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Poor. 



Their Indu* 



AMERICA. Chap. IV. 



and Clothing from the Inga 7 though at other times he enjoy'd the Labors of his 



Subjects for nothing. 

 Thdr re m ai . When at any time he conquer'd a Countrey by force of Arms, he made them pay 

 b«e from tnrcc feveral forts of Tribute ; the firft was beftow'd in religious Offices. Each 



conquer M * v 



cour.rrcy.. Ouaca or Chappel recciv'd alfo a Revenue from the late conquer'd Countreys, the 

 Fruit of which ferv'd for Offerings to their chief God Pacbayacbacbu, the Sun, 

 their Thunderer Cbuquilla, and to the Souls of the Deceafed, and for Food for the 

 Pricfts. The Religion through the whole Realm agreed with that which wasob* 

 ferv'd in Cufco. But the fecond Tribute fell to the Inga's Family, or Relation and 

 Soldiers. Thofe who Till'd the Inga's Ground, Sung before him in Fefti val Clothes. 

 That which could not be fpent in the Court was laid up in Store*houfes for ten 

 years together, againft a fcarcity fliould happen. Aged People, Widows, and fuch 

 as were decrepid, paid no Tribute, The third part was for the Poor, which had eve- 

 ry Year a piece of Ground allow'd them to make ufe of as they pleas'd. In unfruit- 

 ful Years they receiv'd an Allowance out of the Store-houfes before raention'd. 

 fioSorJhe 1 " So likewife the Pafture, Meadows, and Arable Land was order'd for three fe- 

 veral Ufes, one third for religious Ufes, a fecond for the Inga's, and the laft for the 

 Poor. The Sheep being (horn on a certain Day, yielded the Poor a certain quan- 

 tity of Wooll to make them Clothes. As foonas any Beaft grew Mangy (which 

 the Peruvians call'd Caracbe) they burnt them alive, fo to prevent the fpreading of it 

 farther. Thofe that belong'd to the Ingas Family, wore all Clothes made of the 

 fineft Wooll, and the courfeft, call'd Tabafca, was diflributed among the Vulgar. 



Befides this good Order of Government, it is wonderful to obfervc the Peruvians 

 manner of Living, each learning from their Infancy not onely a Trade, but all 

 things which they accounted neceffary in Houfe-keeping, as Weaving, Tilling of 

 Land, building of Houfes, and making of Tools requifite for both ; fo that they 

 never made ufe of one another on any Account. Moreover, Matter Artifls, who 

 work'd more for Pleafure than Gain, dwelt apart, being Silver-fmiths, Painters, 

 Muficians, and Dancers. 



Their Habits were heretofore of one fafliion through the whole Realm, onely 

 the Covering of their Heads were feveral, by which the People of one Countrey 

 were diftinguifli'd from the other, according to an inviolable Law made many 

 Ages fince 5 fome therefore wore thin Caps, others broad Pleits, others little Hats, 

 others round Bonnets, others woven Caps, and the like. 



Their Pofl-Stages, call'd Qbafquh, were little Houfes, each (landing a League and 

 a half from one another, wherein dwelt certain Officers, who with extraordinary 

 fpeed conveyed the Ingas Letters from one Cbafquis to the other 5 after which man- 

 ner in two days time they convey'd a Letter a hundred Leagues. But fince the Spa* 

 maris conquer'd this Countrey, that Convenience was loft, till the tenth Peruvian 

 Vice-Roy Martin Enrique s re-eftablifh'd the fame • for he allow'd a Sallary to thofe 

 Polls, that they might with fpeed convey all Letters and Packets from one to the 

 other, being diflant, according to his Eflablifhment, four Leagues. 

 Laws again?* Laftl y > the In £ as maintained ftri & Laws in criminal Affairs . for as they did not 

 Majors. ne gl e( a to encourage noble Achievements (for whoe're had done a valiant Aft in 

 the Wars, was made Governor of a Countrey, or had a certain quantity of Land 

 given him, or Married one of theJfog*s Family^) fo likewife they feverely punifli'd 

 allMalefaftois: for Murderers, Thieves, and Adulterers fuffer'd Death without 

 Mercy ; yet they allow'd flore of Concubines, and it was free for any one to Lie 

 with his Neighbor's Concubine, but Death to have to do with any Man's lawful 

 Wife, who were ferv'd by the Concubines. 



When 



Their HabitsJ 



Their Poft- 

 Stages. 



