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BooK
V.
Royal
Commenta,rier.
CH A P.
XXIII.
Of
a fainous Piélure
;
and of
the Reward which
WtU
given
to thofe whó
af!ifled the Princ<;.
I
N. this our difcourfe concerni~g
Viracocha,
we mu~ not ~mit to ad_d ho~ much
Joyed and pleafed he was w1th the new Adorat1on and Worfh1p which e~
Indians
gave him ; fo that he did noc·think
fit
to
terminare che Magnificenre'éf
his Royal Mind
with
che fiarely Struéture of this Temple onely, bue tq,éxtend
hi.5 Aéts and Monu~enc.s wich greacer glory to pofreri_ty; and
to
dús
'rpofe he
caufed an Emblem to be drawn, reprefencing che low and mean
fi ·
1t of his fa–
ther, and the generofity of bis own mind , ordering it to be
mted on one ·of
thofe many Rocks, amongíl: which bis Facher abfconded him elf, wh~n for fear
of che
Chancas,
he abandoned and forfook bis Cicy. The Emolem was of two
Birds, which che
Jndians
call
Cuntur,
which are Fowl of fuch large fprnading
Wings, cha
e
chey meafure,five
Y
ards from .che end of one Pinion, to ene tip of
che ocher : they are Birds of prey, and fo very fierce, chat Nature denied them
Talons to cheir feet, giving them onely Claws, like thofe of a Hen; but their
Beak is fo firong and fharp, that wich'one nip they are able totear out che Skin
i
of
a
Bullock ; and cwo of them are fufficient to
kill
an
Ox,
as if they were
Wolves.
.They are of a brownifh colour, wich whice Spots, like Pyes. Two
Birds of this fort he ordered to be painced , one of.chem wich bis Wings clofe
clapped togeth~, bis Head íhrung
in,
anti drooping, like an affi-ighced Hen, which
hides it felf, wich its Beak curned towards
Collafuyu-,
and its Tail rowards
Co:u:o:
the other Bird was on che concrary painced in' aRampanc manner, with ics Wings
extended, hovering on the Wing, and ready to fioop_at its Prey. The
_Jndian.r
fay, that the
firíl:
ofchefe reprefented the Father in his rimorous and dejeéted con–
dicion; and che other was die Emblem of
Viracocha,
under the cove:·ng ofwhofe
Wings the City and Empire was fecured and defended.
TtiisPiél:ure,
in
the
Y
ear
1
58
o,
was in being, and very perfeél
~
and
in
the
Y
ear
J
595,
I
asked a certain Priefr which was born there, and who carne from
Peru
in–
to
Spain,
if he had feen it, and in what condicion it
was?
and he told me, that
¡e
was fo defaced by Rain, and the weather, none taking care to preferve ir, chat
ic
was
fcarce difcernible whac it was ; che which was che fate and misfortune alfo
of divers other Antiquities in that Countrey.
.
·
·
The
Inca Viracocha
having in chis manner obtained a fupreme and abfo!ute Do–
rninion over ali his Subje&, being infinitely beloved, and reverenced, and adored
by them
as
aGod; bis greatWork at the.beginning of his Reign, was to Eíl:abliíh
his
Dominions in perfeét peace and tranquillicy for the good ana benefit of all
bis
Subjeéts.
·
.
In
order unto whicb, the
firíl:
thing he did was to gratifie and reward all fuéh
wich Favours-andHonours who had ferved him in che late War, and caken Arms
·in
his
af
fiíl:ence again{l:'his Rebellious Subje&; and herein a more particular no–
tice was
taken.ofche
fl?,echuas,
who belonged ·co t~e <;:_ouncries o(
Cotapam_Pa,
and
Cotanera
; for mregard that chey had been very afüvé m promoung the mterefi:
ofthe.
Inca,
and unanimouíly arofe in Arms für his Aid and Defence ; -he beíl:owed
on them che privilege of wearing their Hair íhorn, and cheir Heads bound with
JheWrea_th, and of having their Ears boared after che manner of che/mas, though
the boles of the Ears were not to be fo wide as cheirs, bue proporcioned to füch a
ftze
as
the firíl:
Inca, Manco Capac,
had or_dained.
_
To ocher Nations he beffowed Privileges of different Natures, as were moíl:
agreeable to cheir Countrey, and Conditions ; and
ip
fine, ever'y one remain
ingentirely fatisfied and concented , he vifüed his feveral Kingdoms, affording
co
h.ispeople the fatisfaétion of beholding bis Perfon, which their Eyes fo much
longed to fee ; ¡md of whom
fo
many Wonders and Miracles were recounted,
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