4000003870

~68

•.

BooK

VII.

which we have already mentioned

viz..

Collcampata,. Caffana

and

Amaruc-.anch":

but

the

fourth, which was the Head-quarter of the

Spamards,

where now is

the

Cathedral Church, they {bot an innumerable number o.f

Arro~s

into

it,

and fet

fire to

with Straw,

above twenty places: Notw1chfianding all which the

fire was quenched, God not

uffering

to be burnt that night, as we !hall

hete–

after declare ; and though they attempted it many days and nights afterwards,

yet

God who defigned to introduce the Catholick Faith

into

thofe

Countries~

did

a firange and wonderfull Providence prevent

t~at

defuuetio.n, that the

SJaniardt

his

mercy·might have the greater caufe of Triumph.

In like manner

chey pte–

ferved the Temple of the Sun, and the Houfe of che Selett Virgins ;

bur

all the

refi

was

defuoyed by

fire,

fuppofing therewith to

cum

the

Sp11niards

into

Allies.

CH AP.

XI.

the

Streets and Houfes on the

Weft-fide of the River.

:·

ltherto we have defcribed the Palaces and Buildings which are to the

Eaft–

fide of the River, which pajfes through the middle of the

Cicy.

On the

Weft-fide is that wide and open place called

Cu!fipata,

which

a very pleafanc

and chearfull fituation.

die time

of the

JncM

this

Cuffipata

was all one place

with that on the other fide of the water, for then they covered the River

over

with great beams, and floored

with planks, for the more commodious recei-

ving the great Numbers of principal Lords, and multitudes of Srrangers

which

crouded to the great Fe!Hvals of the Sun : This Bridge which the

lndian1

made of

planks, becaufe they had not the

Art

of Building an Arch, was ruined by the

Spa–

niards,

who

the place thereof ereCl:ed four Brioges at a convenient dill:ance one

from the other, which were likewife ofTimber, and remaining in my time; and

afterwards built three other Bridges with Arches, which were fianding when I

departed. Thofe two open places were not divided in

time, nor were there

Houfes on bqth fides of the water, as now they are.

the year

when

Lord

Garrilaj[o

Vega

was Governour, thofe Houfes were then in building, and

' ·ere appointed for Dwellings for the Natives of the

Ciry ;

for at that time the

fad difconfolare Widow, though fhe had been EmpreCs of that great Empire, had

not one farthing of Rent affigned

her; what ilie may have had ftnce, I cannot

tell. The

IncM

had never built any thing on the W efi:-fide of the River, unlefs

were that circle ofHoufes which we have already mentioned; becau(e they would

keep a

pace of ground for fucceeding Kings to erelt and enlarge their Palaces on;

as their fancies and greatnefs fhould direct ; for every

King

would have a Palace

of his

own building for

confervation of his Name and Memory ; which feems a

piece of fiate and grandeur peculiar to thefe Kings. The

Spaniards

afterwards

built their Houfes in the fame row, which we iliall now defcribe, taking them

from North

ouch, as we pa£ along, with the Names of the perfons who dwelt

in them at the time mat I departed from that place.

· or defcending with the River from the Gate

Avacapuncu,

the

fir.fl:

Houfes be–

longed

Pedro

Orve,

next whereunto were chofe of

{uan Panco

rvo,

with whom

lived

Alonfo de

Marchena,

fuch

being

the ancient friendfhip between them ;

for

though

A!onfo

kepr

Indian

Servants, yet

Pancorvo

would not fuffer him to live fepa–

rare ftom him. Proceeding forwards, we come about the middle of the Street,

to the Houfes of the Valiant

Hernan

Laguna,

which were formerly the poffeffi–

ons of

Alttonio Navarro,

and

Lope

Martin,

both of the firll: Conquerours : the Hou–

es adjoyning hereunto belonged to

Spaf!iard1,

who not being Lords over the

lndi–

an1,

we pafs them by, as we do feveral other Streecs, to avoid tedioufueiS ro the

Reader. Next co the Houfes of

Hernan

the Brave, were the Houfes of

Alonfa

Hinojofa,