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.

266 Royal Commentaries. Boolc V'n. which I caanot caU co mind, where lived A/onfo de Loayfa, 'Martin Je Men~I, (r:ln, Je Fig_ueroa, D. Pedro Puerto Carrero, Garcia de Mel1, Francifio Delgado, befüies ma+ n}Loilier Lords and l!>erfons ofQgalicy, whofe Names 1 d.o noc remember. , Be· yond chis place, to the Southward, is the Square of rntip11.mpa, or the Sq~e iof the Sun becaufe it líes juíl: before che Temple, where chofe who .were not of the deg;ee of an Jnca, carne to offer their Sacrifices, being not lawfull for perfons of lefs qualicy to enter within che Walls of the Temple; there the PrieílS mee and received them, and prefented them before the lmage of tbe Suo, whom they adored for God. That quarcer wherein che Temple of the Sun was fituated, was calle&Coricancha, or che Street of Gold , Silver and pretious Stones, of which there was great 'abundance, (as we have before declared) within che Temple. What now remains to fpeak of, is the Suburbs of che City, calle~ Pumí1p~h11pim. ' ·' 1 . ~.·.~ C H A P. . ' 'o/ the 8itua1i~~ of 'the Schools, of the. three ~ºYt!l P alaces~ , with the Houf: o/ the Seleél Virgins. . • ~ , J; ll. ¡ ( , l\.TGw. to finiíh our.Difcoui;fe of th~ fever~l Streets of th~ .Cit~ .we mu í!: r~ l~ .. :·cturn agairu to H11acapunc11, or che Gate of che ~an~u9.1iy, w ich-1ies ~o.nh . from. ¡:J;he great Márkec-place; from whence hkew1íe dfues :mot er Screet , ·die n~nle~ ofiwhich l1canndt tell, bue may properly call it che Schools, becaufe th_3C th~, K;iag Inca Ro(a,founded certaio Schools in chat place, as we hav e already m~~ tioned 1 i~ his Life: In the It1dian Language they are called 1 "11.ca HH11ci, 0r·!~~ HQufe ófrLearning, where their Scholars, or l~rned Men, call edAm aHta.r, or Phi'I'. lofoplwrs, and'Hl?ravec, which are Poets, had their place of abode, being vcny muchefl:eemed, andihad in honour by the Peóple, becaufe they we,r~ Infüu&.>urí and '{eáchers of.youth, and Tlitours to thofe~ of the Royal Bloud. ProceeqiQg from thete Schools tQ the Southwar.d, there are two other Streets which lead fp the grnat Market-place, where are two Roy¡al Palaces, of fo great a compaf~ that ~hev took 'up all•the one fide of che Square. One of chefe places which H~ to the·Eaftward of•the other, was ·called Coracora; which is as rnuch as a J~ge Court; ·che which is confirmed by Pedro de Cie1a, whp in che 92d Chapter of his Book, fainh, l'ha n ,thé King Roca. ordered his Palace to be built thern, f9r tht becter convenien.ce of the Schools, whereto he ofcen reforted, t0 hear the L;ét~ of the Philofopqers . : l have not obferved any tbing to remain of the Coracor~,. 1 it b~ingriall ruined ·and ·demolHhed ·m my time; though when ·rpe qcy wa.s .firfirdir vided into íhares among'íl: che Cónquerours of ir, rhe Coracora was the-Loc of <;~n- 1aJp Pitf-am, Brother of tbe Marqu~fs rfrancijéo Pi1arró, with whom 1 was weU11~· quai nted at Co:uo, afcer the Batcel of Huarina , anq , ~fore that -of Sncfah1111n11 1 h~ w.as Yery kind and obliging to me·; ' f9t being.bqc a. ~bild of eight or nine ye1rs·. of a g~. 1 h~ created rile as if 1 had -be@n 'hi~ Son., The otbt'fr Pala.<;e}o, d.l~ Eaíl:y.¡~d. of' CóttMora, was called Ca./Tana, o.r a ~hing of admirátion í • as if je h~Gl been lqcb. a llupend¡ous 'work, tha.t every one i u~on che fighc of it muft be traníported with : wonddr and aftoniíhménc; ic had been·the Habitarion ofche Inca. Fachacuter; gieat GraAcdCon to tbe lnc11 Roca, who in favour, and for ornament t<Hh<f Schools, oJ.J· dered bis Palaces·to be adjoining thereunto; for che Schools wf3re on che back.. fi_de cof th@íe Palaces»1_and were c0ntiguous, or joining one to the other, wichouc . any dnhcr [pace ór di¡vifion between'tbem. The principal Gates and Front of che · Sch©ols Qp.ened to the~Screec and River; bue che lncM palfed chither by rhe lxtck . way., hemg delighted t'tl hear the PhilofQphical L.eétures; and f9m.ec ~mes rhe Jní4 1 P11c~acHt" would be Reader himfelf, -and with th..e fame occafio n, dec lare and pub- ; . ' liíh