160 / 1070
142 __
.Royal
Comme'ntaries.
.Bo-0k ·V .
fluities which are necetfary to fupport che Magnificence and Pomp ofgreac
Per-
fonagés.
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.
.
,
Moreover 1they .prefented to the
Inca
ivild Bea_íls, fuah a~ Tygers, _Lions and
Bears with othér Creamres lefs fien;e, fuch as Qnlls,- Monk1es, Moahtain-Cats
beer' Parots, and other greách Birds,, as ©füite:hés,
aha
ánocher fort of Bird
cal:
ied a
'c,mtur,
which
is
the biggeíl: of any in che. world: Hereunto they fome–
times added Serpents which were produced in
Anti1;
che biggeíl: aad largeíl: of
which chey cal!
A_w~ru,
being twke!,ltl f.i_v~.or_t~"°cy.fopt 'ip,l~ng'th, as alfo Toa¿s
ofa mohfirous bignefs, and Sna es ·cbac were very fierce. And from che Sea-coaft
chey fent Soils and Allag_a~ors., which ' th~y' called
Cáyrn1tne1,
and were fome of
them c~entY. five or chirty fooc
in
le~gch. 1n
íh?rt,
there was ~o cr.eacure e~cellenc
in ics kmd e1ther for ferorny, or b1gnefs, or rurnblenefs, which they om1cced to.
c:my and prefenc with their Offerings ofSilver and Gold,
thac fo by chis way of
Homage, and Duty,,
the,y
might acknowledge him che fupreme and anivetíal
Lord of al!; and tefüfy·ch~ zeal and affeéti~n chey bore to his Service;
l ,,
C ~H A P.;
VÍIÍ.
How this
Tribute
was
cónfervecl,
and laid up, and
h0w
ii
was expended;
and in what
Service:
W. ' '
E
are.come now
tó
enquire
in
what manner
dús
Tribute.was conferved,
in
what it was expended, and what accounc was:given ofit: and herein it is
to be obferved, chat chere were three Treafuries iri che whole Kingdom, where–
ín chey amaíled and kept the Triputtls, and publick Profits.
In
every Province
\;vhéther i,c\Yere great, or frnall, there were always two Magazines, or S-torehoufes;
ín
one ofwhi~h they laid up éorn; aad provifions for fup¡:,orc of che Na
ti
ves againft
years
óf
fiarcity, or famine; in che ocher, ali che Profics and Benefics belonging
to" the $un, and the
lnc11,
were laid up: befides which chey had ocher finaller
Store-houfes, built upon che King'sHigh-way, abouc three
or
four Lea_gues one
from che other, which che
SpaniardJ
make ufe of at prefenc for Inns :md Lodgings
when they cravell.
.
Ali che Eflate of che Sun, and che
Inca
which
lay
within fifty Leagues ahoue
the City of
Co:uo,
was ali broughc thicher for maimenance,
and
fúp_porc of che
Court, tha_t
[o
che
Inca
rnighc not onely have a fuffici6nt plency for hirnfelf and
Family,
bue
likewife
to
b~ftow in Rewards and Prefencs to his Captaros and
Cu–
raw,
and to entertain and treat them: Bue fome pare of the Revenue which
be–
longed to che Sun, and which was within the aforefaid limits of fifcy Leagues,
wasfeparateJ, and laid up apare for the comrnon benefic of che People.
What Revenue was coming in frorn other places more remoce, wichouc the
compafs
of
the fifcy Leagues, was laid up in che King
1
sScore-houfes, which he had
in every Province, and from thence it w·~ranfponed
to
the places which were builc
on che common Road, for receiving ProvlGons, Arms, Clochs, Shoes, and ali ne·
ce!faries for an Army, chat fo in ali pares chey n¡ighc readily be fupplied, when!o-
¡
ever they marched unto any of che four quarcers of che World, which che
Jndia111
,alled
Tav,mtinfayu.
Thefe Score-houfes being chus, as we have faid, provided,
were able to fupply and furniíh an Arrny with whacfoever they needed;
fo
chat
in
cheir march they neicher lay upon free quarter, nor bu11hened che People; nor
·might any Souldier rob or vex the Inhabitancs upon pain of Deach.
Pedro de
Ciefa
in che 60th,Ch~pter of his Book, fpeaking ofche greac Roads, hath chefe Words.
" The
Jnca-1
had greac and large Store-houíes; wherein chey íl:owed and Jaid
up ,
". ali ,cheir Ammuiütion and Provifions
of
War,
in
which they we¡e
fo
c,;arefu!I;
~' chat they never failed
td
máke due and
lai·ge
Provüions, and in failure thereof
~
che