IX. Every male at a certain age married, and took upon himself the duties of citizenship and the responsibilities of a manly life: he owned his own house and lived in it, and a portion of land fell to him every year, which was enlarged as his family increased. X. Great public works were every year built which added to the strength and glory of the kingdom. XI. Deleterious occupations or such as were injurious to health were prohibited. XII. Gold was used for ornament, sacred vessels of the temple, and the service of the Inca in his palaces. There is a tradition that this precious metal signified in their tongue '_Tears of the Sun_.' Whether this be an ancient or a modern tradition no one can tell us. It may be not more than three and a half centuries old. XIII. A man ravishing a virgin was buried alive. XIV. A man ravishing a virgin of the Sun, that is, one of the vestal virgins of the Temple, was burnt alive. XV. It was accounted infamous for a man or woman to wear other people's clothes, or clothes that were in rags. XVI. Roads and bridges were among the foremost public works which bound the vast country together. XVII. Public granaries, for the storing of corn in case of emergency, were erected in all parts, and some very out-of-the-way parts of the kingdom. XVIII. Woollen and cotton manufactures were brought to great perfection. Examples of these remain to this day and will bear comparison with those of our own time. XIX. A thief suffered the loss of his eyes; and a creature committing the diabolical act of altering a water-course suffered death. And to sum up, here is the true confession of Mancio Sierra Lejesama, one of the first Spanish Conquistadores of Peru, which confession he attached to his will made in the city of Cuzco on the 15th day of September, 1589, before one Geronimo Sanches de Quesada, escribano publico, and which has been preserved to us by Espinosa in his 'People's Dictionary,' art. 'Indio.'