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RAOL P ORRAS BARRENECHEA
BooK
VI.
R oyal Commentarier.
CH AP. V.
Of1be manner hon>
lheJ
lnumd llJeir /{ipgs; and 1/w 11:e
Ohfequies and Rius
of
Burial con1in1ad for r/Je [pace of
11
r11hol~
Tear•
.
T
H E Ric<S ofllurial which they
performed
for
d1<ir
Kings
W<tc
(olcmn,
2nd
of loog
CO<llirllaoct.
LI rhc
litfl
plaa:
dlO)I
anb:IJm<d
th<ir .llodi<S With
fuch
r>lC
Art
1
that (as we h>vc
Wd
bcf!X'C)
in
rhc
year
'119·
tl,.ywm
(o
furn
:tnd plump, "'"
thCy
fmned
"'be
living
Fldh.
'Their
.Bowels
wm:
inlmtJ
in
• Temple,
whlch wzs f1tumd
lJ\
rhc
COanucy, all<d
r_,.,
upon
the
Rinks
or
2
RiV<r, below
r.,9,
~'five
Leagues
dillant
from
rhe
Gey
of
Cou•,
"here
W<n:
many lbrcly
Edifias
of
Scone.
Of
which
p,J,,
ii
Ci1f"
(peaking in rhc
94(h Chap<<t of his
Book,
wth
that
ii
was rcpcrc<d for ccruin,
oow
rhu in Come
pbcts
or
rhc
Palace, or
T
<mplc
or the
Sun,
the
Scones
W<tC
joined
or
cnmp<d
with
melted
Gold,
which.wilh
ch<
ccmcm
ill<Y
u(cd,
wm well fixed and
coruc>–
lid>rcd
together.
Whm
the
l•u.
or
(omc
Jl"incipal
Cnx•
d)'td, the S..V.nrs,
who
w<tc
!us
&1C1•dl Favcuri115,
2nd
rhc
WiVIS, !Ne
wm:
dic
moll
bclov<d by him, did
ri–
ma
kill
thanfc!VIS,
orolfu thcmr<lv<S co
be
buritd •Uvc in r.heTomb of rhci:
Mlllcn.
chat
Co
thCy
mjgh1
•=l>W)!
them
inro the
orbct
World,
•nd
"""'v
rheir immorul
Scvicts
in rhc
orhcr
Ufc,
which,
os
rhcil
ReUgion aught
dl<m,
was
1
ccn>Ortal,
and
r<ll
a
fpiri1111l
llcing
1
whmby
ic
moy
Oppclf
<l,.,
"lw
(omc
H'illorilns
\\'rice
rcl.uing <O
dus
nut<a,
nomcly,
rh:u cli<y
kiha!
dic
Ser–
vtnrsaf!O'
rhcdcuh or their
Mlllm,
is.
mill.tkc,
for
IN!
WCllJ!d ......
btto.
pi=
or
T=y,
and
lnhomonity,
above ""'
C2p;ttity or
b'""""' N•Nr•
I
for
Under
dUs
pm<na
oric
Man
might
Lm
fully kill
anorhcr,
2nd
rano\T
hlm
out of
rhc
wiy
_Yiho
MS
barcfuU
<ci
him, or
llood~11ioo
to
his
O.Ggns or lote·
rdl.
The
mnb
is,
they
DC<ded
no Law or
>On
to
cnforce
chem
co follow
ibc
Fate
of
their
Malla,
for
when
be
wzs
de2 ,
his
5cMnrs
CTOOdcd
(o
fill
of–
ter
him,
dd'ving
doalh,
chit
the
Magjl\nr<S wm forced
IOmctimcs
co inrQJlO(c
wirh
their
AothOrity
and
pcr{wdc
diem,
thar for
th<
prefent
their
Mall<t lud
no
ne<d
of
m!X'C
au~,
bot rNr in
doc
ri1n<~
when
thCy
n>ninlly y'i<ided to
~S:~Z~'.."r:t:;,.'~J:fr"
lecnoughforthem ro rerciirro
The
Boc!i<S or
their
Kings,
•fr<t
thCy
WO'C
cmbolmcc!, ......
fcc<d before che
Inu_ge
of
tbc
Sun,
in
the
'temple u
C.u•,
co
'!hom
they
olfmd
Saaifices, ..
to
Oernoro,
or
Mm
of
Divitic
Rau.
