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· Royal

Commentaries.

- After

this fcond onfet

they fQught two

hou ,

nger,

the

_a.dvaptage

fllill

conti–

nuing

doubtfull

and

uncertain:

At lengtbi

th~

Chanc'!s

gro

·1n~

tired

a d weary,

began

to faint ; and obferving

that

f~e

recruits

continually

re--mforc~d

the

Army

of the

Jncf:t1

Chttncfts

became

d1fcouraged,.

and .

defper?~e

of V

letoiy :

thcte

peop1€: who

before were fled

from

the

CltY

with

fear,

and

th~

Neighbour–

ing

Couotri~

thereabouts, having

received

intelligence,

that

the

Pnnce

P'ir11cocha

was ·returned

and made

bead

againll: the

E~emy,

in defence of

th~ T~ple

of the

_ Sun; they joined together into

fm~l

Bodies

fifty,

and

a hu!-"l(fred .1.n,a

om–

pany;

and in fuch Tro ps

ruilied

o the Bat

tel

with

~or

OC?1fe

than

numbers.

The

JncaJ

ob[erving rhefe

une~peeted

fuccou.rs

oine

10,

cned out,

that

the

Sun and the God

Vir:acocha

had convert

ed tQe R

oe s and

Stones

of the Countrey

mto Men

and

had raifed them up to fight in defence of his own caufo and peo–

ple ..

the 'which report took

the

eafier impreffion in tbe minds of that people;

wh~

being accull:omed

to the

belief

fuperftitious Fables

vere willing in this

exigence

fupport

their

co~age

with

~~e

power ofa.

~ac;J

. The

Cbanms

alf<:,

who were a people

the like fupedhuous fancy,

g1vmg

ready credence to this

rumour, were !hook and

affrighted with

a firange

amazement ;

and th· belief

far dilated and radicated

felf

afterwards

in the minds of

too.

fimple

people of the

whole Kingdom ,

that

was

accounted an Impiety,

and

)liq>ce

of Atheifm

and

Prophanenefs to diftrufr,

queftion, the tr th of this repo

Of \.vhich

Geronimo

Roman.

riting in

his

Treatife

of the

weft-lndier,

and in the

1th

Cha

oor of his

1econd Book, [peaking particularly of

this

Bartel, hath thefe vety words.

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It is certain, according to the report

jll the

Indi1tn.r,

hp difcourfe of that

fa-

•

rnous Battel, that the

Inca

remained Mafi:er of the

ield,

and won the day ;

and

" they farther believe, that by a miraculous power of the Sun,. the Stones of the

" Field were Metamorphofed, or transformea into Men ) and arofe up in Bartel·

.'' againfi the Enemy ; and

chat

this was done

accomplilhment of that promife

'' which was given to the Valiant

achacuti

l rzca

Yup~nqui

;

for fo alfo they give

" this Tide

the Prince

Viracocha.

Thefe are the Words of chat curious At:–

thour of the.aforementioned Book, who in the faid Chapter touches

many

points

in brief,

which we have

recited

fame , and {hall farther have occafion to

touch on others

the Sequel of this HHl:ory of the Kings of

Pe-o t .

like man–

ner

Acoffa

mentions

the ViGon which appeared to

Pir1tcocba,

though there be fome

difference m the proper Names

belonging to

the

Kings

of that Age. And indeed

both he and other Writers mention thls Battel,

other matters, with

h bre–

vity,

that they feem almofl: to pafs it

by,

as a matter inconfiderable: And indeed;

for the moft part, all the Relations which the

Spaniard1

give of the

Jndiam

are very

intricate and confufed ; the

hich

'~'e

may

la'rvfully

attribute to the little know–

ledge they had of their Language, and the lofs of thofeKnots, which

were

the Mo–

numents and Characters

their Hifrory; howfoever, they deliver the fubfiance

of them without any regard either to time or order; but in what manner or me–

thod

oever

that they are wrote, I am yet pleafed

recite the paifages

hich they

deliver, that

by their Authority I may be acqtiitted of the Scandal of writing

Fables ;

for

they prove fnch , they ought to be efl:eemed the FiCtions of my

Parents, and

f~ch

as the

~paniards

themfelves have heard, and perhaps believed,

though not

with

fuch Fatth as I

have

done, who fucked

thofe Stories with

Milk,

and received a deep impreffion of them in the time

tender

In-

fu~

This

Acofta

farther proceeds in thefe words, which I have copied from the

:z.

fl:

Chapter of

his

fixth Book.

achacut i

I nca Yupanqui

reigned

Years, and made

:' great Conquefl:s ; the principal caufe and original of his fuccefs was occaGoned

,: by

his Elder Brother,

taking

u~on

him the Government by con[em of his

~athe~,

_was overthrown

m a Battel by the

Chanca1,

who

are a Nation which

inhab1~

the Vally of

A ndagHayla1)

which

about thirty Leagues difl:ant from

Co~o,.

m the

w~y

L ill'Ja :

His Younger·Brother

r upanqui

taking advan age of

, , thIS

d1fgr~ce,

fe1&ned a

r~port,

that he

being

at a

cercaih

time

pen

five

and

me–

lancholy m a foh.tary

ret.rremen~,

a firange Apparition UQder the Name of

Pi–

racocha

prefente<l

felf

before him ; complaimng, that he being the llniverfal

" Creatour, and Lord of all things, who had made Hea' en, ana the Sun, the

,c World, and _Men, and placed them under his feet and in fubjeetion to him;

~ad_

not

received

that.due

re[pett

and

obedience

which was owing to him; but

.. m heu thereof, Mankind was become fo blind

divide their Service and

oriliip,

t6i