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Royal

Commentaries.

Gate; at which none emred befides the QQ.een, and Cuch as intended

profefs

ilieO~~

the entrance of this Gallery

t~re

was

Gate

for

the common ufe and fer-

vice of the Houfe, at

which

there were twenty Porters always attending to bring

in, or carry away whatfoever was needfu·ll; but none of

t~em

could pafs farther

than the fecond Gate upon pain of Death, though they received Commands from

within.

doe;

nor coufd any that was within give fuch

Command)

oi; Licence,

QUt

rhe

fame penalty.

There

ere

o o

Maidens appornted to attend the Service of rhefe

ll'g10s, who

were Daughters of chofe who had the· privilege

be called

l r.cas

;

not fuch

as were defcended from the true Line, and pure Bloud of

the

Royal

ft11cas,

for

rhofe were efl:eemed and feparated as Wives, or Spou[es of the Sun ' but

fuch

the Firll:

Inca

had made

Incas

by title and privilege, as before related ;

which

{hangers, or chofe.

who

were afterwards reduced, could not

~train.

Thefe,Mai–

d'ens

had-

.a}f'O

~neir

Mtl1J1acanas,

or Matrons of the fame Lmeage appomrecl

tllem,

·bmng.>filch,

as having pafied their

years,

and

grown

old in tf.iat Hblife,

had

part

of the

'tare

and

manage~eFlt

.thereof

£011'lmitted

them. When

t~e

s1.a–

nim-d.t

Wa~oiJerco1~ e~ Ci~,y

Couo,

and that.they 9ivicled tFie

pul1ific~ ~-qild

ings

amoog~

themfelve9

fut:

places

ro dwell and mhaq1t;

one half of

thlS

Con–

vent, whid1

bel~ge&

ro tlhe ©ffices, .

fell

the lot

J!edrq dr;l

Barco; .

'Whom

the fequel

this

J.1IifforSV

iliall have

occafi6n to menrion; and

tPie '

half was the ftJare of the

Ltcenci~o de ·l~

Gama ,

who

reficled

there

when

was

very

)10\lllg

aad afeerwards

Helonged-to

Dieg&

Orti~

G~ma;i,

a•

~t11eman

born at

Snit,

whom

I knew,

and left at

(ft>uo

when

departed thehce

for

Spain,,

The principal e11)f}loyment of tllefe Wives of tl1e Sun was

Spin and Weave

all the garments wflith the

Inc"'

and

the

Coya

his lawful! Wife wore on their own

Perf<>ns ; they made

~fo

all the

fine

~inen

which was offered

the Sun

Sa–

crifice

and

what

the

Inca

w0re

about hi head,

which

.was called

Llautu,

which

was about

the breadth of the middle finger, but very · thick, and

long as to

take four ()r five turns·about the' head, with a

c~louredi

Lift

reaching from one

temple to ehe other.

Their Cloadung1was a fbirt which reached to their knees , ealled

Vncu

;

the

Spaniards

called it

Cu/ma,

which was not the common name of

it,

but onely rha

which a

pa~ti<::ular

Pro'linCe gave to

it :

They wore alfo a fquare Mantle ofabout

two

Foof

aeeJ?, ,.

which fer

for a Cloak, called

YacoUa.

Moreover, thefe Nuns

made Purfes for the

lnca

of ahout a quarter of a Yard fquare, whieh they car–

ried under their Arme, hanged

by a f.ine Twill curioufly embroidered, of about

t!wo fingers btoad, and was in faihion of a Ribbon on ehe lefr Shoulder, reach–

ing crofS

tlti@

right fide : There Purfes they called

Chu/pa,

and ferved them

put

thelt

Cuoa

into, which was an Herb that

Indians

now commonly eat but

~as t~en

f0:rare, that none had the privilege to eat of

bat the

Inca

onely: and

his

Kmdr-ed ;

unlelS fame

CuraeM,

to whom rhe King

ur: of a particular favour

and

affeCti.on

f(!llt

perhaps fome Baskets ef it every year.

They alfo

m~de

certain

TwHts

of two coloul1S, which

were

Sttaw-cokmr and

Carnation,

which

they

calle~

Paycha:

there Twifis were very fine, of about a

Yard long ; but were not defigned for fervice of the

Inca,

but for others of the

Royal Bloud, which they wore on their Heads, binding their Foreheads from

ene temple to the other.

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