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· The Name of the Queen

was

Mama

Runtu

,

which Word

Runtu

fignifies

an

Egg,

fo

called, becaufe of

the

whitenefs of

h~r

Face

being perhaps

fairer

than the

Women-commonly are of

tha~

Countrey.

_

The

Jndian1

report,

that this

PiracfJcha

as

the

Aucliour

of

the

Pro~h~cy

which

foretold the Jnvafion of t?e

Spaniar~,

and was

conf~rved ~ongfi:

the Archives

of rHe Kings of

Peru:

whICh was,

That

at

a

certam per od of Years after the

'' fucceffion

of

Cuch a number

of

Kings, there

!hould come

a

fort

of people from

'' far remote Countries, never feen, or

kn0w~

before

in

thofe Regions, who !hould

" cake away their Religion, and fubvert thoo- Empire. The fubfiance of which

Prephecy

,~as

contained in two

~uch

obfcure

Se~tences,

as were difficult to be

~·

~lained

or interpreted. The

Jnd1ans

fay,

that this

/net!,

after the fuccefs and ven–

ncation of his Dream, became the Oracle of Maokmd ; for that the

AmauttU

,

who w€re the Philofop\lers o,f

thofe

tin;ies,

as

alfo

the

fli~h

p.riefi»

ancj; the

mofr

:AncientEld~s

of the Temple

of

the·Suo,

who were the

;M.agicj4flS,.

ibat

prefa–

ged of things to come,

<liq

0-ften

interrog_ate him

con~~ning

bis

Orea~,

and

of

Comets

(een

in the Heavens, .

as.

alfo of n·vinations by die

fl~ing

and

fing.(eg of

:Birds, and

of

f

everal other

ftili:>erfiitio~ Pro~oofiicatinns

which,

rhey

m(lde

from

their

Sacrifkes,

anci Entrails

of

Beafis;

anq

fo

all the

Reff)9nfes which

rlr4co~ha

· made to their

E

, th~y. yi~ded.

entire faith

an~ Cred~nce

1

.

efie€ming

him

the Oracle,- <Uld

m D1vmauon: W.ha.t he delivered

JI:!

!NS

manner;

was

judged worthy c

nforve~

by Traditio»

lo

the memory

of

.their Kings

opely;

and that the knowledge

ef

fudi

divine

Rev.clacioos

was not robe made

com–

mon, or prophaned

by

the Difcourfe of t.hcr .People; for that

it

was not

fit

for

tbem

to be .pre-acquainted with the times aad feafons, when

their

Idolatrous W or–

fhip

iliould nave

an end, and the Empire

be

overthrown~

and

the Divinity

of the

IncM·(}uellioned,

and changed into

the fiale

and common condition of

humane

kind.

For

which

reafon

there was

no farther mention mady.

of

this

PrQghecy,

untill the"time of

H11ayna Capac,

who revealed

it

openly a little before his Death>

. as we !hall hereafter declare more

at

large;

though fmne

H.ifiorian.$

make but

a

fhort tale

of

it,

and

fay, that

a God which the

lndta11s

worJhipped,

called

Tied

Piracocha,

delivered this Prophecy.

'But for what I have

d~liverea

herein, I have

the authority of

an

old

Inca,

whom I

have

often heard recount the F.ables

and

Antiquities

of

their

Kings

in prefenc-e of

my

Mother.

And

in

regard the

coming

of the

Spaniards

into

Peru,

and the

Conqueft·

of

_it

b~ t~em

;

the

defuu~ion

of

their ld?latry,

and

the

preaching

of

the Gofpel

of

ChnA: m thofe parts, did correfpond

with

the Prophecy of

Viracocha;

the

Indi,anr

did therefore

ghte

the Nctme of

Viracocha

to

the

Spaniard1

,

fanfying them co be

,

~ns

of

t~t

imaginary God,

whom

he bad

purpofely

feat (as we have already •

faid) to relieve tlie

11fcM

from the Oppreffion and Violence of the

cruel

Tyranr.

Thus we have curforily touched on this wonderfull Prophecy,

which

for

many

Y~

had

be~n

revealed to the

Inca-K~s;

and

~hich

was afterwards accomplifh–

ed m the Retgns of

Hnafcar,

and

AtahHalpa,

which

were great Grandchildren to

the third Generation to

this

lrua

Piracocha.

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