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Royal

-Cornmentaries.

BooKVl

They counterfeited the Plan~ and Wall-flowers fo well, that being on theW

alls,

they:

feemed to be Natural: The Creacures which were íha~d on the Walls,

fuch as Lizards, Butter-flycs, Snakes and Serpents, fome crawling up, and fome

down, w~re fo artificially done, that they feemed Nacur~l, and wanced.nothing

but Motion.

r~e

Inca ,

commonly fafe on a St9ol ?f Maf!te Go\~Itwh1ch they_

calle~

T,dna,

bemg·

~p~ut

three_quarters_of aY..ar~Jµgh, w1thout iir~ or

Badc,

and-tlíe feat fomething hollow m the m1ddle ;

.this

was fet on a

lar~

fquare Plate

of Gold, ,which ferved for a Pedefial t? r~ife ir. AH che Veffels which were for

the fervice of the

Inca,

both of the K1tchm, and of the Buttery, were all made

of Gold or Silver ; and thefe were in fuch quantities, that every Houfe, or Palace,

belonging to the

lnc.t,

-was furniíhed

that manner with them, that there was

no occafion, When he Travelled, to remove them from one place to the other.

thefe Palaces alfo,thge _were Magazines, or Gr

anari

~, made of Gold aad Sil–

ver, which were

fü

t0 ,;ece1ve Corn, or Grane, but

tp.ey

w~re rather places ofState

and Magnificence, thañ of ufe.

The

Inca

had

his

Palace well furniíhed,with Bedding , añd fo many changes of

Apparel, th~t having worn a Soit twice, h_e gave it to

his

Kindred, or

bis

Ser–

vams. Their Bed-cloaths were Blankets, like our Freezes made ofGoatsW

ool,

ano fo foft and fine, that amongfr other curiofities of that Countrey, they car–

ried over fome of the Blaokets .for the Beds of

Philip

che Secood King of

Splljn :

chefe Blankets ferved them for Beds to lye orr, as well as Coverings : But they

would by no meaos be rec~nciled to Qgil~, or·be perfuaded to fleep upon them;

perhaps beca¡¡fe, that havmg feen them m the Chambers of tbe

Spaniard.r,

tbey

feemea too effeminate and

foft

for Men, who rhade profeffion of a more hardy

life ; aod who had not created to themfelves

many fuperfluous neceffiries as

Meo, who raoged both Sea aod Land for Riches and Treafure. They had no

occafion of Hangings for their Walls, which ( as we hav~ faid) they Adorned

with Places of Gold or Silver : The Difhes ot Meat provided for the

lnca's

Ta–

ble, were rnaoy, becaufe maoy

·incas

of his Kindred were. his frequeot Guefis

aod his Servams ~ere very numerou~, beiog all to be fed at tbe charge c!nd

car:

of t~e

In_ca.

The ufu_al ho~r of Eauo~, for ali forts of people,_ was from eighr,

moe

che Mormng; m the.Evenmg chey fupped by Day-hghc, rnaking no

more thao thefe two MeaJs.

In Drinkiog they were more intemperate ; for

though they did not Drink duriog tbe time

their Meal,

}'et

afterward5 wheo

they fate to

it,

th~y draok commonly till Night. Bue this was a cufrome a~oogíl:

che Rich, aod Meo of Efütces, aod noc amo~gfi tbe Poor, whofe povei;ty obliged

t~em to a.neceíl}ty of being abfiemi?us

tbe co!Dmon cufrome áod prac–

tICe amongft_ all mgeneral, was to reure,becimes to their repofe, and to rife early

in the Mormog ro follow their Employments.

CH A P.