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Hefe, two Companions

p.ro[

eeding 0n

tbelt ~IQurn~y

towamh,i ~.P> ,arr:.iY~d

on che high Promonrory~of

rCar,menca,

from·wbfil!(:t

il:wy

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itrfúl.1WY:,

the Imperial City, and·-much

ad(Uj~d

(he oeighooJJ~iµg

Te>Wfl~

anclrlt''iijages,whiah

encompaífed, or were .adjoyni111,LtQ

iit.

"{,he ~ Qpl~ ,;:ormng

fo~(h

trQ

q¡eec

tbeoo;

received them with ioy and mirth, With Mu~Gk.iiocl ,Dan~es, e@~l:ing Triumpbª1

Archesin the wáys, erowned with Flowers arid Gadands, at}q füowing the ft.r~~

with J.luíhes, and lodged them

jo ,

chofe Royal ·Awr~e_ntsi-:.wh.icl}

J~. ~cl1lf9

Amarufancha,

b.elonging to

HulfltÍa·GaMc;

for

b€.mg

th@ir efümaI.iQij ~

rf9ns.of

Divine Race,. they a1lotted thofe Chafnb@rs

for

th~m, which·

~PlWf-rrutl~

to.tp ~

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gr~aceíl: and m~íl: be}oved King. At ~he entranc9·i~~reumo_wl!_!t

~ -foir

T ~we

bemg four Scones..high, each of wh1ch hada

c1e~g

'ftmb..er, ,m

fü,h

nl~Jl~

as covered the Royal Chambers-, and which Were

lofcy, tha~ tQ f~

jQ_C<ffll–

pafs, the Turret above was as high as any Spir(ll

Sp.ait1,

,unle(s

dia-t

Sf'r/U/f.

The top thereof was in form of

Glohe, as were all che

Chmi~rs;.

aod

a~M~

ali, in the place of aWeather-tock or Vayne, ( which che

lndia

ns di

d not under–

.frand) t~y had ereéh:da Ba'll~which added muen to th.e 'heigbt,

J.no

w;i$

farge,

thac the nollow of ic contained above fixty Fooc in compafs,

cal1

<1d b

y thenrP~fl.–

turhuaci,

which figoifies as much as che rare piece ofArchiteé.lut~,-1th~n: b~ing

other building adjoyning chereunto t

o fupport or hi

de it.

mYt~me \t wa& tht~Wfl

down or demoliíhed, to make the Market-pla.ce-more large. 'and

airy;

thQugh

the cruth

is,

it_

took not up much place, and now in~füm the~~ che Jtli,üts.hav~

ereél:ed a high

Colofeo,

or Pyramid, as we have mentioned in the

fit,íl:

P~n

of this

Hillary. The nexc day aftenhe

Spaniards

arrived, che

Jndian¡

carried them in

feveral Palanchines,, or Seats, placed on Mens íhaulders to fee and view the Cicy ;

and as they paífed, che people adored and woríhipped them after che manner of

their Gentil

ifm an

d Religion. Nor were the

Spaniards

lefs furprázed ro fee the

Majefiy of

Cpz.co,

with the Graodeur and Riches of che Palaces and Temples ;

which though much defaced, and defpoiled of their ancient beauty, by reafon of

the late Wars between the

lnca,s,

and che Imprifonment of

Huafcar,

yet they could

not but much admire the excellenr Architetl:ui:e of the Royal Palaces, which

were built withouc thofe Iníl:ruments and Engines, which are neceífary for che

ereéting fuch mighty Fabricks: Bue above all, they were_much pleafed with the

rare Pavemencs, which were curiouíly in-layed with divers Figures on each fide

of che íl:ream, which runs for above a quarter of a League through the

City

and che mulcicude of people, and che nurnbers of Merchams ( though the Com–

modicies not many) were

great, as much pleaf'ed them to behold ; efpecially

obferving che gentile behaviour of che Nobles, and the courtelie of che Comrpo–

nalty, who were all deGrous to ferve them, and gain their favour; and had it

noc been for che late Wars between che cwo Brothers, all things would certainly

have appeared in much more beaucy and fplendour : But above all, chey much

admired to fee Croffes erefüp on the top of che high Pinnacles of t:heir Tem–

ples and falaces ; che which, it feems, were incroduced from the time onely chac

Pedro de Candia

being in

Tumpi;;.

charmed, or made carne chofe wild Bea!ls which

were lecloofe to.devour him, and which onely by virtue of the Crofs which he

held in his hand beE:ame gentle and domefl:ick : All which was recounted with

fuch

admiración by che

Indiam,

who carried the news of this Miracle unto

CoCGco,

that when che Inhabitants of che Cicy had underíl:ood ir, they wenc immediately

to their Sanél:uary, where a Crofs of Jafpar-fione, as clear as Chryftal, remained ,

as we have before mencioned ; which when they had brought forth, chey with

Ioud Acclamacions adored and woríl1ipped it, conceiving thac tho1,1gh the Sigo

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