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Booi
VI.
with which
Cuyfinancu
was greatly pleafed, having not onely the opporcunity her~–
by to fatisfie his curiofiry in the fighr·of that famous·Cicy, bue
to
receive che
~o~
nour of kiffing the hands of che
Inca.
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The
Inca Pachacuttc,
who at che begmnmg of thtS War, had feated himfélf
in
the Province of
Ruc,ana,
was n'ow upon the news 0f bis ~rother'
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iood 'Suo;~ts}e~
curned back to
Coz:.co,
_from whence he went_ to ~neet hts Brother, ,and Son_,"
we¡~
·coming chem hom~ w1ch _al_l che Joy and Tnumph ~e was abl~; and havip~ re~
ceived
Cuyfmancu
w1th obhgmg :Terms, and encouragmg exprefiions, he comma'-'1-
ded chat he íhould cake his place in t~is folei:i~Qi~y amongíl: the
Inca.
of the
~byal
Bloud, of which
Cuyfr,umcu
was.noc more pr~ud; !han envjed~ by.bis
Curaca..
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, This Triumph being folemruzed, the
Inca
grat1fíed
Cuyfmancu
with rnan'y
Bp'.:
nours, and difpatched him to his own Countrey laden with bis Favours; as-heJiKe–
wifedid to the:other
Curacas,
who acrnml?anied.pir,n, and al) retdrned greatly f~(if–
fied, proclaimmg the
Inca
fo~ che crue_Ch1ld of
t~~
Sun, arid to be adored,'. an~
ferved in all parts of che Umverfe. It 1s very e~forvable: Thaf
fo
foon_ as che.
Ú€~
vil faw, that the
Inca
was become Maíl:er of die-'V-alley of
Ptwhatamac,
andJbát
che Temple there was deípoiled of all the little Ií:nages and Idols, .which poffeífed
it, he prefently contrived to make ic a Habitatio~ for himfelC and
to
be cEere
'worihipped for the unkno·wn God; that he mighc venc his Bes an·d Decei($
'i¿?
aU
Shapes and forms, and fet them to fale with_beíl: advanc~ge. ;,_To whic_9~eqcl
he whifpered inco the Ears of che moíl: emine~t Prieíl:s from ali che corner.s dfcne ·
Temple, celling them, that íince che Temple ,was now freed .of the falfé Iqols
which polluced it, he was ready to give anfwe_r
to
ali che Qge(tions and IJe1naJ1ds'.
.\vhich íhould be enquired of him'; not that huvould atcend to :rhe frivolow(an,d:
iq1pertinent Qgeri~s ofche common People, bue onely ro fuch as íhould be puc to·
'him by .cheir
Incas,
and Princes, ~who were de.firous to be refolved in niatters of
great importance, relating to che Governmen~, and alterations of State and Reli–
gión. And chac the common Pe0ple alfo m1gbt not wanc a Direél:or,
··fi¿
was
pleafed
to
commit che care of chofe Refolyes ro bis Serv:mc che Orade
Rimac
whom he had inípired wich,Wifedom to'anf\:Ver
all
cheir Enquiries. From
whích,
time ic becime aCuíl:ome
to
confulc all mattét·s of State with che Oracle
'f'achttc(l~
mac,
and to make common and vulgar Enquiries at
Rimac;
which becaufe che_y·
were·many, and chat chis Oracle was ever folicited·with a multitude ofDemarjds
he was called che prating Orad~; for being·obliged ro anfwer ali, ic was neceífary
for bim to calk much; the:whICh ~affage
E/aj Va/era
~cuches briefly in bis I;IHl:ory.
And now at length che
Inca· Pachacutcc
thouglit it convenient
to
defiíl for
fome'
years from farcher progrefs in'his Conqueíl:s over the new Provinces, by which
time ofPeace his A:rmies would be able to recover and refrefh themfelves, and he
having leifüre chereby to attend his Civil Goveroment, mighc alfo have means to
enoble bis Kingdoms with magrúficént Edifices, Laws, and Rices, and Cererfio-·
nies, agreeable
to
che ne\.v Reformation be was·making in. Religion
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chat
fo:hls:
Aél:ions' might correfpond With' che fignification of bis Name, and bis
Fame
'eter-'.
nized for a great and wife King •jn Governmént, {or a fanél:ified High-Pri@íl:
in.
Religion, and for a great Capcain in War; and indeed the truth is, he
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¡fal'ned
more Provinces than any of his Fore-fathers, íand enriched the Temple more chan
any partitular
Inca
before him; for he placed all che Wal!s wich Leavernf.Cólcí'
hoth of che Temple, and Chambers and Cloiílers abouc it. ln chat place wher~
formerly was che Irnage of che ·Suri, is nów che Altar of the Bleífed Sacr-amenc;
and thofe Cloiílers ferve now.for Proceffions ac che times of Fefüvals; chat Fa–
br~ck be~ng now tbe Conv_enc of Se:
Dominick
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For which happy Alceration may
the bleíled Name of che Eternal Majeíl:y be for ever praifed and exalted.
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