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which I caanot caU to mind, where lived Alonfo de Loayfa, 'Martin de Menefor, (om,
Je Figueroa, D. Pedro Puerto Carrero, Garcia de Mel1, Fran&i{co Delgado, befides mat
ny,oilier Lords and I?erfons of Qy_ali_cy, whofe Names I _d.o not remember. , Be–
yond chis place, to the Southward, IS the Square of Tnttpampa, or the Sql!are 4
che Sun becaufe it líes juíl: befare che Temple, where thofe who.were not.of
the deg;ee of an Jnca, carne to offer cheir Sacrifices, being not lawfull for perfoñs
oflefs qualicy to enter within che Walls of the Temple; there the Prieíls mee
and received them, and prefented them befare the lmage oftbe Suo, whom they
adored for God. That quarter wherein che Temple of the Sun was fituaced, was
called (]Qricancha, or che Screet of Gold , Silver and pretious Stones, of which
there was great 'abundance, (as we have before declared) within che Temple.
Whac now remains to fpeak of, is che Suburbs of che City, calle~ Pmnlfprh11píln.
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'ojthe Bitua1ion ofi·the Schools, of the three Royal Palac'es~
• i with the H¿~f:. o/ the Seletl Virgins. . .
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l\.TQw to finiíh our. Difcourfe of the fever~l Streets of th~.Ci~ -we muíl re~
l~,_,,cturn agairu to Huacapuncu, or tbe Gate of che SanétUéJ.liY, w ich-lies NoJdi
from.r~he great Markec-place; from whence likewiíe iífoes :mot er Streeé,· die
name' oEwhich i,canndc tell, bue may properly, call ic che Schools, becaufe.thiC
th~,K,ing Inca Ro~a.founded certaio Schools in thac place, as we have already m~ij,,
tioned ri\') bis Life: In the ft1dian Language they a(e called Taca HHIJCi, 0r-.i~
Hqufe ófLearning, where their Scholars, or l~rned Men, calledAmaHtar, or Phi'I'.
lofoplwrs, and'Haravec, which are Poecs, had their place of abode, being v~rY
mucJ!l:ell:eemed, ancU1ad in honour by the People, becaufe they we¡e Iníhuéoouri
and '{eáchers of.youth, and Tlitours to thofe~of che Royal Bloud. Proc12ecfü¡g
from thete Schools ta che Souchwar.d, chere are cwo oth<rr Screets which lead (P
the grnac Markét-place, where are rwo Roy¡al ,Palaces, of fo great a compa{s,
thac ~hev .took up al11 the one fide of the Square. One of chefe places which 11$
to the·Ea(tward of·the other, was called Coracora; which is as rnuch as a 1arnei
Couré; ·che which is confirmed by, Pedro de Ciefa, who in che 92d Chapcer of nis
Book, faieh, 'fhan ,che King Roca ordered his Palace to be built there, for -tht
better convenieQce of che Schools, wmereto he ofcen teforted, to hear the Leét~
of che Philofophers.; } have not obferved any tbing to remain of the Coracor.,,-1it
b~ingoalhuined ·and ·dernolifued in rny time; chough when tpe (;~y was firftrdi~
vided into íhares among'íl: the Cónquerours of it, che Coracora was the-Lot 0f (ifn–
ftY(l P~arro, Brother of tbe Marqu~fs rfranci/co Piyarró, with whom I W,1$ weUj1~•1
quaimed at Co:uo, after the Battel of Huarina, and. ,~fore that -of ~11Cfah1t11n11, hl!
w:as Yery kind and obliging ro me-~'fot being bgt ;¡. ~hild of eight or nine y~rs·.
of ag~., b~ created me as if l had-be€!o hi~ Scm. The other Pala~e}o.~€: Eaíl~ a.i:d.
of Cot:alore, was called CaJTana, 0.r a thing of admirátion l . as if jt h¡¡d been lqcb.
a fiu¡,end~ous 'work, that every one,upon che light of it muft be traníponed with '.
wonddr and aftoniíhmenc; it had been·the Habitation ofche Jnc~ Fachac,Ítec; great
Granirlíi:m to tbe Inca Roca, wbo in favour, and for omarne¡;¡t tO"tbe¡ School .:.
dered his Pal be adjoinin~ chereunto; for che S'cbools were on che .
fi_demf th,@íe > 1_and were contiguous, or joining one to the other, w t .
any dnh€r f¡:,a vifion betweein tbem. The principal Gates and Fro'nt of the·
Sch@ols Qpened to the-5rreec and River; bue che IncM paífed thirher by the ~ck ,
way., heirig delightéd t-<:> hear che Philofophical L.eétures; and [9m,ertmes the Jnf4 ,
P.tchacHm would be Reader himfelf, ,and wich the fame occafion, declare and pub- ;
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