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Rüyal
Commentaries.
. BooK
V.
Name from the Cannon and Guns chey uíed, which they raking to be Lightning
and Thunder believed rhem Gods, by whoíe hands th~y were uíed. '
BIM
Palera
interpreting ~his word, fays, thac it fignifies a De~cy, which comprehends che
Will and Power of a God
1
nouhat rhe word dtJtb properly fignifie
fo
much,
bue
chat ic is a Name which tlie
lndians
found out to give to tbis Apparition;
which chey Woríhipped in che fecond place to che Sun, and after thac they Ada-
red cheir Kings and
Inw,
as if chey had been Gods. ,
.
Je is diipucable whether the
Inca
finacoc1'a
was niore atlmired for
his
Viétoty, .or
for his Dream ; bue certain ic is, chac he was
fo
reverenced for ,,both, thac they
eíleemed him for a God, and adored him as one exprelty fent from the Sun to
fave bis Family, and
the
Divine Off-ípring from utter ruine; and becau[e chat
by
him
che Imperial City, the Temple of che Sun, and the Convent of che Seleél:
Vitgins Were preforved ~.he was afcerwards Worfnipped with·grearer oíl:enfaciofi
aHd hórlóur, than any
1
~ther
of
his ~i;iep~ P'rogenitors, And
thoagh
chis
lnc11.
~nde'avodued to perfüade his Subjeéts to transfer the.Honour
whkh
theygave
to
· bim, hmo
His
Uncle, th<ll Vifion which appeared.
to
him
r
iyet
fo
far
w.aschis de..
votion .inRxed in theír tninds, chac 1tQ€Y <i'.ould not
1
be diverted from
pérfotming
Divjaerhlonoms towards him, umilLat Jtmgth they..compounded for their fuper–
fiitioriJ
iarl<l!
~agtd:ed to impatt and dcyide theili Woríhip equally betwéen chem
~
and where~s
tM~y
bad bóth the fame Name, they {hould Adore chem together
1m<!ler1olueLfafue Ticle·itnd Notion: And for this reafoA the
Inca Psracoéha
(as
we
fhalUíereafter:itnemtiiori) ereéted
a
Temple
in
Honour.and Mertio11y-of bis
llncle
Pi.tdcffcha
;
in which,alfo his own Fame was cdebrated1
.
·
·
· We rhay believe Ghac
the
Davil, who is a cunningSophiíter, did appear to
díe
Pdrfoe
itlNr íleeping or waking in chac
Figure ;
chough the
Jndi1m1
confidently
r-e!llort thac the Prince.was wak~g, and thac chis Apparition pre[emed ic frlf to
him
as
he lay rep0fing. Lúmfelf unrlev the íhadow of a Rock : We
roa.y
imagine
alfo cl'lac chis Enemyr0fMahki'nGi playttl chis tt-i'ck to delude che Wr©'rld, ·and con•
firm·t'he-~ucfumity of:uhadclolacPous Cuperfütion, whichlhe had already planted
in che rninds of ,chis, peóple: che
iw.híth
,feemed che mgfr plaufible way that
he
couldipr,01t:eed;
füi; :tha~
in regarq
it
foundation
was
alteady laid
of
che
lndlan
Em–
pirn, Hmd,,rhat
by
,the Confücacions of
it,
che
lncM
were to be the Lawgivers, and
the Oraóles of their' Religion; and that they were to be believed, and eíl:eemed,
at1d ·0beyed
fot
GGcd.9;
whacfoever tomribmed to this end, and to augmehc
ihe
repqtatJion .and fa11fücy.,of
1
che
Incas,
was
a
point gained towards che advancement
o
f chis,Gcrritilifm ;. of which, rhough there
go
many Scories, yec non€ is re-,oumed
bphem·vv~th nhad admiration, as-this Apparition,of
Yirdaocha,
wh0'(01t1ing
witfi
the pdpular charaéte 0f an Aliye
ta
che Sun, arid Brother to che
Incas :
And
ha–
ving ene good fon.une
to
have his Dream copfirmed with the
fucaefs
of
a
Vietdty,
carried
fo
much
f
orce of belief with it, chat
ón
all octafion-s .rfcetwards of cheir
diíHefs, they had·
1le-fourfe.cohis Temple,
where che Oracle was confülted, and
c:lireótions taken
fot che tnanagemerit of
che.iraffairs. This is chat imagioary-
6mll
Virdcoéha,
pf which fomeWricers te
porr, that the
lndian,
eíl:eemeci hitn
for–
their principal God,
to
whom chey were rnore devoced chao to
ch€
Sun : Bue
tlfis
is t:er.tairily a mih:áke, ami ferved onely
fot
a piece offlacte'ry
to,
che
Spliniar,b,
chaé
they ri1ight believe chey gave them che fame Title ah~ Name, as they did
to
thelt
chiefeíl: God : bue
ih
realircy chey Adored no God With fuch dev-0.tion ~s chey did'
rhe Sun, ( unlds
it
,..,,he ché
Pachllc11mac)
which they,taUed che 'út'.iknown Goia :
Foras tq che
Spanídrds,
they gave thell! at firíl: the Titld
Gf
Ghilciten to the
Sun,
·in fuoh tnanner as
they
did to che Apparition
nrAaóth1·
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