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.

Royal Commentaries. BooK V. Wíchín che Cicy of Couo, bordering on the íide of ~hac Hil~ where the Ca!He was built, there was a fpatious Wa.l~ or Alley, contammg many acres o ground, called Collcampata, and is füll remammg, unlefs they 1.Jav~ built houfes .upon ir, fince che time I was chere: the piar of ground on wh1ch it was, rook 1rs narne from che Walk it felf, being the befr piece of Land, andas it were the Jewel :md Flower ofall rhe Eílate belonging to rbe Sun, and was the firll plac ofEarth which che JncM .!Jad dedicated to him. This Walk was like a Garden, manured and culcivated onely by IncM of the Royal Blond, nor was any other admitted to be Gardiner or Labourer chere, .under che degree of Inca, or Palla, which was a Lady ofche Royal Family. A.JI rhe Songs they made, were Panegyricks in praife of rhe Sun; and che fubíl: ance o f them was raken from the word Ha;-lli, which in che common language of Peru íignífies triumph ; as if they were viél:orious and triumphed over che Eart~, whe? they plonghed an~ digged into ics bowels: forcing it to fru~ify, and rakmg frmt from rhe~ce. W~rh rhefe Sonners they in- termixed che qwck and acure Sentences and Saymgs of d1fcreet Lovers, and vali- ant Souldiers, tending ro the Subjeét and Work in hand, concluding every ílaff or fianza of cheir Verfes with che word Hrglli, which was che burthen of che Song' and repeated as ofren as was neceífary to fill up che cadence 'of che Tune; ancl thus they fang, and worked backward and forward, as they made che Furrows with •vhich cbearfulnefs che coi! and labour was much alleviated. ' The Plough they ufe was made of a piece of VVood, ·of abour four fingers broad 3 and a yard long, it was flat before, and round behind, and poinred at rhe end, chac fo it mighc che more eaftly pierce, and enter the Earrh; then about half a yard high, on che main <hafr they bound rwo pieces of Wood for a íl:ay. to rbe Foor, wich which the Jndian prefling very hard, thruíl: bis Plough, or Shovel, up to the very íl:ep, or !lay to the Foot; and therewirh feven and feven, . or eighc and eight a breaíl:, accord ing co che number of the Kindred, or Partnerfhip, drawing all together, rhey tumed up turfs, and clods of Eanh of an incredible bignefs, fo that chofe who have not feen this Invention before, would wonder that fo weak an Infüument could be able m doe ío gre'at and heavy a work, and with chat dif- pacch and eafe alfo, as did not puc che Labourers out of brearh, fo as to fpoil che Air and Cadence of rhe Tune. The Women likewi[e were aflifieots to che Meo.in chis work, hel~ing tO tum up. the rn ~f and .clods, and pluck up che Weeds and roors, thac rhey m1ght dye and w1d1er; mwhLCh labour they bore alfo pare in che Mufick, and joined in the Chorm o[ Hqylli, HaJlli. The Indian Tunes having a kind of fweet Air wirh rhem, che Mufick-Malter of che Cathedral Church at Co~co, in che Y~ar i 5 5 1. or 1 55 2. compofed an An- theme, and fet it to one of cheir Tunes, which he plaid on che Organ, upon che ~ Fefüval óf che moíl: Holy Sacrament, at which Solemniry he introduced eighc Mongrel Boys, of mixed Bloud berween Spanijh and l ndian, and my School-fel- lows, íinging che Songs wlúch be had fet according to the true Air of fncM Mu-' fick, and each of chem carrying a Plough in his hand, accompanied rhe Proceffion · reprefenting and irnicating the Hay/ti o[ che Indian1; ali the Chapel! in rhe mea~ time joining in the Chorm, to the great fatisfaétion of che Spaniard1, and conrent- ment of the J~dian1, who we!·e over-joyed m fee tbe Spaniard1 fo far to honour them, as to praétife their Dances and Muíick, when they celebrated che Fefüval of cheir Lord God, which they called Pachacamac, and is as much as ro fay he chat gives Life to che whole Univerfe. ' Thus 1 .have relared the manner how the IncM celebrated che Feafi which rhey held at che time of plougbing, and fowing che Grounds dedicared to the Sun che which I faw, and obferved for rwo or tbree followiog years, when 1 was a Child, and by thern we may gueíS ac che form and manner of the Fefüvals folemnized in ocher pares of Peru, on che fame occaÍton, chough chofe Feaíls which I faw as che Jndian1 affured me, were bue faint reprefentation.s of chofe in ancienc ri~es and were not ro be eíl:eemed comparable to chem. ' C HAP.