ABSTRACT
The Kings Yncas had, in their vain religion, great things worthy of much attention, and one of these was the perpetual virginity which women observed in many conventual houses, that were built for them in the different provinces of the empire. In order that it may be understood what women these were, to whom they were dedicated, and in what employments they were occupied, I shall relate how all this was; for the Spanish historians who treat of this matter pass it by like the proverb which says—“the cat out of the arms.” I shall treat specially of the house at Cuzco, because all the others which were established throughout Peru were on the same model.
