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VI;

Royal Commentarief.

for plancjng and fowing, a"'1 all manner of Agria:tlture.. Store-houfes alfo were

ere.tted wherein to lay

Che

proportion of thofe

Fruits

which

belooge~

the

?un,.

and

the

Jnca

;

and for receiving fuch

~~ovifions

were made

aga~nfi

the

times

of famine or years of fcarcity; all which was agreeable _to the

~c1ent

and lau–

dable

cuft~ms

and care praetifed

the

InctU:

More particularly

the Valley

Parmunca,

the Prince commanded, that a Fortrefs fhould be _bml_t1 and

ther~

remain for a perpetual remembrance and fignal Trophy of their Victory obtatQed

againfr the King of

Chimu,

having been the place and

~ear o~

~loudy

War.

The

Fort was fuengthened with great

_Art,

and adorned.

":Ith

Pamtmgs, .and other cu–

riofities : Howfoever, thefe rariues could not admmill:er confiderauon to unc?n–

cerned Strangers and Foreigners fufficient to fpare them, and free them

fro~

bemg

demollihed; howfoever, they are not

totally deflroyed, but chat

fiill

fome

nlines remain

fuew

the

compafs .and

~ircumfer~.nce

ofthat

ork.

. .

Things being qoieted and fetled m

Chimu,

Garnfons

efrab]1~ed,

and

~millers

appointed botn

for

Civil Government and Matters of Re11g1ous

W?rllup;

th~

Prince

took

his farewell of

Chimu,

who was greatly fausfied

to.

fee himfelf conti–

nued in

his

Power and Rule;

anq

then the Prince returned to

Couo,

where he was

teceived with the ufual folemnicy, and the Fefiivals of

Triumph

celebrated for the

fpace _nf

Month.

CH AP.

XXXIV.

(

How the

Inca

improved his Empire, and

his other Aflions

tilt the time of his Death.

Inca Pachacutec

being

this time grown aged, began to fiudy

his

guiec

and repofe, refolving not to engage himfelf farther in

War

for the enlarge-

ment of

his

Empire, having already extended the fame

Leagues North and

South, and

breadth as far as it is from the

fnowy

Mountain .unto the Sea, which

Leagues Eall and W efi; and all in order to the propagation of thofe recei-

ved

principles .from their Ancefiors, which were ro doe benefit to Mankind, re–

ducing them to rules of Morality and g-ood manners.

plan~d

many Colonies in dry and barren Countries, having

his Chanels

Water made them fruitf

ull.

He ereCl:ed many Temples to the Sun, and Monafieries

for the

Sele& Virgins,

after

the

form

and model of that at

Coz,co.

alfo

made many Stpre-houfes

for •

Corn

and Vi&ials, and

for

Arms, wherewith to fupply ·his Anriy

their march,

and maintain his people

the time of fcarcity, and alfo built feveraf Palaces on the

great Roads

for

better accommodation of the

IncM

in their Travels.

fhort, he

reformed every thing that was amifs in the whole Empire, and added

his Re–

ligion many new Rites and

C~emonies,

and introduced many

l~udable

Cufiorvs,.

and

new

Law~

tending to the better regulation of Moral

life

He ejetted many

the Idols formerly Worlhipped by his Subje& out of the Temples, and forbad

many barbarous and abominable cufioms

·in

ufe amongfi them.

.And that

~1e

might fhew bimfelf as great a Captain and Souldier, as he was a

King and Pnefr, lie reformed the Militia, infirulting them in the DifcipHne of

War ; and for

encourage~ent

of his

Souldier~,

be efiablifhed new favours and

honou~

for thofe tliat. fhould deferve them. He alfo enlarged and beautified the

great

C1cy

Co:Gco

with fu1:1ptuous

Buildin~,

and fupplied

with new Citizens

and Inhabuants ; and patucularly he eretled a Palace for himfelf near thofe

c~ools,

which his Great Grandfather

Roca

had founded : for which Magnificent

achons,

an~

for his

fwe~t

and gentle difpofition, he was beloved and adored like

another

(upster.

He reigned

fifty

years, and, as fame

fay,

feventy ; during all

which