190 / 1060
·
Royal
C01nmen~aries.
00
v.
of the Empire, '
hich
eing on eyed by Aquedu
, ac
t
e charge and expenfe
of the
lnctU,
are works of
r ndeur and O!lentation, an
\\hich · commend the
agru.ficence
f
the
Incas
o
all
ofi ricy.
or thefe Aquedu
s may
\.\ell
be
om
ar
d to the miraculou
abrick
\ hi h h "\le
the ' orks
f
mighty
Prine
,
ho ha e left their
rodigiou
num nts
f
fiemation to be admired
y
furore
g
; for indeed \ e
ugh
t
confid r, that th fe
arer had
their
four e and
eginning from vafl: high
oumain , and
er
carried ov r craggy
ocks,
and
in
effible
affa es; and co ma e thefe
ays
lain , they had no
help of Infirum nts forged o
teel
r Iron, fuch as
i
k-a
, or
ledges, but
fen ed chemfel es onely of one Clone co
r
ano er; nor
ere they acquainted
\' ith the
in
ention of
ch
to convey their
acer on the level from one pre–
cipice to the other;
uc crac d round the
ountain, untill they found
ays and
paffiges at che fame height and le el \\ ith the Head of the prings. The Ci–
fierns, or Confe
1
acori
·hich they made for thefe
ater at die to of the
Mountain, were about
n:
el e
ooc deep ; the pa!fage vas broken through the
Rocks, and Chane made of he\ en cone of about
n
·o yard long, and about
a yard
high;
all
hich \ ere well cemented togec er, and rammed
in
with
earth,
fo
hard, that no
acer could pafs bet\ een to \ eaken or enc
it
felf by
the holes
of the Chanel.
This Current of
ater
\V
hich
paffi
throug all che Di
i
fion of
CsmtifaJH,
I
have feen
in
the
rovince of
~echua,
\\
hich ·
pare
f that
i
ifion, and confi–
dered
it
as an xtraordinary
ork, and ·ndeed iurpafling the
efcri tion and
Report \
rhich
hath been made of
it:
Ut
the
Spaniards
) \
ho were Aliens and
Strangers,
lit
e regard d th con enience of the e \ or
either co
f
erve them–
felv
of the ufe of them, or keep them in re
ai1,
nor yec co cake
fo
much no–
tice of them, as co m ntion them in th ir
·
ries; but
racl1er
out of a fcorn...
full and difdaining humour ,
ha
e
f
uffer
d chem to run unto ruine, beyond all
recovery.
The fame fate hath befallen the Aqueducts, \ hich the
lndian1
made for
wa~
tering their Com-lands, of' hich c o third at leafi are ' ·holly deftroyed, and
none kept
in
repair, unleG fome
few,
hich are
fo
ufefuU, that
~
ithouc them
they cannot
fufiain
themfelves
\l\
1
ich
Bread, nor
with
the nece!fary pro ilions for
Life.. All
hich
orks are not
fo
totally defiroyed, but that there
frill
r main
fome ruines and
pearances of chem..
•
CH AP.