4000003871

R.oyal

Commentaries.

Boo·k

the

Ayav,i,

and tho[e of

Pucara,

was fent from Heavén,_ as a jud~ment for ha–

ving refül:ed the Children of tht1 Sun; and therefore with unammous confent

they declared thémfelves Vaífals of the

Inca,

that they would adore che Sun

and obíerve and keep ali Éhofe Laws aQd Ordinances which he íhould impofo

upon them

and with chis imencion they went out to meet the

Inca,

and received

him with Acclamations, and with n€W Songs, and Mufick

which they had fra-

nied and compofed for chis occafion.

The

Inca

received cheir

CuracM

with many kind and obliging Expreffions; and

' to evidence the eíl:eem h12 had of them, he beíl:owed on every one of them g¡¡r~

inencs wbich belonged to his own Perfon, with other Prefents

very acceptable

and in proceís of time afterwards the[e two People, and their Poíl:erity, were

ever highly favoured by che

lnca1,

eípecially thofe of

Hatun

CrJlla,

both for the

· teadineís with which they embraced the Woríl1ip of the Sun, and for their doci-,

ble and gentle Nature, which encouraged the

lncru

to build magnificent Templ~

their Coumrey, and found Monaíl:eries for Virgins, which were matters of

high admiration amongíl: the

Jndians,

The

ColiM

,onfiíl: of rnany and divers Nations, and report that cheir

firfi

Pa–

tents iífued from che great Lake

Titicaca,

which they eíl:eemed to be tbeir·Mother;

and before the times of the

Incas,

amongíl: other Gods ·chey o:lfered Sacrifices

this Lake upon the Banks of it. Some of them report that the~r Parent proceedecl

from a great Fountain, others tbat their Anceíl:ours iífued from Caves, and the hol–

lowofRocks, and accordingly at certain feafons they offered their Saq·ificeS;to thelJI;

others that rhey originally iílued from acercainRiver, anp (herefore held that the–

Fifh ofit were facred, and that it was a

fin

to eac them. In this m¡¡¡nnir fqme

adored

one Deity, and fome another, howfoever becaufe that that People abounded

mu.ch

in flocks of Sheep, they bad one God common to tbem ali, which was a

white

Raro, faying, that there was a greac íheep in che higher World, for fo they ca.U

Heaven, which had a particular care of them,_ giving _cbem a greacer increafe and

number of Sheep, than

any other of che ne1ghbourmg People of

Peru;

and

for

that reafon chey offered up Lambs,and che fat of Mmton

thisSheep-faced Deity.

But chis God, and all odie~, the

Inca

took from them, allowing tbem no other

bue the Sun, whom he encharged and commanded them withouc any other Rival

to adore and woríl1ip; beGdes which he altered tbat infamous Cufrome ofDiífo–

lutenefs and Incominence amongíl: fingle Wornen, to,whom it was lawfoll, aod

a !audible quality

be coi:nmon Whores before their Marriage, though afcer–

wardschey were obliged to be true and faithfull to one Husband. Bue as to thofe

Fables which relace che Original ofchefe People, che

lnw

took no pains or care

to confute tbem; for as they were obliged

believe che de[cendence ofche

Incas

from che Sun;

the

lncM

in like manner would not feem to difapprove che

Fables and Reports they rnade-of cheir own Original.

Having laid thefe foundations of Government and Religion the

Inca

rerurnec!

again to

Couo,

giving a frop for the prefent to his Conquefts and Proceeding; for:

ic feemed to be tbe mofr reafonable Policy

give time and fp;Jce for thefe new

Subjeéts to taíl:e the

fü

eetnefs and lenity of che

Inca,

and by tbeir own e.xperi–

ence to make report of it, and publifh ic to che neighbouring Nations, thac

fo ·

they mighc be more eafily induced to embrace che like advancage: r:icher than

overpowering all by cruel and hally conqueíls, their Government fhould appear

tyrannical, and partaking of an ambitious and covet'ous Spiric.