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AP.

XXXI.

Of the

Anf

wer de11ianded of

Cuyfmancu

thefe

Su111111ons

and

what Capitulations were nzade with him.

late

fucceffes of

the

Inca

the neighbouring Countries, had fufficient•

y allarmed

this

great Prince

Cuyf

m1tncu

and warned him to provide

for a

War, and

for

his own defence; wherefore having gathered his

Army,

prefence

the Captains and Souldiers he received the Summons

the

Inca;

for anfwer

whereunto he replied, That neither he nor his people fl:ood

need of

other

Prince or Ruler befides himfelf, that the Laws and Cufiorns which they obfetved

were defcended

and

derived to them from their Fore-fathers, which they

found o

good and laudable, that they could not refolve to forfake them to embrace Maq–

ners and aReligion wh0lly"'ftrange and foreign to them; that amongll: other Gods

they adored the

Pachacamac,

wlio was the Maker and Suftainer of the Univetfe,

and for that reafon mufr be greater than the Sun ; that they had built a

TemP.le

wherein they facrificed unto

him

of the heft of their Subftance, and off

ered the

Bloud of their Men, Women and Children to him, efieeming nothing too

dear

whereby they

might

te!Hfie the great Reverence and

eneration they had for him,

which was

prof< und and dreadfull, that they dur not behold his Image in the

Face, bu approached to

hitn

at his hinder parts, as alfo did the Priefu, who durft

not fo

mudi as lift

up their Eyes to behold

him;

that

they had another God

cal–

led

mmac,

whom alfo they adored, who was more familiar

with

them, and

d.U.

courfed and talked with them, and gave them Counfel in their molt

difficult

Af.

fairs;

that they worfhipped alfo a Fox for

his

Craft and Subtilty, and the

Mama–

cocha,

or Mmher-Sea, becaufe

provided them with Fi!h

for

their nour.ifhment;

all

which

were

a fufficient

number of Gods

for

their prorettion and ufe;

but as to

the Sun, they never had heard any great report of him for

God, or that any

had

heard him fpeak like

Rimac;

nor had they need of much more heat than what

was natural to

the

Climate of their Countrey, and therefore they defired the

Inca

to grant them Liberty ofConfcience, and Freedom in their way of

orfhip,

for

that they did not find any great need they had either

the

Inca's

Government,

his

Religion.

The

lncM

were fo well fatisfied to underll:and that the

YtmctU

conceived much

Devotion for the

Pachacamac,

whom they inwardly and mentally adored

their

Heare ,

that they propofed to reduce them without War, and overcome them

with perfuafions, reafonings and gentle promifes and allurements, referving

the

force ofArm and compullion for the lafi and ultimate Remedy.

With this Intention the

Incas

proceeded

into

the Valley of

Pachacamac,

where

they were encountred by the King

Cuyfmancu

ith a {hong Band ofMen, refolved

to defend their Countrey: Whereupon the General

Yi1panqui

difpatched

Mef–

fenger

them~

advifing them

not

to engage in Batte], untill fuch time

they

had

pa~d

a Conference together, touching the Honour and

V\T

orfuip of their

Gods:

or that befides the un, ' hom they adored, they thought

fit

acquaint

th m that they onceived a great Devotion for the

Pachacamac,

whom though

they ha ereet:ed no Temples, nor

ffered acrifices, becaufe

he ' as

invilible,

and incomprehenfible, and above their

onceptions yet they inwardly worfhlp-

ed him

their Hearts, and conceived

great an Awe and Reverence

for him,

that they

durfi not take his

ame in vain, or

renounce

it "'

ith their Mouths,

'ithout profound and humble Adoration; \vherefore fince they worfhipped

the

fame God, and were of the fame

ligion, there \ as no ground or foundation of

uarrel; but Reafon rather perfuaded, that they fhould live

Friendiliip

and

Amity together. Moreover the

Inc1i1,

befides this De orion which they paid to

Pachacamttc,

\~horn

they held to be the M ker and ufiainer of che Univerfe;

they