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VII

.Royal Commentariei.

liíh the Laws and Statutes which he had made, being a' greae Legiílator:

time che

Spaniards

opened a way between the Schools, and the Palace

Caf{ana

;

which

have feen a greac pare of che Walls remaining,, being made of excellem

polifhed Stone, which appeared to have been pare of the Royal Lodgings, toge–

ther with a magnificent Hall, being

fpatious, as in che'time of rain and wec

weather ferved for a Theatre, and place wherein to celebrate cheir Feaíl:s and Dan–

cings; and which .was

large; thac Gxcy Men might Exerci[e chemfelves on ,:

Horfe-back in ic wich cheir Dares and Lances. This vaíl: Hall reached as far as

to '

che Co¡went of Se.

Franci,f,

which becau[e ic was fomething remoce from thQfe

quarters where che

Sp,p:iards

inhabiced, chey ~aífed

nearer way to it by the Streec

Tococachi.

A great pare of chis Hall, or Gallety, ,was taken up for

Church ,

and divided from the reft, wherein were Cells or Dormitories refeétory, and o-

. ther Offices for the Convent ; and che open places belonging ro\ it ferved for che

· Cloiíl:ers.

¡ohn de Pancorvo,

one of t-he firíl: Conquerours, gave chis Hail, and che

Ground about it to the Friars, it being his lot when a diviíion of Houfes was to

every Man according

bis proportion : And chough feveral ochers had pan of

this

place wich him, yec he bought chem ouc ac a cercain price, which in chofe

days was purchafed at an eafie rate. Some few years afterwards chis Monafiery

was transferred to che place, where it now rernains, as we íhall mention in its due

place, when we come to [peak of the Charities which che Citizens rnade

che

Friars for bying in the Ground, and building che Church. So that in rny rime

have feen chis great Hall, or Gallery, demolifhed ; and the Shops built in che

Street

Caf{ana,

which ferve for Merchants and Arcificers to dwell in.

Before thefe Royal Houfes was a greac and open Courr, being che chief place

che City, called

Haucaypata,

where the great emerrainments and rejoycings at

the:;.,chief

Fefüvals were held: che length of it, North and Souch, was abouc

200

paces, or

400

foot ; and rhe breadth, Eaíl: and Weft, abouc

paces, reaching

as far as to rhe íl:ream of water which runs through the City : At che end of chis

open Court,

che Southward, were cwo other Royal Palaces, fituated near che

ftrearn, and to che Streee called

Amarucancha,

or che quarter ofthe greac Serpencs

ironting to the Screet

Caf{ana,

anciently the Houfes of

HHayna Capac,

bue now

converted into a College for the Jefuits. One great Hall, or Gallery, of thefe

Houfes, rernained in my time, but not

fpatious as that of

Caf{ana ;

as alfo a

handfome round Tower !tanding in che middle of che Courc before che Houfe:

But of this Tower, we fhall [peak more ac large hereafter; for chac having been

the

firíl:

quarters which the

Spaniards

took up in chis City, they conferved it in

good repair, being alfo a rare furnptuous-Building; no ocher reliques of thefe

Buildi?gs remain~d in my time, having _b~en

all

dem?liíh~d, and fuffered ro de–

cay w1thout reparrs. When che firíl: d1v1Gon of th1s Cicy was rnade amonglt

the Conquerours, che principal quarcer of this Royal Palace, being chat which

:fronced cowards che Markét-place, fell

che loe of

Hernando Pifarro,

·che Brocher ·

of che Marquis

Fra'ncifco Pirtrrro;

one of che firíl: Conquerours of chac City.

the year

1562,

faw chis Gentleman at che Court of

Madrid :

Another part of

chis

Houfe was che {hare of

MancioSerra de Legui,famo,

another was glven to

An–

tonio Altamirano,

which he having div.ided i

nto cwo

Houfes,

was

have bought

one of chem : Another pare hereof was fet

out.by

che

Spaniards

for a Prifon, and

another was given to

Alonfo Macuel,i,

one o

f che fir

íl: Conquerours, and afrer him

Martin Dolmo1

;

to whom the remaining parts were allotted,

do not well re–

:rnember. To che Eaíl: of

Amarucancha,

which is che Street of che Sun; there is.

apother Lane called

Ac-l(ahuaci,

or che Convent of che Virgins,dedicaced to che

Sun;

which we have already menrioned ; and of which we have nothing farcher

to fay, than that one pare of it was che portien of

Francifco Mexia,

having its .

Wall adjoining to the great Market-place, and now filled with the Shops of tvfer-

chams. ·

•

All the places which have been hitherto rnentioned, whecher common Screets;–

or Royal Palaces, were ali

che Eafiward of. che River which

runs

chrough che

Market-place: ·Whence we rnay obferve, chat the

JncM

raifed chofe three great

Halls,

Galleries, at che front, and on each fide

che Markec-place for cele–

braci,ng their Feíl:ivals with greacer convenience, in cafe it íh.ould prove rainy

weather at fuch certain times of the tw,o Solílices, and at the beginning of fuch

an~ fuch Moons. When che

Jndjans

made a general infurreétion againíl: the

Spa–

mard,,

they burnt

ali

che

Cicy, excepting ohely chofe three Galleries of ch.e

f~ur

Mm. 1. ·

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