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66

Royal

Commentaries.

BooK

III.

now fiand aftonifhed at the fight of th• wonderfull

abrick-, and needed no

o–

ther tefl:imony and evidence

to

prove the

Inca's

defcent from the

un,

than that

~rodigious

and myfteriou wo k, which

(a

they thought) nothing leG than

a

Divine Power and

ifed m could prefent before their eyes.

Suen a prehenfi–

ons they had o

the

Spaniards,

when they

faw

t

1em fighting

an

fierce creature

fuch as their Horfes

af

eared to them, and

t ·

·n

t

eir

nemies at a difiance of

two or three hundred

a

ith

· e-arms, \

~

ich they called Thunder an

Light–

ning ;

and ' ith the .fame ignorant

iri of admiration are

t

ey

llill

affeCled,

as

often

as

they

b

ld an ne

inven

1

not knm 'n

t

them betore ;

as Mills·

to

grind

rn,

xen

t u

Im , and

ridge of

to1

e

l

Cled in

·ver \

ich

Ar..

ches,

hich they fanfie to be

laced an

poifc d in the

Air

~

and

ith afionifh–

ment of thefe and o her

thing ,

they

r

ak

uc, and fay,

Wortl!J &Cre

the

paniards

to

be

A-111/f

er

.r

of the

Indian . And in the time of

M ayta

Capac,

he

Indians

being

yet more

fim

le th n in l1e[e da

, might well

r

\Yith fuch

a

iratio

at

the

fi

ht o

t

is

id e, that many

eig 1bouring

r vi c

eeded no

her ar–

gument than this t

erfuade hem to receive the

I,1ca;

one of ·hich people

'as

called

Chumpivillca,

fituated in the Divifto of

Contifuyu,

co taining about

t

enty

Leagues in

1

nbth, 1nd ten

in

breadth ; all ' hich received

him

as a perfon of

high degree and m

both

f<

r

greame~

of hi

irth, being defce

from

the un, and

1<

r h

upendious \ ·ork \ ' ich e had framed, and

none

but a

ivin

e m cou ld contrive an

accomplifh, one!Y a fort of people

called

Villi/Ii

made fame \' ak refifience;

f<

r laving encompaffed a finall fortrefs

at the dread of the ap

r-.

ch of the nemy, they

l

ouded into ic; ut the

Inca

qegirting them ound, a - 'ending

· uftial u

m

ons, an gratious

iopofitions

of

ace;

in

the p ce of n elv

r thirtee day t ey all fu:rendr

, and

\Vere

received to

ace

pardon ; an

v

it

g fet e

this Pro ince

in

a

paceable

condition , he

rof!ed the defolat

art of

o· tifu u,

con aining abo t fixt en

League , where he came to a Mo01;

r

MarHh

G

:o

d , of a out

t

1ree

Lea

es

broad,

1

h1ch hindred the paffage of

his

Army. Here

t

e

Inca

co

anded a

a\;

-\:

ay to em e of. great and fmall

t

n~,

' ' ich they

u

-irh

arc

and co ered

Vt.

ith

Turf: And

fi

r better x e..:i1tio

and enco ragement of

his people,

t

1e

htca

himfelf

\:

orked , helping

t

raifi and

1

Y.

the greatell:

cones ;

hich {(

animated the

uldiers to labour, that in a few d

ys

they finifhed the

Cawie-

''ay,

\i

hi h was fix Yard broad, and nv

ards thick; and \\hich the

India111,

ven to thefe times, have in

f<

great eneration; both becaufe part of

it

· was

th p ·o er handy-\ ork of the

11

ca,

as alfo

fc

r the co 1Venience an

enefit

of it, ' ·h

1

;Qby

the ' ay is made fhorter, \. hen formerly

vkh

muc

1

labour and

tr

el

ey were forced to take a large com afs to void the Moorifh

o mrey :

And for thi reafon they keep ic !l:ill in go

r~

air,

fo

that fcarce a

tone de–

cays, or

fink

from it, but another

i

put into it

lace by the care and indull:ry of

the urveyor ,

V\

ho are appointed diereunto by the bordering e

l~

, " ho a–

ving feverally their

di!hnet:

divilions an parc

lotted co them do nd avour·

to our-vy each the other in con ewation

f

common benefit

conveni–

ence : the like rule

is

obferved for maintenance of all other publitk Work

fuch as Bridges and

oyal

Palaces,

ortreffes, a'1d the

li

e.

In

making the Cawfe–

way, the Turf hey laid upon it was of great u e; for it did not onely make the

way finoorh,

fc

ft

and eafie, but alfo the Roo of the

rafs extending themfi lves

within

t

e

con

, did greatly bind, and kee1 all clofi together..

.

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