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BooKVII.

Rojitl Commentaries.

ned, de!igned in former days, for a place wherein to celebrare their principal Fefü–

vals in rainy

eacher. That Hall onely remained in being when I deparced from

Couo,

bue all the other Rooms., whichwere conformable

the greatnefs of this

were fuffered to decay, andfall into ruines,' without any repair. Nexc in orde;

w~ come to anocher Street, called

Canturpata,

which looks

the Eaíl:ward

which fignifies as muchas the Gillif!ower-walk; for

Cantur

is aFlowc¡r noc'unlik~

our Gillif!ower, but of a different fort; for before che

Spaniards

carne into this

Coun'trey, lhére were no Gilliflowers; onely this

Cantur

refembled very rriuch

the Brarnbles of

Andalujia,

both in the Stalk, Leaf and Shortnefs, for die Thorns

of it are very ptickly, which bec/l:ufe they did much abound in that Walk

they gave it the name of the

Cantur-W

alk. Next we come to che Street called

Pumacurcu,

or che Lion's Poíl:, becaufe in that; place mjlny poíl:s or fülkes were dri–

ven into the Earth, whereumo they tied tbeit' Lions which they prefented to tbé

lncá,

unti11 they had made them tame and gentle. The next gre:it Sti·eecwas calíed

7oco-cachi,

but I know not any reafon for che compofüion ofthis wo~d;

Toco

figni–

fying a ~Nindow, and

Cachi

Salt, which are words ill corijoined cogether, unleís

they have fome orher fignification, of which I am ignoranr; in chis Screet che

firíl:

Convent, -dedicated

Sr.

Francis,

was built : Turning a little from herti:e

the Souchward, you come

the Street called

Munaycenca, Muna

fignifies rb·love,

and

Cenca

che Nofe or Nofirils; I know not the reafon or fenfe for chis name, bue

there rnuíl: certainly be fome füperíl:itious meaning or occafton for it.

f;-Ience pro~ .

ceeding on the fame courfe, "'.e come to the Street called

Rimac·pampa,

or place

Proclamation, becaufe tha:t there ali che Laws and Ordinances wete publifhed and

proclaimed, and chereunto che multitude f!ocked froní a)l parts ancl places

hear_

and underíl:and che Laws which were promulged. Hence we come into che great

Road which leads to

Collafuyu,

and croífes South"'.ard on the Streec of

Pumapchupan,

which Ggnifies the Lion's Tail, becaufe that Street is very íl:rait and narrow ro-·

wards the end, being bound in by cwo Streams, which there

faU

inco one, and

which being che moíl: remoce pare of che Town, was caliled the Lion's Tail, per–

haps becaufe they kepc their Lions, and other fierce Creatures, ac chat place. To ,

che Weíl:ward, being abouc a mile from che farthermoíl: Houfes of rhe Town,

there was a Village

containing abouc. chree hundred Souls, which in· che Year

1560.

was chus far diíl:ant, bue now in this Year

1-602.

the Buildings are

in–

creafed, that they reach up and join to this Village. About a mile.far:cher to the

Wefiward there is another Street, called

Chaquil!chaca,

the fignifidatíon of which

is improper ;- by which che great Road paíles tó

Cuntifuyu,

and· near whereunco

are'two pipes of excellenc Water, which pa[s' imder ground; but by whom chey

were laid or broughtthither,

unknown

che

Jndians,

for wanc ofWritings or

Records to tranfinit the memory of'them to poíl:erity. Thofe pipes ofWater were–

called

Collquemachac, huay,

or che

-Sil

ver Snakes, becau[e the.whitenefs ofche Water

refembled Silver, andWindings añd the Meanders of che pipe were like che coiles

and curnings ofSerpems; and,they report alfo, chaethe Streecs ofthe Cicy are exten-

.ded as far as to

Chaquillchaca.

Paífing hence to che Northward, there is another Screec

called

Pichu,

which alfo was wichout the City; and another beyond chat, called

fl!!.iÍlipata,

and another greac Screet called

Carmenta,

which is a proper Narne

without any 'fignification; and bere paífes che greac Road to

Chinchafayu,

to the

Eaíl:ward, where che Streec js chat is called

Huacapuncu,

or the Door ofthe Sanétu–

ary, becaufe that

Huaca,

:imongíl: che many other fignifications which it hath, fig–

nifies aSanltuary;

Puncu

is aGate, becau

that a fiream of Water enters chrougl:i

thac Streec, as by a gate, to che chief Market-place of

Co~co;

for though all the

Streecs and Lanes of the City were dedicated to the Ufe and Service ofthe Tem–

ple of the Sun, and of the Seleét Virgins; yec chis paffage, or chane], by which

this Water entred, was in a particular manner eíl:eemed·facred.; as alfo che place

at which it ran out, was called che Lion's Tail, fignifying, that chis City, as ic

was holy in its Law.s and Religion_,

it refembled a Lion in ics valour, and mar–

tial Exercifes. This Screet of

Huaca-puncu

carne at lengch to join wich

Collcam–

pata;

chac we are now~ome

rhe place where we firíl: began, having finifhed

the rounds· of the City.

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