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 VII. CH A P. IX. . That the City contained the Defcription óf ali the Em- pir-e. T Hefe four great Streets'did ~orrefpond wich the four Qu,arters of t~~ Empire called Tahuantinfuyu, ordamed by Manco Capac, tbe 1iríl: Jncan-King, who intending to reduce chofe favage, and barbarous Nations under his Sovere ignty, did cornrnand thern to inhabit thofe QJ!arters, which lay towards the places from whence they carne, fo thofe who carne frorn che Eaíl:, planted themfelves o n the Eaíl: fide of the Town, chofe tbat carne frorn che Weft, on the Weíl: fi de, fo tbat at length they ali feaced chemfelves wichin the circle and compafs defig nd for the Cicy in cheir ditrerent Ranks and Sicuations. The CuracM built their Houfes as chey found roo:n, when they firíl: carne to the Courc; for when one had fini· íhed his Houfe, another bnilt clofe by bim, every one keeping the order an d füu. ation of his Province; for if his Province lay to the Rigbt-hand of his N eigh- bour's Province,· then he huilr to che Right, if to che Left, tben to che Le fr; if the Province lay to che backfide of bis Neighbour's dwelling, tben he raifed his Houfe there, fronring towards his own Coumrey; fo chat caking a view of all the People and N:itions inhabiring thac City, wich cheir feveral Ranks and Sicu ations, it feerned like a furvey of all che Empire, or a Map comprehending in a plain Cofmographi.cal Defcription all che circumfereoce of Pcru. Pedro de Ciefa writing of che ficuaticm of Co~co, fpeaks alrnoíl: to the farne purpofe, in che 93d Chapcer of his Book in chefe words. " And whereas this City concained rnany N acions " of divers,Provinces, and fuange Councües, fuch as che Jndians of Chile, Pafto, ce Cannares, Chach11poyM, Guancas, Collas, and many other people before rnentio- " ned; they were all difpofed within the precio& of chisCity, in their refp eél:ive " O!!?rters, as they were affigned unto thern by the order of their Govern ours; " baving liberty to obferve che Manners and Cuíl:oms of their Fathers, anq tbe " babit .of cheir Countrey, fo chat if a hundred thoufand Men of thefe were af- " fembled·cogether, every one would be dillinguifhed by tpe atcire of his Head, ' ' and1his Countrey, and Lineage known to which he belonged. Thus far are the Words of Pedro de Ciefª· . This Difünétion was rnade by che different attire on their Heads, either of Feachers 1 ór Safhes wound about their Temples, wbich every Province frarned to its felf, and noc by contrivance, or order of the lnctU ; onely rheir Kings com. rnanded chem to continue their Fafhions, to avoid confufion amongíl: che N ations which reach from Pafto to Chile, which, as our Auchour aforefaid alledges, was above one thoufand chree hundred Leagues. In which rnanner all rhe Streecs of chis City were che Habications of the Subjeéts onely aífembled chither fro m all párts of che Erµpire7 and noc of the IncM, or thofe of the Bloud Royal; who li- ved in che Suburbs of the Cicy, che whicb we fhall lay down, and defcr ibe in foch manner, as they were fituated from North to Souch, with all their Sueets and vacant places, and Palaces of their Kings; and how, ¡¡nd in what m :inner they were afterwards beíl:owed, when chey carne to be divided by loe a¡nongíl: the Spaniards. From the Hill Sacfahuamam chere runs a fhallow füeam of Water frómNorth to South, to the farther pare of Pumapchupan, where che City is divi· ded from che Suburbs. But more wichin the City rhere is aStreet whic h lies Norrh and Somh, whic,h is now ealled Sr. AHft ins; defcending from che Houfes of che firíl: Inca, Manco Capac, to the open fqua.re of Rimac-prvnpu ; there are three or four other Screecs which crofs frorn Eaíl: toVVe íl, through tbe large [pace which is be twe~n che Street and River, where ,the lncM of che Bloud feated thernfelves according to rheir feveral Ayllm, or Lineages; for chough they were all of che fame _Family, and li_neally defcend~d frorn (vfanco Capac. Howfoever being bran- c.hed into feveral Lines , they denved their Pedigrees from divers Kings, faying, chac