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Book l. Royal Commentaries.
t_hac Had the Spaniards intrÚ11ced no other invention amo~gft ~ Pha~ _the ufe of Scif[ors;
Lookj_ng-Glaffes and Combs, they had defervtd a!t t_hat Gold and Si/rver which our G'ountrey
frodHceJ. . , ,_• .
·.. The other Mark ofDiítinél:ionj was to have their Eárs boared through, whkh
tke Women comlnonly did, with aíharp brarnble, and by fome are made che
hole fo wide, (as we íhall hereafrer defcribe) that ~e is wohderfull ro ~onceive
bow :ic is po!Iible for fo fmall a piece of fleíh, as che Velvet df the Ear; to•_be ex.
tend.~d fo far, as to receive an Ear-ring as big ~s the fram~ .ofa pulley, for ic was
inade iµ che form Cifchofe withwhichwe draw up ]?itchers frem a'\Vdl; and of,chat
C(:>tn¡5<lfs, that in éaíe it were beat~n íl:reight, ic _woutd be a quart~r of a Yard.
1,obg, .wd a finger in thickneís; and bec.,lufe the Indians wea-r them thus big; ch(i
.f/?tl'Jitir'4s catl·chem Óre1onef, or flap-eared Luggs. .
·. fpf che Dref~ 'oftheir Heads, the Int,u wear aWrt"ath oftiivers Colours, which
JAYYµill Llautu, and is the breadth ofa 4nger, but not quite fo thick, which they
pind ·4oout iheir Heads four or five times, in form of .i Tulbant. . Thefe three
paHkJ11ats oftutting the Hair; bbariHg -che Ears, and binding che Head with tbis
'f,.1A,Ft11, were rhe .difünétions 1which Manco Capac appropri.¡ned to his family, for
tb.9LJgh me Subjeét migfut w~ar this Vvreatlri, or llautu, flbOP,C tbeir Heads, yet ic
\va.~tobe of bÍ:ip-~onely, and1)ot ofdivers cdlGmrs, which apperrained onefy to rhe
l\oyal Bloud. 'f¡h~i; ba:ving been che F.aíhion for fome cil:n~, che Inca indulgi~~
[alíd1~r favours ~o líis People, ¡j?r'!llicted them alfo to cm -their Hair, but.iri a dit–
fe ene manner to chofe of his Family, and of ene fr_om rhe otber; . thac [q the.
QiV~J:'S .Lineages a1;1q ·Nation~ mighc be diíl)ngúi,íhed by theif Heads. ..And that
, fhe Fafh_ien of_rhe I~ca migl!t not b~ very d~erer¡~-t_~ chac,.óf HJs Subjefü, he_ o~--
!r~d that cheir H:ur (hou!a b~ rouoded? and chpped clofe on ch~ top.of._tqerr.
'.e r as their Temples~ arid that their Lotks íhoulcl han oh ea~h fi
,, of ~1eir Ears; othets he ordered_ tQ clip cheir Hair as ~r a,smighi
to t iddle a,ftheiiEars, and _qthers íhoi:t1;r, bue non~ was to we:ir {t in f
bf tqe Inca. .And chus th~fe Indians kept them[eJves coriíléint fo their faffiion~
hót te appear f~µtaflical or varying, left théy íhould ~iche: feem tQ 9ifapproyé th~
frecepcs of che1t' lnca, or comemn the Cufioms of rherr own Llneage, whicH
they evet had jn greac Efieém arid Honoúr~ . _ . . ._ . .
. fo protefs oftime che Jncd, willing to éplargé che priviléges 9f his Peé>pÍe, gave
lh~m permiffion td boar their Ears, tbou'gh nót fo wide ás che Inca, .and chat the
Penden~ to the¡n íhould vary according to che diverGty of _rheir Lineages and
O:iuntriés. , To che Njiúon called Mqy_u, anc! Candi, he gave leave to wear a,
Twifi of Scmv, about the,. tJ1icknefs of che litt1e finger: To the Natjon Poques he
prdained a Lqck of white Wool to J,ang as big as che cóp of the Thumb. To·
the Nations M1!Ji11t, Huar11é anq Chillqui, he .'.lppointed Ear-ring's· of the common·
Junk or Re~·¿, wh!th che Indians call Tutura. To the Natipn RimaUampu he ap·
·propriaced an Ear-ring dfa certain foft wooq, which in the Iíles of Barlovento they
call Maguey, and in die general tongue ofPer_u, Chuchaú, which, when the Bark
is pilled off, is genele.¡ and eafily hended. .To c~e People called Vrcos, T11ca1J
Tampu, and others inhabicing on che Banks of the River Y11éay, he_ga:ve the privi–
lege, as·a peculiar mark and note of his Favour, to weaJ their Ear-r~ngs of a lar–
ger fti~ than other _Nations, bue leíl they ()fould exceed herein beyoiicl théir due.
~roporti,on, he_ gave them a meafure and compaís ,~hi_th chey were nót to pafs;
the matter ofchem was to be che re·ed called Tutura; thefe were é:alled Eár-cwills–
tather chan Pendants, becau(e they did not hang from the Eir; bot were twined
abouc it; as a rope is abouc the mouch of che Piccfa:r. . . , . .
'' Befldés chefe diíl:iriél:ion~, tqe Inca appropriaced other m¡it~S to every Nacion;
ihat fo rhey mighc noc be confotmded one witl~ che ocher; tbofe_Names and Titles
~hich mofr nearly related to chofe wh}cq che King h~mfelf. ha'd_affumed, being
repuced rnoít honóutable an:d of_grea~eíl: renown: n~t that_ che Inca ~as,parcial td
ány, or. fiivoured ,any ·beyónd Reafon or Juílice; bqt as fome_were of a nature
more docible and traél:able than ochers, and lahoured (O infhuél: and _éeach che
i-ude People in che way.s of Hurhanicy; to thofe be granted a lugher teítimpny of
his Favours, -and íignal marks ofhonour;, ~11 which being con~ed by Revela~
tiori frorn the Sun his ¡;achef, che poor Jndians wichout envy or ernulation eaén·
fo other, fubmitted unto~, havíng already by good exp(:rierice fafiéa che benefit of ·
their obediente co cheit Inca: