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VI.

Royal

omwentaries.

" all of Gold and Si1ver, with rare Art and Ii:i,vention : On the ocher ftde of chis

'' Hland were valt he-aps of Gold. and Sih1er Jaid up, with.intention to carry .ír

" to

Co:uo,

that

it'

111ight be worked cheré ; ali which was lofr

l;,y,

the Deach of

Guafcar :

F0r the

Indians

obfervin~ that. the

Spaniards

tbirfted afrer -Gold, and

" tranípmed ali

into

Spain,

tbat they could f@ize, and lay cheir hands upon ; they

made ic away, and concealed as much of

i:n

as they were 'able. Thus far are

the Words of

Lope:c_de Gom,ira.

As to the Carden, which

[ay~,

the

Kings o

Pcru

ba.d r1ear

Puna,

in which ali Creacures were repr,~{enced in G0ld and

Silv.er

;

he paPcicularly [pecih€S that place, becaufe thac when che

Spaniards

car

ne in, i

was the onely Garden which continued in its Beauty and Ornamems, for che

Jn–

dians,

in de[pight of their Enemie

s, de

ftroyed-ali the reíl:, and confounded che

Riches of diem in fuch man

ner, as a.Fe

never ro. be recovered; in which Relation

this Amhour, and al1 mher

Spani.f h Hi

íl:01:ians, do agree. That infinite treaíure

of'Gdld and Silver, which,

he fays

, was heaped up wirh intemion

be carried

Co:cco,

and there wbrked, was che fürplufage. of what rl:!mained, afcer ail the

Roya) Palaces wer

durniíhed, an

d adorned in the·manJiler we háve before relaced.

Thk; may noc feem

incredible.to

chofe who ,h~v.e accounted and obferved tho[e

· vaíl: and immenfe

quantitiesofGo

td and Silver, which have been tran[porced from

my CpuntreY, into

Sp_ain,

there having paíTed over the Bar..of Sr.

_Lucar,

in th@

ear

s-,

in tbe fpace of eight Months, onély five and thirty Millions in Gdld

and Silver.

C H ·A P.

III.

Of the Se1·vcmts. of the Court, and thofe who carried ~he

King's ,Chair,

Sedan.

E Servants deíl:iped for che Services of the Court were many in number, .

fuch as Sweepers, Carriers of Water, and Cleavers of Wood, -Cooks,

Butlers, Porters, Keepers of che Ward-rope, al'ld of che Jewels, Gardiners and

Stéwards of che Houíhold

iliort, chere were as rnany Officers and Servanrs re–

tained in this <;::ourt, as in che moíl: magnificent and [plendid Pal.aces of our Kings,

o~ Emperours: Bue ,berein there was forneching ditferent from our Courts ; for

here parúcular Men had noc che charge of an Office committed to them ; bue ie

was che care, or incurnbence of two or three Provinces to provide füfficient Men

- for every Office, füch as were faithfull, diligenc and dexcerous for che place; and

fucha number of them, as that they mighc take their turns by D.1ys, or Weeks,

or Monrhs, as ofoen as they fhould think

fit

to exchange thern. , This being part

of the Tribute which was exaéted from every Province, great care was taken in

the choice of able Meo ; for that che defau!t, or crime, of every particular perf<;m,

refleéted on the whole Province, who made themíelves anfwerable for his good

behaviour, and- were accordingly puniíhed with fuch feverity, as ali offences a–

gainíl: che Royal Majeíl:y did require.

·And finte we have [poken of Hewers of

Wood, we mu(t noc underíl:and, as if thefe were fent inco the Mountains to cuc

and fell Trees; bue fuch Timber or Wood as was brought by che Vaífals in pay–

menc of their Tribute, was received by thefe Officers, and by chem and their

A[–

fiíl:ants laid up, and íl:owed in che Houfes for chat purpofe: The like may we

underíl:and of all other Offices, wherein there was no [ervile labour appointed ;

beii:ig a gencile employrnent to ferve the

Inca

in fuch. capacicy, and

be near

bis Royal Perfon, which was che greateíl: honour and happinefs that any one could

aípire umo.

Thoíe who were qu.1lified to be Servants and Officers in the Court, were peo•

ple of che Neighbourhood, and pares adjacem, within five or fix Leagues of

thé

City