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VII.
trance or lnvafion of a ne
peo le; for where an mpire or Government hath
had its period, being overwh lmed by the po er of a fironger
ation, there
al–
fo by
natural
confequence mufl: the memory of
A&
and Cufioms
peri!h,
which
have
not
b
n recorded
by
a kilfulnef5
in Letter.
or my own pare, being moved
ith a
arm defire
and
affection to conferve
the poor remains of Antiquity
in
my o
n
native
ountrey,
I
have adventured
on this Jaborious Defign of Difeovery, and of tracing the
oodl:eeps of che
loft
reliques of
its
forgotten
ull:oms and Manners; and therefore chat
this
City
of
Couo,
'\i
hich was once the Metropolis of many
·ngdorns and
ations may
be
revived, and yet live
in
its ancient ame,
I
luve refolved
in
th"
Chapter to make
fome Defcription of
it,
as
I
have received it by Tradition, and
alfo
as a true
born
and faithfull on of that
Cicy,
co declare what I have feen of it with
my
own
yes, and·in
hat {l:ate and condition it wa
in
the Year
1
570.
hen I departed
thence, fpecifying
hat ancient
ames were
run
in
ufe belonging
to
places
and
divifions of the City,
with\
hat alterations were at that time made
in
the names
of Paro hial Churches, and
cre
which the
Spamards
ha
e built fince their
coming thither.
•
The King
Manco
Capac
having con6dered all the conveniencies of
Co~o,
chat
it
'~
ficuated
in
a pleafanc
alley,
in
the mid
ft
of a
lain, encompaffed on all fides
'
1
ith high Mountains, through
hich ran four delightfull fueam, which though
th
yielded, not great plenty of Water, yet
ere fufficient to refreih and make
all rbofe Lands friti.tfull.
In the middle of this plain
as a ountain of brackilh
ater out of hich they made quantities of alt ; the oil was
fruitfull
and the
Air
wholfome :
ith
hicb ad ancages the fufi
Inca
took a reiOlution of
laying
the oundacion of his
icy,
and, as the
Indians
fay,
by
der and Appointment
of hi
ather the
un, fignified
by
the difcovery of a
edge of Gold, which
w
the mark and fignal of that
lace, \
1
here the Head and Seat of
his
Empire
as to be founded. The
lirnate · rather cold
than
hot, but
yet
not
in
that
ex–
rreme, as to require
· es
to
keep them "arm; the Chamber
or clofe
Rooms,
are fufficient
to
defend the Inhabitants from the rigour of the Weather,
yec
a pan
of
Coal
may fornetimes be u[efull; the
Air ·
not fo
!harp,
but
chat
the
chin
and
lighter Clothing of the ummer may
be
fofficient) nor fo hot as to
be
incommo.
dious with the Winter-garmen
; the like may be faid of the bedding; for one
Blanket may
be
a fufficient covering, and
if
there were three, t'were not curnber-
ome; for fo conll:ant and equal
is
the Weather, that there
is
little difference be–
n\
een the Winter and ummer, being here as
in
aJl other temperate Climates,
the fame moderation in all feafons of the
ear. The
Air
of
Couo
being rather
cold and dry, than hot and moifr, · not fubjeet to corruption;
fo that
Flelh
be–
ing hanged up in a
oom
here the
indows are open on all fides,
will
keep
eight, or fifteen, or thircy, nay
co
a hundred days
ichout being mortified, untill
it is become dried Jike Mummy. This I have feen my felf tried and experimen–
ted with the
"4lefh
ofCattel of that Countrey ; I knm not
hether the Flefh of
Mutton, brought from
Spain,
will
endure
in
the like manner; for there was no
periment made thereof
in
my time , by reafon chat the frock of the
Spanifh
beep \ ere not killed in
my
time, but rather fuffered to increafe and breed. The
Clirriate of
Couo
eing
in
this
manner inclining co cold, breeds very few Flies,
and for biting and fringing Gnats there are none, nor any other lnfeet that
is
trou–
blefome, or vexatious to the people of the City. The
firfr
Houfes and Habita–
tions \ ere built on the fide of die Hill, called
Sacfahuam1tm,
'
hich
lies on the
onh-eafi fide of the City, on the cop of
hioo the
ucceffours of this
Inca
re ed the fiately ortre , which the
paniards
fo little ell: emed, nay
fo
much
fcorned, that they demolifhed it in a few days after they became Ma!l:ers of the
ity.
This City wa divided into t\VO par ,
Hanan-Co~co,
and
Hurin-Couo,
which
is the
pper and the
Lo
er Town. The Way or oad
toAmifsq11,
which leads
to
the
ftwardl divided thefe two par of
Hanan-CoZ£o,
which Jies to the North,
and
Hurin
whicn oints co the outh. The
firft
and principal
rreet was called
ollcampata, Col/cam ·
a word of no fignification with the
Indians,
but
Pa1a
is
as
much as the degree or fi:ep of a Ladder , or a Bench
hereon to fie.
On
the
rifing or turning of thi Hill the
Inca Mltnco Capac
ereeted
his
aJace, which
after·
wards was the poffeffion of
Pau!lu
the on of
HHaynaCapac.
I remember
in
my
time
,
to
have feen a large and
fpatious
Hall
belonging
co
tills Houfe,
which
fiill
remai-
ned