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VII.

Roy,al Com.mentarie,s.

. Th~re was another·Feafr, no~,publickly, celebrated, but kep,t in every private

fafl!ilY·;

and that began about the tina.e afü:r rJ1eynad ended d;iei¡: Harveíl:, and

lod_ged tpelr Fruits in their Stor~-houfes-s c;i-lleq

Pirva.

Their cufio\IJ.e

w;i~

~o Quró.

a fmall quanticy of Tallow, or

Fat,

aear ch~ places where rhey ha.d lodged cheir

~t0res,

as a facrifice·to the Sun

the Nobles,.and rich people, offered came c_o–

njes,

which chey ~all

Coii,

giviog tha@ks for che proviíions of bi¡eacl with whic~ ·

·the.y

were fupplied for che fu{k,nance

d~~

waole year, anq praying , that

woqM

foe ¡,,~eafad

ro._

beílow chis bleff¡pg,on

tb\Q(~

c~:mfer\:at~rie~. of, d-íeir brea,d ;

thal!

they m1ghc

keep

them well and·fafe for fhe fq~¡;Jort and, t11~1menance of

hu- ·

mane

lifü.

•

There were other Feafis which the PrMls ~~lebr-at~d wichin theT€rnple ofthe

Sun,

without any publick proc.effions, being Ehe monthly facrifices offered

che

Sun

but thefe ·were not

be compared

wJdil ~he

folemni,ty

t-he other four

principal·Feafis, which were like our Grand Fefüv:als, of

Eafter

and,

Chri.ftmas.·

and

theJ1ke.

CH A P. VIII.

The.

Defcription. of the I111per-ial C

ity

Cozco,

Inca; Manco Capac,

was founder of tbis City of

Co:tco,

which the

Spa•

r1i'{l'41

have hono~.d with the continuaoce of its Name a11d Title, qlling,

inhe

·great City

G>Í

Ca:to.o,

ancl Metropolis of all the Kingdoms and Provinces of

P~fl..

And thaugh.they once calkd it the Ne,w

Toledo,

yec the impropriety

(00n

e.aufed

that Name

be difü[~d. Far

Co:tco

is not encompaíléd by, a R.iver,

as is Tole.da

ner like it in the füuation ; the Houfos being placed one above che

oth.e l', @n t

hc fide of a Hill

h¡gh, that it furveys from all pares a large and fpa–

tiQus

Plain beneath it: the 5treecs are very l0ng and wide, and ,the publick Mar–

k@t:pfa\'.'.es

very-great;

that the·

SpatJiard.s

in general, as alfo the publick Nota–

r~s, aad other Writers Jtyle

iti

by qo other·Name than by its ancient Title; for

<;o~i.o

heing like another

Rome,

the ImpeFial Head of many Ki{lgdoms and Provin–

ces,

may equally deferve a ~itle agreeable to its noble aaq gener0us Atchievements,

an.d likewi(e in fome things be cémpared wich

Rowe.

As firíl:, in that ic was ori–

gil'lally

(ounded by its Kings.

~€c0qdly, in that ic was ihe I-Jead anfl ChiefCity¡

of many Nations, fubje&ed

tlD

iES E

mpi

re. Thirdly, in the Excell~ncies of

4ws

which were many, and wi(e,

,a.nd

rarely fempered

for

the goveroment of

its

p.eople.

Fourthly, in the qualicie

s of

che fyien ,who were edqcated

Civil

<!nd Military Difcipline, and were

dvilized

and fre_cd fr9m ali barbarity ip thei.r ·

rnanners. Mowfoever we may fay,

that ,

Ror,¡q

had c

his adVr,UMge of

Couo,

that.

the knowledge of L.etters had eternized che fame

a.nd

honoµr of

Rome,

and_that its.

~eQple -were not more cele

bnlted

fo.r

tbe fuq:eJs

their Aqns, than they were

illuíl:rious and renowoed for

the.ir

Arts and Sciences

~,h~11

Pqot

Co:tco

hath had no

~hing but Memory aod Trad

itim1

to delii.rer its great A(tions, and feats ofArm¡;

to.

' p.0frérity,.

Bue

Rome.

had the help of Bifrori.ans

record ics famous Deeds, and'

was as much beholding to

the Pen, as tq its Arois; it being doubtfu.11 whether

gr_eat

Heroes ¡¡re more,oblige.d toW,·iters, who have tranfinitt,ed the fame of their

Q!!ighty Afüons

all poíl:erin; ; or Writers

..ive

to tbé Noble I-Jeroes, for qpening .

tJnto them

large a field of gceat

alld

varioqs A_tclüevemems.

Bu~

düswas nQt,

·the fortune of our' poor O,umre

y, which d

1ough aboun<iling wirh Men farnous

in Arms, and in Int.elle&uals, and

capable.ef:

S.dén§es; did yet for wamof know–

ledge·

Lette¡:s, lea_ve no other

Monuments

of their p,I(l: a

füo

ns,

bue

what Tra–

~itio

n _hatij conf

erved and tranfmittecl .

fome

fe.wabrnpt

;1.ci

fcactered fenten(es

ftom

Fathers.to

th~ir Children,~whi~h alfo are in a g~(t~t

~ea

f~müofr

che en–

mmct