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R.-oyal

Commentariet.

the

H1tanacm

and

Vi'cimna,

(which is a Mountain Goat, from whence they have

the

Bez.ar-

íl:one,) as alfo Par,tridges, and ali forc,s of other Fowl; and though the

havock which che

Spaniard,

have made hath deíl:i:oyed al! che.Game in chofe

pares, yet in the place ~hereof tbey have planted Vm~, and Fru1c-crees, and Su–

gar-canes, which is-tbe ~mprovern~nc they have tru:de

that quarter. The_other

Mouncain to che Weíl: 1s not fo h1gh, or lofty, bemg not above a League m the

afcent. Ac the fooc thereof runs the plent~full River of

Yucay,

deep, and nbt ra–

pid,

bue pafling with a frnooth and g~tle Current, a_nd therefore ab?und, wich

great quancities of excellent

fifh,

and

frequen~ed w1th Hearn~, »'1ld-DuG:ks,

and all forts ofWater-fowl.. Thofe that .were kck at

Couo,

whKh

a cold and

íharp Air, and rherefore not

proper for infirm Bodies ufually reforted rhither ro

recover rheir healchs;

rhat there

now no

Spaniard

who lives at

Couo,

and

efieemed a Man of an Eíl:ate, but who hath a Country-houfe, or fome poífeflion

'in that Val.ley. .This

Inca Viracocha

had a pat1tiallar cfo~gbc and affedion for that

;lllace; and therefor-e baile feveral Houfes diere, both for oíl:encacion, and for plea–

fure.

He enlarged che Temple ofthe 'Sun, ,b(i)th

che

Buildi.ng

, ·and a,Jfo i.n the ,rmm–

ber of Servants and Officers, endowing ic with a Revenue agreeable to che

En–

Jargement. And as all the

lncM

conceived a partkular Veneration, and Devotion

,for thac Temple,

Vrimocha

feemed more fenG.bly affeéted from his religious fer–

vour

that Spiric which appeared to_him.

CH A P.

XXVIII.

1he Name which

Viracocha

·gave to his Eldefl Son; and

his Prophecy concerning the lnvafion of the

Spaniards.

E have feen aireadyby what hath preceded, in what manner

.Piracocha

paf.

fed fome years, and in what tranquillity and proípericy he governed his

Empire.

e áre now

ff~eak of his Children and Family ; his Eldeíl: Son was

born of

Coya M ama Runtu,

who was his Siíl:er, and trile and lawfull Wife; he was

at firfr called

Titu Manco Capac,

though afterwards by the laíl: Will and Appoinc–

rnent ofhis Father, rhis Name was changed to

Pachacutec,

which fignifies as rimch

,as one who fubverts che World, or turns it upfide clown; and though it was com-.

,moaly taken

the worH fenfe, for fome alteration from bad to worfe, yer it

faid he was fo affeéted with this

ord, that he was deftrous to nave called

him–

felf by thác Name; but in regard that .che Name of

Viracocha

was fo dilated ovet

all Countries, aod che Voices of' che people fo accuíl:omed to it; rhat he could

not aífume thac Appellation to himfelf, yet he was defirous to communicate ic to

-~i~ Son, being;. as he believe~, a me~ns to keep alive_ the memory of the Appa–

nt1on, and the renowned Aéhons of h1s Father.

Acofta

mtbe 20th Chap. of bis

6th

Book faich, " That the people were fo much fcandalized at the Name of

Viracocha

" which this

Inca

took to himfelf, becaufe it was the proper name ofGod tha;.

" he was forced to clear himfelf of this prophanation, by faying chat the Spirit

.,, which appeared to him in bis Dream, had commanded him

cake thac Name

·" and Tirle upon himfelf: And that the

lnca Pachacuti,

who fucceeded him was

-~' a great Souldier and Politician, having invented many fuperíl:itious rites ~hich

" he iQtroduced into che Worfhip of their Religion_; which are che words with

which

cofta

concludes that Chapter: All which

in confirrnation of.whac I

have faid, namely, that a Vifion appeared to him in his Dream; that he cook

the Name ofthat Apparition, and thac afcerwards he gave the Name of

P11chacu-

rec to

the Son w_ho fucceeded him.

,The