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.

Royal Commentaries. BooK VI. was of Erninence in their condicion, and ofWealth and Politenefs in the manner · of their living. . . . . . . What wai; praétifed in t~e City of th1s kmd w:is alfo umtated m ~he Countries, tne refpeétive Curacru ftií.nng up tbe people ro derponfüate by their outward ge- fiures and aétions, their inward forrow and paffion for the death of their Inca. With thefe Críes and Lamentations they went ro viíit ali the places withia cheir Province, where at any time th~ir Inca had pitched his Can:p, or rnade his abode or refidence, though but for a mght; and there they all w1th loud Lamentations repeated the Favours, and Honours, and Benefits that he had performed for them in that phce. And thus múch íhall ferve to have faid touching che Funeral of the Jncru, in imication of which, fomething of this nature was performed in h 0 • nour of tbeir,..Caciques, of whi~h I rerr}en;ber to have feen fome paífages in the time of my infant Years; for m the Provmce of the fJ.!!.echuru, I once faw a mul- titude of peo'ple gathered in a field, to larnent the I)each of a Cacique, carrying his Gannents upon Poles, in faíhion of Banners, or Er:1fignes; my curiofity promp- ted me co ask chem wbat all thac noife.and turnult meant ; to which they anfwe- red me; that it was the Funeral Lamentatiori of Huamam-pallpa, for fo they cal~ lci:d the deceafed Oacique. . . • I . CH A P. VI: o¡ the General and Solemn H1tntings which the Kings made in ali parts of their líingdom. T HE Kings of Peru enjoyed, wich their ocher pares of Greatnefs and State, . certain days appointed for Solemn and General Huntings, called in their Tangue Chacu. And herein ic is to be obferved, that all forts of Game were for- bidden to be killed, unlefs Partridges, Pidgeons, Doves, or leífer Birds, for che Service and Table onely of the lncru, who were Governours, or· of che Cur-acru ; nor was chus much perrnicced neicher, bue under a lirnited quanticy, and by com- mand and order alfo of the J uíl:ice. This prohibition was obferved under the fame penalties thafall ocher obfer- vances of their Law were enjoined, and herein they were rigorous, and fevere, leíl: Men betaking themfelves to the pleafure of the field, íhould delight in a con- tinued courfe of fports, and fo negleél: the neceifary provifions and mainten:ince of their Families. By whi~h firiél: reíl:raint the Game both of Birds and Beaíls was fo common, ?nd in abundance, and carne, thac chey encred even into tbeir Houfes ; where though they,i could not kill them, yet howfoever they . might affrighc and drive them out ot their Fields and Paflures; for thac though the Inca was Mafrer of the Game, yet he loved bis Subjeéts better chan to have them prejudiced by Laws which were made for the g_ood, and not for the cletrimenc of his People. ', ' • . At a certain feafon of the Year, afrer breeding-tirne was over , .tne Inca ap.: pointed a place for Hunting, where either his own pleafure direéted; or where was moíl: convenient for bis.Affairs, either of War_or Peace; ano there he'ap· pointed 20 or .;oooo lndiatt..s:ito encompaíS all that fpace of Land; which was de- figned for_rhe Hunt; half of whorn taking to che Right-hand) ahd che other half to the Left, were to beat twenty or thircy Leagues i:ound, by' thf! fides of Ri! vers, and Brooks, ~nd through woody and mountainpus places ~ 'wberefoever the limits ~nd bounds of the chafe did extend, bat by no mearis were they to ' touch or encroach on othe r Lan ds, wbid1 were laid out for the Hunt of _che' foll:owing y~:ir. Thus they w.em beacin~and pe~ping into every buíh, and 'when they