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the firfl Man

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departure

fo!

Spain,

paífed

'." 1:ljreQgp '(,lite PJant¡¡tmra .of

Peter

Lope;;:.,

de Cafalln:,

aNatJNe of

Llerena,

P,la:;11q~Jªr

giíl:a~f

from

Cozco,

he had been S.ecretaty to·the Préfident of

Ga[ca,

~i'11i w1~

cij!ie,d

,M4r-faht,Jafi,

,about

tún~zleagu..es

from the Ciey, and there1 mee

-W~l;\

fort,igal?

_¡:all€d_

A!Jonfe Ynez, ,

who \yas a great Husbándman, and

skijfull in

q¡gr-.i,rnlt.·are

.,!;IJQ

yery honeíl:Máo; he íhewed me all

Ibis

Ground and Planta~

%iris,

wJii~g__~~r~

/úll

m0fr

rare ánd ·@ccell~nt Grapes, but would n@t .

fuffer

in,

gátraet

QPt.

buncll

of tfuem, which

w0wd

have been ~éry ~ccep~abl~· to~

T~ye~ler,

as -1

s, and to one·w1io lowed 1them

wdl, ,butlie was ilot pleafed .

fo.

(h€¡w ,ne

mU~h kindne,ís,; wliidh when ·he perceived tfuit

took rrotice of,

ihe

told

me plai[Jly;_tbat

ought

.par.don nhat ,píece ofalifcourtolie,

for

thac his

Mafter had,~Qchar_g~ him not

meddle widrfomuoh

one ,Grape, 'l;iecao[e he

mtwide<li to

mak~

W,ipe of the~_, as he after~and

s did, -Pt

themii~

trougll,

bs~-aufe he bad1w:0cner ~onvemence where,w,1th_tótread.or

~r~ls _c~m

'@l;lt

¡,

and

;ts

School-fellow of mme told me after,wands

¡ Spa

~ tm

at this

Peter Lopez de

f,,_4r¡t.calla,

n{olv,ed to gain the Jewel which

Char/e,s

the

sth

commanded

@iV~P

1c0 ~e

firfl:

.Staniard,

who from any

,of

vthe

Spanifh

Plantations ~orild pro-'

·t:t,

Gr-he able tó Ihew a e::erta

in .guanticy of

Wheac, Barley, ·Wine

0rüil,

rhe

'i:;h this~reat ·Emperour, and ocl:ier.Princes of.glorious :memoi'y, were_Plea,fed

.trn

old forth, as aa encouragement to thofe who íhou;ld well manure t!heir Land,

.clw--it miglut produce the Fruits of

spain,

which

did rnbt

originally belong to.chat

-~untrey.

(

\'the quantity of Wheat or Barley w

hich ·was re

quíred, was about a Seame~

,AA~

of Wine, and Oil, about a hundred Weighc.of each, which is four

ArrobM

Spanifh

Meafüre; and the Reward was to be of two pieces of Plate to che value

of three hundred Ducats a piece; che gain and lucre of which was not the chief

motive, that induced

Pedro de Lope:t de Caf.alla

co·be thus induftrious in bis Plan- ·

tations,

bue

rarher che Glory and Honour he conceived ofbeing renowned topo–

íl:ericy, for being che firH: who made Wine from bis own Vineyards near

Cow :

and chus much fhall ferve as to ~he firíl: Wines which were made in myCountrey, ·

for ocher Cities

off

eru,

fuch as

Huamanca

and'

Arequepa,

had them long before;

bue tbey were a fweet fort of

Haloca,

or Mufcatel Wines. Difcourftng once in

Cordova

with a Canon or Prebend of

Peru ,

concerning thefe matters which we

now relate, he cold me that he was acquainted in che Kingdom of

fl.!±iru,

with

eertain

Spaniard,

who was a very curious Perfon, ánd one very skilfull in Husban–

dry, ·efpecially in the manuring of Vineyards; for he was the

firíl:

thát bro~ght

· Vines from

Rimac

li..!!_itu,

and had planted a [patious Vineyard along the Banks

of the River

Mira,

which being under the Equinoétial Line,

is·

extremely hot;

Thís Sco¡-y is

and for the greater curiofüy he fhewed me twelve feveral Aparcments , one of

my qudli~·

which he pruned every rnonth in che year, and by that means had always frefh and

~abt, for

ripe Grapes through all the months of the yea_r.

all parts

of.

Peru

they water

~1ac n~~:;:;

tlieir Vines, becaufe che Countrey is very hot, and the Wearher always of the

che Equinoc–

fame temperature; fo that when chey would have their Vines produce their Fruir,

tial

che

~ap

they afford them Water, and vvhen not, and that they vvould have the Sap

fall

r_he

Vme

~':'.>

the root, they vvith-hoid che Water, and aftervvards having caíl: their Leaves,

~=I~

aºne;~~n–

and again pruned them, they open the Water.banks, vvith vvhich che root being

feq~encly no

refrefhed, chey fpring, and bud, and produce their Fruir :

the fame mannet

Fruic be pr

0 •

ic pafies in fome Vallies vvith the Mayz, vvhere one furrovv is nevvly fovved,

duced.

vvhen another

halfa foot high in grovvth, and another

in the ear, and reacdy

r.o

be reaped; all vvhich is effeéted by the natural fituation of

the

Climate, vvhich

makes