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VI.
Royal
Commentaries.
" all of Gold and Silver, with rare
Art
a~d Inv~ntion:
<?n
~he ot~er
fide of
tn}s
'' Ifland were vafl
heaps
of Gold and Silv
laid
up,
with mtentton to can:y
rt
" to
Couo
that
it
might be worked there ; all which was loft by the Death of
"
Guafcar;
F0r
the
Indians
obferving that
th~
Spaniards
thll:ftedafter Gold,
and
" tranfported
all
into
Spain,
that they could feize, and
lay
their hands upon ; they
" ma<ie
it
away, .
and concealed
as
much of
it
as
they t.yere
able. Thus
far
are.
the Words of
Lope~
de
G
or1111,ra.
As
to the Garden,. wluch he
fays,
the Kmgs of
Per
11
had
near
PHna,
in which
all
Creatures were reprefented
in
Gold and Silver
5
he
particularly
f
pecifies chat .place, becaufe that when the
Sptt;niards
came
in,
ic
was
che
onely Garden
which
continued in
its
Beauty and Ornaments ;
for
the
ln–
Jiam
in defpight of rherr Enemies , defuoyed
all
the refr, and confounded the
Riches
of them
in
fuch manner, as are never to be recovered; in which Relation
this
Authour, and
all
other
Spanifh
Hillorians, do agree. That ·nfinite treafure
of Gold
and
Silver,
which\
he
fays
1
was .heaped up with intention to be q1rried
to
Couo,
and there
~orkea,
was tne
furp~ufage
of what remained, afcer all the
Royal
Palaces
were furnifhed, and adorned
m
the manner we have before related.
This
may not feem mcredible to thofe who have accounted and obferve<l rhofe
vafi
and immenfe quantities ofGold and Silver, which have
be~n
tranfporred
from
my Coimrrey into
Spain
,
there having pafied over the Bar
of
St.
L11car,
in
the
Year
1
s-95,
in
the fpace of eight Months, onefy five and thirty Millions
in
Gold
and
Silver.
.
A · P.
Ill.
Of the
Servants of
the
Court,
and ·
thofe
who carried the
fling~
s Chair,
or
Sedan.
T
HE
Servants defi:ined for the Services of the Court were many in
number
1
fuch
as Sweepers,
Carriers
of Water, and Cleavers of Wood, Cooks,
Butlers, Porters, Keepers
of
the
Ward·
rope, and of the Jewels, Gardiners and
Stewards of the Houfhold ;
in
fhort, there were as many Officers and Servants re–
tained
in
this Court,
as in
the moll:
magnificent
and fplendld Palaces of our Kings;
or Emperours : But herein there'' as fomething different from our Courts ; for
here particular Men had not the charge of an Office committed to them ; but ic
was
the care,
or
incumbence of two or three Provinces to provide fufficient Men
for
every Office, fuch as were faitbfull, diligent and dexterous for the place; and
fuch a number of them, as that they might take their
turns
by Days, or Weeks,
or Months, as often
as
they
fhould think
t to exchange them. This being part
of the Tribute which was exalted from .every Province, great care was taken
in
the choice of able Men ;
for
tbat the default, or crime, of every particular perfon,
reflected on the whole Province, who made themfelves anfwerable for his good
behaviour, and were
accordingly
punifhed with
fuch
feverity, as
all
offences
a–
gainft the Royal Majefl:y did require. And fince we have fpoken of Hewers of
Wood, we muCl: not underfl:and, as
if
there were fent into the Mountains co cur
and fell Trees ; but fuch Timber or Wood as
was
brought by the Vaffals in pay–
ment
of their Tribute, was received by there Officers, and by them and their Af–
fifrant
laid up, and ll:owed
in
the Houf
es
for that purpore : The like may we
~nde~fiand
of
a_ll
other
Offices,
wherein there was no fervile labour appointed;
i~
bemg a gentile employment to ferve the
Inca
in fuch capacity,
and
to
be
near
h1
~oyal
P rfon,
whlch
as
the greatell: honour and happinefS that
any
one could
afprre
nto.
Thofe who. were qualified to be Servants and Officers
in
the Court, were peo-
·
P
e of the
1
e1g bourhood, and parts adjacent,
within
five or fix Leagues of the
City
•