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VII.
Royal
Com1nentaries.
ned defigned
in
former days, for a place wherein to celebrate their principal FelH–
val;
in
rainy
Weather. That Hall onely remained in being when I departed from
Cou:o,
but all the other Rooms,
~hich
:vere
co~f~rmable
to
t~e greatne~
of
this;.
were fuffered to decay,. and
fall
mto
rumes,
without
any
repair. Next
m
order
we come
to
another Street, called
Canturpata,
which looks to
the
Eaftward,
which fignifies as much
as the
Gilliflower-walk;
for
Cantur
is a Flower not unlike
our
Gilliflower, but of a different
fort;
for before the
Spaniards
came
into
this
Countrey, there were no GilliAc:wers; onely this
Cantt~r
refembled very much
the Brambles of
Andalujia,
both
m
the Stalk, Leaf and Shortnefs, for the Thorns
of it are very prickly, which becaufe they did much abound in that Walk,
they gave
it
the name of the
Cantur-
Walk.
Next we
come
t
the Street called
Pumacurcu
or the Lion's Pofi, becaufe
in
that place many pofis or !fake were
dri–
ven
into
the Earth
\Nhereunto they tied their Lions which they
prefenc~d
to
tl
e
Jrzca
untill they had made them tame and gentle. The next great Street
wa
called
'Ioco:cachi.,
but
I
know not any reafon for the compofition of this word,
Toco
figni–
fying
a
Window, and
Cachi
Salt, which are words
ill
conjoined t6gether, unlefs
they have fome other fignification,
of
which
I
am
ignorant;
in
this Srreet the
full:
Convent, dedicated to St.
Franci1,
was built: Turning
a
little from hence
co
the Southward, you come to the Street called
Munaycenca, Muna
fignifies to love,
and
Cenca
the Nofe or Noftrils;
I
know not the reafon or fenfe for this name, but
there muft certainly be fome fuperftitious meaning
or
occalion for
it.
Hence
pro–
ceeding on the fame courfe, we come to the Street called
Rimac·
pampa,
or place of
Proclamation, becaufe that there
all
the Laws and Ordinances were publHhed and
proclaimed, and thereunto the multitude flocked
from all
parts
and
places
to
hear
and underHand the Laws which were promulged. Hence we come into the great
Road which leads
to
Collaf
uyu,
and croifes Southward on the Street of
Pumapch11pan,
which
fignifies the Lion's Tail, becaufe that Srreet is very firait and narrow to–
wards the end, being bound in by two Streams, which there
fall
into one,
and
which
being the moft remote part of the Town, was called the Lion's Tail, per–
haps becaufe they kept their Lions, and other fierce Creatures, at that place. To
the
Wefiward, being about a mile from the farthermoft Houfes of the Town,
there was a Village" containing about three hundred Souls, \'Vhich in the Year
1560.
was thus
far
dill:ant., but now
in
this Year
1602.
the Buildings ate
fo
in–
creafed, that they reach up
and
join to this Village. About a mile farther to the
Weflward there
is
another Street, called
Ch~quillchaca,
the fignification of
rvhich
is
improper; by which the great Road pafles to
Cuntifoyu,
and near whereunco
are
twcrpipes of excellent Water, which pafs under ground; but by\ ·ham they
were
laid
or brought thither,
is
unknown
to
the
Indians,
for
want of
W
rirings or
Records to tranfmit the memory of them to pofl:erity. Thofe pipes of Water were
called
Collquemachac huay,
or the Silver Snakes, becaufe the wnitenefs of the Water
refembled Silver, and Windings and the Meanders of the
pipe
were like the ·coiles
and turnings ofSerpents; and they report alfo, that the Streets of the City are exten–
ded
as
far
as
to
Chaq_uillchaca.
Palling hence
to
the Northward, there
is
another Street
called
Pichu,
which al[o
was
without the City; and another beyond that, called
~illipatlft,
and another great Street called
Carmenta,
which
is a
proper Name
without any fignification; and here pa!fes the great Road to
Chinchafayu,
to
the
Eafiward, where
the
Street is that is called
Huacapuncu,
or the Door of the Sanetu–
a~y,
becaufe that
Huaca,
~mongll:
the many other fignifications which it hath,
fig–
nifies a Santtuary;
Puncu
1s a Gate, becaufe that a {l:ream of
Vv
ater enters through
·that Street, as by a gate,
t~
the chief fyiarket-place of
Co:t:.co;
for though all the
Streets
and Lanes of the City were dedicated to the Ufe and Service of the
Tern–
ple of the Sun, and of the Seleet Virgins; yet this paffitge, or chane1, by
which
this
"'(ate!
enrted, was
in
a particular manner efieemed facred;
as
alfo the place
at wluch
.1t
:an our, was
call_e~
the
Li~m's
Tail, fignifying, that this City, as
it
was holy
m
its Laws and Religion, fo
it
r~fembled
a
Lion
in
its valour
and
mar–
tial Exercifes.
This Street
of
Huaca-puncu
came
at
length
to
join
wi~h
Collcam–
pata;
fo that we
are
now come to the place where
we
firft
began having finifhed
the rounds of the
City.
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