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Íiów

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Cl9áths:,

and

Amis~

and Shb~s

fo~

the

Sorddierj:

•

;

• ;

•

B.,

Efides düs Tribute of LaboÜr which the

lndian..r

befiowed on the tands of rh~

Sun, and the

Inca,

and of the gathering in .-their Fr;uic-; che fecond,Tributé

required ·was a contriburion cowards the Cloathing; :Shoes and Arms of th&'

Souldiety, as alfo for t

he póot

' aríd ne~dy, wh() by reafon of

<2,

<;>i.-

_want

Healch,,were not able to

láfoi.ir

ánd_provide

for

.themfelves-

.And ,terejn the fame

rule and order was obfer

ved; as

in che former Tribute: The Cloa~hilig _-in all

the".

Hi!Iy Coµmries was made of Wool, whith wás pr09uced ,by chofe multitudes of

Caccel which were paQ:ured'in chofe ¡:farts for accotmc of ch~ Sun

bue

the

Plains along che Sea-coaft, where che Cotmtrey

hoc, they made ali cheir Gar–

mencs of Coccons, which grew in che Lands belonging to che

Inca

and che Sun;

chac che

Jndi1ms

were at

farther expence therein, than chat Ol)ely which pro–

ceeded from che hibour of cheir hands. Theit Wocilen,Cloathirig wás of three

forts ; che courfeíl:, which chey called

Avafca,

"'.~~

for the cemmori people ; che

next degree,, which was fomething finer, they 'called

Compi-,

w.hich Was_

fit

for CaP". ,

tains and Nobles, and che bettér fort of people, and were rtiade of divers colours~ •

and dreífed and curried like che

Dutch

Cloths : To the fineíl: f9rc likewife chey

gave che fame name of

Compi,

which was onely for the cloathing of

Incas

of the

Royal Bloud, and fuch of tliem as were Souldiets and 0fficers both of War and

ptace. This fineíl: fort was rriade in Countries where the beft Workmen lived~

and che moíl: ingenious Artiíl:s '; and

ene

éourfer was rñade by the more dull and

courfer forc of Heads. All che

ool for chis Cloathing was Spun by the Wo~

rnen ; as likewife the

Ava[ca;

ór courfer fort-, was Woven by them; búc the fineff

was

oven by the Mén, becaufe they always Weaved íl:anding ; ,and both one

and che other was the Work of the Subjeél:s, andlflot ofthe

Incas,

though it were

for their own·Cloaching, though fome are of opinion that che

lnéas

worked and

weaved for chemfelves; which we muíl: contradiét, and íhall íhew hereafrer; when_

we come to creat ofche Arms ofHorfemen,whac it was that they terrned the Spin.,

ning of che

lnw.

Thofe Pi:ovinces were moíl: chatged with d-ie Affefment

for

Shoeing, where Hemp grew in moíl: plenty;' aild was made froin tl:ie Stalk of

Plant called

M ag_uey

their Arms likewife were made in thofe Countries where

che Materials (or

them

were moíl: plentifull : In fome places they made Bows and

Arrows, in ochers Lances and Datts ,_in others Clubs and Bills ;. fortle Countries

provided Rapes and Winleífes for lading and faílniiig of B1.mhens, and others

made I-fclmets and-Targets, befides whi'ch chey had nd other defenfive Arms.

íhort?/,every Province fürniíhed anq fupplied fuch Commodtries as che Nacure of

thé Goqr:icrey did mdft

eafüy

produce, and foch Ma.nofaétories as they tould make

horiie

for ic was:

féttled and an eíl:ábliíhed

Láw

through che whóle Empiré;

that no

lndian

íh9uld be obliged to feek

or.

ranfack ocher Countries for che Tri-',

bute he was to pay

fpr

as that would not bi íufl: nór

etjriaJ,

fo it·would be

meaos to rnake them Vagabonds~ and to open a <loor

ép

cheJnhahitants_co go ouc,

their Countrey;

?º.d

forfake dieir own habi~atión~ ; Jo tliat the,Subjeél:s were

obliged to futnHh the

Inca

\~ích

fyur things,

vi<:,;

Provifions or food arifing

frorri

the proper·grounds of the

Inca~

Cloathing rnade. of the

qol of his éi'wn Flocks;

Shoes and Arms, arífing frorn Cotini:ries where the fytaterfals

áre,

rnoíl: common ;

ali

chefe Aífefments w~re ~aid and irnp'qfed with great ordet

and át

témion ; for –

rhofe rrov~rices ~vhith were ,~h~rge1 wifh.,Oochs, by./eaíb

or.ch,

qu~nricy

or.

º?l~ which abouoded

tbe~r p~rts;

i V{ere,

,fréed from the

ch,arge

a:lld care

prov1dmg Shoes ; chofe chat prov1deq. Sboes, we~e

free-d

from Arms,

that

none could be cwice charged, nor the Subjeét agdeve.d

the wejghc pf bis

Op–

preffions;

this genden-eís

and

leníty of the

Yoke.

whieh

the

Inca

l'a'id

ni~

l .

peoplh;