The royal commentaries of Peru : in two parts / written originally in spanish by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega; rendred into english by sir Paul Rycaut.

HooK V.- _Royal - Commentarie's~ : , r - 1 37 _ t HA P. IV. How they divÚed their ·fra'ter into feima~ ~ivuiets fer th~ refrefoment of their Land ; _ and .whát Puni}b1i1ent thej injl~éled on the idle and negligent P~ople -th¿¡t wouÚ nbi i1órk:: · . 1-; N thofe Cotincrles where W-ater was fcarce, they took care to qivic,ie théfr Waters to every one according t<;> his neceffities, a11d by fuch equal proporti- ons·' ªº~ with thac _order; thac all quarréls ahd cohte_ntiops for it were avoided ;, and he.reunto they had móíl: efpedal tegatci·in dry years, when Rain_ was'wancing; for then, they allotted oi1c unto evéry one his certáin h0ürs; havlng by experience learned in how much time.an Acre of Groúntl ·mlghc be fupplied; and drink the Water it required; . I n which benefü tieieher-the Rich ilór .che more Noble, nor the Kin(man of che C1mtca; nor che Cur'aca himfélf, nor the Governour, nor the King himfelf enjoyed any privilege or prefererice b~foré ahother, but every one took h~s turn , as his Lands an~ Furrows )a~ in ordér; · He cha~ wa~ negligenc tp _ cake blS turn, and to watdi h1s ground wh1¡ft the Water ran mto the FurrowS» ~ and D~rns, was.punifhetj_for a íluggard _i.n the Il)Oll: affronc.ive _manner; for h~ was to rece1ve publickly chree or faur tfu.umps on clie Back w1th a Stone, or whipped cm che Armes and Legs with Switches df.Ofter; and íbameél with the difgracefull term of an idle aod íloathfull fellow; which was a grear difhonciur and difreputa~ ~on (O them; calling chem Miz.quitullu; which is Eafie·bones; being ~ word com~ pounded of Miz.qui; . which fignifies f weet; and TuUu which is bones. · /------ ------ . .. I v. b¡ the Tribute which they gave to ,the lnca; /md of the Vef fels ¡_hey made· to r'eceive their Fruits. . / -. "H' ' Aving .ali-ea. d~clared. the manner.by w~ich c~e ln~~s cli~ided éheiand~, and -_ the _ways aric,1 ~nvent1ons by which the Sub¡eél:s improved thern-; .we are " in che next place to prqceed fo fhew whac Tribute .chey gave unto cheír Kings; The chiefeíl;.parc o( cheir Tribute did tonfill:.in cheir labour, which was to culti.:: '.'ate and rn:t1:mre die Lands beloriging'to th~ Sun; and to the lnca, and alfo to · gather and reap che F.ruits, and lay them up in the King's Baros:. One fort of ~ruié which was iµ efteem amongft the11J; v¿as cpat whicb they' call Vchu, and the $paniarrJJ Axi, , and we in 'Englifh Red Pepp'er. The places in whi<,:h ·they 1aid their • Corn called Pinla, were ma.9e of Chy, cernpered with Straw i -In the times of the Incas they were very curioüs in chis work, ¡md made chem of ditferent ftzes - and fafhions ; forne being lo~g and .nafrcí_w, ahd. others fqµare ; [9me o[ therr\ were made td receiefe thirty, forne fifty; a:nd fome aµ hundred m~afur~ of.Corn : Every one of thef~ Clay-veífels was p'ut into a. Chamber by it , felf, juft fitted to the propartióri of ~he Veffel, arid fixed with. W alis on eacn ílde , fo as not ro be T . · ,removed;