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VII.
Royal Commentariei. .
Hi;oj~fa,
which afterwards wer~
che
Poífellions of Doéto~
Carvajal?
Br?tber to
tqe.' '
Faétor, or Procurator, for
Yllen-Suarez. Carvajal,
of whom che H1íl:ones of
Peta
make mention.
And now we come again
to
Cuffipata,
called Our Lady of
.,Yerceds,
where _che'
poor
Jndian
Men ancj Wornen _relieved cheir rniferies by bartering ~nd exchanging
of one thing for another ; for at that time Money w~s not as yet currenc amongíl:
chem, nor was it coined in twency years after; bue here they kept their Market,
or Fair, called by che
Indidns Catu.
Palling hence to che Sóuthward, you come
co-che Convent ofthe
Merceds,
which ca:~es up che whole compafs offour Streets.
Behind~this.Monaíl:ery was another Neighbourhood, who were Maílers of
Jndi.–
ans;
which I pafs by, becaufe I am not particularly acquainted with rheir Names:
bcyond this, there are no farther lnhabitants.
·
·
.
But reg1rniqg·
r9
tbe_. quarter called
Carmei1cd,
and palling into another Streec
ófHou(es ; we take notice, that che neareíl: Dwellings to
Carmenca,
were tbofe
of
DiegodéSilva,
che Son of che farnous
Fe!icianode Silva,
who was iny Godfather,
when I was confirmed: To che Somhward of thefe, in che middle of a Street,
were the Houfes
of
Pedro Lopez. _de Cafalla,
Secretary
to
che Preúdent
G11.fca,
and
of
'/uan Betanr¡ás,
with many others on one Gde, and rhe other che Maílers
1
which not being Lords of
Indians,
I was not acquainted particularly wich. Palling
forward into anocher Screet, are the Houfes of
Alo-11fo de Mefa,
one of the firíl:
Conquercurs, which reach to the Square of Our Lady ; adjoyning unto whichi
on
each Gde; and alfo behind, are many Houfes; of which I fhall not particularly
make mention. .The Houfes
to
the Southward of chofe belonging
to
Al9nfo de
Mefa,
were che Poífellions of my Maíl:er
Garr¡ilaj[o de la V'ega,
over che principal
Gate, of which was a long and narrow Gallery, or rather B:ilcony, where the
prhicipal Gentlemen of the City carne often
to
cake cheir feats, and fee the run-
nibg ac the Ring, thé Fea{t ofBulls, ( which is a fort ofBaiting ofthemonHorfe–
back ufed in
Sptiin)
as alío the Darting of Canes, and orher fports and exercifes·
performed in the open place before the Gate : Befoi;e my Father's time rhefe
Houfos belonged to a certain Noble Perfon, who was one of che
firf1
Conque–
rour.s, called
Francifco
·,t
Onate,
who was ílain
ia
the Battel of
Chupaí.
From this
Balcony, or G,allery, as alfo from feveral other pares of the City, a point of rhe·
fnowy Mountair:1, in forrn of a Pyramid, appeared ; for chough it was
2
5'
Leagues
diíl:ant, and rnany other Hills in che way, yet
fo
high was rhis pique, char it fair–
]y íhewed ir felf to che City with a wh.ite coveríng ofSnow, which always remai–
ned, and ri.ever thawed : chey called it
'Pillcanuta,
.or forne facred, wonderfull rhing,.
for
this
word
Villcanuta
was attributed to matters of great admirarían ; far indeed
the form of this Pyramid is rare and curious, beyond any defcription we can make
of it ; and for confirmation of this truth, I refer rny felf
to
thofe who have feen
it
To the Weíl:-fide of my Fachees Houfes, were chofe of
Vafco deGuevara,
one
of
the Con.querours of the fecoJ:ild expedition , and were afterwards given to
Coya
Beatri~,
the Daúghter of
Huayna Capac;
on che South-fide of thefe were che Dwel–
]ings of
Antonio
de
~inones,
which alfo fronted with the Great Place of our L?dY; ·
and farthir
to
the Southward of chefe were the Houfes of
Thomas Vaz.quez.,
one
of
the
firt1:
Conquerours, formerly poífeífed by
Alonfo de Toro,
Lieutenam-General of
Gonf_alo Pifarro,
whom
Diego Gonfalez.
his Son-i.n-law killed, out of afear and jea~
loulie he fiad of him, ' ariíing from fome dorneíl:ick quarrels between them. To
the Weíl-íide of
Thomas Vaz.quez.
his Buildings were che Houfes of
D. Pedro Luis
de Cabrera,
afterwards in the poífellian of
Rodrigo de Efquive!.
On the South-Gde
of
Thomas VaZ,quez.
his Hoµfes, were chofe .of
Antonio Pereira,
Son óf
lope Martin
.of
Porta¡,"'!
,
nexc unto whiéh ad.joyned rhe dwel!ing of
Pedro Alonfo C,arafco,
one
of the
firff
Conqueronrs ; to the South· fide of which were others of lefs confide-
. ration, and the laíl: of chat quarter, which in che years
I
5')7,
and
58,
began to
be peopled. And now turning on the foot of che Hill
Carmenca,
to the Weíl:-
. fide of the Houfes of
Diego de Sy!va,
we come to the Dwellings of
Francifco de
Villa,
a Valiant Man, one of the firíl: Conquet'ours, and one of che thirteen Com–
~ankms of
_D. Francifo PJfarro.
To the Southward of thefe on rhe ocher fide of
the Streer, was a long and narrow Lane without Houfes : Souchward fromwhich,
was a very pleafant Walk , where now is che Convenc of St.
Francú ,
befare
which is a very wide and large place ; and likéwife more Southward from hence·
on the other
tide
of the Screet.are !!he Hóufes of
ruan 'fu!io de
Hojedá,
one of rhe '
firíl: Conquerours, che Father
of
Don Gomez. de t'ordoya,
who ,is füll living. To
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ilid