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BooK IV. R o_yal Comrne!ttar.ies.
Gace ; acwhich none enrred beíides che Qg_een, and íuch as imended co fs
che Order.
Ac che entrance of chis Gallery chere was a Gace for che common uíe and íer–
vice of che Houíe , ar which chere \\1ere cwemy I?orcers alwa) s acrending to bring
in, or carry a\\ ay whacfoever was needíull ; bue none of chem could pafs farcher
cban che íecond Gace upon pain of Deach, chough chey received Commands from
wichio fo to doe; nor could ªºY. chacwas wichin give íuch Command, or Licence,
bue on che fame penalty. ' - -
Ther<: were 5 0 0 Maidens.appoiQted ro attend tlu_e Service of ch~íeVirgins, who
were Daughcers of chofe who had che privilege to be- called l r.cas ; not Iuch
as were defcended from che true Line, ai;id pure Bloud of che R9y,al Inw, for
chofe \· ere eíl:eemed and [eparaced asWives, or Spoufes of che Sun ; bue íuch as
che Firlt Inca had made Incas by riele and privilege, as before related ; to which
firangers, or chofe who were afrerwards reduced, could noc arcain. The[e Mai–
~ns bad al(<i>. c!vtir- M ap,1fU/14/, o~ Matt;~ms of t-he faipe Lin,eage qppQ,ii;i~ed to
tQ~FQ, being fuch~ í\S l1av,i0_g 12~d. ci1,eir. y~_a_rs, an_d growr;i. ql~ in r~at Hou(e_, had
pc,Wt of t-h€ care a~1d rna,n;H5e~n~_9i ther~f q>,rn~~r,~c;I to ;i. W,h~n che Spa_-
11i,ard1 h,ad ol,lercorn.~ diis Ciw,<eb.. (:°~fº, a.n.ld fhaE cb,ey,dJ,vid~d e~-~ pu~lic~ B_~1ild–
ings amO]lgíl: chern,(elv,es (oJ pl,age~ ~Q "hw) {l'_r;id inbc\~ic ; OJR~ half oJ t~is Con.–
vtmc, w,hich belo,,gec;h t9 ~{\~ Qffi,c~_s, f~lt t<? the loe qf Peq.,ro det B9r.c~ w1lot~ in
s4~ feq\\el of chis Itlifu)rY,> ~;~ {h~ll ~~v,eJ qccafion c.9 i¡nen~ion ; and ~~e ocher
'1íl:lf was t~e ílme o.f th~ Lj,cp1¡Ci,11,do, de la fia~,a, "'1ho r~íloed ch,e~e w~~n I was
'l(e{Y young; <1od afoeirw~rds it 1*lopg~q t0 Di~IJJ Orti'G, d~ Gu~rr¡an-0 a Gewl-ema1:1
born ar fo,!il, '¾hom I knew, ªn4 le:fc ?t Cow, wheq I depat~ed c\1~nce for
Spain.
The prin~ipal em,ploy111enJ o( tbeC<f W~ves of tli'e Sun was to ~pin and Weave
.\\1 che garmencs which the -l'1c1 che Cqya his lawf\lll Wife wore on their own
P,erfons ; they made a)[q ¡i,IJ tt\e fine iinen \~hicb was offe,;ed to ch.e S,ún in S;i–
qµicf ; and wha:r the I"}cq,, W·OF<e ~b0uc his hlfad, wlüch was called Lla,mu, which
wa;; aQOtJC che breadch of che widdle finger, but very chic~, and fo loi;1g as to
tiªke f0ur or five curn:r <!boµc che heaq, wich íl coloureq Liíl: rec1c_hing from one
!ElíFIPle ~o the ocher.. "
_ Their Cl0aching ,~:¡.s ~ lhirc wh\ch r~Jcheq to their knees , called V n,cu, ; che
Sp1miard1 called ic Cufma, which was not the common name of ir, bue onely cha't
which a 'p<lrücular Frovin,ce gé}ve t0 ir : They wo;e alfo a [guare Mand,e ofabouc
tWQ FooE deep, whic::h (erv~cl for a Clqak, called Yaco/la. Moreover; chefe Nuns
made Purres for che l n,611, qf éll¡ou,t q quarcer qf a Yard [guare, w1ítch they car-
11ed unqer their Arme, ha_nge,q by a fine T1Yiíl: curiouíly ~mbroi,dered, of about
.two fing½rs broad, and w~s in, faf}1i9n of a Ribbon on tlw !efe Shqulder, ~e:ich–
ing crnfs to che right lide : Thé(e P.qríes chey qJted Chufpa, an~ Í~rved chem
co put their Cuc4 into, wb\qh iWas an I{erq chat lnqiq~1 now comm.o.nly eat, bue
\V~ dwn fo rare, chat none had the grivilege to eat of it bue the Inca onely, ·and
his Kindred ; unlefs fome Cftr(l.f/lé, to whom the King out qf a particular favour
and aífeél:ion fent perhaps fome :Bask~ts of it every year.
They alfo made eertain Twifts_ of rwo e::olours, which were Scraw-col,our and
Carnation, which they called P&J;a: che[e Tyviíls were very fine, of about a
Yard long; bue were noc deGgned for fervice of che Inca, que for och~1-s of che
Royal füoud, which ch~y wore o,n their Heads, binding, the¡r forehe4qs fr9rri
o,ne temple co the ocher.
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