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Hoot V.-
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Roy_al
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Commentaries~
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P.
IV.
How they divided their ·Water inio feima! "fl.ivuÍets far th~
refrefoment
of
their Land;
_
and ·whát Puni}hnie~t thej
injlíéled
'on
the idle and negligem
P~op!e -th¿¡t wotdd
nbÍ
"1,órk::
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chore éotincries where ~acer·was rcarce, chey cook care có <Iivic,ie chéfr
Waters
to
every one according c9
qis
neceffities, a!)d
by
fuch equal proporti–
ons·' an~ with thac ,brder; thac all quarrels atid cohte_ntibps for ic were avoided ;,
and he.reunto chey had móíl: efpedal tegatd·
ió
dry years, when Rain was'wancing;
for then.they allocced oúc urico every one bis cercáin h0ürs; havuig by experience
learned
in
how much time,aó Acre of Groúntl ·mlghc be fupplied; and drink the
VV
ater it required; .
In
which _benefü tieillher-the Riéh ilór.the more Noble, nor
the
Kinfman of che
C1mtca;
nor che
Cur'aca
himfélf; nor che Governour; nor the
'King himfelf enjoyed any privilege or prefererice beforé ahother, bue every one
took h!s turn ,
as his
Lands an1 Furrows )a~ ih ordér; · He tha~
wa~
negligenc
\o .
cake his turn, and to wacch h1s ground wh1Ul: the Water ran meo the Furrow~
~
and Dams, was punifheq for
a·
íluggard i_n the moíl: affroncive manner; for he was
to
receive publickly chree or
faur
tfu.qmps on the Back
With
a
Scone, or whipped
cm
che Armes and Legs with Swicches
óf.
Ofter; ánd íbamed with.
the
difgracefull
term of an foile aod íloachfull fellow; which was a greac difhonciur and difrepuca~
µon co them; calling chem
M,.:,:,quitullu;
which is Eafie•bones; being a word com~
pounded of
Mi:,:,qui;
which figniffes
f
wéet; and
Tullu
which is bones.
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o¡
the
Tribute which they gave
to
_the
inca;
dnd of
the Vef
fels
t_hey
made·
to r'eceive
their
Fruíts.
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Aving _ali-ea., d~clared_ fhe manner_by
wtich
c~e
Ín~~s
di~ided éheiands, and
.
che _ways and mvenuons by which the Sub¡eéts 1mproved thern ;.we are
·,
in
che nexc place
fo
p·roceed
to
fhew .what Tribµce _they gave
unto
theír Kings;
The chiefeíl;_ pare o( cheµ- Tribute did tonfiíl:.in cheir labour, which was
to
culti.:.
i1ate and m:t~ure tne Lands belonging·to che Sun, and to che
lnca,
and alfo
co,
gather and rea¡::, che F,ruits; and lay chem
up
in the King;s Barns :. .One fort of
¡;:ruié -which was in éíl:eem amongft the11J, was tpai: whicb they' call
Vchu,
and che
$paniarw Axi,,
and
we
in Engliíh Red·Pepper. The places in
w
hich -chey 1aid cheir
• Corn called
Pinia,
were ma_9e of Chy, tempéred with Straw
i
·In
the times of
che
Incas
chey were very curioüs in chis work, ~nd made thém
qf
ditlerent
ftzes·
and
fafhions ; fome being loijg and nafró_w, ahd. others fqpare ;
[9me
of. theni
were
mad'e td teceiife thirty, fome fifty, and fome áµ hundred m~afur~
of-Corn :
Every one of thefe.Clay-veífels was
p'uc
into
a.
Chámber by
it,
[el[,
jufi: fitted
to
che proporción of
~he
Veffel, arid fixed
with.
Walls
on
eacn
fide
1
fo
as
noc
to
be
T
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:i;emoved ;