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.

186 Royal .Coµtmentaries. BooKVl They counterfeited the Plan~ andW all· flowers fo well, that being on theW alls,· they: feemed to be Natural: The Creatures which were íha~ed on the Walls, fuch as Lizards, Butter·Aycs, Snakes and Serpents, fqme crawling up, and fome down, \\'..~re fo arcificially done, that they feemed Narur~I, and wanced.nothing but""Motion. The Inca co_mm only fate on a Stool of Maffie G.o\~:; tv.foch they calle~ Tika, being ~p~ut three. quarters.of aY:,ar4Jµgh, withouc ~rme_s or Bacli, and toe íeat fomethmg hollow m the m1dd le ; .chis .was fet on a larru:, fquare Plate of Gold, .which ferved for a Pedeftal to raife ir. All the Vefiels which were for the fervice of the Inca, both of the Kitchin, and of the Buttery, were all made of Gold or Silver ; and thefe were in fuch quantities, that every Houfe, or Palace, belonging to the lnc.t, -was furniíhed in that manner with them, thac there was O(} occafion, When he Travelled, to remove them from one place to the other. In chefe Falaces alfo, th~e were Magazines, or Granarie¡, made of Gold aad Sil- ver, which were fü tG> receive Corn, or Grane, but cpey were rather places ofState and Magnificence, chao of ufe. . · . The Inca had hls Palace well furniíhed,with Bedding , añd fo many changes of Apparel, that having worn a Sait twice, he gave it to his Kindred, or hiS Ser- vants. Their Bed-cloaths were Blankets, like our Freezes made ofGoatsW ool, ano fo foft and fine, that amongfi other curiofities of thac Countrey, they car- ried over fome of che Blankets.for che Beds of Jllhilip che Second King of Splljn : chefe Blankecs fe1ved chem for Beds to lye orr, as well as Coverings : Bue chey would by no me aos be rec~nciled to Q!il~, or 'be perfuaded to íleep upon them; perhaps beca ¡i.fe , chat havmg feen them m che Chambers of the Spaniards, they feemea too e ffem inare and fofc for Men, who rhade profeffion of a more hardy life ; and who had not created to themfelves fo many fuperfluous necefliries as Men, who ranged both Sea and Land for Riches and Treafore. They had no occafion of Hangings for their Walls, which (as we have faid) they Adorned with Plates of Gold or Silver : The Diíhes of Mear provided for the Inca's Ta- ble, were many, becaufe many 'Incas of his Kindred were. his frequent Guefis and bis Servants ~ere very numerou~, being all to be fed at the charge (!nd car~ of t~e J~ca. The ufu_al ho~r of Eatm~, for a!l forts of people,_ was from eighr, co nme m the Morrung; m the.Evenmg they fupped by Day-hghr, making no more than thefe two Meak In Drinking they were more intemperate ; for though they did not Drink during the tim~their Meal, yec afterwards, when they ~ate to it, th~y drank commonly till Ni ht. Bue this was a cuftome amongft the Rteh, and Men of EH:ates, and not amo gfi che Poor, whofe povettY obliged t~em to a-necefi}ty of being abfiemi?us :" ~d the co!Dmon cufio'me and prac- !ICe amongft. all mgeneral, ~as to reure,betunes to their repofe, and to rife early. mthe Mormng to follow their Employmencs. · I CH A P.