For
the full
moodi
a((O'
rhe dcarh of the
bu,
tbc
whole City bcwailcc!
rhcil
lofs
with
Jood
ail5
and laolCflations,
and
cv~
Puilh,
or
qu:ma o(
rhcTown, went ou< io
their
fC\"'21
Oivi('°"'
itl!o
tbc
fields,
wrying
d:i:
Troohi<> of
the
I«•,
his
S.nnm,
and
Ann!,
2nd
G2rmcnu,
one!
whi<foe\-cr was <O
be
buried
in rhe
gm-.
with
bis
lloweb1 with
their
fiths
one!
lamentttions
thCy
mcntioocd
and
rqiac<d the mighty Alls rN< he had
dOnc
iii
thew.,.,
and the good
A&
ofa..iicy
and
Bcndiccncc
chat he Nd fhcwcc!
10
dicm
w
rhcit
NciRhbouthood. Afrti
rhc
cod
ofrhe
full
month
thCy
tbco
CX>a\!llCtnOOt<d the Dcach ofchcil '""•
u
thc
n.u
and New of the
Moon
and
focoruinucd
till
rhc
end
of the
full
Yar, when
thCy
coridudcd the
fo!~•Y.
warhfullJl?llpandllue, aP!lOloting Men
and
Womm pnaif<d U.thc ffi!of
Oi~
and
Lamcnt.ttiom,
"'lio,
Ukc
orallent T
~edi>m.
a{led
rhcir
p:l1tS
offar–
row
an
rhc
mo/\
formal
and
poflionuc manner
U11:1R)n;lblc
(inging
the
A&
o(
the
dead
King
in forrowful! Tones
•od
Acnnrs. Whir we' hi•·c uid hitherto,
was rhe port oricly of d\e Canmonilcy. bc(ulcs which rhc
Court
and Nobility
po:(QmlCd
rhc
Obfcqoics wirh as
much
dif!mnct
<o rhofc of the
people,
as th<te
Cc .
,.,..,
The royal commentaries of Peru, o
sea, la traducci6n al ingles de los
Comentarios
de Garcilaso, signa Sir Paul Rycau t, Landres, 1688.
Nose dice quien es el autor de los grabados.
vo Mundo aparte de las opinio–
nes remotas de San Efren y el
Bar Cefas. Cuatro rfossalfan del
rfo que regaba el Parafso, segun
el texto bfblico: el
Fis6n
«que ro–
deo toda la tierra de Hevelat
en que nace el oro; el
Geh6n
que cerca toda la tierra de Etio–
pfa ; el
Tigris
-llamado asf por la
Vulgata-, pero cuyo autentico
nombre hebreo Hidekel, rfo que
c orre hacia la Asiria ,y el Eufra–
tes cuyo nombre aut6ctono es
Perath».
84
Posesionado de toda su ar–
gucia soffstica Pinelo sostiene
que los cuatro rfos bfblicos pue–
den identific arse asf: el Rfo de la
Plata es el Ph is6n, el Amazonas
el Geh6n, el Hidekel o Tigris el
Magdalena y el Perath o Eu–
frates el Orinoco . Ya el cl erigo
Montesinoshabfa insinuado que
el Magdalena era el Fis6n, por
lo que bona de oro, el Plata, el
Geh6n, por lo que inunda y fer–
tiliza y el Tigris el Maran6n, por
su veloc idad y ruido. Pinelo rec-
tifica con mas dialectica que
raz6n . El Fis6n segun el Genesis
banaba la tierra de Hevelat,
rica en oro y segun el Eclesi6sti–
co, era comparable a Dios que
inunda y c ubre el mundo con
su sabidurfa. Hevelat no era la
India como era opinion general–
mente ac eptada, sino la tierra
de oro y piedras preciosas a la
que fueron losdoshermanosdel
Genesis; Ofi r y Hevelat,
y
como
Ofir segun Va tablo, AriasMonta–
no
y
el clerigo Montesinosera el
Joyos de la Biblioteca