47 / 1070
BooK
II.
_
Royal
Commentariu.
faying;
Thou
[weareft to God and to rhi1 Crofl,
to
/peak._ the
Trm-11,:
To whicli _
t-he
In–
-dittn
r~plied,
'!hat_
~e wa1
i'(ot
as
),i,,~
baptiz.el,i¡nd therefore óught not,ro foear
~ftet th~
'manner
of
the Chriftians:
Then,
fa1
d che Offiter,
thou mdjft fwtbir,
by
tf!} owh God1,
hy
},he Srm,
J»d Moon, and the
Incas :
N1;
fái~
th€
Cit-r.1ca
1
we
never fw,ear
hy
thefe, for
it
is not lawfull, we onefy takf their Ndmés
in
our iñoutfü with Adóration, andina ReligioM
Worjhip: lt
iJ
fufficient, that fince
J OU
c/Jme
to
doif ¡uftice in the
Naine
ofyour ICing, that
I
promifa to
[peak_
the Truth with
aJ
much JincérirJ; as
if
he
weré
perfimal& prefeliti whom
you
reprefent, and no o'ther manner
'tJJ
011th do
our,Incas
requiré froln,
m:
Anti.
for
yom¡
farrher fatisfaélion,
>
I
wijh that the ;Earth
mrq
fwA:/l~~
me
up
alivé,
a.s
I
ftand, in cafe
I
fpet&. nut rhe Trut'h.
The Offü;er hereupon
urged
no fa~cher, but a~ceptecd his
E~-:
fü11~ony
~
this
form,
e>rá~inÍJI~
füm
by c~i;ta-in lnterrogar-0~ie__s _wh~ch
Wére
ffloft
percm€nt
rn
reference to the Mutrhet;, whicl) when
he-
had done, lie would ha,vi+
~roceeded
no
fam:her : but the
Indian-
could ttot fatisfie
M,s-
dwn fonfcienc-e- with
,he
Anfwers
he
had máde
tó
the
d@man~?.
Without ciílárglRg hhnfelf
by
a
parü–
cu:lar
Narrative
of
che
whole 3cory ;
For
to [peak.._
th~ Truth
{
fajd
he)
in
fome thingí;
11111d
to be fiLent
iii'others,
WaJ
the.fame
aJ
if.
/Je
lkd lied in ali,
Ptftef!
whícn t11e
Olfü::ét
Jie(umed
to
Cowo,
where chis Dialogue
l:5etWee'n
him
afil che'
Gurttoa
ga,vé
fuojea
bf much difcourfe.
. -!"';.'.'
\
:-';
.
...·
-
_.t",,.
!J/
ihe
1hings.
fatJf
iji-cÚ
io
th~
S~t1t
5
án!J
iha~
the
Priefl~J
RJ;tes;,
Cerén1ó11-ies
and
l:.a-ws
were.
all
taf~g!!d
dnJ
t!eÍF-:
v.er.ed'by
tEe
ffr/Jl
ind~
T'·,
ltE·
things:offered'ro
theSur1
1
wé're!oP
dívets·fbrcs. ;
rHé
Gttief
and
priacipaf,
Sacrifice was that of Lambs; but befides; they"offered
all
forts of.catceH a~
SheeP. ~d bai:ren ~wes, tame ,Con,ies; _a:11
rores
ofBír~s t"hica were iacable; the
.far:
QÍ
_Jkáfis;
Pulfe,
a_ll
forts
of ~ra~e; the H~_rb
Cuca;
~v~n..~lor~s of the.
beíl
,and
fioefr
foi;ts ;.
~11
wt~ch they bur~
m.
che plaf~ of lnceI?fe, _repdnng chanks ~nd,a~-.
knowledgments to the Sún,
fo:
havmg fuíl:auied and riounffied ¡ill chofe things for
~he ufe a_nd f,upport of Mankí~d.
1
They ufed alfo Drínk-offerfogs, wbkh were
made
of
Water and Mayz,
which
is .~heir fórt of
W~eat_
~
and_ac
che
end oftheir
iifaat meálSj when drink wá~ Broughe~
€
(óqhey
d.idnever u~ to drink between
their ~atirigs) át theit.fjrfi draughr. thiy djpped
d
ié tip
of the(f fidger
m·
che míd–
tlle of che cup, and,ldoking up to Íforven ,with
great
~everén~e, wir&_a-pllip they
fp.irt~d;off
t~e
dro_p of wa~er whích ~ett¡!d. their
finger,
.. ..
which was by,way of
ackriowledgmenc for ic to the Sun·,._renclting hitri th:mks for the ,water th
eY,-"drank;
and
g_iving
cwo_ or three empty kiífes co .che·
Air, ;
whíc_~,_ ( as we hav.e
la.id)was'
a
fign of Adoratioli ámongíl: che
Índian1;
chey dien dránk up theit líq
uoürwith-
ouc farther ceremony.
' .
•
.
'
'
. This Jaft <,::erem~my
l
h:ive obferved
t~e
_Iñdian~~
·
in·
my tinte~ w~o
wére
ilot
bapcized 'to
ufe ,
für chére were·
ma'riy
old1men,,n-9t rhe~i~aptiieo
5
.tn·d
forr
nec~f–
fity; and want of a,bdter;
I
have'áfcér1 1my_felf perfünnéd chac 'funéHmJ-
In
tHis
1
m:inner
we may feé thar the~,Inctii.j,n iheir_ fofrns o~ Sacrifice.differed very lirM
fr-0m
chofe of
che
firfi A:ge, onely
they
·abftairied
from
che Offerings of humane
ffofh
a'nd ·blq,ud; whicl-i Inhu~aniry'_
iHeyn€it .on~ly decelled, but m·ade Laws
-a•.
~iní!·
it :
Jfod where;is fom~' Hiíl:<;
,ri.msc~arge chem wirh
chis
t.fonartiral
ancli
p¡:o~igi0us
1
Religión ;_ fot
1
t.hfir
·~rmur
~as-caüfed by n'ot making
adue
difün'éti0n
~ween the
füíl:
Age;,
~rtd.the'tirn,es•of
therJnc,ur.
..
, ,
.
I
my-felf
can
atceíl:; that
.I havé
he.lrd:my
1
Facher;
and
,others bf his timé, irí
~lr'diktonrf~ abouhlili<Elufro'rlis:ártd:Go\i-efourentrof
lt1c:,icd
and
·P'mi
to,com...
·
mefrrd