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.

BooK V. e HA P. vi #ow they in/iJ~ Ctpáths~ and :Amis~ and Shóes fo~ the S'orddi'erj: / •. ~ ~ • / , , • ; ._i ' 1 1 f _ B.' Efides düs Tribute of Laboür which the lndian..r beíl:owed on the tands of ch~ Sun, and the Inca, and of the gathering in :their Fr;uic-; che fecond;Tribuce required ·was a contriburion towards the Cloathing, :Shoes and .Arms of th&' SouldietY, as alfo for t he póoi ' añd ne~dy, wh(> by reafon of A&e, <:>i- wanc ot Healrh,. were not able to lábói.ir and provide for .themfelv~· t .l}nd ,gerejn i:he famé rule and order was obfer ved; as in che former Tribute: The Cloa~hilig -in all che Hilly Coµmries \.vas made of Wool, whith was prcx.luced ·by chofe multitudes of Cattel which were paijured 'in thofe pares for accotmc of ch~ Sun 5 but in the Plains along the Sea-coaít, where the Councrey is hot, they made all cheir Gar- ments of Cottons, which grew in the Lands belonging to che Inca anq che Sun; fo chac the J11di1ms were ac no farther expepce cherein, than that o~ely which pro- c:eeded from che hlbour of their hands. Their Wocilen Cloathirig was of threé forts ; che courfeíl:, which they called Avafca, w~s for the cemmori people ; che next degree,, which was fomething finer, ·chey called Compi.-, w.hich Was_fic for Cap- , tains and Nobles, and che better fort of people, and were rtiade of divc:;ts colours~ · · and dreífed and curried like che· Dutch Cloths: To the fineíl: f9rc likewife chey gave the Carne name of Compi, which was onely for the cloaching of Incas of the Royal Bloud, and fuch of tfíem as were Souldiets and Officers both of War and .Ptace. This fineíl: forc was rriade in Countries where the beft Workmen lived~ and the moíl: ingenious Artiíl:s '; and tne courfer was rñade by the more dull and rourfer fort of Heads. All che W ool for chis Cloathing was Spun by the W o~ rnen ; as likewife che Ava[ca; or courfer fort, was Woven by them; bút the fineff was W oven by the Men, becaufe they always W eaved íl:anding ; ,and both one and che other was che Work of the Subjeél:s, and 'not of the Incas, though it were for their own·Cloaching, chough fome are of opinion tbat che lnéas worked and weaved for themfelves ; which we muíl: contradiét, and íhall íhew hereafte~; wlieri_ we come to treat of the Arms ofHorfemen,whac it was that they tcirned the Spin., ning of che Inw. Thofe Provinces were moíl: chatged wich tlie Aífefment for Shoeing, where Hemp grew in moíl: plenty,' aild was made trotn t~e Stalk of á Plant called Mag_uey ; their Arms likewife were made in thoft! Couritries where ihe_Materials fpr them were moíl: plentifull : In fome places chey made Bows and Arrows, in orhers Lances and Datts ,_in others Clubs and Bills ; fortie C oumries provided Rapes and Winleffes for lading and faílnilig of Burthens, and others made Ijdtbets andTargets, belides which they had nd other defenfive A.rms. Id íhort?{évery Pr~winc~ furniíhed and fupplied fuch Co¡pmo~~ties as che Nature o~ thé Goq9trey d1d moíl: eafüy produce, and foch Ma_nofaétones as chey tould make ac home? for ~e was,á fettled andan eíl:abliíhed Llw through the wh61e Empire; that no lndian . íh9,u\d be obliged to feek or, ra!_l(ack otper, ~oum,ries , for che Tri-: ', bute he was to pay ; for as thac would not b€ ¡uíl: nor ¿qua!, fo it would be á meaos to make them Vag?bonds, aod to open a door éo the ,tnhabitants:to go out, bf their Councrey; an.d forfake their own habitaciÓns; ,fo tfiat the Subjeél:s were obliged tci futnHh thé Jnéa \~ith fyür chings, vi~; Provilions or fooá arilióg frorri the proper·grounds df the Inca~ CJoarhing rnade_ of the W qol of his own Flocks, Shoes and Arms, aríling frorn Cdtintries wllere the M.aiedils áre ,moíl: common; all thefe Aí{efments w~re \aid and irnp'qfed with gréat ordet ano áttemion; for · rliofe Prov~rlces ~vhith weye sh~rge~ with,Clorhs, by./eafb9 of,ch.é qu{lnticy of . Wo?l~ which abouoded m tbe~r p~rts;¡ were; ,fréedfrom the ch,arge <ifld care of prov1dmg Shoes; thofe that prov1deq. Sboes, we~e free'd from Arms, fo that none could be twice charged, nor che Subjeét agdeve.d by the wejghr pf his Op- preffions; By this genrlenefS and lenity of the Yoke.whkh the Inca l'aid on his 'f i _ · peopl~,