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. Roytil Commentaries. ned, deGgned in f<:?rmer days, for a place wherein to celebrate their principal Feíl:i- vals in rainy Weather. That Hall onely remained in being when I deparred from Couo, but all the other Rooms_, which_were conformable to the greatnefs of this were fuffered to decay, andfall into ruines,'· without any repair. Next in orde; we come to another Street, called Canturpata, which looks to the Eaíl:ward which fignifies as muchas the Gillif!ower-walk; for Cantur is a Flowir not ' unlik~ our Gillif!ower, but of a different fort; for before the Spaniards carne into this Couritrey, lbére were no Gillif!owers; onely this Cantur refembled very rriuch the Brambles of Andalujia, both in the Stalk, Leaf and Shortnefs, for the Thorns of it are very ptickly, which bec11:ufe they did much abound in that Walk they gave it the name of the Cantur-Walk. Next we come to the Street called Pumacurcu, or rhe Lion's Poíl:, becaufe in that place illjlnY poíl:s or íl:akes were dri- ven into the Eanh, whereunto they tied tbeir Lions which they prefented ro thé lncá, untill they had made them tame and gentle. The next gre.'.lt Srreet was calfed 7oco-cachi, but I know not any reafon for the compoíition of i:his word; Toco figni- fying a ~Nindow, and Cachi Salt, which are words ill corijoined together, unle íS they have fome orher fignification, of which 1 am ignorant; in this Stteet rhe firíl: Convent, -dedicated to Sr. Francis, was built : Turning a little from herti:e fo the Southward, you come to the Street called Munaycenca, Muna fignifies i:b-love, and Cenca the Nofe or Nofirils; I know not the reafon or fenfe for chis name, but there muíl: certainly be fome fuperíl:itious meaning or occaGon for it. l;Ience pro~ . c.eeding on the fame courfe, "'.e come to the Street called Rimac· pampa, or place p f Proclamation, becaufe tha:t there ali the Laws and Ordinances wete publifhed and proclaimed, and thereunto the multitude f!ocked froni all parts ana places to hear and underíl:and the Laws which were promulged. Hence we come into the great Road which leads to Collafuyu, and croífes South\\;ard on the Street of Pumapchupan, which fignifies the Lion's Tail, becaufe that Srreet is very íl:rait and narrow to-· wards the end, being bound in by two Streams, which there faU into one, ana which being the moíl: remete pare of the Town, was caliled che Lion's Tail, per- haps becaufe they kept their Lions, and other fierce Creatures, at that place. To the Weíl:ward, being abouc a mile from the farthermoíl: Houfes of rhe Town, there was a Village ~ comaining about. three hundred Souls, which in- the Year 1560. was thus far diíl:ant, but now in this Year 1-602. the Buildings are fo in- creafed, that they reach up and join to this Village. About a mile. fanher to the Wefiward there is another Streer, called Ch'!Juillchaca, the fignifioation of which is improper ;· by which the great Road pafles tó Cuntifuyu, and· near whereunto , are·two pipes of excellent Water, which pafs' under ground; but by whom they were laid or brought thither, is unknown to the Jndians, for want ofWritings or Records to tranfinit the memory of'them to poíl:erity. Thofe pipes ofWater were' called Collquemachac, huay, or the-5ilver Snakes, becau[e the.whitenefs of the Water refembled Silver, andWindings añd the Meanders of rhe pipe were like che coiles · and turnings ofSerpems; and.they report alfo, that the Streers of the City are exten- .ded as far as to Chaquillchaca. Pa ffing hence to che Northward, there is another Srreet called Pichu, which alfo was without the City; and another beyond that, calkd fl!::.iÍlipattt, and another great Street called Carmenta, which is a proper Name without any fignification; and here paífes the great Road to Chinchafuyu, to the Eaíl:ward, where the Street js that is called Huacapuncu, or the Door of the Sanél:u- ary, becaufe rhat Huaca, amongíl: the many other fignifications which it hath, fig- nifies aSantl:uary; Puncu is aGate, becaufe that a íl:ream of Water enters througl:i that Street, as by a gate, to the chief Market-place of Co~co; for though ali the Streets and Lanes of the City were dedicated to the Ufe and Service of the Tein- ple of the Sun, and of the Seleél: Virgins; yet chis paffage, or chane], by which this Water entred, was in a particular manner eíl:eemed ·racred; as alfo the place at which it ran out, was called the Lion's Tail, Ggnifying, that this City, as ic was holy in its Law.s and Religion., fo it refembled a Lion in its valour, and mar- tial Exercife~. This Street of Huaca-puncu carne at lengtf1 to join with Collcam- pata; fo that we are now.&ome to rhe place where we firíl: began, having finifhed the rounds · of the City.