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Commentaries.
Htnojofa,
which
afi:~nvards
yvere
the
Poffeffro
of
Doetor
Carv"'/-al,'
Br<:>ther to
,_~
Faetor,
dr Prouirator, for
Tllen-S1dttei:.
Carvajal,
of
Whotn
tlie
f;llllones
df
Peru
tnake
mention.
J
And
now
we
c6~e
a.gain
to
Cu/flpJita,
called
Otir
Lady
f
Merced},
where
the
poor
Indian
Men
aftd
Women rebeved
their
miferies
by
bart
ring
and exchanging
of
one
thing fur .-another ; for
at
that time Money was not as
Yet
curte~c
ar_ncngft
them
not
was
it
coined
in
t'A·enty years after ; bur here
they
kept their Market,
ot
Falr
called
oy
tl\e
Indians Catu.
Paffirtg hence to
the
Sburhwar-d,
you 'Co1ne
to
the Convent of
rbe
Merceds,
hich
'takes up die whole
c6mpaB offout
Streets.
Behind this Monall:er}' was anotlfer Neighbourhood,
wh6
Were Mailers of
indi..
ans;
which I pafs by, becaufe I .am not particularly acquainted with their Names:
beyond this, there are no farther Inhabitants.
.
_Rut returning to the quart€r call€<l
Carmenui,
and paifmg lflto -aaother Street
of Houfes; we take notice, that the nearefi Dwellings
to
Carmenca,
were thofe
of
Diego
de
Silva,
the Son of the famous
Feliciano
de
Silva,
who was
my
Godfather,
when I was confirmed: To the-Southward of thefe, in the middle of a Street,
were the Houfes of
Pedro Lope:l:.. de
Cllfa~la,
Secretary to the Prefident
Gafca,
and
of
11tttn Betanf as,
with
many others on one fide., and
th~
other
t~e
Mafiers,
which not being Lords of
Indians,
I was not acquamted parucularly with. Paffing
forward
into another Street, are the Houfes of
Alonfa
de
Mefa,
one of the
firll:
Conquercars, winch reach to the Square of
Our
Lady; adjoyning unto which,
on each fide, and alfo behind, are many Houfes; of which I fhall not particularly
make mention. The· Houfes to the Southward of thofe belonging
to
Alonfa de
Mefa,
were the Poffeffions of my Mafier
Ga~p-lajfo
de la Yega,
over the principal
Gate, of which was a long and narrow Gallery, or rather Balcony, where the
principal
Gentlemen of the City came often
to
take their fears, and fee the run–
ning at the Ring, the
FeaH
ofBulls, (which is a fort ofBaiting of chem on
Horfe–
back ufed in
seas'n)
as alfo the Darting of
Cad~,
'and other
f
ports and exercifes
performed
in
the open place before
the
Gate: :Before
my
Father's time rhefe
H6ufes belonged
to
11
certain Noble Perfon, who was one of the ffrfi Conqtie–
fonrs, called
Francifao
a
Onate,
who Was flain
in
the Battel of
Chupas.
ifrotn this
Balcony, or Gallery, as alfo from feveral other
parts
of the City, a -point of the
fuowy Mountain, ·in form of a Pyramid, appeared; for thougn it was
2)
Leagues
difiant, and many other Hills in the
way,
yet
fo
high
was
this pique, that it fair–
ly fhewed
it
fe1f to
th~
City with a white-covering ofSnow,
wnich
always remai–
ned, and never thawed : lhey called it
Pillcanuta,
or fome facred, wonderfull thing
1
for tliis word
PiUcanuta
was attributed to matters of great admiration·; for indeed
.the form of this Pyramid
is
rare and curious, beyond any defcription we can make
of
it ;
and for confirm'ation of this truth, I refer my felf to thole who have feen
j.t. To the Weft-fide of my Fathees Houfes, Were thofe of
Vafco
de
Guevara,
one
of the Conguerours of the fecond expedition, and were afterwards given
to
Coya
Eeatrz~,
the Daughter of
Huayna Cdpac;
on the South-fide of thefe were the Dwel–
lings of
Antonio de
~imrties,
which alfo fronted with the Great Place of ourLady·
and farther to tHe Southward of t11efe were the Houfes of
Thomas Vitz.,quez.,,
one
of
the
firft Omquerours, formerly poffe!fed by
Afonfo
de Toro,
Lieutenant-General of
Gbnf_alo Pifarro,
whom
Die_gp Gonfafe:1:.,
his Son-in-law killed, out of a fear and jea–
foufie he liad
ef
him, ·arifing from fame domefl:ick quarrels between them. To
the Weft-fide of
Thomas
f'az,que:v
his Buildings were the Hou[es of
D. Pedro Luis
de
Calnera
1
afterwards in the po!feffion of
Rodrigo
de Efquivel.
On the South·fide
of
Thomas Vt12:,quez..
his Houfes, were rhofe of
.Antonio
Pe-reira,
Son of
Lope Martin
cf
PortUf,al;
next unto which
ad~oyned
die dwelling of
Pedro
Alonfo
Carafco,
one
of.the firfi
Con~erours;
to the South-fide of whidi were
other~
of lefs confide–
!'lnon, and the lafi of that quarter, which in ·rhe years
1557,
and
58,
began to
be peoj>led. And now turning on the foot of the Hill
Carmenca,
to the Weft–
fide of the. Houfes of
Diego
de
Sylva,
we come to the Dwellings of
Francifto
de
!Tzll~,
a
Vahan~
Man, one of the firft Conquerours, and one of the thirteen Com–
paruons of
D. Francifo Pipirro.
To
the Southward of thefe on the other fic;ie of
ihe Street, was a long
~nd
narrow Lane w!thout Houf es : Southward from which,
wa~
a
yery p1eafa;nt
Walk, where now
1s
the Convent of St.
Francu,
before
which is a very
w1de
and large 1;1lace ; and Jikewife more Southward from hence
on the other fide of the Street are the Houfes of
'[uan
[ul.iode
Hojeda,
one of the
'firfi: Conqueronrs, the
Euber
of
Dtm
Gome~
de
Tordo
1
a,
V\
ho
15
frill living. To
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