550 / 1060
Royal
Commentatie1.
Book
-II..
But
as to the ptecile
year,
~uthours.d~er
very
lnuch; for
fotne
make-
it
foon@t,
and
others
later; and
fome
w1~ ~ave
it
m
the year
1510.1
leaving
QUt
the
4 .
Bue
not to
infill
.on
thef~
feveral
o--pin10ns,
~et.
us
compare
.th€ times with th@gteat and
notable
Attion~
which
fucceeded ;
for
it
1s moft certalfl,,
and
therein all Aur'hours
agree,
that
it
was
in the
year
1
5
z),
whe~
Pirarro, Abnag;l'o,
and
theSchool-malt:er
Herni:md~
4e
L11ca,
tjid
firfr
enter into
Articles of
their
Triumvirate.
Thtee?
years
afterwards
were
fpent
in
the difcovery,
before
they ·
arrived
the
firfi titne at
ru~
piz:-.
Two
years
fartl~er
paffed
before they
could
finifh their
.v
o~age
into
Sptilin
ro
procurn tberr Comm1ffion to
make a_Conqueft, and before thel
return
back
to
Panama
with Ammutution and Provifions for fuch an
undert-ttking.
In
the-yeat
1)
3
I,
they
invaded the
Hland
Puna,
and alfo
TurrJpi~;
and
in
December
of
the
fame
ye~rr th~y
took
Atahualpa,
~rifoner
;
and
in..
Marc'h
followil~g.
,
.being
the year
t
5'
3
2.
he was put to Deat?, m
_Dflober
followmg
th@y
efitred into
Cof(,C(),
wheye
the Governour
refided
um1ll
April
1)
3
3,
when
news
c./lm@
of
the
Arrival
of
.Al?.nt-.
rado
;
and
in
September
he departed
ftoln
c~o
to meet
him,_ -
and
pay
him
theMa"'
ney
~ccording
to
agre~tnent.
Ami
about
the
b€ginning
of
the
ye..at
1
5>34,
belhg
Twelfth~~ay,
o_r
the
Day
of
the
Kings}
h~
laiG
the
Fo\'Jpdation of
that
City,
atJd
fo
called
l't
la ciudad de los Re;es,
Gr
th@
City
of
the
Kings: lb
r~~btancej
Of
which he ma<le the Arms
of
the City to be Three
CroWt)S)
with
~'
·
·ar
iliiijj.hgover them; the Form or Model of it was v,ery beautlfull, for
th~
Market·pJate
w~s
very
wide and large, unlefs
~thap-s
it
was too wide for the
<!:ity,
·the Streets
alfo
were wide and fheight;
fo
that
from every
Cotner of
them
~rofs-~
ays>
'tt;.e
Fields may be
feen
on all
fides.
On
the North-fide thete
is
-a
Riv€t',
from
whieh
feveral
Chanels are
cat,
to
water
rt1e
Lands round about, and
a
fiipply every
Houfe in
the City with
water.
This Town, at a
dffiance~
make3
ti
~ood
fuew
nor appears well,
bec~ufe
the Hou(es are nor covereq
with Tile;
b'ut
chatc;ht;d
with a
fort of
Straw
whkh
that
Goumr~
yields; for
in
regard
it
h€ver
~ain$
'ill
that Climate, nor for many
Leagues
diftant on either fide along
't11e
Coaft,
tne
coverings of the Houfes are
all
made of
a fort
of Straw, or Rufhes, which grow
in that
Counrrey;
on which laying a kind of Mortar, or Earth, mixed with
Straw,
two.
or
three
1ingers thick, .
it
makes
a good defence agaiu!t
th€
Heats
of
the Sun : But as
to
the Buildings themfelves, both
within and
without, they are
good and commodious; and
they
daily improve their Art in ArchiteCl:ure. This
. Town is about
two
fmall Leagues dill:ant fmm the Sea; but as the report is, the
~
parts
nearell:
to
the
Sea
are bell: inhabited.
The Climate is hot
and
moifr, and
much of the fame temperament
with
that
of
.AJ'Jdaluz,ia;
the difference of
which
is
onely, that the
Days there
are not
fo
long, nor the Nights fo fhort in
[11/y
and–
AH"~uft,
as they are here ; fo
that
the Sun
arHiog
there more late, and fettiag more
early, hath not time to
beat and
\varm the Earth, as in
chore
Regions
where
the
Days are longer ;
fo
-that though the fituacion be
neater
the
Sun,
yet
the Nights
being long , the Earth hath more time to become cool, and to be refrefhed
:
But
in regard the
Heats
are
conll:ant,
and
admit
of fmall remiffions, the Inhabitants
being
habituated
or accull:omed thereunto, do invent and contrive preventions
and
remedies
againfl:
the
H~ats,
both
in
the coolnelS of their
Houf
es, Garmenrs and
Bedding) which
they
fo
covet: and fence, that the Flies and Gnats
(with
whim
that Countrey is much
infefl:ed)
can have no pa!fage to hinder
Dr
dHlurb
their
repofe,
either
by day
or nignt ; fur in thefe low Grounds and
Mat t11es,
the Gnats
are extremely
buGe
and troubleforne, as well by day as by
night~
thoie
which
-are bufie at night, make a
blll.Zing,
and ate of the 6lme colour
ith
fuch
as ·
e
have
here,
onely that they are much
greater,
and
fling fo terribly, that the
Sp4ni–
ard1
fay, that
they
will
bite through a pair of Cordovan Boots ; perhaps indeed
rhey may pafs a knit Stockin, witn a Linen one under
it,
but not
if
it -
ere of
Cloth
or
Kerfy ; and indee<l
in fome Countries they
~re
much more keen and
hungry
trum
they are in others
:
The Gnats whkh ai-e troublefome
by
d<iy,
are
l.irtle,
and
not
much unlike thofe which
are
hete bred in Shops, and
generated
from
Wine ;
onely
they
are of a yellowifh colour, and fo
rhirfiy
of bloud, (that as I
have heard credibly reported) many of chem have been
f
een to bur
ft
at
the fame
time tbatthey
hav~
been
fucking :
To
try
this experiment, I have fu!fered fome
of
thm1
ro
fuck of
my
blood,
as
mU€h
as
they
would ; and when they were
full~
they
would
drop
off, and
rowl,
but
wen~
not
able
to go or
fly
:
The. IHngs
?f
thefe Gnats are in fome degree poifonous, efpecially
to
fome forts
of
fleih,
m
which
they
will
make little wounds, though not·dangerous, or of great moment.
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