Hittorie oftkefncKcs. lib. 6. 453 



they tooke TofAnchan. In Peru they were very curious 

 of footemen,and the Ingtta had them in all partS of the 

 realme, as ordinary Pofts called Chafquis, whereof (hall 

 be fpoken in his place. 



Of the mAnner of government, and of the Kings 

 which the Indian shad. 

 CHAP. ii. 



IT isapparant, that the thing wherein thefe barba 

 rous people (how their barbarifmc , was in their go- 

 vernement and manner of commaund : for the more 

 that men approch to reafon,the more milde is their go- 

 vernement and leflfe infolent; the Kings and Lords are 

 more tradable, agreeing better with their fiibieds, ac 

 knowledging them equall in nature, though inferiour * , 

 in duetie and care of the commonwealth. But amongft /* 

 the Barbarians all is contt ary,for that their government 

 is tyrannous, vfing their fubieds like beafts , and leek- 

 ing to be reverenced like gods: For this occafion many 

 nations of the Indies have notindured any Kings , or 

 abfblute & (bvcraignc Lords,but live in comminalties, $inJ^t 

 creating and appointing Captains and Princesjfor cer- 

 taine occafions onely, to whome they obey durinjg the 

 time of their charge, then after they returne to their for 

 mer eftatcs.The greateft part of this new world (where 

 there are no fettled kingdomes , nor cftablifhed com 

 mon weales,neither princes nor Succeeding kings) they 

 governe themfelvcs in this manner, although there be 

 fome Lordes and principall men railed above the com 

 mon fort \ In this forte the whole Countrey tfchille is 

 governed, where the Auracanes, thole of Teutape/tand 

 others, have fo many yecres refifted the Spaniardcs. 



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