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Royal Commentariu.
BooK
III.
All which they did not eíl:eem for Gods, but regarded them as Servants of the
Sun
as the Ancients did, who fanfted the Thunderbolc to !;,e the Arms of
¡-upi–
m
·'
and for that reafon tbey allotted them L0dgings in the Temple of the Sun
the'
which were adorned
ali
over with Gold: howfoever they formed no Statu~
or Reprefentation
(!f
them, becaufe rhey kne_w ~ot how_ to ~ecypher any Si~li·
rude
or
Hieroglyphick
to
exprefs rhem : This triple ftgmficatLOn of
Y/lapa
the
Spa–
nifh
Hiíl:orian~ have ~ot uoder:fiood, (o: ifthey h_ad, t_h~y mighc have m~de a pro·
per ufe ofit, mmaking our word
Tnmcy
more mrell1gible
to
the capaCity of the
Jndians,
than by fome orher lefs Ítgnificant terms which they have ufed and framedf
but have not reached che Imagioation or Genius of chat People. Thus much
write, and as I have often faid, fo I fiill aver the fame
to
be true, becaufe I have
fucked it in with my milk, and have heard ir from my Anceíl:01m; and as to
orher matters concerning the Thunder) we refer the Reader to what we have
al-
ready declared.
·
The founh Chamber they'dedic;ited to che Rain-bow, becaufe they app,r,ehen–
ded it
to
be a Ray, or Emiftion from che .S1,1n, and
for
th,at reafon rbe
InctU
placed
ic
in
their Arms, or Scutcheons,
as
a badge of their
,Fami.lyand All.iance ;
tlús
Chamber was alfo furniíhed with Gold, and on tbe
W alis aRainbow was pain–
ted very nacurally, with ali ics colours, which reached from one fide to ~he other;
che
lndians
call it
Cuyrhu,
and have it in fuch Veneration, thac w]ien they fee
ic in che
Air,
they íhuc their Mouchs, and clap their Ha:nds before ic;
k–
caufe they have an opinion, that
if
che Rainbow íhould difcover cbeir Teech,
his Influences would fpoil them, and caufe rhem to rot; the ,"7hich was one
amongíl: their vulgar Ei;rours, which they held without any reafon, o,r founda-
tion for ir.
'
There was moreover a fifch and
la_íl:
Charnber appropriat~d to the Higb-Priefr,
and other inferiour Prieíl:s under him,
wha
attended
on
rhe
tetvice
of
che Temple,
who were all
lnca,s,
de[cended
from
the Roya-! Bloud
! '
This Charuber was noc
ordained for a room to íleep or eat in,,
\Juc
for
a
place of audience, or confulratiÓn
fa
what manner
co
regulare the Sacr_ifices_, aíld
a-11
other mattérs apperc.ai.oing t~
the
Services of che Temple; t:he which Chamber, as ali che others, was furnifhed
and adorned with Gold from rhe top to the bottom.
.fl
CH A P.
XXII.
1)
O.f
the Name of the High Prieft, and of 01her
parts
ofthis
.
fl.oufe.
T
HE
S.paniards
cal_] the High Priefi
Pilaoma,
by
conuption of the true word
riflac Vmu-,
wh1ch is C?m~ouode9
?ÍPi!La,
w'hich
fignifies as muchas
to
fpeak Or ¡~ttef; and
Z-:mH,
?'h1~h
0
lS
~?
d1vme
Ül'
foretell;
a5
if
We fhouJd
ray,
a
Soothfayer~ or 0ne skilf~ll mDmn~non; not that he
is
to declare bis own fen(i~
menes, b~t fuch as br
~IS
freque~c rn~ercourfe and communication wirh the Sun)
and by vmue and ~nvilege of h1s Pnefihood, he íhall ihave received from him
~amely, ali_ thofc F~bl~s which
.t6:e
~evils !~ave uttered chrough the Organs ofchei;
Ido!~, or by fecr-et vo~ces, foi.mdmg_ ~n theu: Sanétuaries, or by the Iooerpretation
of
Di:eams! or
fue~
kind of f1werílmous Rites, have all been eíleemed oraculous
an9 myíl:enous fuy1ngs, conveyed
to
them by the Adminifüatioos
of
the High
Pneft.
·
Of