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.

R.oyal, Commentarin. BooK IV. of tbe Mafier : the Fire vented it felf at the. mputh of thefe Ovéns, and on che top was a place for two or three Di.fhes, in which the~ fet them to fi~w ; and was fo very a ·great convenience for. their s;ookery, b_oth .ln d~effing che.u: M~at well, and faving their Wood.; rhat it feemed the .moft ~ngemous _of_a_ll thetr c;ontri- · vanees. and therefore 1t was Jlrange, chat the ·Spamards, when they carné ih a- mongíl' chem, íhould ?~fpife an~ defüoy chis i?veht'.iGn. .. . _ To avoid greater evils, che Incas thougbt fit to pernht common Whores t0 live amongíl them; bue rhen chey were Mt to remaín in che City, bue ih lictl~ Huts wichout in che Fields'i foparace frotn ali fodéty that fo by their converfation rhey mighc not have opp©rcunity t9 corrupt ochet WGimen : che Narne they gave them was Pampayruna, which fignifies both their profoffion and place bf refidehce. Pampa is a Countrey or open place;_ and Runa P.roperly is a Perfon, either Man 0 ; Wornan ; fo that thefe two words m cornpofinon, are as much as one who lives alone in che Field; and ¡¡s we fay, a Hedge-whore; and that as che Fields are open fo is her Body, and embraces to receive any one who hath an appetÍce to com~ to her. The Meo treated thefe Women with all fort ofcontempt and fcorn; and che Wornen were not fo much as t9 name th_em, under _penalty of incurring the fame cicle and cenfure ; and of havi{lg their Heads publickly fhorn , of be- ing iligmatized for infamous, and divorc'd from cheir Husbands _: they never called them by .ocher name, than thac of Pampayruna, which is as much as Common Harlor. . . ! :;- i' CH A P. xv. The Inca Roca, the fi xth l(íng, fubdues '!lldnj Natlons, and, among/Lothers, the Peóple of Chancas and Hancó... huallo. T- HE Father being dea:d, his Son l ncd Rota ( whof~ Name, as BldJ Palera fays, fignifies prudent and confiderate ) took upon hun the Govermnenc, biJ1d_. ing his Head with the coloured Wteach; and having accompliíhed the Solemni- ties of bis Father's Fun©ral, he made a progrefs into ali parrs of his Domir1ions, to vifit, and fottlé, ahd arder wha( wai; there atl}ifs; in which J ourney he paffud the three firíl: years of his R€igft : And rhen determining to proceed farther in his Conqueíl:s, he ordered fufficienc force to be levied, and therewith paífed ort che fide of Chinchef11.Ju, whiG:h lyes Northerly frotn Couo. He commanded alfo thac a Bridge fhould bé made over the River Apurimac, whkh is in the greac Roa~ from the City of Couo to the King's Town; for tbat he being now King, it feemed too low and mean for him to tranfport his Army over the Rivet on Floats, as he had done when he was Prince; being more Great and Royal to ereél: rhe fix'd convenience ofaBridge, which fot better unifing a correfpondence with the Pro. vinces lately conquered, was now become almoíl: neceífary. The Bridge beifig finifbed, he departed from Co;:,to with an Army of twency thoufand Men, undet the Comrñand of four Majot-Generals , ordering bis Men to March three a-bteaíl over this Bridge; which being a new device, and not be- fare prafüfed , ,:vas fü~rnrded rn che Honour of bis Memory. Thence he procee- déd to the Vale of Amdncay, ot the Cow:ílip Vally, becaufe of che greac quanri"' ties of them which grow in chofe parts ; rhis Flower is in che fafhion of a Bell, and il1 that Countrey arn of a grnenifü rnlour, fmooth, without Leaves ; a1,1d for theit fitnilitude with thé Cówilip, the Spaniards gave them that name. From A- mancay he took to che right hand, towards the Mountain Cordillera, which over- tops che ínowy_defart, ami between thitt and the great ·Road he met fome few - · people,