414 / 1070
39C?
Royal Commeniaries.
makes no difference of Seafons, and is indeed the effeét ofNature, rather than of
Curiofüy, or any other good Husbandry.
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· . In
the
Y
ear 1560. vvhicb yvas about th~ time that I_depa_rted from
Co:uo,
and
fome vvhile after,
it
vvas not ~be cuíl:mpe to afford Wme at the Table upon any
invitation of the Neighbours, vvho vvere fuch as vvere Maíl:ers of
Indi,m,,
and
common Gueíl:s, unle[s one, or fo, -might require it for the fake of his Health
being accoumed _a point ofLuxury and Vice for any
ene.todrink it for other
€a.u[~
than for neceffity.' For vvhen the
Spaniards
híid ·rhéit
firfi:
four1dations of this Em–
pire, they aéted it vvith great fobriety, and having b,egan vvith,bardfhip and rem–
perance, they eafily continued a moderate and frugal Table; fo that ilieir Gueíl:s
vvhen invited, vvould refu[e Wine, though it vvere offered them; for they kne~
che price
to
be very dear, being vvorth, vvhen cheapeíl:, ;it leaíl: thirty l)ucats
thtir}\úové, Gvvhith is but tvvency,five pounds vveight) and conlih~ed at che
farrit
price,uhlill afcer, nlie Wc<1rs
.of
Fr~ncifoo Hernandez. .Giron.
fo
'.:t!ii~
ft.ime of
Goilfalo
Pif'ínro.,
>Jnd befote,:'itLvvas vvortlr fi:om three ,hundred,
to,
five·
hupclred Ducats
·th~ A
\rr.oN"e;, and \rnthelfears 15>,iJ.,aRd155.
theVincage.fogenetally-fáile'd throfigh
the:VN11ble Kingdomr;d nd.fuch-f~ar<city 6~€re vvas 'of it
in
tUe
City
of
los Réjei,
that1thére vvas fcarce{dfficient ,fotlhe Sacrarnent'\vvhich is ce.Iebr.atéd in_ the Mafs;
vvhereforé the Archbiíhop
D. 'fmnimo de,
Lot!Jfa,L·o11cl~ted,that
1
halfa'Butt of
Wüie
vvhrch'.Jv.vas found ima Houfe
íh<lm:ld-
be éonferved for tlre ufJ áódifervice
bf
the
Maífes.1'0rln
fuch fcar.ciity andavan!i
óf
Wine thiey re-rnained
for
fevéral Days and
Mooths;: untill a
íhip
arrivedin 1lhat
Port,
bekmgin'g
to
two Merch~nts of my at–
quaintanee, (whom1. out of refgefr·
to
their Noble Families,
I'
forbe'ar to nám~,)
importing two the~fand Barrels'clf-Wine, pan oí, which they· fold at
fuíl:
fot
three huodr~d and fi~ny Ducats,the Barrel, and the'ilátter parcel for
1
no lefs
than
•~wo hundred.
'i
líhis;a@:ount I received from a Maíl:er of one of· the Veffels
on
which I embarked j mm,.y Voyage rfrom
los
Royes
to
Panama;
fo_r which reafons
Wine is' not commonLy drank.· 0n.a cei:cain 'day a Gentleman wbo was
Mafier
ofJndi4ns;invited·an6cher
to
dine-w,ith him, who was Maílet of none, and
being
in cbeerfoll cohverfarion with five ór
ftx
Spaniards
more, he defired a cup of
Wa–
,ter to clrink; upon wihich the N1alter of che Hou[e- fent him Wine, but he refu-
. fing i~, _faid tbat he drank no Wine; whereupon the Maíl:er replied, that
if
ic '
were.
ÍQ,
he fho~ld defüe
hi~
cornpariy
to
eat wit~ hirn every day-; intimating'that
~he charge
~l ":'
10uals ,w~s mconúderable, prov1ded thac che re\~oning were'
not
,inflamed w1th Wme, whICh yet was not refu[ed fo much for che ttearnefs ofic, as
for che total want chere ,wa~ fomeumesiof it, being broughc from fo remoteparts
asSpaiv.
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