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BooKVI.

Royal Commentarie.r.

tho[e blelfmgs, which the vigilance and ingenuicy of che

Inca

beíl:owed on his

Vaífals.

is hete to be noteci., chac

the

Jndiam,

who inhabited along the Coaíl: for the

fpace of almoíl:

500

L~a~ues, e,ctendiqg ·from

Trsgif!o

Yarapaca,

which is the

ucmofi border North and Somh of

Peru,

generally adored and worfhipped the Sea

for God, ( unlefs

were fome petty Ido!, or diminutive God, which was peculiar

,to_

fhe P.rovince) by reafon t~a.t the Sea fed and full:ained them -~ith Fiíh for their

nouriíhment, and thre,w up vafr qu. antities of Pilchards,

wfoh.

the Heads of which

they dunged their Lands, ( as we h,ave faid befare) !;>y ,reª-fon of wJ1i,ch benefits

~hey gave it the Name of

M11macocha,

or Motber-fea. They likewi[e adored the

Whale for ics vaíl: bulk and bignefs ; and fome Prdvinces adored chis, and others

that

forc

of Fiíh, as they were moíl: plentifull, and yielded mofi benefit to the

Na.ti

,~ ..,

.1ihíSJW$S,

in Jhorc,.

th!:,lPG>J:am~m

a~Jjgi9",rpf

tJ~e .Tun¡a,1,

~(ore the

ti.m,~

t:1f

1:he

lflw,

.or

.that

truiy

@n;ie

to,Jli#y~ 'Ri;II~

an9-

pm¡.,~~

,9-y~r fuem.

• 1

'íTh.e

,allies

Tca

¡¡nd

Pifa,o

.b<xmg-,t-h~

r~U§e9) .

thelnc¡is

-~il!?~tq1~'4

tr~¾

P\!llJa

moos

itlne.

great,and

po"feyfüJl

V~Uey

Chv,¡6ha,

ff9_

qilje~

fro,m,(ffai¡¡rh,qfatytt,,

wh1ch

tO.rlec9L~h~

fout

.quaner5 ioto

Vlilii,c~.díie

lnc(-ls

p~r,ided --¡:he-ir

fmp¡rn)

r~–

aLJiring

thªfu,_,;ejj:}¡¡~r

,pl·YJ

óh,e¡r

~d.i~q~

r9 ,

lflfff

f-¡/é!Jaf4,t,ec,

w,ho .was

~hild

theSuo,

o.th©

rwife ,:opr~p¡¡¡'.eJh~feyi\le?

:-for.VV~

r,J

<}nd,¡9r~nd_Ah~¡

Gaufe and (:;ouni:rew

w,ith their Ar.imsi:

B1,1t

.too·

¡peo¡;,l~.

;C&

,nc.ha

.~nfÚÍipg

th1:ir N;Urobem, f<lnd i:iuffic:Lury)

w.ti:

ch:an opi,niQJl

th©i,r Qrg;verr ..

;ialil,d:pkilf

;in W_¡¡r;

r~n1nie,d

ilfl

'anfwer

.of

D.effan.ce

'.;

thát

:t:h~y W:(j)qld

.neJt]1er r.e~~ivr

m§__

Soo

fgr ~he~r

Go~ nor the

Inca

for_their King;

JJ1ar

th~ Sea was

,t,ljl~,I):irty,

w&_i~ij

iFi~y

~acj,

!J\(;)J¼

reafon

1t-0.

Adore; m-regarcl Jt (upplied thQm with-,FW1-for

i~~~~-

~0Mrif1íJ1Jtnt;

:;i@.d was in ~t:h!:l.r particuJ:aus amd infiances rhe mo{l: u¡(e,f91l _arlcj b~Qefi~iªl;

wh}'.naJi

t_he

Sµn on da.e !Dther fide fc.x:m:ched, thejr Qil1;1ntrey, a11d p~rcJ;1ed and torm~nted

their

Bcxlks·

cha,t they

wiíhe<d

·rarh~r c9

liveJ~ll)O~~,

foon;i him, than·to b~

troubled Wit'h tke

i11conveJJienc.es

ef bis NfjghboJirhoosl ;

.t.h

-per;lr-

p_;;

rnjgpt

be a mor.e proper God for

cho[~

who Jnbabit dile ~olq

Clim.at~

s uod~r th~ from.1:1

ZoMS ;

-b.ut

,themfew_es, h1s Rays

and

Prefegc~ w~re offeníiv:e.

Tbat

-as cGi ·

che King, .théy'

mad

Na1iur.al

Prinai:

ch~ir @Wn,

w.ho!

J,1 th.(ry foiecl, ang 'wo!,],ld

lilOt part witm for aU the rae..€ ,and lineage of ;ttle SMn ; aqcl for the~r

A1m~,

-,rh,ey ·

were a,lways readiy

be employed agaiin0:

thofe

w.h0

prpv9ked the.i,r _P·:J.·(l;fon, or

in:fringed ,theirr Liber~y, or -imvaded their C0UJi!tt:ey or d,efe~f€d their -G99.s

th~

c:hief and prirn,ipal of which

w.as

called

Chincha 911-mac,

wJ¡¡o was t}:ie :Maker

and

Confervatór of

Ohinca,

a God

powerfo.H, chat tbe

ln;fts

w0u.Jcj

do,e

JYfll

t;O

.con–

G.cle.r how they .pi;oroked or

,iflj¡¡¡11ed

·th€ !wlg of

Chinchff,

w.bo

'13/as ful'),P,Orted

the Pwvid!enc;e

'of

thait p_ower..fu.lLGºcl.

The

Naitives Qf,1his (;oQntr~y clo like–

wiíe mlich avail themfolves on

ca'

T,l'acfü1on, that their }:,(j)refatbers carne; fror,n a

far.Ca11¡nnrey, '(though tlney domt fay wh~n,c€) undis'll t·he·Condµét

of_á

valiant

anal rdigious Gem~rá!l,

by,

fürce of whoíe Ar:rns .they,· conquen~d -th:¡.t .Coµn~rey;

b.y deílroying aU ohe

peopk,

wl1ich ~ere ilie .na:tural.ln.babitants ;of_it not

füf~.

ijiliing one of them -to,fütvive, becaufe they were a v:ile. ao.d bmti~ Race; b€–

ijdes maoy

,other prav;e

A&0ns, wihich they

r.ec0unc

ih~ir

Fore-fühers.

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