H&oriejf the Indies Jib.tf, 



ought to furniih : fo as the divifion was not madeby c* 

 quail portions, butbycottization, according to the 

 qualities and wealth|oftheCountrie. So as for exam- 

 pic, if they were to gather a hundred thoufand F&nc~ 

 gK& of Mays, they knewprefently how much every 

 Province was- to contribute, wercit a tenth, a feventh, 

 or a fife part.The like was of Townes and Villages, Ail- 

 IOS>QZ Lmagcs.{Thc guipocdmtyos, which were the of. 

 ficers and intendams, kept theaccount of all with their 

 firings and knottes , without failing, fetting downe 

 what every one had paied , even to a hen, or a burthen 

 of wood 5 and in a moment they did fee by divers regi- 

 fters what every one ought to pay. 



Of the Edifcts Andmtner of building 0ftklngaa&&y$ 

 CH A ?. 14. 



T"* H E Edifices and Buildings which the Inguts 

 A made in temples,fortre(fe, waies, countric hou- 

 fes,and fuch like, were many in number, and of an ex- 

 ceffivc labour, as doth appeare at this day by their ru- 

 ines and rcmainders,both in Cuft0 9 Ty*puwi&jF4*{&> 

 and other places , where there arc ftoncs of an vnmca- 

 furable greatncs:fo as men cannot conceive how they 

 were cut,brought,and fet in their places. There came 

 great numbers of people from all Provinces, to workc 

 in thefe buildings and fbrtrefles, which the Ingua cau- 

 fcd to be made in Cafio, or other partes of the Realme. 

 As thcfc workes were ftrangc,and to amaze the behol. 

 ders,wherein they vied no morter nor ciment, neither 

 any yron, or fteele, to cut, and (et the ftones in vvorke. 

 They had no engines or other inftruments to carrie 

 them, and yet were they fo artificially wrought, that 



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