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Rqyal Commentariu. froo-K V.
/ removed · and in che middle of che Chamber a paífage was lefc·ro go from on~
to che ofher to empc fill chem a~cording to rhe feafons of che year; fol
empcying che[e Veílels, pened a lml~ fhutt~r before, ~f abouc a q~arcer of
a Yar.d fquare, or bigge leífer, _accorclmg to 1ts proporuo~, by ~luch chey
knew certainly che quant1ty charwas taken out, and whac remamed w1thouc mea,
furing of ir; where~y, and by che large?e[s of t~e V~ífels, c made che
accounc of che quanmy of che Mayz wh1ch remamed mevery Magazine.
r remember chat I once faw fome of thefeClay-veífels, which r ever fmce
che time of rhe Incas ; chey-were fuch as were of che befi fort, for they had be–
longed to che Convenc of che Seleét Virgins, who were Wives to che Sun, and
made folely for che fervice of chofe Women ; when I faw chem, chey were in
the Hou[e of che Sons of Pedro de Barco, who had been School-fellows wich me.
The Pr.ovifions of che Sun, and of che Inca, were laid up aparr, atid in differenc
Veífels, chough in rhe fame Score-hou[e or Magazine. The Corn for Seed was
given out by che Lord of che Land, who was che Sun and che Inca ; as alfo che
Com which made 'Bread for che Labourers, during rhe time chacchey cul.civaced
and rnanured cheir Lands; fo chac ali che Tribute which che Indian1 w~re obliged
to give, ~as nothini but thrjr perfonal labour, their Lands and Fruits being free
of ali Tax or Impofüion. The trurh ofwhich is affirmed by Acojfa i ifteenrh
Chapcer of his fixch fuok, in chefe words : " The Inca he part of
~' the-Lands to che People; but it is not certain whecher tfüs p: s fo ex–
" aéHy rneafured, as to anfwer an equality with thac of t Inca: Bue chis is
" fure, rhac great care was caken to render unto every one a fufficienc proporcion
~ of Land for his 11Jaintenance and fupporr. In chis third pare no panicufar per–
,, fon had fucha righr, as to be able to give ic away, or fell, or by any ways alie–
" nace it to anorher, becaufe che Inca was the fole Lord of che Fee, and che Ori–
,, ginal right was in him. Of chefe Lands, new Divifions were made every
• " year, according to che increafe or diminuoion of F~ilies ; fo rhat che proporti–
" ons of Lands were in .general afcertained, and yre Diviíions already laid out,
~ that chere needed no great trouble fanher cherein. Ofa11 thefe Lands fo given,
" no Tribute was exaéted, unle[s it was thei.r labour to cultivare and manure che
" Lands of che Inca and che Guaw, and to gather che Fruits, and laychem l'lp in
" their Score-houfe, which was ali che Tribute or lmpofüion required of chem.
'fhe[e are che words of Acojfa, who calls the Sun by che Name of Guaw.
In .all che Province of'Colla, which is above 1 50 Leagues long, Mayz doth not
grow, by reafon of che coldnefs of che Climace; but in che place of ir rhey have
great abundance offl..!!.inua, which is a fort of Rice, befides plency of otlier Grane
and Pulfe, and foch Corn as grows low upon che ground ; fuch asis rhat whicb.
they call Papa, which is round and juicy, and by reafon of the great humidiéyot
it inclines much to corruption, and is foon rotteH ; bue che becter to conferve ir,
they fpread ir on che ground upon Straw, of which chere is greacílore, and very
good in that Countrey, expofing ic for many Nights to che Froíl:; for che Frofts
are very 01arp and laíling chere; after it hath in chis manner, as ic were, been di–
geíled and ripened by che colds, they chen gencly preís it, chacche warriíbnefs may
país away \-Vith che 'crude humour caufed by rhe Frofi' ; and afcer they have chus
well preífed it, chey lay ic out in che Sun , keeping it from the ferene damps of
che Nighc, untill it is perfeétly dried. And by the[e means chey conferve che
Papa for a long rime, which chen chey call by che Name of Ch,mum , and by chac ·
Name ali che Pa;a paífed, which was gachered from cbe Lands of the Sun, and of
the Inca, and which they conferved in cheir Store-houfe-, with ocher Grane, and
wich their Pea[e and Vetches, and füch like.
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