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BooK

III.

Royal

Comnzentaries.

Ar lengch they carne ro find, chac on che Weíl:-íide of che Convenc che Wa–

ter cook ics courfe under ground, and fell imo che Brook, which pafies chrough

the

Cicy;

which in che times ofche

!ne.u

had ics banks kept up with 11ones, and

the boccom well paved, chac che Earth might noc

fall

in; che which work

was

continued through che whole Cicy, and for a quarcer of a League wichom; the

which now, by che carelefsneís and íloch of che

Spaniad,,

is broken, :rnd che

pavement difplaced; for rhough che Spring commonly yields not water very plen–

tifully, yer at fome times it rifes on a fudden, and makes fuch an incredible in–

undation, chat che force of che currenc hach difordered che Chane!, and che boc–

tom."'

che Year

1558.

there happened a greac eruprion of \Varer from chis Foun–

tain, which broke che main Pipe, and che Chane!, fo rbac che fory of che Tor–

renc cook ·anocher courfe, and lefc che garden dry; and now by chat abundance of

rubbifh and fullage which comes from che

Cicy,

che chane! is filled up, and noc

much as any mark, or fignal thereof remains.

Th~

Friars, though ac length they ufed ali the diligence imaginable, yet they

could not find che ancient Chane! , and to trace ic from rhe Foumain head by

way

of rhe Pipes, it was an immenfe work, for they were to dig througm Houfes,

and deep conveyances under ground, to come at it, for che Head of che

SE)ring

was higb: Nor could any

Indian

be found thac could give any direétion herein,

which difcouraged chem

cheir 'work, and in che recovery ofthe-other.s wbich

anciently belonged to che Temple.

Hence we may obferve, che ignorance and inadvertifement of chofe

J¡idian,,

and

how little che

hel!efit0f

Tiadition availed am0ngíl: chern, for

dli<!mgh

ii; be

onely

forty

cwo Years at rhis day lince thofe Waters forfook cheir colilrfe; yec

neither the loís of

ne~eífary a ¡:,r.ov.iÍton as Water, whiíh was che refreíhmenc

of their Uves, nor ofthatfüeam which fupplied che Temple ofthe Sun, rheir God,

could by Nature, or Religion, conferve in them che memory of

remark,able a

particular. The truth

is,

that it

probable chat the

ndertakers , or

Mafier·

workmen, of chofe Wacer-works,

did

communicace, or make known

to che

Priefis onely the fecrec conveyances of thofe Wacers, etl:eeming,every ching whi.ch

belonged to the Honour and Service of che Temple to be

facred, that in was

not m

revealed

cornrnon ears; and for chis reafon, perhaps, the knowledge

of chefe wacers might dye, and end wich che order of Prieíl:s. Had any rhing re–

mained which was to have been enquired into, as matters

Tribmte, or oftlhings

relarin~ to che Regaliti:es, or Services, which are fecular and profane; chere is,n0

doubt but the Memory of che People or Tradition would hav:e given us light

l!herein, as we plainly fee in the Miíl:ory of thefüCountries, which were confeu–

ved by appointed, arrd approved Notaries, though

chefe days they begin to

fai~

and

wear out ofmemory, bcing fwallowedi up by the

modern

Hiflorfos ob chis

New JErnpire.

CH A P.