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VI.
Royal
Commentarief.
This Temple of
Pachacamac,
which
WaS
the onely place fo d~dicated in ali
Pe–
rH,
was very magnificent boch for rhe íl:ruél:ure, and for che fen
1
ices performed
there; for the
Yuncas
offered many Sacrifices ofBeaHs, and orher things; nocex–
empting che Bloud of Men, Wornen and Children, which they killed at rheir
principal Feílivals, being praétiíed alío in rnany other Provinces, untill reformed
by the Government of the
Incas;
and this íhall ferve·ar preíenc to have fpoken of
Pachacamac,
ínrending
to
touch farther rhereup0n, as we !hall ha:ve oc<afien
in
the occurrences of rhis Hiltory.
·
The Valley of
Rimac
lies four Leagues
to
the Northward from
Pachacamac;
lümac
lignifies fomeching which fpeaks, -having its name from a certain Idol, of
the Figure of a Man, which fpake, and anfwered queíl:ions, like the Oracle of
Apollo
at
Delphos,
and feveral others in the World, by which the Devil deluded
the people in times of che ancient Gentilifin. This Ido! was feated in a moíl:
fumpmous 'femple, though not
fo
magnificent as that of
Pach11camac,
to which
che
Great Lords of
Peru
either wenc in Perfon, or enquired by their Ambaífa–
dours, of ali ímportant Affairs relating to their Provinces. The
YuncM
held chis
Idol in greac Veneracion, as likewife did_ tpe
Incas,
after tbey had fubdued chac
pleafanc Valley wlme che
Spaniards
founded that City which they call the King's
City, or King's-Town, having had its
firíl:
Foundation begun on that day which we
celebrare in remembrance of our Saviour's
firfi
manifefring himfelf to che Gentiles;
fo
that
Rimac
and
Lima,
or the King's-Town, is ali one, bearing Three Crowns,
wich a Scar, for its Arms.
·.
,
. The
Spanifh
Hiíl:orians confound the Temple of
Rimac
with
Pachacamac,
faying ·
thac the Ido! of
Pachacamac
was che fpeakin_g Orade; but chis
is
bue one of chofe
many miltakes of which, for wanc of knowledge in che propri<;ty of that Tongue,
they have been guilty; and indeed che neighboured of chofe Vallies, and vicinity
ofone of rhem to che other, being noc above four Leagues diftanc, may make
cheir Errour che more tolerable. And chus much !hall ferve to íhew tllat the fpea–
king Ido! was
Rimac,
and not
Pachacamac;
wich which let us remrn to our for-.
mer purpofe.
.
· .
,
.
·
Before che General
_Capac Yupanqui
arrived wich bis Army at che Valley of
P11-
chacamac,
be_~ifpatc?ed afee~ bis ufüa~ Cuílome, bis Sumrnons to che King
Cuyf–
mancu,
réqmnng lum
to
y1eld Obed1ence
to
che
Inca Pachacutec,
and that he
íhould prepare
to
acknowledge and receive him for ~is fupreme Lord and Sove–
reign, and
to
obferve his Laws and Cuíl:oms, and that renouncing all other Gods
and Ido
Is;
they íhould adore tbe Sun for che chie
f.
Ad
principal God: Thefe
were che condicions which he offered to him, which if he refufed to accepr, he
was refolved
to
make War upon him, and conílrain'him thereunto, either by fair
means or foul, by gentle perfüafions, or ruder arguménts ofche Sword.
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