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V.
Royal Coml entarier.
The Name ,of the Queen was
Mam11, R.ltntu
,
which Word
R.Jmtu
fignifies an
Egg,
fo
called, becaufeof the whitenefs ofher Face being perhaps fairer than the
Women commonly are of that Countrey.
The
Jndiam
report, that1his
Viracocha
was the Aut~our of the Prophecy which
foretold the InvaGon of
tlre"!S'paniardr ,
:md .was confetved amongíl: the Archives
ofthe Kings of
Peru:
which was,
«
Thac ata certain period of Years after the
" fucceffion of fucha number ofKings, chere íhould come a fort of people from
'' far remote Coumries, never feen, or known befare
in
chofe Regioas, who íhould
'' take away their Religion, and fubvert their Empire. The fubíl:ance of which
Prophecy was contained in two füch obfcure Sentences, as were difficult to be ex–
~lained or interpreted. The
Indians
fay, thac chis
Inca,
afcer che fuccefs and veri–
ncation of his Dream , became che Oracle of Mankind ; for thac che
Amauta. ,
who were the Philofophers
"OÍ
thofe times, as
alfo
che High Pri'eíl:, an.q_ rhe moft
Ancient Elders
df
che Temple of che 'Sun; wmb wert:: the Magici?ns, rhat prefa–
ged ofthings to come, did often interrogate ,him ,con~emiqg bis Dr<¡am,
a(i)d
of
Cornees feen in che Heavens, as al[~ of Diyinati?ns
_by
,tlaf; ~ying-anq fjngit1g of
Birds, and of feveral ocher fuperlht1ous ílrpgnoíhcatIC>ns ~ hich chey,!Jlat!e from
their Satriñces, ·ancl Entrails of Beafis; and to all che RefpoAfes w.hich
/1/iracqcha
rnade
to
their Enquiries, they yielded entire F!1ith and Credence
1
eAeemi0g
him
the
Oratle, and chief in Divination:
\Vhat he delivered in tris lrl'anne,I') was
judged worthy to be conferved by Tradition·in the memory -of cheir Kings ónely;
and tbat the knowledge of
fudi
divine Revelations was .noc to be macle com–
mon, or prophaned by-,the Difcourfe of the People; for thac it· was ñot
fit
for
them to
be
pre-acquainted wi~h the times and feafons, when their ldolatrous Wor–
ihip íhould have an end, and che Empire
be
overchrown, and the Divinicy ofthe
·
Inca.
queíl:ioned, and changed into tne fiare and common condition·of humane .
kind.
}:or which reafon diere was no farcher rnention mtlde of chis.Prophecy,
· untill che time of
H11ayna.Capitc,
who revealed it openly a little before bis Deatli,
as we íhall hereafter declare more at large; though fome Hiíl:otians rna_ke bue a
íhort tale of
it,
and fay, that a God which the
Indians
woríhipl)ed, called
Ticd
·
Yiracocha,
delivered this Prophecy. But for what I have delivereci herein, I have
che authority of an old
Inca,
whom I have often heard recount che Fables and
Antiquities of their Kings in prefence ofmy Mother.
,
And in regard the·coming of che
Spaniards
into
Peru ;
and the Conqueft of
it by them ; the deíl:ruél:ion of their ldolatry, and che preaching ofche Gofpel of
Chriíl: in tho[e pares, <lid correfpond with the Prophecy of
Piracocha;
the
Indians
did cherefore give che Name of
Viracocha
to che
Spaniards,
fanfying them to be
Sons of that imaginary God, whom he had purpofely. fent (as we have already
faid) to relieve tne
Inca.
from the Oppreffion,and Violence of che cruel Tyrant.
Thus we have curforily touched on chis wonderfull Pr.ophecy, which for many
years had been revealed to che
Inca-Kings;
and which was afcerwards accompliíh–
_ed in ·che Reigns of
Huafcár,
and
Atah11alpa,
which were g(eat Grandchildren
to
the third Generation to chis
Inca Viracocha•
.
.
,