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Boo.K VIL
Royal.
Commentarier..
~95.
" of greac mulcimdes required from all Provinces, rfor the forwarding of chefe
" Works; che labour was certainly great, and che faíhion admirable and unufual,
" for they uffd no Morcar, nor had chey Iron or Sceel to cut and poliíh cbe ·
" Stones, nor Infüumepts or Engines to carry and,táife them,, and yec chey were
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" fo curiouíly joiúed and fitted~ chac che places where they joined were
[caree
dif-.
" cernible; and yec the Scones were of chaevaíl bignefs, as
is
incredible, unlefs it
" be to chofe who have feen them.
In
Tiaguanaco
I meafured one my felf, which
" was thirtyJooc in lengch; ·and eighceen in breadth, and fix fbot in thicknefs, ·
" In
the Wall of che Fortrefs bui1t at
Coz-eo
there are Scones of,a far grearer big-
«
nefs, which were laíd by hand, and what is moíl: admirable, is, that rhey were
" never cut by any Rule, being rough caíl, and withouc equal proportion, and
" yet are firted and joined one within che ocher wichout any Morcar or Cement,
"al! which muíl be done by force ofMen, and greac coil and labour;' fo(cer-
" cainly
ro
fic
one S~ope to che ocher, which weré ar
firíl:
unequal, chere múfi..!;,e
" ofcen rernoves, wJ1icb could not be performed eafily bue by ,force and ftr-ۖgrb
~e
of che Armes.
-All
which are che Word? of
Acofta,
excraéted
verbatim,
wh~rd~y
lié
marüfeíl:s che ditncuky ofthat labour
ro
Men who had noc che ufe -ófchofe
Jn..
firuments and Engiqes which are common amongíl: us.
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Perhaps che
.(ncái
in,
che height oftheir Glory were defüous 'to' reCGmmeacMfé
greacnefs of cheir power to che admiracion of all Ages; as alfoto .íhew che Are
and ingenuicy of cheir Maíler-builders, not onely in poliíhing nlieirJreezed St0ne;
(whicli che
Spanlards
do much admire) bue alfo in laying cheir nough Stones,
(éal–
led
by che
ltali1.ns"{a ruftica)
in
which chey did as much·excelLas in .che
fonñet-;
and herein
chey di dnot onely 1hew thetnfelves Artiíls, bue Souidiers,,aifo iili
tbe
contrivances of
che.irEortreífes, which cbey b9ilc in ·every advan.tageous Paf§'añf! ,
place, where
fu
ch ~ Bu.lwark mighc <be of defence or bar againít the Incuríións
t5f
an
Enemy.
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This C~íl:le,or Fortrefs they ereéted on the top of a high Híll on the Norch–
fiéle
pf
che Cicy
1
.c.aJl~d
Sacfahuamam,
at che foot of.which are rheDwelliñg-htúles.
of
Go«ó,.
which ext~nd themfelves at a great difrance m all quaners, che
fide
of
_this
Hi
!J which
is
towards che Cicy, is exaétly perpendicular, fo thac
it
is:impfc€~–
naple,,
a.ndcannot be 1/1:ormed on chat pare, nor ·can it·be battered with _CannOR,
by any
level, or upper ground whichcommands ic; though 'the
Indi-ans
befare
the
cotning of che
Spaniard1,
had no choughts or imagínation of Cannon, n
or provided
any ocher defence .than
.a
chick Wall ofScone, curiouíly polilhed on
a.Jl,quarcers,
l>eing about two h11ndred fachom in compals; every row of Scones w
as ofa diffé–
r~~t !1eighc, and yec laid exaétly h>y ohe J_ine, ai;id
fo
well
ficted
and enchafed one
w1thm the othet,·that füey needed no Lime, or other Morcar to cement thcmt
The truth is, they ufed no Morcar mixed wich Sahd; becaufe they knew noc how
to but:Q Lime; ho'SVfoever chey hada kind ·of _a red.Earch, oí.a hióum'inous tnat–
ter,
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which was very binding, and füch as ferved to
fil!
up boles and nicks in che
Buil~lµg: And i'.n th:is
firíl:
row they íhewed both lnduíl:ry andArt~..for cheW-all
\vas thick, and che Workmaníhip rare on all fides: ,
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