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Of th.e-- Buildings,
·Ornam~nt
and
Furniture
of
the
Rojal
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Servi~es and Orq¡¡~epts of the Royal Palac~s belonging
tó
the
Iq.ng~ .of
fern,
were agrfeaple to theGreatnefs, Riches-and
,
'Ma
jeftyoftheir Emf)ire, wit}l which alfo cernlponded the Mag–
nificence of thejr Court ancl Atte.Fldance; whic_li,
-if
well confide~
red,
might equal, if
not txc~~ª
rhe State
and
Grandeur ofall che
·
,Kjrigs and Erpperours of the Univerfe. As
to
their Houfes and
Temples, Gardens -~d 13aths, they wer~ all built ~f Free S~one,, r~rely well po–
llíhed, and
fo well ¡omed together, and
fo
clp[e la1d, thar they admmed no
kind
of Cement; the truth is, if any Wyre ufed, ic was of that forc ofcoloured Mor"'.
tar which
in
their Language they
call.L!ancac Atipa;
which
is.
a
fort
of flimy Ce–
'fnent, rnade up like
a
Cream, which
fo
uniced and clofed che Stones -wgecher,
that no feam or crevife appeared between them; for ,which reafon the
Spaniardi
were ofopinion, that they worked wit,hout Mortar; orhers faid, thac they ufed
Lime, bue both are miíl:akes; for the
Jndians
of
Peru
neither knew the·rnanner
or ufe of Lime, Morcar, Tile or Brick.
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In rnany of che Royal Palaces, and Temples of the Sun, they dofed up thé
Seams of their Beilding wich melced Gold, or Silver,
or
Lead.
-Pedro
de
Ciefa,
a
Spanifh
Hillorian,
.faich,_Thac for greater Ma-gaiíice-nre
th€Y
.filled
e-he jo-ints
be–
tween the Scones wich Gold or Silver, which was afterwards che caufe of che to–
tal defüufüon of chofe Buildings; for the
Spaniárds
having found thefe ,exceriour
appearances .ofGold, and fome ocher heaps of Mecall within, have for farcher
Difcovery fubverced che very Foundacions of thofe Edifices; in hopes of finding
greacer Treafure, which ocherwife were
fo
firmly builc, a,s rnight nave concinued
for niany Ages.
Pedro
de
Ciefa
confi~ms the fame ac large, and (aith farther, Tha~
the Temples ofche Sun were placed wich Gold,_as alfo all che Royal Apartrnems.
They ilfo framed rnany Figures of Men and Women,. of Birds of- the Air, and
Fifhes of the Sea; likewife of fierce Animals, fuch as Tygers, and Lions ,. and
Bears, Foxes, Dogs and Caes, in fhott, ali Creatures whaéfoever known amongft .
them, they
-c-aíl:
and moulded inco true and rn).tural Figures , of che fame iliape
and forrn ofthofe Creacures which they reprefenced, placing thern
in
corners or
eones of che Walls, purpofely rnade and füted for them.
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