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 VII. Roy,a.l Com.mentarie,s. . Thrtre was anothei;·Feafr, non ·l')ublickly, celebrated, but kep,t in every privare family·; and that began abQut the time afi€r rJ1ey 'bad ended cheir Harveíl:, anq lodged t:Peir Fruits in their Stor~-houfes, c:i-lleq Bir,va. · Their cufio~e w;i.s ~o burn a fmall quanticy of Tallow, or Fat, aear ch~ places where th€y, ha,d lodged che¡r ~tores, as a facrHice·to the Sun ~ the Nobles, and rich people, offered carne Co- ni~s, which they call Coii, givhig tha@ks for ihe proviíions of b~~d with whic~ - ·the.y were fup.¡:ilied for the fuírenanc~ of d;1~. whole year, anq prnying, that he woQM be plleafad ro., beílow chis bleffiµg on tl\\Q(~ c9nfervatq1ies of, their brea,d; thall they might keep them well and·fafe for th~ fqp¡:iort anq ijl<J;int~nance of hu- - mane lifü. · . . There were other Feafis which the Pri<dls ~~lebr-ated wichin ~he Temple ofche Sun, without any publick proceffions, being Ehe monthly facrifices off ered to che Sun ;. but thefe 'were not to be compared with ~he füleml)ity 9f e.be other four principal'Feafis, which were like our Grand Fefüv:als of Eafter and , Chriftmas.· and the.Jike. ' CH A P. VUI. , The Defeription.of the Impe_r-i(ll C ity of Cozco, T HE l;ca; Manco Cap,ác, was Founder of this City of Coz.co, whi~h che Spa• · r;i.. rh have honoun~d with che concinuance of its Name a11d Title, qlling lt -~he great Ciry 0.F Caz.oo, and Metropolis of all the Kingdoms and Provinces of l?~v. And though.they once called it the Ne,w Toledo, yec the impropriety of it (00n Gtufed that Name to be difuf~d. Far Coz.co is not encompaíled by a, River, as is To!eda, nor like it in the füuation ; che Houfos being placed one above che orael', en th.e fide of a Hill fo b¡gh, that it furveys from all pares a large and fpa- t.iQus Plain beneath it: the 5treets are very long and wide, ani:l .the publick Mar- ~~t: pJa~es very-great; fo that che· S.pariiards in general, as alfo the pub1ick Nota- r~s, aad other Writers p:yle i!i by qo otherName than by its ancienc Title; for <;o1<ro heing like another Rome, the Impe11ial Head of man y Kingdoi:ns and Provin- ~. may equally deferve a title agreeable to its noble ancl generous Atcpievemencs, an.d likewi(e in fome things be cémpared with Rowe. As firíl:, in that ic was ori- giJilally founded by its Kings. ~ec0ndly, in chat ic was ~he fiead anfl ChiefCity¡ of many Nations, fubjeél:.ed oo iES Empire. Thirdly, in the Excell~ncies of i~ La,ws 1 which were many, and wi(e, a,nd rarely ~empered for the goveroment of its p.eople. Fourthly; in ihe qualinies of the fyieo .who were ed4cated in Civil qn.d Military Difcipline, and were dvilized and fre~d from all barbarity ip theil: · rnanners. M.owfoever we tnay fay, that · ~_orm .had this advr<mt~ge of Coz.co, that th.e knowledge of L.etters had et~rniz,ed che farn~and honoµr of Rorn_e, and,chat ics. ¡!eQple were not more cele bn¡ted fo.r tbe fqc.c:ttíS of tbeir Aqr1s, than they were illuíl:rious and renowoed for the.it Arts and Sciences ~ wh~11 Pqor Coz.co hath had no~ ching but tv1,emory aod Tra dition to deli!.rer its great A?'tions, and feats ofArm¡; to. · ~,ofkricy" Bue Rome.. had che help of H'ifrori,ans to re~otd ics farnou~ Deeds, and~ was as much beholding to 1 tbe Pen, as to its Arms ; it being d oubtfull whether gr_eat Heroes are more·0blig€,d toW11iters, \\ 1 ho have tranfinitt.ed che fame qf their I}!lighty Aétions to all poíl:ericy; or Writers"1ve to t hé Noble tle roes, for opening ·. unto them [o large a field of great aBd variQus Atch\evemenrs. Bue chis was nQt, ·the fortune of our' poor Coúmre ;y, which t hough abounGlir¡g with Men farnous in Arms, and in Intellell:uals, and capa.ble.ef: S.cién.cés ; di~ yeyt forwant of know· ledge·in Letters, leaye no other Monuments of their p<iG: afüo os, but what Tra- cdition _ha~ conferved and tranfmitted .in {orne fow abrnpt a.nd f catt@red fent_e1wes- foi)m Fathers.to th~ir Children · ~ whifh alfo are ia a gi:eat m.ea -f9re.loQ by the en- mmc~ ·'