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VII.
Royal Commentaries.
·that thefe defcended from fuéh an
Inca,
thofe from a~other
Inoa,
.
and
.Jol
of
the
·reíl:;- ohyhich the
Spanifh
Hiílotians not having conceived a true
1
Ndtion>.d~live–
red to·usfor a truch, that fucha Lineage was derived from füch an
Inca,
ami that
'Lineage from anorher, as if they had been ofdifferent Stocks and Families, when–
.as in reality they all proceeded from rhe fame original Being, honoured'
',fltfa
the
Title of
Capac Ayllu,
or che illuíl:rious or auguíl Lineage of the Bloud,Roy¡it:.
The
Mert of that Farnily were called by che name of
Inca,
and che W01tieri of
Palla,
which implied a defcendency from che bloud Royal.
In
my tirht·.rhofe
quarters, defcending from the upper pare of che Srreec, were inhabiced
by
Rodri-&o
de
Pineda, ¡oan de .Saavedra, Diego Oiti;;;, de Gu;;;,man, .Per-er de íos Ríos,
with
his
Bfo
1
ther
Diego de íos' Rios, Geronimo Cojl-illa.; Gafpar ¡ura;
but now thefe Houfes are,tur~
ned intó the Cbnvenc of Sr.
Aujl-in,
as alfo che Habitations of
Michel Sanchtt:t-, '-/oh·11
de
Santa Cru:c,, Alonfo de Soto, Gabriel Carrera,
and
Diego de Trugillo,
who was one
of the firíl: Adventurers, and Qne of chofe chirreen Companións, who adhered
to
Don Fnmcifco Pifarro,
as we íhall 1'elace in its due place. Moreover there were
An–
ton Rui:c,
de
Guevara, '-/ohn de Sala..,
who was Brocher to che Archbifhop of
Sevií,
togecher wich
Ya/des de Sal'M,
who was lnquilicor-General, belides ochers, which
I
cannot call to mind, all which being greac Commanders over che
Indians,
had
their
íhares
and loes divided co them amongíl: chofe who were che fecond Adven–
turers in che conqueíl: of
Pern.
1
BeGdes thefe there lived many
Spaniards
in chis
quarter, who had no power over the
Indiam.
One of which Houfes, afrer my
deparcure from
Co.;,co,
was converced into a Monafiery of
Auguftine-Friars.
We
call chofe che firffConquerours, who were of the,Qumber o(_chofe one huRdred
and lixcy, that were Affifiants of
Don Francifco de Pif.arro
in \he imp~ifonment of
Atahualpa:
And thof~ which we call che fecond Advencm:ers 'in chis CQnqueíl:,
were chofe who -carne in with
Don Diego de Almagro,
and
Don Pedro
de
A/varado,
both.. which parties were called Conguerours of
Peru,
and no ochers; and che fe–
con9 pa~ty did much bopour
to
che firfi-, chough they were fewer in number, and
óf
á>meaner .qualicy,:yet beipg che firfi- and moíl: forward in this advencuróus1At•
d!ievemenc, were hoaoured and efi-eemed by,them as Parcners in.tlu~r Enrerprifes.
And,now returning by che upper pare of che Street of St
Aaftin,
to encer
0
Qas--we
have faid) into the City;,where upon che top ofali íl:ands rheCorivenc
ofSr;Clare;
formerly the Dwelling of
Alonfa D1as,
who married che Daughcer of che
(;;gver•
nouf.
Pedro Arias de Avila;
on che Righc-hand of chis Convenc. were maoy1_Houfes·
inhabited by
Spaniards;
and amongíl che reit
Fr.ancifco de Bawriento~
fad ¡:íolléffions,.
which were afrérwards alienated
to
'/ohn Alvari;;;,'Maldonado.
On 'í:he Righr-hand
lived
Ffernando Báchicao,
and afteF him
John Alonfa Palomi,no,
ov&r-agaínfi
wnid11
t.o
the South Góe,'. was the .Epi[copal Palace, formerly che Houfü
0[1,poh,rBalfd~
·and
after him of
Fr,úicifco de Villaca{fin;
-where now che Cathedral-Clmrch is fituated,
líáving'_been onte
1
a wide a'nd' fia~ely Hall, which ferved for
a:
Theatre
fo
rainy
Weáther-, wlíére Shows ar their chiefFeíl:ivals were.reprefented :• le was ancient–
Iy -íi/part·ofLfhe,Paface belo11ging
to
che
Inca Viracocha,
che Bighth Kirig
;.Jn,
my
ñrµe'ther.e·w~s9ó i:nbre rema)ni~g ~f it than ~bis wide Hall? wHich w_as.
fo
large,
th'at wh~n che
Spamards
fir{t
encred meo che C1ty .chey all l0dged rherem,
fo
as to
aff;tíear·and
te
4
Ély t0:afford affiíl:€pce ro each 0ther in ~afe'oT danger.
I
remem–
bétr,thílt
I
onceJfaw'
1
íc, whefl
i'it
was. covered wich Thatch; chough now changed
inc-0jtfilé,
Oti rhé ·Norch Gde of chis greacrChurch :there.
is
a,Street wicn..;inany
Hoii[es
fron'ting r0wards rhe Mark-et-place, iniv.vhiéh _are Shops
fo~
Artificers;
i
and
oíi,;tf:le'Sciuth
ftqf,
-are Shops ¡md Ware-h12ufes1belonging ro ·
1
th~ rnoíl: rich'arld
prineipat·Mercliaflts ·of che
"fbwn:: , • ,
v
1. · .
F · ,
· ;~· ,
1
~
Behind theJQ:hurch .,were the floufes
ofL•tohn'de Berrio;
i.~rid 'of others,;whofe
Nafl:les
I
cáeqót:-r~member: '..,f}3epiqd che ohkf,Shops weee. che Houfes
·of..z;>iego
Mil/donado
fürñamed che ri<:Q, becaufe he was the rnoíl: weal~hy 'f:?erfon in_ all
Pe.r-u;
bl rng'
eme·
ofthe
'firíl:
Coriquerours of ir. ,Inrche :time of che
Jncás
that place wa~
called
fiatun~ c(1a';·
1
which
lignífü~d che greát
1
or high Screet, haviñg been anciencly
the Habitat-ioo
1
rofr1Inéa
Yupdnqur,
1.
On Lhe Smu,h lide of chefe :Buildihgs of
Diego
Mtiltlonado
w~Yfthe Hoúfes· of
francifco Hernandtz.. Giran;
before which
, to '.
che
Southward alfq-wefe·che Houfes of
Antonio ~!tamirano
one of chdirfl: Conquerours;
j0it'Jing·whereu)1co cm che backííde were che Houfes of
FrÁ~i:iftD
'de
Frit11,
:aricl
•Se–
baftian de Ca9alt;
the which·quarter of che Town was caMed
'Pnca marcit,>
or,ch.e
coloured Scree , anciencly the-f.:loufes of •the füng
Tup& 'rufa11qui.
.
·There ,is
anocher Screec ,eyond this to che South
fide,
very long and...w1de, the name of
Mm
whim