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tlobk

11.

by

this Name; but I, who am an

Indian ·

born, and

therefor~

beccer

a~quainte.d

wich che Langµage than he,

know

that they never rook

th1S

name

mto

cherr

Mouchs but

feldoml. and

whe.n

they. did,

~twas.

with great

Veneration; bowing

their

H~ads

and

Bodies Qllidg

up

sfi .

ir

Eyes

co Heaven; and then

down

co

the

Earth, lifting

their

ha~ds

open as

hi¢h

as

their Shouldets, and

kiffi~g

the

A:ir

~

which were

the common

manifeftattons

of

Rev~rence ~nd

Ad?ranons,

whicJ1

were in afo

atnongfl:

th~

IncM

and his

People~

hefe,

and. fuch

lrke demonftrau–

ons ofHanour they ufed when

the~ w~re

forced to pronounce

the

wotd

P11chacd–

m11c·

but the Name of the Sun tney took

in

their months more frequently, as

they

did alfo of their

IncM;

and with lefs ceremony, and of their

C11r1mu,

who

were their lords,

with

a more indifferent refpeel:

t

And being asked, who this

Pach11camac

was, they anfwered,

that

it was he who

gave

Life to

the Univerfe,

fttftained apd

oollrllh~d

all rhings ,

but

becaefe

the.

y

liid

not fee him,.

they could

~6t

ltoow

lfurt

~

ilia

for that re

fOn

hey

et

tr0t

Temples

to

him,

nor

offered

sacrlfice,

howfoe'vet

they

Wdtfhit)ped

in

Heru-ts, and etleemed him for the

llnkoowrt God.

.

.AH!Jlf#n tie

Cdrtite,

it1

his

fecohd

Book

and

fifl.Q

~hapter,

reports,

that

FatT1er

Ylr:etftt d'e

Ya/1/et-de

celling

the

Kfug

At"hHalj)a,

that

1t

was Chrill our I..ord "'·ho

~ated

the

Wotld

~

be

anf

w~ed,,

that

he

khew

nothing of

that,

but

he

was fure

thac

there

was

no other

Noutifher

bat the

S,t1n,

whom they

efieemed

to

be a

God, :lttd

the

Eatth

theit

Moth~t; and. ~hat

Pdchatamttc

had

created

all things,

&c.

Whent~

lt

is

evident,

that the

Indidhs

held

our

ihV'l6ble

God to be che Creatour

cf

au

thittg~.

.

-. This !ruth

wt1ich

the

lhdi~m h~d

hy

the!

light

ofN~tur~ dlfcovered~

the

Devil

himfel~

thotigb

.rhe

F~thet

of

Ly~)

had

muc~

againll nis

Will

c0nfe1Ied

and con-,

firmed; .

for

"'.'hen he faw that

out.

Boly

Goij;el

Was

preached, and that

many

•ait.tns-wete

bap~d?i

he

told

forne

df

liis

Fcimillats

in

that

Vale, which is

now

.tilled the

Va~

of

rehatmJ!M,

(f6

hamed

from

that

famous

'temple which

is

theti!

dedicated

to ilie

Unknown

God,) that

the

God which the

SpaniardJ

p~thed

and.

he were. the fame, as

P~d1'o

d4

Ci6ca,

and

Geronimo

11.wan

in theit

Writitlgs

of

the

J!?eft-IndieJ

leport:

Howfoev€1' they are miaaken where

rhey

&y ,

that

the

I11tls°an1

gave

d:ie name .of

P11fhttcdlhac

to.the

Devil, for

whom

they

mV'e

abomet

Word, which

is

C11pdy;

_which

when

they

Utter,

they

fPit,

with

6t~ ~gns

of

Detefiatjon:

~ ~otwithftanding

this Enemy

fo

fa1

inlinuated him–

felf

Cl!11o~gft thef~

Infi.dels,

c)ittc

he-caufed himfelf co

Pe

woriliipped

by

chem by

e'tterll!g into.

all

thofe

thin~~

which they

called

facred, or

Holy;

fqr

he

fpake ,

co

t~elll

m theit

Oracles;

their

Tetnple~,

and the Corners of

their

Hoafes; calling–

hllnfelf

by t!1e

Natne

I

P~h

c

~mile~

.and

by

this

fubti1ty

th~

Indians .

worlhip–

Ped

every thing

t

ough

~hie

he

Devil

fpoke,

be~eving

it

co

be

a:

Deity

~

but

had they

.b.

heved tliat

1t

was

t

1)

or

Dev~;

whom th'ey heard ;

they

Would

~ettamly

have burnt the

through

which

he fpoke , as they now

~Y

th"God

s Mercy

do,

~ho

hath gtcruoufly

revealed and

ma:de h!mfelf known

to

em:

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