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BooK
VIJ.I.
Royal
Commentaries.
thern entered into the Tree,
whilíl:
the ocher Joared aloft , being ready ~o take
the Bird
[o
foon as fhe adventured
out.
When. che Bird was forced
out
by
the Kellrel in the Tree, the ocher without íl:t;,o¡;>ed ar her like a Bawk ; whjch
che Bird avoiding, recurned again to che Tree, to íhelter her felf; then the
Keílrel, whi
ch was on che Wing, emered in afrer her, whilíl- rhe other took,her
place in the
A.ir; and chus they entered aricl fallied three or four times, umill ac
laíl: che poo
r Bird adventured to fly rowards a,building, where
{he
íheltered ·her
felf wichin che hole of a Wall, fo little, that the Keíl:rels rnuld 1iot enter, and
fo
e[caped from being made a prey unto them:·
AU
this time fome
Spaniards
with
great delight and curioficy ob[erved the man~d bifts o( rheíe Creacures, which na-
. ture had taught them to maintain ;rnd preferv·e tfuemfelves; They have wild Bees
in divers manners; bue fuch as are houfed and hived ac ho\~e, chey have none,
neicher have che
Spaniards
raught che
Jndians
as yet how to_Qlµ.nage chem. Their
wild
Bees hive them[elves, and make their Hooey in d~fts, and hollow places -
of ·the Rocks, and hollow Trees : che Bees which are. in che cold Coumries
make little Honey, becaufe they want Flowers and odoriferous, Herbs,oQt of
which to extraét ic ; and that l:ittle which they,do make is bit,ter; and dieWax
bfack, ánd of no ufe : Bue in che warmer Co.untries, and more te!l)perate, where
the Climate yields good Herbs, and odoriferou_s Flow~rs ;· th~ Honey is excel–
lent, and white, clean, and very fiveet : This fort of Hon,ey b~ing carrieg into
colder Countries, candies and turns to a.Sugar, ; they highly efi~~m it, not onely
becaufe
i~
.is wholfome food, bue alfo becaufe it is medicil)_¡¡I, and very whol- .
(orne.
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CH. A
P.
XXI.
O/ the divers forts
of
Parrots
;
and how talk._cztive
they
are.
r'
P
Arrots breed, and are found moíl: commonly in the Mountains of
Antü
;
they
are of divers
forts
,and fizes, fome being greater, and fome lefs : che lictle
ones are lefs than Thrutbes, and the great bigger than Keíl:rels ; there are
fome
áH
over of the fame colour, others of greac ~·ariety, being green,.yeJlow, blew and
red, efpecially chofe of che greankind, which che
Spaniards
cal!
Guacamaya1,
which•
are of all colours, ~fpecially cheir Tails, which are long, and che Feachers fo fine;
that che
Jndians
on tne.days of che Fefüvals adom them[elves with them ; from
the
beauty of which Feathers
¡-ohn Bocacio
took his fubjeét to frame che pleafant
'Novel of Friar
Cipo/la.
The
Spa¡¡iards
caU che{e Parrots by divers names, accor–
ding
to
che difference of cheir fize and bignefs·: che leaíl:
of
ali they name
Peri–
quillos,
thofe that are bigger tbey call
Cat,dnilla1,
and fuch as are
a
fize b'gg'er,_
and
which [peak beíl-, chey name
Loro;
ancd che biggeíl- of ali, which are dull,
arad·
never [peak, they call
Guacamayas,
and are good for nothing bue to look upon,
for the beauty of their Feachers: Such as •thefe rhey carry into
Spain
in Cages,
for the aelight they have in hearing them talk , but orhers, which are noc
fo
beautifull, nor diverting, they think noc worch the care and charge of tranfport–
~
fo~
.
fa
~he Year
1
55
5,
and
S"
6,
.chere was a Parrot at
Potoji,
which was one of
chofe called
Loro,
which was fo ready in ics Tongue, thacit would cal! che
Jndi–
ans,
as they paffed along che Streecs, by che names of cheir feveral Councries;
fuch as
Colla, Tunea, Huayru, ~ echua,
&c. as
if
it had been acquainced wich
the feveral Safües they wore on cheir Heads, to diíl:inguifh thei.r Countries.
,
Upen a cercain day there was a beautifull
Jndian
Woman paffing che Streecs
very fine, and accompanied wich chree or four Servanc-Maids, as if íhe had
been fome greac Lady, or
,Palla
of che Bloud-Royal : S~ foon as che Parrot
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