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BooK

I.

Royal

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.ft

Powerfult Monarch

of

the Vniverfe, and the Supreme Lord of all: B1tt then

if

Cha

rles

be 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.If

powerfnll

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.fl

and 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.

CH·

AP~

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