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I

4

Royal Commentarie1.

BooK

IV.

of the Maller : the

ire

vented it elf at the

urh of thefe Ovens> and on che

top

~as

a pla e for t

1

0

or thr

i

1

,

in

hich

chey

fi

t

chem

to ftew ; and

was

fo

ve_ry a great con enience

£(

r th ir Cook

ry,

both

drdfmg their Meat

ell,

and

(a

ing their Wood ; that ic eemed the mofi ingenious of all their contti–

vances ..

and therefore

it \\

firange,

chat che

Spaniards,

hen

they

came

in

a–

mongll:'

them,

fhould d.

f

pife an

de{hoy

th· invention. .

To

avoid

~·eater

e

ils,

the

Incas

thought

fie

to

nn1t

common Whores

to

li

e

amongfl:

them · but then

they

'ere n t to rema m the C icy, but

in

little

Huts

ithout in the

ield ,

eparate

fr

m all

f<

iery

that

f<

by

their

convedation

they might not have

opP9rtl'lnity

to corrupt

ther

Tom

n : the

ame they gave

them \

Pamp.iyr1ma,

"

hi

h fignifi

oth their

rofeffi

n

and pla e

of

relidence;

Pampa

is

a Counrrey or

open

place; and

Rsma

properly

is

a erfon, either Man or

Woman ; fo

that

tbefe two \ ords in compo

tti

n, ar

.as

much as one ":ho lives

alone

in

the

ield; and a

e

fay,

a Hedge-whore; and that as

rhe

ields

are

open fo · her ody, and em rac

t

receive

any

one

ho

hath

an ap

tire to

com~

to her. The Men treated thefe

om n

with

all

fort

ofcontempt and corn;

and the Women

ere not

fo

much as to nam

them, und r

~nalcy

f

incurring

the fame title and cenfure · and of h ving th

ir

ead

ublickly !horn , of be–

ing lligmatized

for

infamous, and di ore' from th

ir.

us?ands:

they

n er

ailed

them

by

ocher name, than

that

of

P

arnpa

Hmt,

w

i

h

as much as Common

Harlot.

CH AP.

xv.

The

Inc Ro

,

the

fixth

King, fubclues

111a11y

R tzon.s,

and, amongfl

others,

the

Peopl

f

b

nc

and

H n o–

huallo.