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Thoufands of Sheep differing in colour ferv'd for Offerings : moreover, the 

 Chief Prieft facrifie'd a Child before the Image of Viracocba, on whom with great 

 Reverence he cry'd, great God Viracocha, ti?e Offer you this Cbtld, that you may keep our 

 (ftealm in Teace, aid us in time of War, profyer our Inga in all bis Undertakings, make him more 

 powerful and greater than any of his Predecejfors, and grant him Tfifdom to Govern this vajt 

 Countrey. 



No People in the World can be more refpe&ive, and fhew greater Reverence to ™ e * o <»^ 

 their Kings, than the VeruVians : for there were never any heard of in this Countrey *«««««• 

 that ever Rebelled againft their Prince^the reafon of which was chiefly ,becaufe they 

 always Governed with great Juftice and Mildnefs, placing Governors over the re- 

 fpe&ive Countreysand Provinces, according to their feveral Divifions, greater or 

 lefTer, with fubordinate Power one under another, fo that they Rul'd with great 

 ftri&nefs, punifhing with Death both Drunkennefs and Theft. Moreover, the 

 Ingas obferv'd a prudent way in Government, vi% They kept their Subjects con- 

 tinually employ'd : The ordinary fort of Perfons of fubdu'd Provinces were fent 

 to remote Countreys, and the Governors thereof kept at the Court in Cufco ; and 

 Princes Defcended of the Royal Blood fent in their Places to Govern the new got- 

 ten Dominions : they divided the Inhabitants into Companies , plac'd one to 

 Command over ten, another over a hundred, and a greater Officer over a thoufand, 

 andatlaft a Prefect or Major-General, over ten thoufand; every one of which 

 Officers were to bring in an Account every Week to the fupream Governor, who 

 was always of the Ingas Family, what Men dy'd of their number, or how many 

 were born, a prefent Eftimate of every ones Stock, in Cartel or otherwife, and all 

 remarkable Tranfa&ions that hapned. On the high Feaft-day they were all to 

 appear at Court, and to bring in the Revenues gather'd out of their Subftitute 

 Countreys. The main Divifion of the Countrey was into four grand Pro- 

 vinces, caird Tabucantinfuyos, according to the four Ways that went from Cufco 

 through the whole Realm, vi%. Chinchafuyo towards the North, Coclafuyo towards 

 the South, Andefuyo towards the Eaft, and Condefuyo towards the Weft. The Col* 

 lectors were divided into Hananfayos, Upper-Collectors, and Urinfayos, or Under. 

 Collectors. The Quipocomayos, or Accomptants, could call up exa&ly with Buttons, 

 not onely what every Province, but alfo what each Man was to pay, and that ac- 

 cording to the ability of the Countrey and Perfon. 



Many were the (lately Temples, invincible Caftles, magnificent Palaces, an^^^^ 

 other wonderful Structures built by the Ingas, the chiefeft whereof flood in Cufco, 

 Ttaguanaco, and Tambo . the Builders whereof were fent for by turns out of the ad- 

 jacent Countreys, from which they brought exceeding great Stones, mod of them 

 thirty eight Foot long,eighteenbroad,and fix thick,which were fo neatly joyn'd to» 

 gethcr with Mortar or Iron-work, that a whole Edifice feem'd to be one entire 

 Stone. Their Bridges that led crofs the Rivers were made of Flags and Ruflies, 

 faftned to each Shore with great Ropes. The like Bridge lay crofs the deep Mouth 

 of the Lake Chicuito y on which great Bundles of the Ruflies Toto being ty'd together, 

 andcover'd with Straw, fo ftrengthen'd the Bridge, that great Loads were fafely 



carried over the fame. 



No Prince ever poffefs'd fo much Riches and Splendor as an Inga of Peru, each ™-jp* m 

 Countrey prefenting him with what was moftcfteem'damongft them ; the Chides /*«. 

 bringing Sweet.woods . the Luc anas, ftrong Sedan*Carriers ; the Qbumbibdcas, brave 

 Dancers . and fo accordingly every Countrey provided him with what they bed 

 efteem'd, befides the ufual Tributes which they paid. 



Thofe which digg'd the Gold and Silver out of the Mines, had Meat, Drink, 



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