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Royal
Commentaries.
BooKl
'' tives of
Tumbez,
the Captains of the
Inga
built a FortrefS, which
perhaps
the
d
defigned with intention to employ the People, and divert their Minds
fro~
' their unreafonable Wars and Debates. So ioon as this Fortrefs was fioiilied
''
G11ay11a
C11pal
came thither, and commanded chat a Temple fhould be built
and
dedicated
co
the Sun,
neat
to the Fortrefs of
Tumhe:t.,
and
that two
hun:
'' dred
irgins,
chofen out of
the
rnofr beautifull Ladies belonging to
Noble
" Families of chat Countrey, iliould have their Lodgings therein.
In
this For–
' tref5
~of
which there remain forne
R~ines
to this day)
GHayna
Capac
did,
by
u
his Deputy gather and colleet the Tributes of the People, and 1aid them up
'' there, with many pretious Jewels,
as
alfo all Provifions for the Souldiers of the
'' Garrifon, and for thofe which marched
that
way;
alfo they report, that
in
'' this Forcrefs the Lion and Tiger were kept,
which
had been fem thither
by
"
G111!.)na
Capac,
and were the fame which they lee loofe upon
Pedro de
Candia
(c \
ith
intent that they
might
tear
him.
in
pieces, at that time when
Fr11ncu
Pi~
"
ftt.rro
came firfi to
this
Councrey, with
hls
thirteen Companions, to
make a
" Difcovery of
Per11.
In
this FortrefS of
TH111he;:,
were many Silver-frniths,
which
" made Velfels of Gold and Silver, and other pieces of rare Workmaniliip for
" fervice and ornament of the Temple, which they efieemed holy and fandi–
,, fied, as alfo for fervice and honour of the
Inca;
and for his perpetual Fame
" and lafiing Memory, they
plated
all
the Walls of
this
Temple
with
panes
of
· '' Gold and Silver. And the Women which were dedicated co
the fervice
of
" the Temple had no other employment than co fpin, and weave the finefl: forr
'' of their Wool, which they performed with great curiofiry. And in
regard
" e have
in
the fecond
Part
of
this
Hill:ory related
as
much
as
we could
under–
,, ftand, or bad reafon co believe, concerning the Kingdom of
PerH,
from the
'' time
of
Mango Capac,
who
was
the fuft
to
the
time of
G11afc11r,
who
was
" che
lall:
King chat defcended by lawfull Succeffion; we !hall
add
no
farcher in
'~
th1s
Chapter, than what will ferve to illuftrate
this
Hillary.
Thus far the Words of
Peter
de
Ciept,
colleeted out of chat part of his Hillo–
ty,
wherein he treats of the great
Riches
of
Tmnpi~,
and of the wild
Beafis
which
chey fee upon
Peter
de
Candia,
but proceeds no farther, referving the remainder
of
his
Story to be related in the
third Part
of
his
Works,
w
hlch have not
as
yet
been publlihed to the World.
CH~
P .
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