Hi^orie of the Indies, lib.tf. 457 



great, for it is never found that any one of his fubieftes 

 committed treafon againft him, for that they procee 

 ded in their governments , not only with an abfolute 

 po wer 5 but aub with good order and iuftice, fufFering 

 no man to beopprefledrjThe lngu& placed governours 

 in divers Provinces,amongft the which, feme were fu- 

 periors,and did acknowledge none but himfelfe,other* 

 wereof lefle commaund ? and others more particular j 

 with (b goodly an order, and fuch gravitie, as no man 

 durftbee drunke, nor take aneareofMays from his 

 neighbour. fThefe /#/&& held it for a maximc , that it 

 was neceflary to keepe the Indians alwaies in adiion: 

 and therefore we fee it to this day , long cawfeies and 

 workes of great labour, thewhich they fey were made 

 to exercife the Indians, left they (houldrenrjaineidle. 

 When he conquered any new Province, he was accu- 

 ftomcd prefently to fend the greateft part, and the 

 chiefe of that Country into other Provinces, or elfe to 

 his Court, and they call them at this day in Ptrv, \Miti- 

 WM , and in their places hee fent others of the Nation 

 of C/^efpecially the orcioncs, which were as Knights 

 of an ancient houfejrhey punifhed faultes rigoroufly. 

 And therefore fuch as have any vnderftanding heereo 

 hold opinion, that there can be no better government 

 for the Indians > nor more afliired, then that of the 

 Jngua*. 



Of the diftr&ution the Inguas made ef their r*efJeS. 

 CHAP. 13. 



TO relate more particularly what I have fpokeit 

 before,you muft vnderftand,that the diftribution 

 which the //^//^madc oftheirvcflells, was foexadt 



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