which the Son of t.-his Francifco RodrigHez.. de Villa fHerte made me in Spain, though 1 had formerly never feen him, nor · had any other acquaintance with him than by intercourfe of · Letters. The fecond Son, 1 fay, ~f this Gentleman, was fent into Spain to ftudy, and lived in Salamilnca feveral years, where he irnproved greatJy in all Sdences ; he was called Don Fetici11no Rodr.iguez.. de Villa fuerte, which name agreed properly with the Gallantry and Ingenuity of h'is Spirit. At the beginning of this Year 16 11, thii G~ntleman did me the favour to fend me a little Box about the length and breadth of half a Sheet of Paper, ali filled with Holy Reliques, wrapt up in feveral parcels with Infcriptions thereon., what, and of whom t hey were ; and amongft the reft, there was a little piéce of the Holy Crofs, put into a Frame of Wood curiouíly Carved, and coyered with a Glafs, and gilded about the Crofs, which was eafie to ·be feen. With this Box ·of lleliques he fent me two Dials made by his own Hand, one of the Slin, with a Needle turning to the North, the Shadow on which perfeétly fhews fhe Hour of the Day. Another Dial wás of the Moon curiouíly wrought ac- cording to the exaét Rules of Aftrology, with all the Circular Motions divi- ded into t'wenty nine parts, which m·ake up the Days of the Lunary Moneth : lt hath alfó tbe true Figure of the Moon with its lncreafe and 1 Decreafe, its Conjunél:ion attd F:ull: lt alfo by the fbadow caft on it (the Gnomen thereof beingaltered accorcHng to the age ofthe Moon) fbews the Hour of the N ight; it ' hath affo many Óther Curiofities which 1 fhall omit in this place, ali which was made by his own Hand, without any other aid or direél:ions whatfoever, both as to the Material Part, as alfo to the Mathematical, to lhe great admi· ration of many curious Men, as well Virtuofi as others: And for my part, 1 cannot but glory and boaft very much to fee a Man born in my Country and my Cicy, to have been the Mafter of fo excellent a piece of Ingenuity and Learning, fo niuch admired by tJ:ie Artifl:s of this part. of the_World ; the which may ferve for a demonfl:rauon of the Natura! Gemus of che People of Per11, and their capacity to receive all Artsaod Sciences, as well thofe who are of Mongrel Race between Spaníards and lndians, as ali others boro there, the which we touched upon before, ªt?d fignlfied how much fome have been irnproved therein by the lndufl:ry and Authority of our Schoolmafter ']ohn de Cuellar, who was a Canon of the Holy Church of Coz.e.o, who taugbt Grammar in chat Cicy, tbough but for a lhort time. Praifed be our Lord God for the ' fame. Amm. Which havingfaid, we fh all return to Peru, to relate the foc- cefs of bis Majefties Army in their March, havíng k ft them formerly in che City of Hmmuinca. CH A p. 957