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VI.

Royal

tJommentarief.

blow, they were rejeeted, and not fuffi:red to paiS

t~e

M_ufier, faying, that f1;1ch

were fearfull of receiving blows, which were pracl:ifed

Exercife onely,

wnh–

out defign of hurt wollld be much more timorous when they appeared before the

face of an Enemy', from wbom they could expets nothing but Death, or Wounds

without favour or mercy; fo that none were approved, but fuch as were unfha–

ken and were Bullies

immovable

the Rock

felf.

Moreover and befides all

this,.

they were

have learned the Trade of

making

with their own hands all

forrs

of offenfive

Arms,

which were ufed in the War,

leaft

{uch

were mofi common, and which were

ma<;Je

without cfie help of

forge; or art of

Smith ;. fuch

Bows and _Arrows? and Latmces, which were

iliarpened and pointed without Iron; and Slings which were made of Hemp or

Flax;

all

which

Arms

they

w~e

to make ufe,

occalion required:

olive 1\rms they made

uf~

of none , unlefS they were fhields, or Targets,

which they called

Hualcanca.

Thefe Targets they were obliged to make with

th~ir

own hands,

leafl:

to~ow

how to make them; as

alfo

their Sh0es, which

they call

Vfuta,

which

Sole of Leather tied about the Foot with packtbread,

fucb

fome wear

Spain,

and aie like the Sandals of the Francifcan Friars.

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The firings which they ufed for thefe Shoes were made of

o~l

twilled wjth

Spindle, which they held

one Hand, and the Thread

the other, the firing

was made

chick as the middle finger, and broad, that

might

not

hurt or

gaul

the Foot, half a yard whereof for each Foot

was

fufficient, which rnay ferve to

confute the Words ofa

Spanijh

Hillorian, who, writing of the

Jndian.f,

fays

that'

they wove they knew not how, nor

for

whom ; but we may pardon this falfe Re·

lation,

much to the Difreputation of the

Indian.f,

which alfo is not altogether

without fome reflexion on the

Spaniard1

themfelves; for fuch Men as thefe being

Strangers, and not verfed .in che Cull-oms of that Councrey , take

hazard

any Report which Men out of Ignorance or Interefi deliver to chem. Onely this

Opinion

would have

the

World to entertain of thefe

I ndian.f

chat of

all

the

Gentiles

the World, there never was any Nation more manly, and which va–

lued themfelves more on the account of Hardinefs and Bravery, in detellarion of

all

forts of effeminacy, than did the

Inca&

;

for they being generally puffed up,

and exalted with the lofty thoughts of Alliance to the Sun, were Heroick to

high Degree,

and

afpiring to greater matters than thofe which

fall

within the

fphere and c9mpafs

their.management.

This manner of fpmning Wool they ccdled

Milluy-,

which fignifies

as ~much

fpi'l1

Wool for making firings to tie Shoes, or Ropes for carriages or Burchens ;

the which work was the

~roper

bufineiS of Men, the Women rhad another forr of

Spinning, whic.h they called

Buhca,

which fignifies as much as to

fpin

with a Di–

lt~ff:

and

that Word which

onely applied to the Work of Women; which

different Expreffions and Proprieties of Speech I have denoted; for fa.tisfaetion ·of

fuch as are

curiou~ in

this Language, for want of which knowledge in the propriety

ofWords

belong.mg

to chat Speech, many

Spaniard.f

who have writ Hillories of

Peru,

and

difperfed _

chem

Spain,

have been guilty of grofs mifrakes, having

charged the

JncM

wuh many Cull-oms and Praetices never known

or in ufe

a_mongll: them.. But to return again to our purpofe:

(We fay,

th~c

the Novi ·

tiates were obliged to learn the Trade of rnakirig their own Arms and Shoes

able to provide themfelves with fuch neceffaries at any time, when :he ur–

gency .ofWar, or any other emergent accident confirained chem•co have recour[e

to their own

Art

and lndufrry.

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