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Royal

Commentarier.

BooK

" chat

Travellers might not mifl:ake their way, or wander either on one hand

" or the ocher ; and

this

manner all was ordered for the

pace of five hundred

'' Leagues, being the fame dHl:ance as over the Mountains. But now the Stakes

" fixed in the Candy Grounds are in many pans broken, or plucked up

the

Spaniards,

who in the tio:ies, as well of_ War as

Pe~ce, ma~e

ufe of

chem for

" fuel ; yet the Walls which are made rn the Vallies remam entire unto

this

" day, by which we may conjetture and judge of the greamefs of this , ork.

" And thus did

this

Gp,,a_ynacava

go by one way, and return by another, being

al–

" ways covered with Boughs of Trees, and entertained with the fragrant fmells

'' of fweet Flowers. Thus far are the Words of

.Auguftin de Carate.

Likewife

Pedro

Cief a de Leon

difcourfing of

thls

matter, and of the Road

through the Mountains, hath thefe words in the

7th Chapter of his Book :

" From

Tpiale.r

you rravel to a

finall

Province called

Guac11.,

and in the \\ay rhi–

,, rher you pafs that famous Road which the

Inca&

made in thofe

parts,

and

may

'' be

compared to that which

H1tnnibal

made over the

Alpes,

when he marched in–

,, to

ltal.J;

and indeed, confidering the great

Chambers

and

tore-houfes

which

" were made

in that'

ay, it feems

difficulr,

and

more admirable piece

'' of

work.

hich

Pedro

de Cie<;a

enlarges no farther; howfoe\

er in the

6oth

Chapter

of his Book, fpeaking of the Road over the Plains ; he hath thefe words:

" That I may proceed in my

Hillary with

due method, I ha e thought

re–

'' quilite, before I conclude, to mention fomething relating to the

oad over the

'' Plains, which, as 1 have touched in other places, is a work of fingalar remark

" and importance ; And therefore I mufr here denote fomething of that high

'' Road over

the

Plains,

half

which, at

leaft,

is a

way made by order of the

Ingas;

the

hich, though now it is in many places broken down, and demo–

'' liibed ,

yet the Ruines of

are durable

evidences

of the power of toofe

" firfr commanded the fame

be made. The

l ndiftn.t

attribute this work to

Guaynac11,pa,

and

Topa Yng.c Y11panq11e

his Father, who defcended by thefe Vallies

'' to

the

wer Provinc

es; though

fome

report, that

Inga

Yupang11e,

the Grand–

" father of

Gat:C.Jnacapa,

and Father of

Topa

Ynga,

as the firfl: who difcoveted

'' that Coafr, and paffed thofe Plains unto

it;

and that the

Caciq11es,

or chief Go–

" vernours of thofe parts, made the Road fifteen Foot broad by command

and

" direetion of that

Inga :

on each fide a very !hong Wall ' ·as built, adjoyning to

" which,

were fine grove of Trees planted ; the Boughs ofwhich did fometimes

'' reach o er the

way,

bein° laden with Fruit; and the floor, or the

way

under

'' foot, was fo1ooth and eafi'e ; the Woods and Forefis all along were inhabited

" by

inging-bird , Parrots, and Fowls of all forts.

And farther, thistle

Cief a

treating of the Store-hcu[es,

and

places of entertain–

ment and provifion, faith,

" That thefe Walls reach all along the \

'ay,

e.·cep–

,, ting onely thofe fandy defarts which could not bear a foundation: Howfoe er,

" as proofs of the greatnefs of the Founders, and as Ggns

and

mark

direCt

'' Travellers, great Timbers, in the manner of Pile , \ ere driven imo the ground

" at fuch a

pace and dillance as

ere eafily feen from one to the other. And as

" they were very carefull to keep the ways in the Vallie clea ·, and the Walls

" in good repair ;

alfo the like diligence was ufed

keep up the Pofis or

" Stakes, in cafe any of them iliould be blown down by the Wind, or over–

" turned by any other accident

So that this Road was certainly a

~eat

piece

" of

orkmaniliip, though not

laborious in the making, a that of the Moun-–

" ca

ins.

thefe Vallies alfo there were fome ortreffes and Temples of the

" Sun, ' hich we !hall

pecifie

their due places.

Thus far are the Words

Pedro de

Cief a,

which we have extraeted

verbatim.

Likewife

ohn Botero Benu

makes mention of thefe two Road , and

his

0 ·

fervations denotes them

fot

miraculous Work ; and, in <hort,

fays

thus much

them :

'' From the

City

Couo

there are two great Roads, or King' High–

'' \; ays, running at leaft two thoufand Miles in length, one of" hich goes

~he

'' way

of the Plains, and the other leads by the Mountains : And in

makmg

(( thefe ways in the manner they now are, being twenty fi e Fo

broad,

wli~

" ne effary

raife the

Vallies~

level the Mouncains, and cu t through the

and

living

Rocks; \ hich

Work

gredt, as

exceeds

above any

_com–

" parifon ,

the Pyramids of

Eg pt,

or the

Roman

Edifi es.

\'rhich

ex-

traCte