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Comment~ries~

BooJC VI.

They knew not how to .make Mud~Walls, nor did the

Spaniard1

u[e

other than

Clay, in making -their Sun-burnt Bricks:

cafe any ofthefe great H?ufes which

we have mentioned íhould by any acc1dent have been burnt, they d1d not build

again upon thé fame Walls; becaufe, as they faid, the,Straw which firengthened

and bound the Clay, and made ic firrn, and folid, being confumed by che fire, che

Wall mufr neceífarily be weakned, and the Clay become loofe, and unable to

bear the weíghc of che toofand coverjng wpich was laid upon ic; bue chis was

bqt an erroneous c_onceit of theirs, for I háve feen and obferved feveral

the

Walls of chofe Houfes, which have been burnc, chac have remained

fum

and fo.

lid as befare.

So foon as the King happened to dye, they prefently locked che door of che

Chamber where he did ufually íleep, with ali the Ornaments and Riches ofGold

and

SHvet,

which furnifhed ir, ..or were foun9 thereip

at ch~ time of.-his death;

ano

~hi~ Ch¡¡rnber was in chis manner kep~ ªlw¡iys

loe~~'

thac none

{l1o)!ld qpter~

fg~

cha~

place being·evér·aJterw~f~~ ~íl:e~rped facred,.

wªs

qot to be proph®~d

che Feet of any;. onely th~

t9ºJll

was Wii~hout-fide k~p~;µJ<ÍJilaj.ntained

jp-

g9Qd

re~air.

The like Ceremony was obf~ryect

Í-Q·

the Charnl:>ers

aij, che othrr RGyal

falaces, w,here che

Inca

had

repo[ed ~nd tíept, tho~gh it h3d been but the"f~ac¡e

ofone·night, as he travelleJ!,. 9r iq a jouroey where he.pafied:

And

theo imme–

diately they fell to building Qthe

r Chamber

s for the:living Succeífour,

j.n

place

thofe which had been-íhuc up_ at

the.de?th

of che la~e

King.

Ali

che Veífels and Services o

f Gold and

Silver, which belonged to

formet

1nca,

fud1 as Cups, Jarves, or Goblets of Gold,

whicb he drank, as alfo all

th~

, Di/hes and Places ofhisJ<:itchin,wich Clochs,ahd Jewels, appertaining to hjs Perfoo,

were ali buried and incerred in the íame Grave wich him; which abfurdicy pro–

ceeded from an.opinion chey had, chac che

lnfa

woukl have occa~on

fuch -Ureo•

fi!s and Services

che pexc

?-/

orld. · Ali,the other Qrnatl}ents of Majefly and

Srate which belonged

the Chambe~, Gardens, B~chs; ,and the like, were the

Inhe'ritance ofthe Succe{four, and converced to

hi~

o[e and.Service.

Ali che Wood and Water which was confumed in the

Inc"''s

Courtac

:t.co

was brought thicher by che People of che four Diviíions, (called

T1Z?Jantinfo.1u)

be~

ing the Inhabitants neare(l: adjacent to che Cicy, chac is within fifteeñ or

cwemy

Leagues about. The W'<ltet which th€y u[ed for cheir beverage, (which in cheir

Language chey c.ill

Aé11,)

was a fort of heavy water, and fomeching braclq{h;

and,

indeed they did not much delire a fw~et and light Water, for rhey were of opi–

I'liQn it _made them lean, and ·yvould noc íl:ick by che r¡bs, but eaftly -corr.upted

t'he Scomach ; for this reafon the

Indians

not being curious in their Waters, did

noc delight in foµnt ains, or clear Springs; nor indeed

W?S

there any good Water

;near the City

o[Cou:o.

When my Fath~r, afcer the War of

Francifco

Herr111nt/q.

Giron,

in che Year

15s-s-.

and

·---56~was

Governour

che Cicy, chey theq brot.¡ght

cheir Water from

Ticatica,

which water was excellenc.good, arifing aboqt a quar–

ter of a League from che Town,

che chief Markec-place; from wbence, as I

hear, they have nowcurned ic by a Conduic pipe, to the Sguare of Se.

Fr~nsifco;

and iníl:ead chereofthey h~ve \xoughc anocher Fountain to tliat place,

-exquifire

Water, running wich a plentifull füeam.

CH A P.