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Royal Commentaries.

BooK

VII.

t>f the Bridge com_mi~ted to him, he had fcarce been the~e two days! before

the Van of his l.\1a¡e!hes ·Army appeared; upan fight of wh1ch, not-ftaytng any

Ionger or obferving who they were, or in what number, he fet fire to

the Bridge, and burnt it, and afterwards returned to his Capt::iin General

with ali expedition; which Afüon, as

Pa/entino

faith,

much difpleafed

Her–

n'andez.

that he ga:ve

Gá:vilan

very fevere words for having

done: Though

I éahn~t inragine, what reafon he íhould have for

it;

-Cor fince he had no in•

tentibn, ·as may be believed, to return again by tbat way, I know not what dam–

mage his Party-could receive tbereby; aóc!

is 'very evident on the contrary,

• t-hat the enemy was damnified artd forced to great ttouble, and difficulties in

tbeir paffage over.

·nernandez.

marched by the Valley of

Yucay,

to enjoy (tho'

but for

days) the pkafures ofthat delightful Cóumry: and being come with

his 1\rmy within a Le'ague of

Coz.co,

he curned off

the left hand; being per–

fwaded by the Al:trológers, Diviners, or Prognofticators, not to go thither,;

faying, that his entrarlce there, would be unf-ortunate, añd prove h~s overthr~w:

ro·evídente which, they ptoduced many Ex.ples, as well of lnd1an Captarns,

as óf Spaniards, who had been defeated after their entrance

into

Coz.co

;

but

théy did not fpecifie thofe who hád been fuccefsful, of which we could give .

mMY,

particulars, in cafe it were pertinent to our purpof~. In co11firmati?n

heréof,

Diego Hernandez., (chapters

32,

and 45) names4 Spamards, and·a-Monf–

can Woman, who were efteemed skilful in the Art of Necromancy, and

who

gave olit, that they held a correfpendence with a familiar Spirit, which difco–

vered to thetn all the fecret counfels,áild aétions which were refolvéd,and whidt–

pafled in his Maje!ties Camp; which report ferved to keep many people

awe, th:ít they duril: neither adventure to fly, .nor aél: any thing to the prejudice

of che Reoels, left the Devil fhould make a difcovery of their intentions.

my felf

faw

a Lettér which

Hernandez.

wrote to

Piedrahita

Coz.co,

when orders

were fent him to go·

Arequepa,

as we faid before: And in ~hat he tells him,

tbat he lhould not remoye o~t of tbe City on fuch a day of ~he Week, but on

füch

day ; atld that h1s name of

1uan

was ~ot to be wrmen henceforward

with

btlt With·an

of wfüch nature were many otber t.hings in the ·

f.e:tter, Which I

"cánrtot·

particular

fredlember, as to de

ver tnem in Writibg,

only l éan fay;

'that

he was ·geneially efteemed for a Che-at, and an Impo–

frer:

Aild

this

fott

of Conjllring and

l'ricks,

(as is ufual) he haft"".

ñed his own ruirte 'ahd deftruaion, as· we lhall fee by the fequel. ·

The

WeWwifhe'ts cif

Hen-t,wdez.,

·whowére héquai11ted w.ith the Correfpon–

dencks and Compafü which he had with Wi-zzards; made·it aqueftion_among(f;

theníft:lves,

why

he m-ade no ufe of the

Jndians

of the Country who were

fa–

motis

fot

CIInjUratioris, ::ind Diabolical Arts: To which anfwer was made,

that their General had no Opinion of che Magick and Witchcraft of the

ln–

dians,:

Which Wel'e fooleries, rather than any. real contraét, or dealing with the

bevil. And h¿reiá they had fome reafon, as we have proved and evinced by fe–

veral Inftances, in the firfr part of thefe Commentaries,

Book__the

Chap.

16.

One ofwhich, was their Prognoftication of good or _bad Fortune, by the pal–

pitation or twinkliog of the Eye; and another fort of Divination they took

from the buzzing, or finging of the Ears, which, as we mentioned in che

foregoing Chapter,

we !hall hear repeat it again; having the Authority of

a Synod held in that Empir~, whereby chis vain Superftition is condemned

a Catholick Cannon; and Advertifements are given to Confeífors, to

let

them know, that che

Jndians

take their Superftitious Divinations from feeing

and hearing: That of the hearing, ,l have obferved many of them to

ufe

in this manner, when they found ac any time a humming or buzzing

their

right Ear; they faid, that forne Friend or Kinfman was fpeaking well ofthem·;

and to know who chis Friend was, they would clap che Palb1 of their right

hand to their Mouth, and breáthing hard upon

it,

chey would think of fome

Friend, and then rarry it clofe to the Ear; and if the hummiog did not pre–

fentl

ceafe, they would think of another Friend, and do as befare; and then

of arlother; ::tnd he, wfrh thoughts o_f whom the Jmmming went awa-y, it

was

conélui:led, tbat he was the perfon who fpake well of the Party.

11n

hk:e maliner, when they found a humming in their

lefc

Ear, they would

fay,

th-at

an Enemy fpake

ill

of them; and to find out who ic w..is, thcy ufed

the like applic.:ation of their left hand, and he, with whom in their thoughts

che