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Royal Commentaries.

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rtance or I~vafion of-a ne~ people; for where. an

Empire.ór

'Government hath

had irs period, being overwhelmed by rhe p9wer of a íl:ronger Nacion_, chern_al- -

by natural confequence muíl the memóry of Aéts and Cuíl:óms periíh,, which

have not been recorded by a skilfulnefs

ín

Letcers. ·

For my own pare, bein~ ~ov~d with ·a war1? defire and 'affefüon to conferve'

the poor remains of Anuqmty m my own nauve Countrey, I have adventured

on chis Jaborioils Defign of Di(cov~ry; and ·of cracing the Footíl:eeps of the

lo.íl

: ·

religues of

its

forgotten Cuíl:oms -áhd. Manners; a~d therefore that ~his City of

eouo,

which was once che Metropohs of many Kmgdoms and Nat1ons may be

revived, and yee

li.ve

its ancient Fam~, I b:ive r~folv~d in chis

Chapter.to

make

fome Defcription ofit, as I have received ic by Tradit10n, and alfo as a true bóm

a:nd,faithfull Son of thae City, to declare whae I have feen of it wich my own'

Eyes, and in ·whac íl:ace·and condicibn it was in che Year

570.

when I departed

chence, fpecifying what ancienc Names wére íl:ill in ufe belonging to places and

divifions of che City, with what alterations were at thac time made in che names

of Parochi,al Churches, and Screets which che

Spaniards

have builc fince theif

coming thither.

i2e King

Manco Capac

having co;íidered a!l che conveniencies of

Couo,

that

ít

was fouated in a pleafant Valley, in che mid(t of a Plain, encornpaífed on ali fides

with high Mountains, chrough which ran four delightfull íl:reams, which though

they yielded not great plenty of Water; yee were fufficient ro refrelh and make

ali chofe Lands fruitfull.

che middle of chis plain was a Founcain of brackifh

Water, ournf which they made quantities of Sale; che Soil was fruitfull and the

Air

wholf9me: with which advaotages che füír

Inca

cook a refolution of laying

che Foundation of his Cicy, and, as che

Indian1{ay,

by Order and Appoinrmenc

of his Father che Sun, fignified by che diícovery of aWedge of Gold, which

was che rnark and fignal of that place, where the Head and Seat of his Empire

was

be founded. The Climate is rather cold than hot, bue yet noc in chat ex–

treme, as co·require Fires co keep chem warm; che Chambers, or clofe Rooms,

are fufficienc to defend che Inhabicams from che rigour of che Weacher, yet a pan

of Coals may fometimes be u[efull; che Air is noc

fharp, bue chat che chin ancf

Jighcer Clothing of che Summer may be fufficient, nor fo hot as to be incommo–

diqus with che· Wincer-garments; ene like may be faid of che bedding; for one

Blanket may be a fufficient covering, and

there were three, t'were not cumber–

fome; for fo coníl:anc and equal is ch'e Weather, chac chere is little difference be–

tween che

incer and Summer, being here as in all ocher temperare Climat~

the fame moderation_ in all feafons of che·Year. The Air ·of

Co~co

being r'ather·

cold

and dry, chan hot and moiíl:, is noc fubjeét t,o corruption; fo chat Fleíh be–

ing hanged up in a Room where che Windows are open on all fides, will keep

eighc, or fifteen, or thirty, nay to a hundred days wichouc being mortified, untill,

it is become dried like Mummy. This I have feen my felf cried and experimen~ .

red with che Flefh ofCartel of chat Coumrey ; I know noc whecher che Flefh

df.

Mutton, brought from

Spai;,

wiil ~ndure in che like manner; for there was .rio

experiment rnade thereof in

1ny

time , by reafon that che íl:ock of che

Spanifh

Sheep'were not killed in my time, but rather füffered to increifo and breed.

The

Glimate of

Co~co

being in chis manner inclining

cold, breeds very few Flies,

-:-and fot biting and fünging Gnats there are none, bor any other lnfoét chat is trou–

~lefome, or vexatious co che people of che City. The

firíl:

Houfes and Habita–

r10ns w.ere built on che fide of die

Hiij,

called

Sacfahuamam,

which líes on che

Norch-eaíl: fide of che City, on che top of, which che Succeffours of chis

Inca·

ereéted che íl:a-tely Fomefs, which che

Spaniard1

fo little eíreemed, nay

much

fcomed, chac they dernolifhed ic in a few days afcer they became Maíl:ers of che

· City. This City'was diviqed into cwo pares,

H'anitn-Co~co,

aHd

Hurin-Couo

which

~s che Upper and tl~e.Lowe'. Town. Trie Way

Road

co4ntifuyu,

whi~h leads

to che Eaíl:ward, d1V1ded thefe two pares of

Hanan-Cow,

whichdies to che Norrh

?na

Hurin

which poims to the South. The

firft

and principal Screec \vas called

Collcampata, Collcam

a ward of no fignification with che

Jndians,

bue

Pata

is as_

m~ch as che degr~e

01:

íl:ep of a Ladder, or a Bench whereon co

fit.

On che

riíu'lg or curning of_this Hill che

1!1ca Manco Capac ·ereéted

his Palace, which afrer–

wards was che poffeílion of

PaHllu

the Son of

Huayna Capac.

hemernber in my time

have_feen a large and fpatious Hall belonging to •this Houfe, which

füll

remai-

n~d