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Royal Comrr,entaries.

BooK

III..

no~ ftand aíl:oniíhed at che light of thi~ wonderfull Fabrick , and needed no o–

ther teíl:imony and evjdence to prove_the

lnca's

defcent from the ~un, than th~t:

prodigiou~ and myíl:erious. work, which ( as_they tho_ught) nothmg lefs than

D~vine Povyer and Wifedom could prefent befare therr eyes.

Such apprnhenfí–

ons they had of che

Spaniard,,

when they faw th~m fi~hting

fierce ~rearure~,

foch 3is'their Horfes app,eared to cheru , and to kill tlie1r Enem1es at a d1íl:anee of

t"l'o or chi~e ~µndred p~ce~ wich Fire-~r~s, whic~ tb~Y called Thun~er and Light–

ning ; and w1th che Íítme 1gnprant Spmt of adrnirat1on a~·e they íl:rll affeét@d, a~

ofcen as chey behold any n~..y invencion not known to them befare ; as

Milis

t,o

grind Com, Oxen to Pl9~, and Eridges

Stone ereéled in River,s with Ar:

ches, which they fanÍle to be plac~d. and poifed

in,

the

Air ;

and with a(toniíh–

ment of che[e and other things, they break out, and

fay,

wortl¿y. are- the

Spaniards

to he

ll,;fafter,

the

Indi,ans. And in tbe time of

Mayra

Ca.pac,

che

lmEan1-

be;,ng

yet more Ílmple than in chefe days, might well be íl:rook wich fuch admiFatio0-aé

the ligh,c of this Bridge, chat many Neigb.1:>ouring Provi

nces

n_eede~ no other ar–

gu111t1,1t chan chis to p~r(u:ige them t.o,rece1ve the

J11,ca.;

o.ne

of wb1cn people was

called

Chumpivil!ca,

ficuated in the Divilion of

Contif11y11,

con

taining a..bout twcmty,

Leagµes in lengch, and ten in bn~adth ; all which receiived him as a Pfi'PÍQn of

higl-i degree an_d m~rit, lwcfo

fp~

thS! grea.Gnflfs of

his

Bu:oh, h>eing:defccmclcd< Í1"om–

tb~ Sun, and for che ítup~ndiou~ work which he had framed, a11d whic_h none–

buc a Divine Wifedom could contrive and accoroplifh, onety a fort of people

called

Villifli

made fome weak refül: nce ; fur having encornpaíled a finall fortrefs.

ªf

ch cji;ead

che approach of che Eoemy, they all crouded into ic; bue the

Jncar

begircing chem round, and (ending his ufual Surnmons, and gratious .Bropofition5;

of Peace; in che fpac<:}- of twelve or chirreen day.s chey all farrendred~and were;

receive<l

to grace and pardon ; and having feccled chis Province in a peaceable–

condicion, he croífed che clefolate pare of.

Co;nifuy.u

concaining

aqout

fixteen–

Leagues, wh€re he carne to a Mo9r or Mari(h ground, of abouir thrne

I'..eilgUeli,

broad, whi~h hindmj che paífage of his Army.

lifrre. che

Inca

c@tnmanded

Cawf~-w¡iy

b~made of

g(eac and

(mall Ston~, whrch they fitled up-with

Earch, apd

covered vyich Tu1J: And tfor b~tcer expeditiora aná enci:ou'ragemem·oP

bis people; ,che

Inca

hi_t;nfelf w9rked, hclping,to r~i[e and lay che greateíl: Scones

which

aw_m,ace.d che Sqqld1ers to laboqr, chac m a

ftw

days chey finilhed che

Cawfe-way, wh~c;h wc1:s fix Yards broad, and two Yards chick; and which cbe–

Jndian¡,

even t

o chefe t

imes, have in

great veneration; both beca_ufe-part of ic·

was che pro¡;,~.r

baflC.iy

-work of che

Inca,

as alfo for ch

convenience a_nd benefic

of ic, whereby

che wa

y is madi; fhorcer, when formerly wirh mucli' lab0ur a

tr~wel chey

ére fo~ced to cake a large compafs to avoid che Mooriíl1 0:'oqmrey :·

And

fo¡¡

chis,reaÍQQ chey keep ic füll i¡;¡ good repaiv, fo chac fcai;ce a Srone- de–

cays, or links froll) i½> but anocher is puc into its place by che careand induíl:ry of

the Surveyors, who a~e appointed thereunto by che bordering peopl~., who ha–

ving feverally cl1eir diíl:inét divifions and parcels allotced co chem, do endeavour

to out-vy each che ocher in con[ervacion of chat common benefic and conveni–

ence: che like rule is obf~~ye9 for maintenance of a11 other puJ:,li

Works, _

fuch as Bridges and Royal Palaces, Fortreífes, ancfche like.

rnak,.ing che Cawfe–

way, cheTurf chey laid upon it was of greac ufe; for ic did no onely make che

way finooth,

fofc

and eafie, bue alfo che Roocs of che

Grafs

extending chemfelves

within che Scones, did greatl b~nd, and keep_ali clofe cogecher.

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A P.-,