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po[ely _alle~ge in this ~lace ro_ confute the opinion ?f thofe who livi~g in
Spain,
and bemg 1gnorant of the affairs of the
Jndu:s ,
bel~eved thac the
I~dians
had no
eíl:eem of Gold nor knew che value or pn~e of
1t :
Befides whrch, they had
Veífels made of Gold wherein
to
lodge cheir
~brn,
alfo the Figures ofMen, of
Trees and Planes and Herbs made in Gold , as alf Animals of what
fort
foever:
whid{ are che W;rdsof thac famous Auchour in bis Hiíl:ory of
Peru.
Thac rich Prize whiah fell
to
the iot of
D. Francifpo Pir¡arro,
was part qf that
which
Atahualpa
gave
for
his Ranfome , and which
Pifarro
jultly claimed as bis
due by Military Righc, being Gene11:il of che Army,: He m~ghc mornover chal–
lenge, by agreement, che beíl: Jewel frorn the great heaps of füches : Ami though
rbere were others perhaps more valuable, fuch as
J
ars, and Veífels of Gold ; yet
in regard that this had been che Seat of a King, and the feizure of it prefaged
rhe Dorninion of the
Spanijh
Monarchy, it
[eemed,
a prize mor\; fü1gu-lai:, and
worthy the choice of
Pifarro
before any other of _greacer eíl:ímation.
In
the
]2.ife
of
Huayna Capac,_wbo
was·che laíl: of all che
Incas,
we fhall fpea,k more ar_
targe
of this Gold Chain, which was a thing incredible.
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VVhat
Pedro de Ciefa
writes of che Riche~ of
Peru,
J nd !10w che
lndians
níade
them away, and concealed them, is that wh1ch he Íl)ec1ñes mche
2
ríl: Chap(cr of
his Book ,. as follows : "
Jf,
fays he, all that which was buried ir}
Pem,
and'.in
'' thefe Countries, -were difcovered, and broughc
to
u[e
and lighr, che value
1
of ic
" would be ineíl:imable, and all the poffeffions of the
Spaniards
intonfid@rapte
ro
" comparifon of the hidden trea[ures
:
For, fays he, I being at
Coz.ca,
in prefep,ce
" of inány Perfons o~ Quality, heard
Paulo
t~e
Inca
difcourfing of _thi~ rnarter,
" and fayrng, That
1(
al! the Treafüres whrch. belonged to che Provmces and
" Temples, which are now !oíl:, íhould be agam recovered and amatfed toge..
" ther, rhey would be fo immen(e and greac, that all rhe Riche~ which the
Spa
7
"
niards
poffefs, would be rto more in comparifon of rhem, than a drop of war,er
" is
to
l-
wpole Buckec: And
to
make ;he·
fon.ilirn9e
~ ore clear
j
the
l ndia¡is
J..2f,;
" king a.,handfull of G1¼rne from a whole rneaft,ll;e, _faid, Thos rtmth the Cñrj–
,, íl:ians have gained
j
and the remainder is lodged rhere, where neicher we, flor
" any el[e is able to affign: Whatfoi;ver d¡is Treafüre may have been, though
" the
Spaniards
had not been Mafü:rs of ic, would ce.rcainly t1ave b½en offered·
e.o
" rheir Devils, and Temples, and Sepukhres of their Dead
j
for rhe
IndJans,
wbo
" neicher purcha[e Lands, nor Houfes, nor Cities
v<
1
itb ir, nor eíl:eem icrbe fméw.s
" ,rnd nerves of War, do onely Adoro rhemfelves with ir, being alive, and bilry
" it witb them in their Graves, betng dead : Howfoever, in my opinion, ic was
" our duty ro_have advifed_che
Jndians
of theít: Errours, and t9 have mag.e it o~
" bufinefs td iníl:ruét them m rhe knowledge of rhe Go[pel, and .our HoJy
F#h;
" racher than our pro(effion and whole"concernment, ro
fil!
our Purfes, .and en-::
'' rich our CoffHs : The[e are the Words of
Pedro de Ciefa,
in _tbe zríl: Chal?t¡_~
of his Book, whish I have copi~d
Verbatim
fro111 rhence.. T~i~
'inca,
w1Brfi
}o/~
called
Paulo,
or by rhem
Paullu,
6f
whom ali che
Spanijh
Hiíl:onahs11)~e ment1._on
was one of che rnany Sons of
Huayna Capac,
being a Man ofComage, who co'*
the King of
Spain's
fide in hisWarsagainíl: rhe
Spaniards
j
ac, bis B:lpcifm he too~
the Name of
Chriftopher Pa11/lu,
to who~mny Maíl:er
Garp!aj{o de la
Vég,a
was Gód–
father, as alfo to hi? Brother
Titu
Aqui,
who afcerwards was Bapti~ed by
ch,J
Name of
Philip,
in refpeél:
to
Philip
che Second, then Prince of
Spain
;
l
~ as
,~iell
acquainted with them boch, as alfo with the¡r Morher ~alled
Anna/;
tbough ene
two Sons died foon afterwards.
.
Lopet. _de_Gomara
writing of che Riches of t!1e Kings of
Peru,
in the
f
p d Chap–
ter of h1s Book, harh the[e very words : ' Ali che Utenftls of Jnca's·Houfo
" Table and Kitchin, were ali of Gold and Silver, at leaíl: of Silver ahd Copper: .
" In che wich-drawing Rooms and Antich •11bers, were Statues of Gold cafi in
" rbe form of Giams, and che Figures of all kinds of Animals in a like large pro-
" portion, as alfo Trees and Herbs, Fifhes of che Sea, and (refü Waters of 'all .
" forts, which their Kingdom produced : they had alfo Ropes and Chains Bas-. '
;: ke~s and Hamp~rs o'f Gold an<l Silver, and Faggots of Gold, piled'uRin Scacks,
as
1f
they were rntended for fewel :
In
fhort, there was no Figure of any. Crea–
" mre in the whole Kingdom, which they did not imitare, and reprefent in Gold
~
" They report alfo that the
l nw
ha_d a Carden Lirnated in an H1ahd near to
Puna
«
where being defirous
to
enjoy che Air of che S~a, they paffed
1
ovet to divercife'
~
and recreate chemfelves
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and thereinwereTrees, and Plams, and Flowersmad~
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