4000003871

Royal

Commentaries.

" Woríhip · and to íhare a prop:>reion of the veneration which was owing

'~ him

the ~nely God, unto che ::,un, to the Thunder, and ocher Creacures who

" had no other Being, Verme and Beauty, but fuch ªs they received from him ;

'' and that therefore he was now come to make known to him , thac his Habita–

" tion was in Heaven where he was Worfhipped under che Title

ofViracocha Pa–

chayachachic,

which íignifies che Univerfal Creatour of all things. And that

" they might be affiired of che cruth hereof; and chat it was no Dream, or idle

'' fancy, he promifed to raife him People and Armies by his Omnipotenc power;

" and chat chough the

Chanw

were numerous and viétorious, yec he would fend

'' him inviíible Troops, and fuch as íhould not be known from whence chey carne,

" íhould aid and fuccour him againíl: his Enemies. With chis aífurance and belief

'' he raifed bis Men, which Aocked to him in chofe Numbers, rhat he obtained

" a Viétory; and afcerwards depofing both his Facher, and his Eldet Brother, he

" made himfelf ~bfoluce and Sovereign Prince of che Empire.

-From che time

" of which Viétory he Eílablifhed aLaw, chat

Viracocha

íhould be Worfbipped

" and Adored as che fole and Supreme Lord of the Univerfe ; and chat che Ima–

,, ges ofche Sun andThunder íhould bow before

bis

ldol, and doe him reverence

" and from chat time afcerwards che Image of

Vzracoch.c

was exalted above chofe

" of tñe---Sun and che Thunder, and che othe~ Minor

GHaca1,

or Lictle Deities.

'' And chough chis

Inca Tupanqui

did affign, and fet out Lands and Flocks for the

" maincenance of the Sun and Thunger.; yet he made no Eíl:ablifhmenc for rhe

Vir11cocha,

,by

reafon chac he being·che U-ni\f'erfal Lord, and Creacour of

ali,

con–

tained All-fufficiency wichin himfelf, having no need of fupplies from che Crea–

~' cures which his Power had made.

" Afcer chis Baccel was ended wirh Signal Viél:ory over che

Chanw,

he decla.:

" red to his Souldiers, chat

was noc by cheir Force and Valour chat cheir Ene–

" mies were fubdued, bue it was by the Aid and Affiílence of Numbers of Men

" wich greac Beards, which che

Viracocha

had fenc to fighc for chem, and char chey

" were inviGble to all, bue to himfelf: And thac now cheirWork being finifhed

" chey were rerurned again to their former invifible Beings, and Nacure ofScones;

" Howfoever, ic feemed neither decenc, nor convenien_t

omic due.acknowledg–

" menes, even to chofe infenGble Beings, which none bue he could know ; and

" therefore going into che Mouncains, he caíl up heaps of Stones, which he cul–

" led and feparaced wich his own hands from che refr, fetting them up for

GHaw

'' or Demi-gods, commanding Adoracion and Sacrifices to be offered to chem,

" calling chem by che Name of

PururaHcas,

che which chey carried with chem e~

'' che Wars wich greac devotion. And fuch credic did this Fable gain

their

" minds, thac by force of chis fuperíl:itious impreffion, chis

Inca

obcained many

greac and fignal Viétories. Thus far are the Words of

Aco.fta,

which agree in the

fubfrance wich whac we have before relaced ; bue as to whac he alledges concern–

ing che Irnage of

Viracocha,

chat it was exalced above che Idol of che Sun ; it was

a novelty, and new manner of Worfhip incroduced by che

lndian1,

in compliance

wich che

Spaniard1 :

For-ic is amiíl:ake to conceive, thac they apprehended any no–

cion of the Name of God, wich a peculiar refpeét of his Supreme and Omni¡:,o–

tent Eífence , for chey had no conceic of any bue of two Deities, one was che

invilible and unknown, which was che

Pachacamac;

che ocher was the Sun, which

was clear and apparent

che íighc of the Univerfe ; bue as co

Viracocha

and

ocher

IncM,

they eíleemed them as Children, and Off.fpring of che Sun.