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.

R.oyaJ . eommentaries. " the Officer ench~ged w;s fe~erely p~nifhed; and confequently the Army being " thus well provided~ no perfon was permitted to break imo the Fields or·Houfes " of che Jndia111, chough the gamage .were never fo inconfiderable, under leíS chan " a capital punifhment. ... ihlls far ~¡;e ,the Words of_ Pedro de Ciefa; and the rea- fon of chis feverity was grounded on !tñ~ íufficienr maintenance-which che Souldi~ ers received, who were t,hus ,well prov~ded for by the People, on. condition that chey mighc be fecured fróm their, viol~ce ánd oUtrages.~ and thus as the Maga- -zines in tire Roads wéte emptíed by..the Sou!Piers in their Mafch, fo they.were again replenifhed, and fupPilred by the Provinci<d Seores, Auguftin de· Carate di{: courfing of the greac RoaHs; ar the ,King's. ..High-Ways, (as·we fhall hereafrer have occafion . to mention more 'ac Jarge) ~kith . ~n the 14th. Chapter of his fuft Book fay: " Thac befides tbefe common.SCor~; pou(es on che Rpads, Gut!Jna'; ~' tava gave command for building in all ·che mountaino4s Countries farge and " capacious Houfes, .a~lf to ~€qeive him, and his,ü:mrt; •and all bis·Army,_ an4 " to be ieated at the áiftan~ of a days tnarch; one from che ocher. fa the'plains " alfo he huilt others of the like capacious Form, bue th0fe wei:e füuated more 'w remoce one from ch~ ocher, bfing ac eighc or ten) or P.erhápdifteen or cw~ncy " Leagues áfünder, according as the River$ ot conveniedces oHVacer happened ~ " and thefe Houfes wer.e.calkd Tombo1, where che Jndittns laid·up fuch quantili~ " and fiores of Arms; añd other neceífaries, for an Army; chat ev~ry one of te them was (aalcient to,d9ath, an'd ar¡l'le, and feed cwency or chirty choufan4 " Men, wícñ the ProvHions <;ontairted within ic felf; an& yet the Army~ th0ugh " ít was ñumerous, was yet well accoutred with ali folits of Weapons, fuch as ~ Pikes, Halberts, Clabs .and Pole-Axe$, made of Silvei: , and ·G:opper, and " fome .of them of Gold, havíng íharp points; and fome of chem har.derted by " the firf> befides Slingg., and Parts clírown by hand. Thus far ar.e che Words of AHgu.d;n Car4u, touching the Provifioils lodged in' che Roads for ac<;omodatiori ofche Army. . . , If the King. were at any time.put unto exceffive charge·in hiS Wars, fo ~hat hiS Revenue could not reach che e~pence, chen in that cafe it was lawfall for che Inca, ás uníverfaI Heir to bis Fat.her the Sun, to rnake ufe of bis .Rithes, and Revenue; and that whenfoever che Wars were finifhed, the overplds whkh remained of fuch Provifíons were caretully ·Iaí~ _up in the refpeétíve Store-houfes, fbt füpp_ort and maimenance of che People in Years of Fanúne and Scarcfry; in which fodi tare was taken, ·chac the Inca bimfelf judged it an Employment fit to be fupetvifed by his own particular regard and infpéél:ion. · ( · ',: , the .Pri~fts, i1~ all pares of rhe Empire, were m~intaine~ at. the charges of the Sun, tliat is, wh1líl: they were aétuálly employed m the Service of the Temple, for chey attended by Weeks, accórding to cheir tufos; but when chey were aí: home~ and out of wa,iting, chey chen fed and maintained themfelves from rhe fruits oí thofe grounds, which were equally divided to chem wich ocher People ~ py which, and the like Parfonony, ufed in exp~nding che }levenue of the Sun," his Seores were always great and p!emifull, and fafficient to affifr, and fuccour che inca, as bis nec;e!Iities and urgend~ did require. e HA P: /