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Commentariei.
camac)
whom he h11tth fent to vi/it
14-'i
with vengeance and dcftruClion.
And
if
it 6e
{o,
hoth I and my Vi1f{als do offer our felvcJ to death,
ttnd
to what pnnifbment /oeveryou will
in–
flict
11pon
11-1;
not for fear,
ar
out of an) dread we have
of
your Menacu or Arms, hnt in
compliance with the Commands cnjoyned
iu
hy
1i!J
Father
Huayna Capac
at the time of his
dlath; which
wM,
that we jhould farve and hononr a Nation with Beards
lik!
your felvn,
which were to enter into thefc parts after hiulays, and
of
which he prophefiedfomeyears hefore
yo1tt ShipJ cMfted ahout our
ountrcy, and whom he declared to be Men
of
6etter Laws,
of
more refined CuftomJ, more
m'fe
and more valiant than our (elve.t.
-wherefore to
fulfill
t he Prophecy and Teft_Ament
of
my Father, -p,e fl;yle yo11
Viracochas,
Hnderftanding thereby, thatyou are the Meffengers
of
the Great God
rracocha,
who{e
Wi/l.
and Pleafare,
JU/f
Indignation, Arms and Power, we 11re unahle to refift; andyet we are aj–
fltred, that he
iJ
a/L Goodnefs and Mercy : And for that reafonyou, who are his Mtniftcrs
and Extetttioncrs of hiJ Will, 01,ght to abftain
from
fuch Rob6erieJ, Slaughter and Piolence.r,
tU
you have committed in
Tumpiz
and the adjacent CountrieJ.
Jn
the next place, ;·our Interpreter acquaintJ me of five great Perf on11ge1, whom I am to
ackpowledge,
The firft is God who is three and one, that is four, whom
JOH
call the Crea,..
tor of this Vniverfa; which perh11pJ may he the feme, whom we call
Pachacamac
and
i–
tlCO
ha.
The {econ;.
u
the Father of all Mank.ind, on whom all other Men have heaped
theiP Sin1.
The
third
)'OH
call
refiu
Chrijf, who
WIU
the one!J Perfon excepter/, who did not
caft
hw
Sins on the firft Man, b11t that he
tiyed.
The fa11rth
JOH
name
u
the Pope.
The
fifth
u
Charles,
whom, in comparifor, with other1,
JOH
call the
mo.ftPowerfult Monarch
of
the Vniverfe, and the Supreme Lord of all: B1tt then
if
Cha
rlesbe the Prince and Lord
of
the World, what need
wtU
therefor the Pope to give a new Grant, and another
Commiffi–
mi
to mak! War ttpon me, and Vfurp my Kingdoms ? for confaq11e1n!J the Pope muft he a grea–
ter Prince than he, and the
mo.Ifpowerfnll
of
41!]
in the World.
BHt I cannot but moj} ad ..
mire at what
JOU
fay,
that I am obliged to
pay
Trih11te to
Charles
onely, and not to others
;
the which you a/ledge without giving me any rea[on, and indeed I canmt conceive on wh1u /core
I am obliged to
pay
it;
for
if
I were bound to pay Trilmte and Servfre to any, methinkf
i"t
fho11ld be to that God, who,.JOU
fay,
created all things, and to that firft Man, who
WM
the
Father of all Manbind, and to that (ef
U4
Chrift -who had no
Sim
to z·mpHte unto him
;
and,
in fine,
ifTrib1~te
were to be given, it jhoHIJ. rather be unto the Pope, who hath Power And
Authority to difjofe
of
my Kingdoms, and
my
Perfon.
And
if
yo11
Jlt.J
that I owe nothing
11nto
any
of thefej I fhould imagine that I uwe much lefs ttnto
Charles,
who w& 11ever
Lord
<f
thefo Countries nor ever
[aw
them.
And
if
the Pope'
.t
Gr1mt andConcelfion be obligatory
to me, it were
JU.fland reafonable to declare
it
to me, before ou threaten me with
1Var,
and
Fire, and word, and De11th; for I am not
fa
void
of
1mderftanding and fmfe,
tU
11ot to
obey
the Pope, in cafe you can fhew me reafon, and 1uffice, a»d ctll!fe or it.
Moreover,
I
dejire to be informed who that good
.lt~1111
ref114
hrjft
w1u, who,you fay, ne–
ver laid hu ins on another, bHt that he d ed.
I wo11LJ glad!J
k!,1ow,
whether he dyed
of
4
1utt11ral death, or by the hands of his Enemies; and whether he wtU 1111mbred amo11gft
the
Gods before his death, or afterward1.
.Andfarther I dejire to be informed, whether thefe five which yo1t highlj honour, are adored
hy
you for Gods; for
if
it be
Jo,
you hold more for GodJ, than we, who ack,.nowledge no other
than the
Pachacamac,
who
£1
the Supreme,
and
the un, who
is
inferiour to him, and the
Moon, who is his Sifter and rPife.
In which doHbtfull f2.!!.eftions I heartily dejire to be
tnt!J
refolved
by
fame other more able and f aithjttll lnterprete-t", that
fa
I may
be made mqre
cnpab/t therehy to k.._now
1111d
oheyyo11r
Wilt
and Commandt.
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