The royal commentaries of Peru : in two parts / written originally in spanish by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega; rendred into english by sir Paul Rycaut.

168 R<Jyal Commentaries. . Boc11c V., Name from the Cannon and Guns they ufed, which they taking to be Lightning and Thunder believed them Gods, by whofe hands th~y were ufed. ' BIM Palera interpreting ~his word, fays, thac it fignifies a De~ty, which comprehends che Will and Power of a dod 1. not:..that the word dtJtb properly fignifie ·fo much, bue that íc is a Name which tlie Indians found out to give to tbis Apparition; which they W oríbipped in che fecond place to the Sun, and afcer chac they Ado- red cheir Kings and Incf.s, as if rhey had been Gods. · . Ir is ditpucáble whether the Inca "rJinacocha was rrtore- admired for· bis Viétoty, .or for his Dream ; but cerrain ic is, chac he w as fo reverern:ed for ~both, thac chey eíleemed him for a God, and adored h.im as one exprelty fenc fror.n che Sun co fave bis Family, and the Divine off.f pring from Utter ruine; and becau[e rhat by hlm che Imperial City, che Temple of the Sun, and the Convent of the Seleél: Vitgins W0re pFeforved ~ fo~ was afrnrwards WorlñipPed·wich· gi;earer oíl:enfaciott attd hórlóur, than anv 1 ~the.r of ~is ~i;iep~ Pí:ogenitors. And ~hoagh chis lntA. ~nde'avodted· to perfüade hIS Sub¡eétS to·-iransfer the.Honour whkh they gave to · hiiTI, urna füS Uncle, the Vifion whkh appeared. tQ him ;· iyet fo far w.as chis de• vociop .illfixed in their tninds, that 'théy ¡¡oald not •be divérce~i' from pér forming Diviserltlon0ms towards him, umilLat Jength they..compounded for their fuper- fiitiorl1 iarld! ~agded to impatt and dcyide theili Woríhip equally betwéen them ~ and where§s they bad bóth che fame Name, they íhould Adore them together t:1mílemfudJfame Tirle·itnd Notion: And for this reafo¡;¡ the lncd Pir_acoéhtt (as we fh~lUíeréaftentmlmtliQn.) ereéted a Temple in Hbnour and Merrío11y ·of bis Uncle Pi-tttcbcha 3 in which,alfo bis own Pame was cdebrated• . · · We rhay believe that the Devil, who is a cunningSophiíter, did appear-to dfe Prlrfoe eit!Nr íleeping or waking in that Figure ; though the lndián1 confidently r-epiort thac che Prince.was waking, and thac chis Apparition pre,fomed ir frlf to him as he .lay repcfing; himfolf i.mtlei; the fhadow of a Rock : We rnay imagine alfo tl1ac chis f:nemy ©fMahki'nGi playé:tl chis tritk to delude rhe W'©rld, ·arid con· firm rlhe-A.ud1ofity of: that ·foiolarPous fuperfticion, which1 he had already planted in rhe rninds of ,this:pec;ípl€: rhe MT.hífü .feemed che m~fr plaufible way that he couldipro<r:eed; fór:tha~ in 1egard it foundati0n was alteady laid oí the lndldn Em- pire, ;and;chan by .the Corrfütutions of it, the IncM were to be che L.awgivers, and the Oraóles of their' Religi0n; and that they were to be believed, and elteemed, at1d 0beyed fot ' (fo@.9; whatfaever eotttribured to this end, and to augmenr ~he repqtatiion .and fanfücy~of 1 the Incas, W<lS a po{nt gaiMd towards the advancetnent of rhiS,G--eritilifrn ) óf which; though ther-e go many Scories, yec non€ is re-Gmmted bphem ~v~th thmJ. admirarion, as .rhis b\pparitiortof Yírauocha, wh0' coming with che pdrmlar charaéte of an Allye to the Sun, and Brother to the lnca1·: And ha_. ving1!1e good fortune to have hfs Dteain copfirmed with the forne& of .a Victdty, carried ·fa much force of belief wich it, rhat dn all octafions éffcetwards of rheir diíHefs, chey had 1le-€ourlfe..to bis 1emple, wher e che Oracle was confülted, afld cfüeótlons raken fot the tnanagerhent of the.ir affairs. This is thac imaginary- <Oocll Pirdcocha, pf which fome W riters te porr, c hat the lndians eíleemeci hitn fot. t!heir ~rirrl:ipal God, co whom chey wel'e tnore d~vored chan to th€ Sun : Buri tltis is cer.tctinly a mill:ake, and [erved onely for a piece of flarre·ry to· the SpaHiáriiJ, chat they ri1ight believe they gave them the Carne Title áh~ Né!tne, as they did to thcillt chiefeft God : but ih realiGy they Adored no God With füch dev-0tion ~s rhey did· rhe Sun, ( unl€fs it ,,.:.,,he che P11chnc11mac) which they. tafü¡od che '1111known Gocá : Foras to che Spanidrds, they gave the111 ar firft che Titld Gf Ghifolt€n to the Sun, .in fuoh tnanner áS they did to che Apparition ntAqft~1· ,. ' f1 r. ... ' , ,, ,J ¡¡ f, ,. ~ ----:·~~ .,,_ ...