[antir-heralds] OED check request - llama

[Ursula Whitcher]

Britt wrote:
> I've fallen in with another bad crowd, some nice folks wanting a llama
> as a charge. I know it can be done with documentation, so I'm helping
> find same.  Would someone with an OED please check to see what the
> earliest citation of the word might be? I think this one's a wild
> goose chase, but it pays to be thorough.

The first citation is from 1600, Hakluyt's Voyages:

An Indian boy driuing 8. Llamas or sheepe of Peru which are as big as asses.

Sounds promising.

Ursula Georges.