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VI.
Royal
Commentaries.
they had
~
farther Honour to the facred Oracle
of
R,·mttc,
which the
Yunc1u
alfo
adored . and therefore fince the
lrJcM
condefcended
fo
far·to
them,
as to worfbip
their
Idol of
Rimac,
they
ou~ht
alfo
t~ ~orrefpond ~ith
the like Brotherly
kin~~
netS and comply with them m the rehg10us VVodlup of the Sun, who was a
v1-
ftbl~
God and whofe Beauty and Splendour deferved Veneration, and whofe Be–
nefits
befi~wed
on Mankind, did merit the grarefull
ac~now
ledgment
of
all Crea–
u~res~
beiJ:lg_
much
more to
be
preferred before the. Deity of
~
Fox!
?r
other low
and infignihcant Animals
of
Sea and Land,
to
which they
paid D1vme Honours.
Wherefore now by way of friendly Accommodation they propofed
to
them to
acknowledge the
Inca
his Brother
for their
Lord
and Sovereign, aqd
co
obey
him
as a true born Child
of
the Sun, being efi:eerned for fuch, and a God upon Earth,
the which he evidenced and proved
by
his impartial Jufi:ice difpenfed
to
all by
his
Clemency
and
Piery,
by
his
Gendenefs,
and
b~
the
Excellencies _of
his _Laws and
Government, which were
fo
eafie
and beneficial , as rendred
h1m
affi!able, and
clefireq by many Nations, who upon
the
Report
of
his
V~rtues,
and rare
qualifica~
tions of
his
Maje!l:y, have voluntarily defirea
to
be admitted,
and came from re–
mote Co@tries
to lifi
themfelves
in
the
Roll
of
his
Subje&; wherefore fioce
the
JncA
hath
been pleafed to fpare them thefe
pains, and
come and offer them in their
·
own Countrey fo much felicity, there was no reafon they fuould neglect or refufe
fo
pretious a Bleffing, becaufe
it
was
free: Wherefore they entreated them again
to confider, without prejudice or paffion, of thefe Offers, and not confirain the
Inca
to impofe that on them by rude and forcible terms, which he defired gently
to inllill into thern with
the
mofr foft perfuafions imaginable, and not be forced
to have recourfe unto
his
Arms, againft which no
humane
power was capable
to
make
refifl:ence.
The King
CHJfmancu
and his Subjeets Jent a favourable Ear
to
-all thefe
Dif–
c0urfes, and having obtained a Truce for fome days, at length
by
the Indufuy
and Prudence of the
Inca!,
a Peace was concluded on thefe followin.g Conditions:
.
That-
the
runca.r
{hoold
adore the Sun
and
the
Incas
;
that -they iliould
build
a
· Temple
apart
to
P
ach4camac,
where they might facrifice, and
make
him any Offe–
rings they pleafed, provided they were not
of
the Bloud of Mank\nd ; it being
againfi the Law, and light of Nature, for one Man to murther another,
or
kill
l1im
for a Sacrifice to
hiS
God: Wherefore that Cufi:ome was wholly to be abo–
lifhed. That all the Idols in the TempJe of
Pachacamac
!hould be ejetted thence,
it
being neither reafonable, nor decent
to
entertain mean and petty Deities in the
Temple of that Great God, who
is
the Maker and Suftainer of the Univerfe; and
who bemg invifible, ought invifibly to be worfhipped; and for that reafon, that
no
Image
or Reprefentation
af
him fhould be erected in
his Temple, where
ir
had not pleafed himfelf to difcover his Shape and Form, or
to
evidence
his
Beau–
ty
in
that manaer as
the
Sun
daily appears unto us. That for the better. Oma..
ment and Fame
of
this
Valley
of
Pl{chacamac,
a Monafiery ofSeleet Virgins !hould
be
founded
there, with a Temple dedicated to the Sun, both
which
gave a greac
Reputation
to
this
Valley,
becaufe
it
refembled the
City
of
Co~o
in
that
matter
whlch
tp4de
the
City
it
felf illufirious and facred. That the King
Cuyfmancu
fuould frill remain Prince in his
OWH
Dominions, and the
Curaca&
continue with
their Authority,
onely
that they fi10uld acknowledge Obedience to the
Inca
as
their
Suprem~
and obferve his Laws and Cufioms. And finally, That the
kcM
fuould bear all Reverence and
Refpeer
to the Oracle of
Rimac,
and {hould com..
mand all
their
People and Suojetts
co doe
the
like.
Upon thefe Terms and Conditions a Peace was concluded
between
the Gene–
rhal
Capac Yupanqui
and the
~(ing
Cuyfmancu,
to
whom
~e
gave a Memorial of aH
t
~Laws
and
C~fl:o~s
whIC!1 the
Inca
comrna~ded
him to
obferve;
together
with there .Confhtu.t1ons, wh_ich relate to the Tnbute payable to the Sun, and
In–
ca;
~ll
which
fee~mg
to
be
1ufr
and honeft, the King received them with much
alacnt).
All
~vhich mat~ers
and things being orderly ordained, and eftablHhed;J
and Officers, with a fuffic1ent Guard, being placed for better
fecuricy
of the Coun–
trey, the Ge?eral
V\
ith
his
Nephew returned
to
Co~co
co
render the
Jnca
an
Ac–
count of their
S~ccelf
es, and SubjeCl:ion of the
Yunctd.
And that the
Inca
might
hav~
the
Acquamtance
of
the
Cuyfmancu,
and own
him
for his
Confederate
and
Allie, rather than his Vaffiil, he was invited to accompany the General to
Couo
~
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