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Royal Commentaries.

B oo K

VIII.

that

voluntarily, and of their

ow~

accord> th_ey joyfully

r~cei\·ed

f< ··

~e 1

.o·d

and Mafter. Amongfi thefe Nauons, there

a fort of peo

le called

~11/,!cu, .

}

are

miferable and mean-fpirited,

that they

fear rhey (hail wam

Earth, and\

'a·

ter, and

Air.

Whence the

Indians

had a Proverb amongfi them,\ hich

the

Spnm·–

ard.J

afterwards

allowed

their Language> calling

Man

~il!acu,

\\' hen

they

would denote a covetous perfon,or any ofa vile and fordid

nature; and thefe were

- thofe

whom

the

Inca

i!llpofed

a Tax,

or Tribute

Lice

t~a t

~hey

might

oblige them thereby to pick and cleanfe rhemfelves, not fuffermg their

bodies

devoured alive

by this

vermine.

Tupac Tupanqui,

and after him hi Son

Huaynd

Ca1_ac

did

greatly

enn?ble thefe

Pr~vinces

the

Cannarianr,

and

tbar alfo which

called

THmipampa,

with thefe

pubh~k

Edifices, and

Royal Palaces , adorning

Walls of the Chambers

with

che

Figures of

Herb

and

Plants> and al

li\

ing

crea–

tures

reprefented

Gold

and

Silver? the Doors of

th~m

were

plated

wirh

Gold,

.. and

ftu(fded

with

Emeralds,

orquoifes,

and

other

preuous

tones ; for thofe

Indi–

ans

made

their bufinefS to make them Prefents of things of grea t

of1emation;

to pleafe and flatter their

humour, adorned

their Temples and Pab es

ith

all

'treafure they were able to procure.

Pedro de

Ciera

the

+1-th

Chapter of

his

Book) treating

at large of theRi

nefi

wherewith

their

Temples

and

Royal

Chambers

were adorned in

the Pr

inc<;

be~

longing to the

Cannarian1,

as far as

Tumipampa,

which the

i:ani~,,.d

min all

To~e-bamba,

nililake of letters : he there

fays,

That

befides

rhef

hes,

there . · an

im–

menfe

fwn

ofTreafure laid

Jars,

and

Pots,

and other

U tenGL,

wirh

rich

Robes and Vefiments ofSilver,

with

curiou fl:itche ,

f '

·fl ich

tot

ches in

many paffitges of his Hiftory ; the which was fo neat and urious, tl"'e

old

be.

iog filtched, or woven,

lefs pieces than eed-pearl and

ith

-h

anio

ml work

thit

the

heft

Silver-fmiths in

Sroille

have a ked me

the

manner

they

wee

n-o–

ven, or fawn

clofe, that the feam could

not

be difcerned ; a finall

iece

of\

'hici

work I brought into

Spain,

and it was highly prized and efieemed.

Pedro

Cie

having difcourfed

at large

of the Treafure of the

c~nnarian

Pto ince ,

had

tt1e1e

words.

lhort whatfoever I can utter or

expre~

of the Riches

wid1

which

" the

lnctU

have

adorned

their

Palaces,

will

fall

!hort of the true

value of

ir; and

then

peaking

particular of the

Chambers

and

ernple of

'111mipampa,

faith,

" That the

Indians

report, that the greatefl: part of thofe Scones,

which

rhnfe

Chambers and Temple were built, were brought from the great

C ity

Ccz.co

" command of the King

Huayna Capac,

and his Father

'Tttpac

the Great,

f< rce

" Men,

who

drew

them

with Cables; which if fo,

was

very

wonderful}}

confide–

" ring

the weight of the Stones, and the great n

umb

er of

chem,

and the difiance

of the way. Thefe are the very

words of

that

H.iO:

orian, who,

reafon of the

difficulty

of that work, feems

doubt the truth of

that

report which the

L1dia111

gave; but for

part, who am alfo an

Indian,

and acquainted with the humour

Councreymen,

I do declare

belief

to be thus far

it ;

being

probable,chac

thofe

lncan

Kings, who

were

always deGrousto !hew

favour

their SubjeCls, \ ould

alfo oblige them

the tranfporcation

the[e Stones from

Couo ;

hich

corning

fi-om thence, were

efieemed Sacred :

For

it were a favour to have a licence grJn–

ted for building a Temple co the Sun

any principal Province, becaufe thereby

the Inhabitants

became

Citizens of

Co:uo;

much more

muft

be to have

tie

very

Materials of

brought from the City it felf, by command of the

Jnca,

without

o–

ther charge

labour to the Natives;

and

not onely to have their Temple

refem..

hie

that

C~o,

but alfo to be the fame

with

it in the

Cubfiance.

Now

the

l mliam,

to enjoy fuch a piece of grandeur,which they eileenied

be God-like,and

Divine,

would omit all

other

Works to employ themfelves in the can-ia e of thefe

Stan~

over

Rocks and craggyMountains,

and to fuch

a far

diflance

from

Co~

T1f111i/""!Pa

which

no 1efs than

4 0 0

Leagues, which none would be ie

Te,

buc

chofe wlio

were

employed in the work : Bue as

the report which

Pedro d

Cieq.1

received

from

the

Indians,

who averred, that the greacefi parr

thofc

rone ,

whic

h the

Temple and Palaces of that Countrey were compare , -, ere

brought

from

Co.ua,

was more to boaft of the favour and honour

hkh the

1"ca

did

rhem

ng out fuch a Command, than to raife the glory of

h a

·v

or b)

belief, that the Stones were really brought from

far

difl:ance.

And

fuall

ferve

for

hat we have

fay

concerning the Greatnef

and

Ric es of

o[e

Royal

Palaces and

Temples

of the

Sun, which

were

built

Tum:pjlm a,

n ·n

parts of

Pn-11.