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VII.

Royal

Commentaries. .

that thefe defcended from

f~ch ~n

Inca,

thof~

from

a~other

Inca,

an~

che

rell · of which the

Spanifh

Hifionans not having conceived

true Notton, delive–

red

us for a truth, that fuch a Lineage

was

9erived from fuch an

In~~'

and

that

Lineage from another, as if they had been ofdifferent

tocks and Families, when–

as in reality they

all

proceeded from the fame original Being, honoured

with

the

Title

Capac

AJ'llH,

r the illuftriou or augull: Lineage of the Bloud Royal.

The Men of that amily were called by the name

Inc1i,

and the Women of

Palla,

which implied a defcendency from the bloud Royal. .

time

th~fe

quarters, defcending from the upper _Part of the

tre t, were

m~abite~

~odrrgo

Pineda>

roan

de Saavedra, Diego

Oitt~

Gu~man,

Peter de los Rios,

with his Bro–

ther

Diego de /os Rios, Geronimo CojfillM, Gafpar 'fura;.

b~t

now

che~e

Houfes are tur–

ned into the Convent of r.

Aujfin,

as alfo the Habitations of

Michel

anche~,

{ohn

Santa

Cr~

A/onfo de oto, Gabriel Carrera,

and

Diego

Trugi!Lo,

ho was one

of the

firfi

Advemurer , and one df thofe chineen Companions, ' ho adhered t

n Fra

ncifco Pifttrro,

a \Ve

(hall

rel'!te

its due place. Moreover

~here

were

A:i–

ton

R.Hi

Guevara, {ohn de alM,

as Brother to the Ar hb1fhop

evil,

tog

ethe

r with

Valdes de SalM,

ho wa Inquifitor-General, befides other ,

hich

cannot call to mind, all which being great Commanders over the

Indians,

had

their iliares and lots divided to them amongfl: thofe who were the fecond Ad en–

tnrers in the conquefl: of

Per11.

Befides thefe there lived many

pamard.t

in chis

quarter, who had no power over the

Indiaru.

One of \ hich Houfes , after my

departure from

Couo,

was converted into a Monafl:ery of

Auguftine-Friars.

call

thofe the firfr Conquerours, who

ere of the number of thofe one hundred

and fixry, that

re Affiftant of

Don Francifco de Pir_arro

in the imprifonment of

Atahualpa:

And thofe which we call the fecond Adventurers in this

onquelt,

were tliofe who came

with

Don Diego de Alm11gro,

and

Don Pedro

d.e

Alvarado,

both which parties ' ere called

nguerours of

Peru,

and n other ; and the fe–

cond party did much honour to the firfr, though tbey \Yere few r in number, and

of a meaner quality, yet being the firfi and moll: fon ard

thi... ad encurous Ac–

chievement, were honoured and efieemed by them as Partner in their nterprifes..

And now returning by the upper part of the Street of St.

Aref/in,

to enter (a

have faid) into the City; where upon the cop ofall ftand the Convent

Clare,

formerly the Dwelling of

Alonfo Dia1,

who married the D ughter ft e Gover-

nour

Pedro Arias de Avila;

the Right-hand of thi

onvenc \Yere many houfes

inhabited

Spaniards;

and among(} the refl:

Francifco de B,ir,-ientos

had poffi ffion .,

which were aften:vards alienated to

[ohn

Alvarc~

Maldonado.

n the Right-hand

lived

Hernando Bachicao,

and after him

{ohn Alonfo Palumino,

a~ainft

which,

the South fide, was the Epifcopal Palace, formerly th Houfe of

rohn

Ba/fa,

and

after him of

Fr.1ncifco

Villaca(fin;

where now the

thedral

hur h is fttuated,

having been

nee a wide and fiately Hall, which ferved

r a Theatre in rainy

Weather,

here hows at their chiefFell:ivals "''ere reprefented: It\ as ancient–

a pan of the

alace belonging

the

Inca Vtracocha,

the

ighth King; in my

t:Ime there wa n more remaining of it than thi

ide Hall, ' hich was

large,

that when the

fani.:trd.r

firll: emred into the

ity

they all l dged therein, {( as to

be near and ready co afford affifl:ence ro each other in cafe of danger.

I remem–

tha_t I once

it,

when it wa

~ov

red with Thatch, though now changed

mto Tile. 9n the North fide of th1

gre~t Ch~rch

there i a

treet with

many

Houfes fronting towards the Market-place, m whICh are Shops for Artificer ; and

on the South fide, are Shops and Ware-houfes belonging to the moll: rich and

principal Merchant of the Town.

Behind the Church were the H?ufes of

r~lm

de Berrio,

and of others, wh fe

Names I cannot remem?er:

ehmd the chief

hops were the Houfes of

Diego

Mt;zldonado

furnamed the nch, becaufe he\ as the mofi wealthy Perfon in all

Peru,

hemg one of the

firfl:

Conquerours of it.

the time of the

Incas

that

lace wa

called

H~tun_cancha,

which fignified the great or high Street, having been an iently

the Habitation of

Inca

Yupanqui.

On the ourh fide of thefe Buildin

Diego

Maldonado

were the Houfe

Frar.cifco

Hernande~

Giron;

before whi h

the

~u~hward

al[o were the H u[es of

Antonio Altamirano

one of the firfi

n uerours;

JOm~g

whereunco on the. backfide were the Houfes of

Franci.fco de FriM,

and

Se-

6aftian de

Cafalla

;

the which quarter of the Town was called

Puca mare

or the

coloured Street, ancient!Y the Houfes of the

King

Tupac Yupanqui.

here is

another Street beyond thlS to the South fide, very long and wide, the name of

which