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Royal Commentaries.

BooK

IX.

" chac fó Travellers mighc noc miíl:ake cheir way, or wander eichei· on one hand,

" or che ocher ; and in this manner ali was ordered for che. [pace of five hundred .

" Leagues being che fame diíl:ance as over the Mouncains. Bue now che Scakes

" fixed in'che fandy Grounds are in 111any ~ares broken, or plucked up by che

Spaniards,

who in che tio:ies, as well

of_

W,ar as Pe~ce, ma~e ufe. of chem for

" fuel . yec che Walls wh1ch are made m che Valhes remam enure unto this

'' day ,' by which we may conjeét:ure and judge of che greacnefs of this work.

'' And chus did chis

Guaynacava

go by one way, and return by another, being al–

'~ ways covered wich Boughs of Trees, and encertaii,ed wich che fragrant fmells

" of fweec Flowers. Thus far are che Words of

Auguftin.de

Carate.

Likewife

Pedro de Ciefa

Leon

difcourfing of

chis matce

r, and of che Road

·through che Mouncains, hach chefe words in che 37th Chapter of bis Bóok:

" From

1piales

you cravel to a fmall Province called

Guaca,

and in che way chi–

" cher you pafs chat famous Road which che

JncM

made·in chofe pares, and may

" be compared to chat which

Hannibal

made over che

Alpes,

when he marched in–

,, to

Ita/y

; ·.

and indeed, confidering che greac Chambers and Store-houres which

" were made in that way,. ic feems a more difficulc, and a more admirable piece

" of work.

Of which

Pedro de Cie1¿a

enlarges no farther; howfoever in che 60th Chapter

of his Book , fpeaking of che Road over che Plains ; he hacb chefe words: ·

" That I may proceed in my Hiíl:ory wich due mechocl, I have choughc

re-

. . " quifüe, before I conclude,

mencion fomeching relacing to che Road over che

~' Plains, which, as I have rouched in ocher places, is a _work of fingular remark

" and importance : And cherefore I muíl: here denote fomeching of chac high

" Road over che Plains, half of which, at leaíl:, is a way made by order of che

'.'

JngM

;

the which, chough now ic is in many place·s broken clown, and demo–

" ·liíhed , yet che Ruines of it are durable eviclences of che power of chofe who

" firíl: commanded che fame to be made. The

l ndians

attribure chis work to

Guaynact1pa,

and

Topa Ynga Y11panque_his

Facher, who cle[cended by thefe Vallíes

" to che lower Provinces ; though fome reporc, chat

Inga Yupangue,

che Grand–

" facher of

Guaynacapa,

ancl Facher of

Topa Ynga,

was the

firíl:

who difcovered

" chac Coaíl:, and paífed chofe Plains unto ic; and chac che

Caciques,

or éhiefGo–

" vernours of chofe pares, made che Road fifteen Foot broacl by command and

" clireéhon of thac

InJ!,a:

on each ficle a very íl:rong \iVall was built, adjoyning

" which, were fine groves of Trees plancecl ; che Boughs ofwhich clid fomerimes

" reach over ~he way, being laclen wich Fruir; and rhe floor, or che way under

" foot, was únooch and eafie ; che Woods and Foreíl:s ali along were inbabic d

" by Singing-birds, Parrocs, and Fowls of ali forrs.

Ancl farcher, chis

de Ciefa

creacing of che Store-hcufes, and places of entertain–

ment and provifion, faith,

'' Thacthefe Walls reach ali along che w:iy, excep–

" ting onely chofe fandy cl~farcs which coulcl noc bear a foundarion: Howfoever',

" as ·proofs of che greamefs of che Founcler , ancl as figns and ma1 ks

direét

" Travellers, greac Timbers, in che rn:inner of Piles; were driven into che ground

" at fuch a [pace and difrance as were eafily feen from one co che ocher. And as

" chey were very carefull to keep rhe ways in che Vallies clear, and che

Vv~ills

" in goocl repair;

alfo che like cliligence ,'.:as ufed co keep up rhe Poíls or

" Scakes, in

ca[e

any· of rh~m fhoulcl be blown clown by che Wincl, or over–

curnecl by any other acciclenc : So thac chis Road was cercainly a greac p1ece.

". of Workmanfhip, chough noc

laborious in che making, as chacof che Moun–

" rains.

tbefe Vallies alfo chere were fome ForcrefTes and Temples of che

·" Sun, which we fhall fpecifie in cheir due places. Thus far are che Words of

Pedro de Cicr¡a,

which we have excraét:ed

verbatim.

Likewife

fohn Botero Benes

makes mention of che

wo Roacls, and in bis

Ob·

fervacions denotes them for miraculous Works; ancl, in fhort, fays chus much of

chem :

'' From che Cicy of

Co,:.co

chere are two greac Roacls, or King's H1gh–

,, ways, ru_nning at leaíl: cwo thoufand Miles in lengch, one of which goes by che

way of che Plains, and che ocher leacls by che Mouncains: Ancl in making

" chefe ways in che manner they now are, being cwency

five

Fooc broad

was

" neceffary

raife che Vallies, level the Mouncain~, ancl cur chrough cÍ1e folid

" and living Rocks ; which is a Work

grea e, as exceeds above

:my

com–

" parifon, che Pyramids of

EgJ'Pt,

or che

Roman

Edifices. Ali \'\'hich is ex·

craéted