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VII.

Royal Commentaries.

}i(h~he

Laws and Statutes which he had

made,

being

great LegHlator:

time the

Spaniards

opened

a·

way between the Schools, and the Palace

CaJ{ana-;

which

have feen a great part of the

Walls

rem(\ining ,

being

ipade

~f e~ceJienc

polifhed Stone, which

appe~red

to .

have

bee~

part

the R?yal

Lod&mg~· ,

toge–

ther with a magnificent

Hall,

b.eing

pauous,

as m

the time of

ram

a~d

we t

weather ferved for

Theatre,

and

place wherein

celebrate their Feafts

and Dan–

cings ; and

which was

large,

that

fixty Men .might Exercife themfolve on

Horfe-back in it

ith their Darts and Lances. ThIS vafi:

Hall

reached

far as

th.e Convent of St.

Francu,

whic;h becau[e

was fornech1ng

remote from tqofc

quarters where the

Spaniards

inhabited, they pafied a nearer way to it by the Street

Tococachi.

great part of this

Hall,

Gallery, was

ta'ken up for

Church,

and divided from the reft, wherein were C ells or Dormitones refectory, and o–

ther

Offices

for the Convent ; and the open places belonging

it ferved

for

the

CloHl:ers.

'fohn

de Pancorvo,

one of the

fidl:

Conquerours, gave this Hall, and t he

Ground about it to the Friars, it being his lot when

ilion of

H ouf

was

every Man according

his proportion : And though feveral others had

part

this place with him, yet he bought them out at a certain price, which in rhofe

days was purchafed at an eafie rate.

Some few years afterwards this Monafiery

was transferred

the place, where it now remains,

iliall

mention in its due

place, when we come to fpeak of the Charities which the Citizens made

the

Friars for bying in the Ground, and building the Church. So that

my time

have feen this great Hall, or Gallery, demoliibed ; and the Shops built

the

Street of

Caj{ana,

which ferve for Merchants and Artificers to dwell in.

Before there Royal Houfes was

grectt and open Court, being the chief place

the City, called

H aucaypata,

where the great entertainments and rejoycings

the chiefFellivals were held: the length of it, North and South

\Vas about 200

paces, or'400 foot; and the breadth, Eafi: and Well, about 150 paces, reacbi_ng

far as to the fiream of water which runs through the City: At the end of tbis

open Court, to the Southward, were two other Royal Palaces, lituated near the

fiream, and to the Street called

Amdrucancha,

or the quarter of the

greq~

Serpents,.

:fronting to the Street

Caj{ana~

anciently the

Hou~s

H11ayna Capac,

but

now

converted into

College for the Jefuits. One great Hall.) or Gallery, of

the.le

Houfes, remained in

time, but not

fparious as that of

C:affena ;

as · a

.lfo a

handfome

round Tower fianding in the middle of the Court before the

Hou[e :

But

of this Tower, we fhall [peak more at large hereafter;

for

that having been

the firll: quarters which the

Spaniards

took

in this City, they conferved

good repair, being

alfo

a rare fumpcuous Building ; no other reliqq_es of thete

:Buildings

remained

time, having been all demolifhed, and fuflered

de–

cay without repairs. When the firfi: divifion of this City was made (\mongi?t

the Conquerours, the prihcipal quarter of this Royal Palace, being that

which

:fronted towards the Market-place, fell

the lot of

H ernando Pirar ro,

the

Brother

Qf the Marquis

Francifco Pifar-ro,

one of the

firfl:

Conquerours of that City.

th~

year

w this Gentleman at the Court of

M adrid :

Another part of

this

Houfe was the !hare of

M ancio Serra de L eguicamo,

another was given to

A n–

tonio

Altamirano,

which he having divided into

two

Houfes,

was to have bought

one of them

Another part hereof was fet out by the

Spaniards

for

Prifon and

an~tber

was given to

Alanfo

M acuela,

one of the

firft

onquerours, and

afte~

him

Martin

Do/mos;

to whom the remaining parts were allotted,

do not well re–

member. To the Eaft of

Amar11cancha,

which is the Street of the Sun · there

another

~ane

called

Ac-llahuaci,

or the Convept of the Virgins

dedicat~d ~o

the

Sun, whteh we have already m.em1oned ;

and_ of

which we have nothing farther

fay,

~h~n.

that one part of

was the

porn.on

Francifco · Mexia,

having

its

Wall ad1ommg to the great Market-place

, and no

w filled with the Shops of Mer–

chants.

All the

places which luve been hitherto mentioned, whether common Streets

or Royal Palaces, were

all

to the E1fl:ward

the River which runs through

th~

Market-place: Whence we may obrerve, that the

InctU

raifed

thofe three great

Hal~s,

~alleri~,

t~e

front, and on

e~ch

fide of the Market-place for cele–

bratmg their

Fe!hval~ w~th

greater convemence,

care it fhould

prove

rainy

weather

at fuch

certam

times

of the two SoHlices, and at the

beginning

fuch

a~d

fuch

M~ons.

When r_he

Indians

i:iade

general inforreB:ion againfi the

Spa–

/J.Mrdi,

they

ournt all

the City, exceptmg onely thofe three Galleries of the

four

whidi