The royal commentaries of Peru : in two parts / written originally in spanish by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega; rendred into english by sir Paul Rycaut.

BooK IV. Gare ; ar which none emred beíides rhe Qg_een, and füch as imended to profefs rhe Order. Ar rhe entrance of rhis Gallery rhere was a Gare for rhe common uíe and íer- vice of rhe Houíe, ar which there \Vere twenty l?orrers al\\'ays auending ro bring in, or carry ª"' ay wharíoever was needfo!J ; bur nene of rhemcould país fa nher rban che íecond G;ice upon pain of Death, though rhey received Commands from within fo co doe; i:ior could aey, chat was within give fuch Command, or Lic~ce, bue on che fame penalty. - Time were 5 0 0 Maidens.appoiQted to arrend t~e Service of th~ íe Virgins, who , were Daughcers of rhoíe who had rhe privilege to be- called l r.w ; not [uch as were deícended from che true Line, a¡;ld pure Bloud of rhe RoY.al lnw , far choíe were eíl:eemed and íeparaced as Wives, or Spouíes of rhe Sun ; bur íuch as rhe Firl1 Inca had made l 11Ct1J by title and privilege, as before re!ated ; to which íhangers, or thoíe who were afrerwards reduced, could not attain. Theíe Mai- ~O,S ~ad al(<¡>, c~tt~r .(1<14{!11JHU¡w, o,~ Mau;9ns of E-he farpe Li~.eage C\PPWQ\ed to tb~rn, being fuch~ ~s ha\Ji.0.,g ¡;g~d_ rt1,eit Yq?Jl.1;s, an_d growQ¡ ol~ in rhac Houle., had p~t of ~h€ care a~1d !'IH\n,a.gei;n~ffe thereG~ c9.rm »~rw<;I ¡o th,elilil. W,h~n rhe Spa_- ,,¡"""ds h.?d 0;1.¡ercorJ¡J.~ t{1As Ciw· <e4 ~~fº, ~nicf ~lm tb,ey.d.i..v1ded rJri~ pnQlic~ B.~1\l~­ ings amopgfl: th,etl'l,{el'{es (oJ pl;\i;e~ ~Q ~hw) ~i;id inhaMr.; or¡i.y half c¿f ~tiis Con- v<inr, Wihi_ch belo,,ge4 to t~\~ Qffi.ce_s, f~ll rp me lot q~ Petj¡_ o det B4r.c~ wfilorq in 5Q.e fet}\J,€1 of d1is Itlift.0rY.> w:~ f.h~ll ~~v,ej qccafion t9 \}1en~ion ; and t~e orher ~wlf was t~e íha_re qf th.~ Li¡p1,ci,a,do de lq, r;ltt'!'ft , \WO re_íided t~e~~ w~~o I was Ve{Y young; 'l!.lQ afoer~'é\rds ¡e ~topg(!cl t0 Diw,0 Orti;,;,, de Gu~rr¡ar¡- 0 a, Ge1ttemao born at Se7 1 it, ~hom 1 k~1ew~ ª1\Q Jefe ?~ Co?;,fio" wheq I qepaned r\wnce for Spain. The principal ernploy111eJilt 0f me(~ W~ves of tlie Sun was ro ~pin and Weave a.ll the garments which the ~nc1 ax1,d che Cqya his law(\.111 Wife wore on rheir own P,erfons ; che.y made alfq ¡t!J the qne Linen \'(hic'li was ojfe1ed to ch,e S,ún in Sa- qifici! , and wlaar th,e l<7Jc;q. w0r,c;: ~b0uc his hl!'ad, whic:li was callep Ll•wtu, which w~s aoo4t the breadrh of the R1iddle fing~r, but very rhic~, and fo loJ;J_g as to 'ªk€ f@ur ~r five turQ:r 4boµt che headJ with íl coloured Liíl: rea~ing froui one ~~111t>l0 ~o the other. . " . The!r Cl0athing \Vi:/;S ~ Ü1irt wh~ch re;icheq to their knees , called Vnp t, ; che sp.iniards called it Cufma, which was not rhe common mme of it, bue onely tha't whjch a pa_nicular Provin,~e g<¡-ve te it ; They wo¡e alfo a fq1,1are Malilde ofabout tWQ Foot: deep, whkh ferv~cl for a Clqak, called Yaco/la. Moreover; thefe Nuns made l?ur-fei; for the 111,cn, Qf ~qou,E a quarter qf a Y ard {quarey wbtch they car- *d umkr th~ir Arme, hílnged b,y a fine Tv,viíl: curiouí1y ~mbroi.dered, of about .t'\'VQ fing~rs br-oad, aud was in faJ}1ion of a Ribbon on Ü\e. left Shqulder, ~e:ich­ ing crnís to th§! right ltde : Thé(e P.qr [es they q\ted Chufpa, "111~ l~rved rhem to put their Cuc4 into, w.h\c;h 1was an l{erb rhat Inrji111s no,w comm.only eat, but \:Vª5 dwn fo rare, that nene had the grivilege to eat of it bur the Inca onely, ·and his Kindred ; unleís fom~ CJ:trtJf"1-, to whom rhe King out qf a particular favour and aífefüon {ent perhaps fome .Bas~m of it every year. They alfo made mcain Twifts of two colours, which were Straw-colour and Q.rnation, which they called Pe. e.ha : r:hefe Tyviíts were very fine, of about a Yard long; but were nor deíigned fo.r {ervice ef the Inca, ~ur for orh~rs of the l,loyal :Bloud, which th~y wo¡e on tbeir Heads, ~inding. their forehe~ds fr9m OAe temple to the other. CH A P. lO I