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R
al
Co1nmenta1
ies.
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they h:id of the, , u n an o inion that they were come from H
ven :
"hich particular we ha
e
already de lared , and fee forth
at
arge.
e
a
nm
to tell you the reafon of that na e of
1ra ocha ,
gi
en
by
them
c
the
Span•–
ards,
"hich
\:
as
this:
o foon
as
they
fai\
the
Spa11i.1rd1
i
their
ountre} "ich
that Beard and Habit , in \:
hich
the
Ph
ant
fme ap eared
to
their
I nca Viraco:lu
the \\ hich Ap arition the
Indians
e er afrenvard adored
for
a
od,
a
he de l e
?
"mfelf to be. And
that
when fome time after they a\\ that the
SpaniaraJ
had
ar:
their firfl: entrance taken
A tahualpa
Prifoner, and in
a
few
da} afterwards ad ut
him
to
death by
form
of Law, and in
fuch
manner
a ·
due
ro
Mun h e and
Malefacrours, and had at his Execution, by the Voice of a
rier,
u
lifhed the
Tyrannies, Cruelties
a~d
Treafon againfi
Huafcar ,
for '
hich he fuffered ; rhey
were then really convinced, that the
Spaniards
\
'ere ons of the
od
Vtrncocha ,
and were cfefcended from their Father the un, to punifh
Atahunlpa
for
his
Crimes
and
to
revenge upon
him
the Bloud of his Brother, and of all that Family. And
' .hat did moreover confirm this Belief,
~ere
the Cannon and Mufquets \\'ruch
the
Spnniards
ufed, and
hich
the
Indians
rook for eroper Arms and Ammunition of
the un, giving them the name of
Y!lapa,
which hgnlfies Thunder, and Lightning,
and Thunderbolts. And
to
the
ame of
Vfracocha,
they added the
Title
of
Inca,
a
properly belonging
to
them on fcore. of
the
Relation they had to the
un their
Father, from whom they defcended; the
which
Title they gave
to
all
the
n–
que ours of
Peru,
from the firft, v ho entred
ith
Francifco Pifarro,
to rhofe
\~ ho
came in
ith
JJ/magro,
and
aften\ ards with
Don
Pedro
de
A lvarado,
all
whom they
adored
for
God ; the
hich
Efieem and
eneration for them continued
unrill
the Covetoufnefs, Luxury, Cruelty
and
everity
\ ich
\: hich in
:ubarou
manner many of
them
treated the poor
Indians,
di[co ered the
faHiry
of
this \ ain
Opinion, and opened
their
Eyes; giving them to underftand, that
fuch as '
ere
fo
different
in
the· Moral
and
in
all their Aetions to their ancient
l ncM,
could
not
be
defcended from
the
Sun, and confequently could not
merit the
Tide of
b rca
;
ho foever they continued
the
ame of
PiracfJCha.,
for the fimilimde they had in
their Habit, and Beard to the Phantafme, or Apparition. Thus did the
Indinm
judge of thofe
paniard.t
~ho
were cruel, and
ill
narured
to
them, callin
them
Cupny,
\.\
hich
is
the
ame they give to the De
il;
but on the contrary,
fuch a
ere gentle, kind and compaffionate to ards them, they not onely
c
nfi r ed
their
form r
Titles \ hich they had given them, but added thereumo fuch
ther
ompellation
a
they attributed t
their King , as
Ynt1pchurin,
hild
f rhe
un,
H anc· chacutf_J
a
LO\ er
of
the
poor ; and when they would higher
e
alt the Goo -
nefs and
errue of tho[e
Spaniard1,
who
t
eared them kindly, they called chem
the ons of Go , \ hich when they would
,, prers in
p.mifh ,
for the
ame of
od '
bich
i
D io1,
th y would
ronounce
it
Thu,
becaafe the Letter
D .
i
not
in
t e
I ndian
Langua
e.
o
T i1ljpachurin
·
\\
ith
them the on of God rhough
in
thefe times by l
rniog
the
panifh
Tongue, they are con,e
to
a
teer renuncia-
tion.
uch H
n ur
and
eneration did thefe oor
Indtam
fhe\ at
the
innin
o hofi
paniua1
\\
h
\
ere
co
Jffionate,
and
good natured
t
:ard
them, an
he ke r
file
d
th
y
fti .
Je
r
to
'ard
the
1
er
,
a ,,. lI as
0
e
a~uJa
in \
rn
1ey
o fer\i e the
b
6
u1
e~
of ertue
t0
01ine ' irh
omi!i
1
and
1~-
r
eneE,' irhout
Jrice or
L tL
ury · for
c
e
I ...d,am
a -e na ·
rall of
a
~o
d
1fi
olt–
rion,
ery
meek n
l
umhle
or
ial r
their
enefac
ours,, and
g··are u
for che
l aft E
vour or ood
they
recei e. The
which natural
ro
enel~
to
make ac'-n ' -
le
menr for
goo
ffi
e
done,
t
ey
deri
1
ed
fr0m
e
a
.r
en
u(
om
of
their
1
ing
' ·hofe
rudi
' · re
for
r e pu lick ' e!
f
re
f }
eir
eop
e
h '
wl
ic
l
chey
me
·i red
al
thofe
rnames
of
en
·
Jrcr·
ce
d
ir
~
e o
chem.
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