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Royal

Commentaries.

BooK

\Íl.

was of Erninence in tiheir condition, and ofWealth and Politenefs in the manner ·

of their living.

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What wai; praénfed in t~e City of rh1s kmd w:is alfo umtated m~he Coumries,

tne refpefüve

Curaw

fürnng up the people

derponfüate by their outward ge–

fiures and aénons, their inward forrow and paffion for the death of their

Inca.

With thefe Críes and Larnentations they went ro viíit all the places wichia cheir

Province, where at any time th~ir

Inca

had pitched his Can:ip, or made his abode

or refidence, rhough but for a mght; and there they all w1ch loud Lamentations

repeáted che Favours, and Honours, and Benefics that he had performed for them

in chat place. And chus much íhall ferve to have faid touchíng rhe Funeral of

che

lnca1,

in imication of which, fomething of chis nature was perforrned in ho–

nour of

their..,Caciques,

of which I re1l}ember to have feen forne paífages in the

time of my infant Years; for in che Province ofche

fl.!!_echua1,

I once faw a rnul–

titude of peo'ple gathered in a field, to lament .the Qeath of a

Cacique,

carrying

his Gannents upon Poles, in faíhion of Banners, or Enfignes; rny curiofity promp–

ted me to ask them what all that noife.and_ rnmult meant ; to which they anfwe~

red me; chat it was the Funeral Lamentat10n of

Huamam-pa!lpa,

for

they cal–

Jc¡:d che deceafed

Oacique.

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CH A P.

VI:

Of the General and Solemn Huntings which the Kings made

all parts of their líingdom.

· r

HE K.in

gs of

Peru

enjoyed, wich their other pares of Greatnefs and Scate,

cerca.in

days appointed for Solemn and General Huntings, called in their

Tang

ue Chacu

And herein it is to be obferved, tllat all forts of Game were for–

bidden to be killed, unlefs Partridges, Pidgeons, Doves, or leífer Birds, for che

Service and Table onely of the

lnca1,

who were Governours, or·of the

Curaw ;

nor was chus much permitted neicher, bue under a limited quantity, and by com–

mand and arder alfo of the

uíl:ice.

This prohibition was obferved under che fame penalties chat aU other obfer–

vances of their Law were enjoined, and herein they were rigorous, and fevere,

leíl: Men beraking themfelves to the pleafure of che field, íhould delight i.n a con–

tinued courfe of fports, and

negleét che neceffary provifions and mainten:ince of

thei.r Families.

By whic;h íl:riét reíl:raint the Garne bocb of Birds and Beaíls was

comrnon,

rnd in abundance, and tame, that they entred even into tbeir Houres ; where

though they,icould not kili them, yet howfoever they _rnight affright ánd drive

rhem out ot their Fields and Paíl:ures; for that though the

Inca

was Mafier of

the Game, yét he loved his Subjeéts becter than

have them prejudiced by Laws

which were rnade for the g_oo<l, and not for che detriment of his People.

, Ac a certain feafon of the Year, afrer breeding-time was over , ,die

Inca

ap~

pointed a place for Hunting, where eicher his own pleafure direéted; or where

wa:s rnoíl: convenient for bis.Affairs, either of War_or Peace; ano there he·ap.

P.Ointed

.;oooo

lndia}(_s:

,to

encornpafs al! that fpace of Land,· which w:J.s de–

figned for_che Hum; half of whom taking to che Right-hand) ahd the other half

the Left, were to beat t'wenry or thirty Leagues round, by theí: fides of

vers,. a1~d Brooks, ~nd tht'ough woody and mountaippus places \ 'wberefoevd

the lumrs 'clnd bounds of the chafe d1d extend , bue by no mearis were they to

touch or encroach on other Lands, which were laid out for che Hunt of _che

foll:owing year. Thus they wenc beating)and peeping into every buíh, and'wlien

rhey