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This was the fole and piincipal Idolacry which the
lnCM
taught their Subje&;
and though they believed the Moon
to
b_e Wife ~nd Sifter t~ che Sun, yet chey
did not wo¡fhip her for a Goddefs, nor offer Sarnflces, or build Temples to her
as cfiey di'.d (o cfie Suñ ~' howfoever
tfu'ey
efteerned her with great R.everence for
the Univérfal M0cher;-Mt proceeded no fartber, nor gave her oth~ Accribuces
ofDivine Honour.
,
.
Howfoever cheir Superfütions were tnany, giving heed to Fables, and
I>reams,
?nd inípeétioo inco che Entrails of Beaíl:s. Thunder, and Lig1tenings , and
Thunder-bolcs they judged
to
be Servants of che Sun, as we fhall underftand
hereafter, when we have occafion
to
name rhat Chamb1!r which was built m chac
Temple at
Co,:,co,
which was dedicated ro che Sun
j
b11r they never held them fot
Gods, as fome of che
Spanifh
Wdtets would have it
7,
bue rather
fear
and dread che
Houfe or Place where a Thund€r-bolt chances to fau
j
Jor they have ílopt up che
door of chat Chamber with Srones and dirt, thac fo none mighc ever encer
in
ihern?gaín
!
and in that place or field where a Thunder-bolc bappen_uo fall, th_!:!y
fay tnat their Father che Sun hath marked out that place as unfortunate, and ac–
curfed
to
common
u[e
1
and for chat Reafon they cover it with heaps of Scones,
that none ma cread or trample on it; che w ·ch
!
have feen and obferved
in
che
Palace of
Huaynacapd_c
a'.t
Co,:,co,
in that quarrct· which was affigned
to
Antonio Afta–
mirano,
when that ity was divided amongíl: che Conquerors; for in che time of
Huaynacapnc,
a Thun er-bo t had pierced thrc,mgh a pare of thac Palace, the wbich
was
affigr.edto my felf when the
Spaniatds
had rebuiltit; rhree years aft r which
another T under-bol_cfell in che fáme place, ai;id burnr
it
wholly, the wh'ich acci–
denr confirmed the
Indiarts
in their opinion, that places in fuch rnanner füucken wich
Thunder, were accurfed
j
and rherefore the
Spaniards
were in an Errour when
they
re uilc thoíe places
7_
for they ought to have re!Tiained
void
an~ neg_leéted.
Ancl
wh€reas che
Hi.íl:onans fay, that rhey eíleemed Thunder and L1ghrmng for
G0ds,
it
is a miíl:ake; for rhey did indeed
accounc chofe places for
facred, fay- ..
ing
chac
cheir
Gods had by Thund€'r, and
t
·under-bolts, and Lighming marked
out chofe places for their
W
oríhip, ánd theréfore nót being t.o be prophaned
by
common ufe, rhey built cheir
mo.íl:fafnous Temples thereupon. To thefe rhree
they gave che common Name of
Yllápa,
and for che fimilitud hereumo they called
.,
ali Fire-arrns by che fame word. And as to thofe Narnes v
1
hich chey give to
*_Tli~der,
Thunder, and to che Sun
in *
Trini:Cy, chey are trámed by the
Spaniard,-
rhem lves
\tc:;
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1
as rhey have
in
other things; for no fuch .wmds are compounded in the general
un er
t,
language of
Pern,
nor bave chey any fuch fignifi.cation as che
Spani11rds
fanfie, or
would impofe upon cbern.
CH A P. IL
By
Wbat
'lliedns
the
Incas
e-ame
to
the {nowledge of
the
Tru-e
God.
B
Efidés the Sun? wbofu they wor~ipped for the vifible God, to whorn chey
offered Sacrifice, and kept Feíhvals., (as we fhall hereafcer decfare,) che
Jnc,a-s,
who wer~ Kings, anti
ihe
Ar/Jautas,
who were Philofophets, proceeded by che
mere light of Nature, ro the kne5wlecl~ of the True Almighry God our Lord,
Maker ofHeaven ancd
EarcJi,
aS
we .fháll .hereaftet prove by their own words :md
tefümonies, whkh fome 'of them ,gave of tbe Divine Majefly, wbich they called
l;>y the Name of
Pachaoamac,
and is a wotd compotinded of
Pacha,
which is che
Univerfe, _and
Camac,
which is ihe Soul
5
and
is
as
muchas.hetnar animares che
World.
fedr()
de
Cim1,
in
his
..61.,
Chapter, fays ,- chac ch~y Gilled che Devil
by