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.t}1~f Papelts wbre Me.ifeager.s, Jto IWhorr.t the .Jp¡¡ni.ards had dec.lated, their minds;
~d fpiokffl 1thó~ iw.ords iwhi:dh were clcdivered w them,.iaFJd tha:t y were as
$~fast.o ·teH iwhmfooveJ.11tfuey ,fawin mhe,w111y wlo,ere nhey trai\letl~d; th~11efore
-w!ielil .mey fel:l:<t.0 ·their ·tlieat', -nhey laid_1tmeJ Baper hebi:md.a .ban~,· t.,,Íit m~ght
:nec {ere them. <As ithey. 1trawilltd ·0n rhei1:d~illl\ef, ::lire tlrat .car-ri~d .ti~ five Mei..
Jortsifaid :to hitilllí'.lhat ,hacl1lhe!fmqr,: i:füwei¡go'..ulith<this·;'@dd bumlDer, ,mr Maíl:@.r
\'l'.Ji-11 fuf~ét that! 1/e havemtmrorle, anrl,ili'erefure lec 111s· eat arronhet, t'l@ma-ke
tbém equal ;'-.drais witty Counfel ,p!~afücb:iwd Jfo1Jl,y., agreement they fare
iiolMn .aadian6 tQe)Óther: Ami he.img aew itbeirtMáfter, -rhe~ .prefented
hi1l'l· 1w,it½l :mght:iMelons obely.; wh reá'dmg·t tt~r,;"asked them· whac was
~ome .Qf the~0ther t,w.o-Mell@FIS, :f0r thaoitbe,L'eliner ,fpe¡¡¡ffiecl ten. ,.,No Sir, faid
they, ,the•SPe,fJf¿¡rtJ¡gave UJ J/ut ,eight. ~ rtlalyou i,e, ii:1d 'M?Kt,onioSola,r, for 1'heJJ>aper
fpMkJ of un::r iWínerewich due .p@or:ll!elluwsrbécame f~ ,affüg l aird rnnfufed,
tbat they rlmew·,not what to ,rnply, hut 0nely.· t:o .conf~ 't~e ~1, fayáng, -that
with .great 1ioofon1:he1S'pani~dJ :were caHed rtiracocha'. fmc~ _th ef~ able- to pe–
netrate iruo, fru::m!ihjddem Secver~ A Stocy :of the. 1ike.nanme Gomar::á rdates··c0
have happened in che Hland ofCttba, n ir was ac firít poífeffed by the seani'i¡rds-;·
anc.i indeed ic' is::ñ0 w0nder that t11e Jgfi"1arn~é thoíild ,bk c0mmori in al! parts
()fthe new World; for tihe fimplic dioJndian.s :was fudi, as·that whaffoever
was new, and·n0t feen fo them .before, could neveri'enter"into rheh: '.f-f>acities,
and m1ely fernoo 1:0 fil! them with wonder and·admiratidn'..i for wht1~füéver thej
obferved xtraordinary in the Spaniards, fuoh ,:lS' nmning•o¡i¡Jforfebadi,
breaki~g tme Yok:,' ~nd pfougJüng .t_he groun? wifü;~b~m;·~alking Mills,
ami hui! es for -:Bndges, íhootmg w1th Guns, .an~ kl.llmg ar an 'hundred
.ind two hñndreci paces, and- the like, wer€-a11 fuch mir.aoles•'to ·th~m, as could
.n0t be effeéteo by ,other mea¡;is; than fome Divine Powet·5 amd cfor tfuar reafofl
they called ~'he Spaniards Gods, as' they did :in the evi~ence whichrthe Paper gavt
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CH A P. XXX.
OfFlax, Afparagtt5, Vifnagas, with which they cleanfe Teeth 3
and Annifeeds.
NOR was 'there Flax in Peru at 6ríl:; but Donna Catalina dé Retes, who was a
, Native of Se. Lucar, and Mother-in-law to Francú de Villafuerte, a noble
and religious Lady, and one of the firíl: Nuns of che Convent of Sr. Ciare in
Couo, expeéted in the Year 1560. to receive fome Flax Seed from Spain, 'to fow
in that Councrey, togerher with Loorns and lnfüumems to fpin and weave Li–
nen for cheir Houfes; but in th~ Year chat I departed from Peru, I canilot fay
that chofe things were as yet brought; bue fince I ~ame from thence
2 I have heard
that confiderable quantities of Linen are made there, though I cannot avouch
how great Spinfiers the Spanifh Wornen have been, nor how good Hufwives my
Countrey.Wornen are ; for I did never fee them [pin Linen, though I have feen
them fow, and weave Cottonand fine Wool, which che lndianWomen [pan with
great curioficy, thóugh they combed ic wirh rheir Fingers, for want ofCards where–
with to card ir, and therefore chey may be excufed, if they be not as yet become
fuch excellent Spinílers of Linen as our Spanijh Houfwives are. ·
Bue to· re~rn to oúr formet Difcourfe, relating to the great eíl:eem which che
Fruits and Commodities of Spain had gained in ene Indies ac firft1 when the Spa-
. E e e 2, niardí
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