420 / 1070
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Royal Commentarier.
.
niards
had newly-plinted themfelves
in
Peru;
I remember that
in
the Year
1
5
ú:
or
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Garfia
de
Melo,
who was then Treafurer.for,lri$ Majefty,in
Couo,
fenn_o
my
Lord
G.arplaJ[o d~ la-"f:ega
a
l'refent ;of_
tihree·Afpava~us,· where he had the~,
or
where chey guew, 1s.Bot known; ·onely.
liie
clefn:ed:,h1m to aacept aqd eari
'd1at
curiofity of
spanifh
Fruic; che Afparagus:were
vdry; failr:ones, tw'o
of whid1
were
as bigas a
middle Finger, -
and
the tfürd· of
a:
y,ard·1ding5 ··tme on}¡¡er was thicker,
bue íhorter,
han all
ofaluem
fo
Jendtiu,
t
that they,,wete'.eafily broken. My. failiett~
that he tnight doe che ..
gr
'
eater honotmtd
,chis
'Spdñifh
Plant,
1
01.11\ieroorthat the
Afpái
ragus íhou'ld,be boiled·
..
on
a-Ban of Coails- ip
bis
:0wn Charnbe1.1~!in prefence.i f
feven or eight Gentlemen; wlfo·wer~iatiSupper wltH·him. 1 Wnen:rne Afparagus .
were boiled, anda faucefor them.made.'with ,OiHínd-Vinegar,.lGatfilaJ[o divided
che two largeft among"thé Gu~ll
s a&:.,hisT.able,.,átjd die third~hetook whol}f:éo
hi¡pfelf, defu:ing chem;,c-0 -pardon hiin:fo.r!'thát_tim~,'.'
if
he carved
1
ltimfelfche.:'lar.;..
-ge/1 poiti0n .pf the.
-Spinifh
Frui
tsi,
~ lothis .ni~mer; the ·Afparagus were :eateti
.with,greaJ €liear and
nilith; ..
as if ,the·Phenix
ha<d
·,beea
to ,
be,.,divided·am@ngft
themL.aacl,dwughl feNed them at ~h€'Table;
Y:tt
rlothirig,itme¡¡ebf,JelLto·:mf
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Btlf'!hr/ome-w·of_Fet.r~~tU.
fenn m~F~t~er threé
_\lriC.
-naga fütlks; ·,(:whicn,:growdike
.QJit'
1o&-inel Seeds, and are for
.p1bM0g
the 'fe€tH;)
che whiQb®i0g :bróught·from
Spai'n,
were:accepted'.yvitih much thankfulneís, and '
were fery,~d)at 1!h~ 'Tª-blé.lto~a Strálilger '.afo:r Dinaer,:0ne of.'the Straws
bei~g.~i"
xen
hiip
w~h
mgth Cerem@n)t.
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Abogt
Jbii
fime alfo: Ahnifeeds,were
produced.in
G_o:uo, .
and.füewed in all their
'J3read, whic{ii
was.ofgreat~r efteein than all ,the
Ne'étar
ór-A:
mbnefi¡i which ·~hé
f oets ,.l,llentioti;Alt Jnisírate the iaconfide.rable ·things of
Spain
w.eí:e efteemea
itf
·Perú
at
che
tíirfi,;.whkh may ferve to ple.af.e the cmiiofüy ofafter, i'\'ges, when Ithey
:reade:th§<-t{jíl:or~r
of
t,l;ie
full:
aétions ano ~umour.s
oí
.their Fotefathers.' How~
foever I do not .find that either Afuaragus have·thrived-, or.chat Vifnagas ha~e
beeQ produced m that Countrey, ttiough other Plants,
Corn,
Herbs and Catee!
háve multiplied in exceeding abundance,.
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In
like manner they_have pl:mted Mulberry Trees, and brought over
Silk–
Worms~-whi9h before thaqime were not
in -Peru;
·
-bue
the
Silk whkh·they
produce wilr not.hold Windinú ·or.Spinning, by reafon of fome great defeét
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