4000003871

Royal.

Commentaries.

BooK

Howfoever tbis

'certain, that the

Incas

eíl:eemed it

great a work to have

conquered che King

Chupe~man~u,

that

a Trophy of_the~ Viétory,

ªº?

pe~.!

pecual remembrance of the valiant Aétions performed m thtS War, both

their

own people, and by the

Tuneas

in ~heir own d~fence, they builc

Foytrels in

tñe·

Valley of

Huarcu,

whích, though 1t were of httle co~pafs, yec 1c

was a won.der–

full and rareWork for that people, being made with due Symmetry, and ac<;or–

ding to the Rules of Fortificacion ; and ~or that Reafon, an9 for the ficu.acion

-0{

rhe place, being built:on_ che Sea ~ore, 1t ought to be pemutted to remam fer ·a~

ancient piece of

antiquicy;

and mdeed the work was

íl:rong and durable,

as may laíl: for many' a~ without any repair; for when I paífed

it in the Year

it fiill íbewed 'what ic had been, and which neither I nor any -0ther could

behold , without fome refenting choughts of

tliis

unconfiaot and

tranfitory

World.

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CH A ,P.

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XXX.

¡J

re-,'¡

JfÍJ ·

the Vallies of

Pachacainac

and

Rimac;

and

of Jhei;

Idols.

_..

,):)¡"

King

Chúquiman~u

being thesfubdued,

am1

-~he Government efiablílñ~P.

.in

bis

Countrey, ·accor-<!ling

e-he Laws, Rites and Cufl:oms praétifed arifi

obferved·by the Sµbjeéts-0f che

Inua,.

They pa-ffc!d forwards in farther purfoance

of their Conqueíl:s, over

the

Valles of

Pachdcamac, Rimac, C,h,tncay

and

Huam'-d-(1,

(which che

Spaniards

call the

Baranca,

B,reach

~arth hetwmz

two

Hills,

}3t'H

:which four were under che Commane ahd Dominion

a power,(ull 1Ruler, ca!le,d

Cuyfmancu,

who alfo ,had ~e vanity to take upon himfelf the Tit'le of Kiag-; and

th?ug

h am

ongíl: che

Indi'!ns

they have'.~ot

word properly _to exprefs

·the

name·óf

Kmg,

y.et

4lltie term of

Hatun Ap,r,

whKh

as mµah ás a ¡giiea:t L0Pd , hath .foooe

affinic

y wi

that ñgnifu:ation: And as to thefe Va.tlies of

Pachacamac

and

Rimad;

which I íhall fay ~nce for

.r11,

thac-the

Spaniards,

by corruption of-the

1aíl:

W \}rd~

give it tHe ,name of

Lima,

,by which it is known to ~his day.

Now as we 'have faid before;

we mufi fay ag~in,

¡md

a.l:l

1the

8panijh1P1i~

ft@rians write, Thác.che Kings of

Pme

did

the

mere light of -IJ{ltnra'1

J.l~f~

attain to tpe knowledge ofone rGod, the Malret~f al'l things, wlmin they

led

P11chacamac,

.and S1:1íl:ainer of the Univerfe; ~he whi~h Doéh'in'e

W{!S

llflci–

ent llihan the time ofthe

'lncM~

and vv'Hicb was difp'eíftid-thrbagh a1Í{l!,feír

King

dom~

b0tlnbefore-and aftedheµ-iConquefls.

They

ifurt'h€r.affirmed, thaétJie

,w.ás

im~m:

ble¡

ánd

becaufe;heweuld not fufferihimfdf to be 'fe~, ifer,t!Yctt ~afe

n ~b

ey~

r.ioE

1:r

uild Tem

ples:r0 'him, nor offer him Sacrifjees,

¡is

1.'hey ·di:d' t-(');-:the•Sm1, btit

onely

.ad0re.cl

hitn linter:iourly with ,pr~Qund 'Veneriltion

-iri

theír=ijeans, as

~~Y

appear

by the

ir -Gutward ,geíl:ures, 0f!h0\.ving ~heirtffoads,

Jifiing

18p-t:1léir

éte?,

and-opening'the-ir Arms when(0ever

'ñis

facred

~ a~e t¡une

Cbe

.me-0ti0ne8.

ThisUocrrine

(as

have faicl)

~Eas

evef-ywMre ailaéed; =for ifo íboíúts ~ny

~ o–

ple

~¡is

fubjeéted .to,the

Inca,

chis Principie was ir¡íl:illed, in cªfe

íé

1fiad n0

tá–

ket:t. plaGe ar-id rnoc before: Bec dm~

who:had

~füfüily

admiHedJ'and

,ree:e-J.Yeo

•th;s

i00~rrne

befOFe Éhe limes of,rhe

1r1w,

·We'Fe

rtHé

Antelilours oH hi

s,K:ing c

,{jf

rmancu,

who havmg

builc a Temp1e

iro

Rachaoamac, Jclid

afterwar~s ,g1ve füe

lafué

Name to che Valley,wqere ic was en;éJ:ed; ·whifh rn l!hofe days•was

1the:g?ea•

ooíl: Fame and Reaown-0f any in tAat.lGoaft.

fo this

'Pemple'-the'~unc¡is

placed

,thelr

1101s,

which wer~ ~he,Figures of,divers fort's of 'Fifh; ano

amongíl: them

-t1reyt-ia~

-alfo ,ian.:edue;ed the lmage of .a 'Shee.lfox.

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