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Royal
Commentaries.
BooK
V.
Wíchín che City of
Couo,
bordering on the fide of ~hat Hil~ where che Ca!He
was builc, chere was a fpatious Wa_l~ or Alley, contammg many acres o ground,
called
Co/lcampata,
and is fiill remammg, unlefs they l_1av~ built houfes _upon it,
fince che time I was chere: the plac of ground on wh1ch 1c was, cook its name
from che Walk it felf, being the beíl: piece of Land, andas ic were the Jewel
:md Flower ofall the Eílate belonging to the Sun, and was the
firíl:
plat ofEarrh
which che
JncM
(lad dedicated
to
him. This Walk was like a Garden, manured
and culcivated onely by
lncM
of the Royal Bloud, nor was any other admicted to
be Gardiner or Labourer rhere, .under the degree of
Inca,
or
Palla,
which was a
Lady ofrhe Royal Family. AJ! che Songs chey made, were Panegyricks in praife
ofche Sun; and che fubíl:ance of them was raken from che word
Ha-)'lli,
which
in che common language of
Peru
fignifies rriumph ; as if chey were viél:orious
and rriumphed over che Eart~, whe? they ploughed an~ digged inro its bowels:
forcing ic
to
fru~ify, and rakmg frmc from che~ce. W~ch rhefe Sonners they in–
termixed che qmck and acute Sentences and Saymgs of d1fcreet Lovers, and vali–
ant Souldiers, tending
to
che Subjeét and Work in hand, concluding every
ílaff
or íl:anza of their Verfes with che word
Hrglli,
which was che burthen ofrhe Song'
and repeated as often as was neceffary to
fil!
up che cadence 'of the Tune; ancl
t!'ius chey fang, and worked backward and forward, as they made che Furrows
wíth .vhich cbearfulnefs che coi! and labour was much alleviated.
'
The Plough they ufe was made of a piece of
Vv
ood, ·of about four fingers
broady and a yard long, ic was flat before, and round behind, and poinred at che
end, chac
fo
it mighc che more eaftly pierce,,and enrer che Earth; then about half
a yard bigh, on che main íhafc they bound two pieces of Wood for a íl:ay to che
Foor, wich which che
Jndian
preíling very hard, thruíl: his Plough, or Shovel, up
to
che very íl:ep, or fiay to che Foot; and therewith feven and feven, .or eighc and
eighc a breaíl:, according
to
che number of che Kindred, or Partneríhip, drawing
all together, chey tumed up curfs, and clods of Earch of an incredible bignefs,
fo
thac chofe who have not feen this Invention before, would ,vonder rhat
fo
weak
an Inílrument could be able to doe
fo
greac and heavy a work, and wich that dif–
patch and eafe alfo, as did noc puc che Labourers om of brearh, fo as to fpoil che
Air and Cadence of che Tune. The Women likewife were affiíleots to che
Men,in chis work, helping
to
cum up che curfand clods, and pluck up che Weeds
and roocs, thac rhey mighc dye and wirher; in which labour chey bore alfo pare
in
che Mufick, and joifled in tbe
Chorm
o[
Hqylli, HaJlli.
The
Jndian
Tunes having a kind of fweet Air with chem, che Mufick-Maíter
of che Cachedral Church at
Co~co,
in
che Year
1s51.
or
1
55
2.
compofed an An–
cheme, and fec it
to
one of their Tunes, which he plaid on che Organ, upon che _
Fefüval óf che moíl: Holy Sacramenc, at which Solemniry he introduced eighc
Mongrel Boys, of mixed Bloud becween
Spanifh
and
lndian,
and my School-fel–
lows,
finging che Songs wlúch he had fer according
to
che true
Air
of
JncM
Mu-·
fick, and each ofthem carrying a Plough in his hand, accompanied che Proceffion ·
reprefenting and imitating the
Hay/ti
of rhe
lndian1;
all che Chapell in che mea~
time
joining in che
Chorm,
to
che great fatisfaétion of che
Spaniard1,
and conrent–
ment of che
1~di,m1,
who we!·e over-joyed
to
fee che
Spaniard1
fo far
to
honour
chem, as to prafüfe cheir Dances and Mufick, when chey celebrated che Fefüval
of their Lord God, which rhey called
Pachacamac,
and is as muchas ro fay he
chat gives Life to che whole Univerfe.
'
Thu I have relaced che manner how che
lncM
celebraced che Feaíl: which rhey
held at che time of plougbing, and fowing che Grounds dedicated to che Sun che
whicp I faw, and obferved for two or chree following years, when I was a Child,
and by thern we may gue!s ac che form and manner of che Feíl:ivals folemnized in
ocher pares of
Peru,
on che fome occaÍton, though chofe Feaíls which I faw as
che
Jndian,
affured me, were bm faint reprefemation.s of chofe in ancienr ri~es
and were not to be efreemed comparable to them.
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CH AP.