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Royal Commentari_es.

BooK

IV.

of tbe Mailer : the Fire yented it folf at the m_buch of thefe Ovens, and ón che

top was a place for

two

or three Di_íhes, in which the~ fet thert1 to fi~w ; and was

very a·great convenience for_therr ~ookery, b_oth _in d~effing che.u- M~at well,

and faving their Wood_; that

feemed che _moft ~ngemc;ms _of_a_ll thetr c:oncri-•

vanees. and cherefore 1c was .firange, chat che

Spamar-ds,

when they carne

ín

mongíl:'cbem, íbould

?~[pi[e

an~ deíl:roy chis i?vehtiGn. .

. _

To avoid greacer evils, che

!neas

thougbt fic -to pern:'llt common Whores to

live amongíl: chem; bue chen

they

were

to remain in the Cit'y, bue ih little

Huts wichout in the Fields'; feparace frotn ali fodéty that

by their converfation

rhey might not have oppOrtunity t9 corrupt othet W0men : che Narne chey gave

rhem was

Pampayr-una,

which fignifies both their profe!lion and place bfrefidence.

Pampa

is a Countrey or open place;_ and

Runa

p_roperly is a Perfon, either Man

0 ;

Woman; fo thac thefe two words m compoftnon, are as much as one who lives

alone in che Field; and as we fay, a Hedge-whore; and that as che Fields are

open

her Body, and embraces

receive any one who hach an appet.Íte to

com; to her. The Men rreated the[e Women with ali fort ofcontempt and fcorn;

and che Wornen were not

much as t(_) name th-em, under _penalty of incurring

the fame ticle and cenfüre ; and of havi9g their H~ads publickly íhorn , of be–

ing íl:igmatized for infamous, and divorc'd from cheir Husbands _: they never called

chem by .ocher name, chan chac of

Pampayr-una,

which is as much as Common

Harloc. .

:,,

CH A P.

XV.

-The

Inca Roca,

the fixth

Jfing,

fubdues

'llldny

Natlons,

and, among/Lothers, the Peóple of

Chancas

and

Hancó...

huallo.

:HE ~ather being d€a:d,

h1s

Son

Inca

Róta

(

who[~

Narne, as

Bld1

P'altra

~ys,

ftgmfies prudent and confiderate ) took upon hun che Govermrnmt, b111d.

ing his Head with che coloured Wteath; and having accompli(hed che Solemni–

ties of his Father's Fum:ral, he made a ptogrefs into al! parts of his Dominions,

to vifit, and fett!e, ahd order wha( wa5 chere atl}ifs; in which

ourney he pa!fed

the three firíl: years of

his

Reigfi : And chen determining to proceecl farther in his

Conqueíl:s, he ordered fufficient force to be levied, and therewith paífed oii the

ftde of

Chinchefuyu,

whkh !yes Northerly from

Couo.

He commanded alfo that

a Bridge íhould bé made over the Rivet

Apur-imat,

which is in che greac Road from

che City óf

Co~o

to che King's Town; for tbai he being now King,

feemed

too low and mean for him

cra11[porc his Artny over che Rivet orr Floats, as he

had done when he was Prince; being more Great and Royal to ereét che fix'd

convenience ofaBridge, which

fot

better uniring a correfpondence wich che Pro.

vinces lately conquered, was now becorne alrnofi neceífary.

The Bridge being finiíhed, he deparred from

Couo

with an Army of twency

thoufand Men, undet the Comrñand of fout Majot-Generals, ordering his Men

to March chree a-bteaíl: over this Bridge; which being a new device, and not be–

fare prafüfed, ,;vas R~rnrded w·che Honour ofhis Memory. Thence he procee–

ded

che Vale of

Amancay,

or the Cowílip Vally, becaufe of che grerat quanri..

ties of them which grow

thofe parts ; chis Flower is in che fafhion of a Bdl,

and

it1

thac Counttey are of a r;reenifü colour, fmooch, without Leaves ; at;id for

theit fitnilitude wich che Cówílip, che

Spaniar-ds

gave chem füat name. From

A–

maí1cay

lie cook

che right hand, towards the Mountain

Cordillera,

which over–

tops che ínowy defarc, ano between that ano che great·Road hé met fome

few -

people,