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 .Royal Commentariei. liíh tbe Laws and Statutes which he had made, being a' greac Legiílator: In rny time the Spaniards opened a way between the Schools, and the Palace Caj{ana ; of which 1 have feen a great part of che Walls rernaining,, being ntade of excellem: poliíhed Scone, which appeared to have been part of the Royal Lodgings, toge- ther with a magnificent Hall, being fo fpatious, as in che 'time of rain and wet weather ferved for a Theatre, and place wherein to celebrate their Feaíl:s and Dan- cings; and which .was fo large; that Gxty Men might Exerci[e themfelves on .: Horfe-back in ic wich their Dares and Lances. This vaíl: Hall reached as far as ro ' the Coµvent of Se. Franch-, which becaufe it was fomeching rernote frorn thQfe quarters where the Sp1niards inhabited, chey ~affed a nearer way to it by che Streec Tococachi. A great pare of chis Hall, or Gallety, was caken up for a Church , and divided from che reít, wherein were Cells or Dormitories refeétory, and o- . ther Offices for che Convent ; and the open places belonging co\ it ferYed for che Cloiíl:ers. [ohn de Pancorvo, one of tbe firíl: Conquerours, gave chis Hall, and che Ground about it to the Friars, ic being bis lot when a divifion of Houfes was to every Man according to his proportion : And though feveral others had pan of this place wich him, yet he bought them out at a cercain price, whieh in chofe days was purchafed at an eafie race. Sorne few years afterwards chis Monafiery was cransferred to che place, where it now rernains, as we íhall mention in its due place, when we come to fpeak of the Charities which che Citizens made to che Friars for bying in the Ground, and building the Church. So that in my rime I bave feen this gn~at Hall, or Gallery, demoliíhed; and the Shops built in che Street of Caj{ana, which ferve for Merchams and Anificers to dwell in. ' Before thefe Royal Houfes was a great and open Courr, being the chief place of the City, called Haucaypata, where the great emerrainments and rejoycings at th~.chief Fefüvals were held: the length of it, North and South, was about 200 paces, or 400 foot ; and rhe breadth, Eaíl: and Weft, about 15 o paces, reaching as far as to the íl:ream of water which runs through the City : At tbe end of rhis open Court, to the Southward, were two other Royal Palaces, fituated near the ftream, and to the Street called Amarucancha, or the quarter ofthe great Serpents 1 ñonting to the Street Caj{ana, anciently the Houfes of Huayna Capac, but now converted into a College for the Jefuits. One great Hall, or Gallery, of thefe Houfes, remained in my time, but not fo fpatious as that of Caj{ana; as alfo a handfome round Tower ítanding in the middle of the Courc before che Houfe: But of chis Tower, we íhall fpeak more at large hereafter; for chac having been the firíl: quarters which the Spaniards took up in chis City, they conferved it in· good repair, being alfo a rare furnpmous-Building; no ocher reliques of thefe Build~gs rernain~d in my time, having .b~en all dem?liíh~d, and fuffered to de- cay w1thout reparrs. When the firíl: dlVlfion of th1s City was rnade amongfr the Conquerours, the principal quarter of this Royal Palace, being that which :fronted rowards che Market-place, fell to the lot of Hernando Piyarro, 'the Brother of the Marquis Fra'ncifco Piia-rro; one of the firíl: Conquerours of that City. In the year 1562, I faw this Gentleman at che Court of Madrid: Another pare of this Houfe was che {hare of MancioSerra de Leguifamo, another was glven to An- tonio Altamirano, which he having divided i nto two Houfes, I was to have bought one of them : Another part hereof was fer out.by the Spaniards for a Prifon, and another was given to Alonfo Macuel.i, one o f the fir íl: Conquerours, and afrer him to Martín Dolmo1 ; to whom the rernaining pares were allotted, l do not well re- :rnember. To che Eaíl: of Amarucancha, which is the Street of the Sun; there is. another Lane called Ac-l(ahuaci, or the Convent of the Virgins dedicated to the Sun, which we have already memioned ; and of which we have nothing farthet to fay, than that one part of it was che portion of Francifco Mexia, having its . Wall adjoining to the great Market-place, and now filled with the Shops of ivfer- chanrs. · · . Ali the places which have been hicherto rnentioned, whether common Screecs,. or Royal Palaces, were ali to che Eaíl:ward of. the River whi(h runs through the Markec-place: Whence we may obferve, that the JncM raifed thofe three great Halls, or Galleries, at che front, and on each fide of tbe Market-place for cele• brar~ng their Fefüvals with greater convenience, in cafe it íh.ould prove rainy weather at fuch certain times of che cw.o Solftices, and at the beginning of fuch an~ fuch Moons. When the IndJans rnade a general infurreétion againíl: che Spa- mard;, they burnr ali che Cicy, excepting obely chofe three Galleries of ch.e f~ut . Mm. 2 ~~ \,