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Rt()yal

Commentaries.

low

Miyz

Spanifh

Women made

ket and

..ritcer

and other Di

1es,

both

for

healtllfiill_,

(and

people that were fick ;

for

the

hyfici~ns

.in

rhac

oun–

trey

forbid WHeaten }jread

.all

thofe that are

fick,

and

refcnbe them no other

diet rhan

wliac

made of Mayz.

this Flour, with

wat~r,

they brew

their

Dti~k

which the

Irulians

know how

make fower after a cenain manner, that

it .boc~mes

exceftent Vinegar. Of the Cane before the May:t

ripe, th y

mak~

rare

Honey ; and

after

ripe, the Canes

being

dried, are good feeding. for

all

Ont6l.

ome

Indian1,

who love

be drunk, lay

Cara

fieeping in the

water,

un ..

t~ill

be grown, and then they grind it, and

boil

it in the fame water, and afrer-

''\ ard

draw it off, and

keep

untill it be finle

This

the firongefi drink

t11eyi

have and wHkh prefently makes them drunk, they call it

Vinnapu,

and in other

Lan~ages

Sor-a.

Incas

forbad it, becaufe

it '

a fo

'4iolent and llrong, though

now-,

they fay, it is come

ufe again amongfi

fome

toping fellows.

All

·thefe

ttft ,

a we

have faid,

diey

have of this

Gara,

befide many others in Medicines

Phy!iGk,

and in Plafi:ers,

we ·have menti0ned in the other

part.

· Tne

next fort of Grane, which is ripe in rhe

Marvell:

of that Countrey,

that

ch they call

~inua,

mall Rice, becaufe

form and colour it much refem–

bles it..

This Plant

the fialk or blade, is very like our Spinage, the leaf being

very render, and much ufed by the

Spaniard1

ancl

lndians

all their boiled Difhe

and is put

int-0

all their Broths and Potages. The

Indians

alfo in thofe Countries,

which do not produce Mayz , make their Drinks of thi

~inua

;

and the

Indian

-hy{kians make ufe of the Flour of

in all their Medicines for the fick.

the

year

they fent me fome of the Seeds of this

~inua

into

Spain,

which I

fowed at divers times and feafons, but never came up. Befides this Grane, they

have three or four forts

Peril

of Fetches, like Kidney-beans, which th y put in–

to their boiled Meats, called

Purutu :

they are in Shells or Pods,. like our Lupines

Spain,

though bigger and whiter, called

Tarvi:

They have alfo a fort of thefe

Beans which are not to be eaten, called

Ch11y,

of divers colours : they are ufed

for Counters

play by Men in years, and Boys in their common fport ; the va–

riety of which, for brevity, we omit.

CH A P. X.

Of Pulfe

and Roots

which

grow under ground.

Here are many other things which are produced under ground, and yet are

efteemed for excellent nourifhment in the barren Countries, which yield no

plenty or quantities of

Cara :

The chief Difh of all

11pa,

which being boiled

or baked, ferves them for Bread, and which they put into all their Dillies:

c~ferve

it, they dry and wither it

the un, or Froft, and call

it (

as we have

~aid)

Chunu :

~here

another fort which they call

Oca,

ofa very pleafant tafie, it

long,. a!1d

c?ick

~.a

Man's middle finger;

is very fweet, being eaten raw;

the.y

boil it with their Meat; and to keep

it,

they dry it in the Sun; and it is

delicate, that without either Sugar or Honey

feems a Conferve, and then it is

~led Cav~.

There

another fort like thi in the fhape, but not in the tafl:e be–

very bitter? and

canno~ b~

eaten unlefs it be boiled, and then they call

An–

nm.

The

l;idians

[~y

that it is an Enemy to procreation: but thofe who would

n_oc lofe their

~ppetite

to Courtfhip, holding in their hands

wand, or flick, at the

hme they eat

it~

can

(a~

they fay) find no hurt or prejudice by it,

I have often

~rel t~em

to talk and difcourfe to this purpo{e, and feen them praCt:ife it; but I

believe tt was rather

way of jefi, or merriment, than o

of bel·ef of this old

Womans fiory.

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