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Royal
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ommentariet.
BooK
VI.
Cicy of
Coz.,ca,
~nd were the Generation or Children of thoíe Fathers whom che
firíl:
Inca, Manca Capac,
[ent
abroad to iníl:ruél: and reduce
che
w:ild Salvages
of
thoíe times to a Humane manner of living; and to whom, as a particular note
and favour of diíl:inaion fróm che more rude and uncivilized Nacions, he-
be!
íl:owed che Honour and Title of
IncM,
wich privilege
to
wear che Habic and
Wreach belonging co che Royal Perfon. As we have declared at che beginning
of this Hiíl:ory.
.
.
The Sedan-men chac were appointed to carry che
Inca
in his Chair of Gold up–
on cheir Shoulders., were always choíen out of cwo Provinces, which have che
fame Name, and border one upon che ochet, being both called
Ruc,and;
bue for
diíl:infüon fake, one was called
Hatun Rucana,
or
Rucana Major :
che Inhabitants
chereof are a íl:rong, nervous people, healchy and well-complexioned, and about
fifceen thoufand Inhabicancs in number. Theíe people hada cuíl:ome,to train up
the Young Men at about cwency years of Age to carry Chairs íl:eady, and wicn–
ouc ooctering or íl:umbling ; for in caíe any Man fhould be fo unfortunate as to
fall, or íl:umble, in carrying che
Inca,
che Chief or Cape of cheíe Sed;m-men
wa¡
obliged
to
punifh him with (ome notorious diígrace, and cafüiere him from farcher
, fervice of che
Inca;
as is praétiíed alfo in
Spain;
and as a certain Hiíl:orian reporcs,
che misfortune of fuch a failure \Vas punifhed with Deach. This Service was che
Tribute which this people paid che
Inca;
who being many in number, cook rheir
curns, fo rhac che accendance was che leís grievous ; and in regard ic was a fingular
honour to carry che
lnca's
Perfon, his weight íeemed no burthen; of which fo much
care was caken, rhac leíl: by miíchance any of che Chair-men fhould íl:amble, or
fall, chere were cwency four or twemy five Men accending oo each fide ready to
catch che íeac, and prevent che fall.
.
The Provi11on of Viél:uals for che Courc, eípecially of Flefh, was very grear,
becaufe thac ali chofe of che Roya_l Family reíiding in che Cicy, were fupplied ouc
of the King's Kitchin: Howfoever, chere was no greac confumption of Bread
made of Mayz , becauíe no ocher prpviíion was made thereof, chan what was
fufficienc for che immediate Accendants in che Farnily ; for all Houfes and Fami–
lies had· their feparate Allowances of Bread laid up in their Store-houfes, as we
have before mentioned. All forts o'f Game, fuch as Deer, Scags, Wild Goacs,
and tl)e like, were noc ordinarily killed for common proviíion of che Courr, or
che Tables of the
CuracM,
or Lords, bue were reíerved for Sports and I-{uncing,
which they called
Chacu
;
and che Fleíl1, and Wool, and Skins of fuch Game as
was taken, was afterwards diíl:ribuced amongíl: che Poor and Rich : ofwhich we
füall creat in a particular Chapter.
The Drink [pent in the Courc of che
Inca
was great ; for in regard chac cheir
courceíie was fuch, as
to
make every one drink that carne thither ; whether chey
were
CurttcM,
or Commoners, or came upon bu11neís, or on vifüs, or cornple–
ments ; chere was no fec or eíl:ablifhed Allowance for ic, bue che entenainmenc
was free wichout meaíure or accounc, and che quancity confumed was almoíl: in–
credible.
CH A P.