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.

-I,,8 Roy4l Commentariu. / removed · and in che middle of che Chamber a paífage was lefr.ro go from on~ to the o:her to empr(and fill rhem a~cording to che feafo ns of c he year ; roz empcying chefe Veílels, chey pened a lml~ fhutt~r before, ~f abouc a q~arrer of a y ard fquare, or bigger ~ or leífer, accordmg to 1cs propomo~, by ~luch chey knew certainly che quant1ty rharwas taken out, and whac remamed wHhouc mea, furing of ir; where~y, and by che large?efs of c~e V ~ífels, rhey eaíily made che accounc of che quanmy of che Mayz wh1ch remamed mevery Barn.or Magazine. f remember rhat 1once faw fome of thefeClay-veífels, which remained ever fmce the cime of che Incas ; chey were fuch as were of che beíl: forr, for they had be- longed to che Convent of rhe Seleét Virgins, who were Wives to che Sun, and made folely for che fervice of chofe Women ; when I faw rhem, chey were in che Houfe of che Sons of Pedro de Barco, who had been School-fellows wich me. The Pr.ovioons of che Sun, and of che Inca, w~e laid up aparr, and in differenc Veífels, rhough in the fame Srore-houfe or Magazine. The Corn for Seed was given out by che Lord of che Land, who was che Sun and che Inca ; as alfo che Corn which made 'Bread for che Labourers, during che time cha e they cul_tivared and rnnnured their Lands; fo rhat ali che Tribute which che Indian1 were obliged to give, was nothini bue chrjr perfonal labour, cheir Lands and Fruits being free 9f all Tax or I mpofüi qn. The truth ofwhich is affirmed by Acofta in che fifreenrh Chapter of bis frr.ch Beok, in chefe words : " The Inca gave che chird part of ~' rhe-Lands to che Pe ople; bue ir is not cercain wherher rllis chird p:irc was fo ex- " aétly rneafured, as to anfwer an equality with that of the Inca : Bue chis is " fure, chac great care was caken ~o render unto every one a fufficienr proporcion ~ of Land for his ll)aj_ntenance and fupporr. In chis third parr no panicular per- " fon had Cucha righr, as to be able to give ic away, or fell, or by any ways alie· " nate it to anorher, becaufe che Inca was the fole Lord of che Fee, and che Orí- ' ' ginal righc was in him. Of chefe Lands, new Divif1ons were made every • " year, according to che increafe or diminution of Fai)lQies ; fo rhat che proporri- " ons of Lands were in .general afcertained, and yre Divilions already laid out, ' • thar diere needed no great rrouble farrner therein. Of ali thefe Lands fo given 1 " no Tribute was exaéted, unlefs it was- their labour ro cultivare and manure che " Lands of che lnGa and the G11acru, and to gather che Fruits, and lay thern l'lp .in " their Score-houfe, which was all che Tribute or Impofüion required of chem. Thefe are the words of Acofta, who calls the Sun by the Name of Guaca1. In all che Province of°Colla, which is above 1 50 Leagues long, Mayz dorh not grow, by reafon of che coldnefs of che Climace; but in che place of ir they have great abundance of f2!!.inua, which is a fort of Rice, befides plemy of or~er Grane and Pulfe, and fuch Corn as grows low upon che ground ; fuch as is rhacwhicb. they cal! Papa, which is round and juicy, and by reafon of che great humidityo! it inclines much to conupcion, and is foon rotteH ; bue che berrer to conferve ic, they fpread ic on che ground upon Srraw, of which there is greac ílore, and very good in rhac Counrrey, expoÍlng it for many Nighrs to che Froíl:; for che Frofis are very fharp and laíl:ing there; after it hach in chis manner, as ic were, been di- geíled and r~pened by che colds, they then gendy preís .ir, chacche warrifhneís may país away wHh the ·crude humour caufed by che Froíl; and afrer they have chus well preífed ir, they lay it out in che Sun , keeping ir from che ferene damps of che Nighr, unrill it is perfeétly dried. And by thefe means chey conferve the Papa for a long rime, which chen they call by che Name of Ch11num , and by rhac · Name ali che Pa;a paífed, which was garhered from tl;)e Land of rhe Sun, and of che lnca, and which they conferved in cheir Store-houfe-, with ocher Grane, and wirh their Peafe and Vetches, and füch like.