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.

BooK VI. Royal Commentaries. This Temple of Pachacamac, which WaS the onely place fo dedicated in ali Pe- r H, was very magnificent both for rhe íl:ruél:ure, and for the [enrices performed rhere; for the í unw offered many Sacrifices ofBeaHs, and other things; not ex- empting the Bloud of Men, Women and Children, which they killed at rheir principal Feílivals, being praétifed alfo in many other Provinces, untill reformed by the Government of the Incas ; and this fhall ferve at prefem to have fpoken of Pachacamac, imending to touch farcher thereupvn, as we fhall ha:ve occaíien in the occurrences of rhis Hiftory. · The Valley of Rimac lies four Leagues to the Northward from Pachacamac; Rimac fignifies fomething which fpeaks, -having its name from a certain Idol, of the Figure of a Man, which fpake, and anfwered queíl:ions, like the Oracle of Apollo at Delphos, and feveral others in the World, by which the Devil deluded die people in times of the ancient Gentilifrn. This Ido! was feated in a rnoíl: fumpmous 'femple, though not fo magnificent as that of P11ch11camac, to which che Great Lords of Peru either went in Perfon; or enquired by their Ambaífa- dours, of ali important Affairs relating to their Provinces. The Yuncao held chis Idol in greac Veneration, as likewife did che Incas, afrer tbey had fubdued that pleafant Valley where the Spaniards founded that City which they ca!l the King's City, or King's-Town, having had its firíl: Foundation begún on that day which we ,elebrate in remembrance of our Saviour's firll manifefting himfelf to che Gentiles; fo chat Rimac and Lima, or rhe King's-Town, is ali one, bearing Three Crowns, wich a Star, for its Arms. · · , The Spanifh Hiftorians confound the Temple of Rimac with Pachacamac, faying · that che Ido! of Pachacamac was che fpeakin_g Orade; but this is bur one of thofe many mirtakes of which, for wam of knowledge in che propri~ty of that Tongue, they have been guilty; and indeed che neighboured of thofe Vallies, and vicinity ofone of them to the other, being not above four Leagues diíl:ant, may make cheir Errour the more tolerable. And thus much fhall ferve to fhew tllat the fpea- king Ido! was Rimac, and noc Pachacamac; with which let us remrn to our for-. mer purpofe. . · , . · Before the General .capac Yupanqui arrived with his Army at che Valley of Pa- chacamac, he difpacched after bis ufüal Cuílome, his Sumrnons to the King Cuyf- mancu, réquiring him to yield Obedience to che Inca Pachacutec, and thac he íhould prepare to acknowledge and receive him for bis fupreme Lord and Sove- reign, and co obferve bis Laws and Cuíloms, and that renouncing all other Gods and Idols~ they íhould adore tbe Sun for che chief •d principal God: Thefe were che conditions which he offered to him, which if he refufed to accepr, he was refolved to make War upon him, and confüain'him thereunto, either by fair means or foul, by gentle perfüafions, or ruder arguments ofche Sword. Hh 2 CH A P.