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.

- ~· '' .. 'T'" .... Roya_! ~erhmetztaries. Book 11. This was the fole and piincipal Idolatry which the IncM taught their Subjeéts ; and though they believed the Moon to be Wife ~nd Sifter t~ the Sun, yet they did not wo~fhip her for a Goddefs, nor offer Saadkes, or build Temples to her as tney dM (o d!e Sun ?' howfoever rlrfey efteerued her wíth greaf Reveren~e far the Univerfal Mothér, ~et prGGeeded no farther, nor gave her other Accnbutes ofDivine Honour. , , Howfoever cheir Superíl:itions were many, giving heed to Fables, imd Oreams, ~md inípeétioo inco che Emrails of Beaíl:s. Thunder, and Lig1tenings , and Thunder-bolcs chey judged to be Servams of che Sun, as we fhall underfiand hereafter, when we have occafion to name that Cham~r wlúch was built m rhat Temple at Coi:,co, which was dedicated to the Sun; bµt chey never held chem for Gods, as fome of the Spanifh W ritets would ha ve ir · but rather fear and dread che Houfe or Place where a Thunder-bolt chances to fa'll; Jor they have íl:opt up che door of chat Charnber with Srones and dirt, that fo none might ever emer in there again ! and in chat place or field where a Thunder-bolr bappe~o fa ll, th~y fay that their Father che Sun hath rnarked out that place as unfortunate, and ac- curfed to common ufe 1 and for that Reafon they cover it with heaps of Scones, that none 1 a cread or crample on ic; che w ·ch ! have feen and obferved in che Palace of HH.9ru1cap.rc a:t Coi:,co, in thac quarr::T which was ailigned to Antonio Afta- mirano, when that ity was divided amongíl: che Conquerors; for in the time of Huaynacttpnc, a Thun er-bo t had pierced thr9ugh a part of chac Palace, che wbich was ~fiigr.éd to my felfwhen the Spaniards had rebuilcit; three years aft r which another T under-bolt fell in ché fáme place, aQd burnt it wholly, the whicb acd- dent confirmed the Ir.dians in their opinion, chat places in fuch manner íl:rucken with Thunder, were accurfed ; and therefore che Spaniards were in an Errour when they re uik thoíe pla-c;es 1 for they ought to have remained void an~ neg_leéted. And wh€reas che Hill:orians fay, chat rhey eíl:eemetl Thund and L1ghmmg for Gods it is a miíl:ake · for rhey did indeed accounc chofe places for facred, fay- ~ ing that their Gods h~d by Thundt t, and t uqder-bolts, and Lighming marked out cho le places for their W oríhip, and therefore nót being t.o be prophaned by common ufe, they bulle cheir moíl: famons Temples d ereupon. To thefe three they gave che common Name of Y/lipa, and for cheHmilitu¿ hereumo chey called . . ali Fire-arms by che rame word. And as co thofe Names \'•hich they give to * _Th~der, Thunder, and to che Sun in *Trimty, they are tramed by che Sp.miarrL· rhemíelves ~~ghr;¡ 10 ~ 1 as chey have in other thiogs; for no fu ch . \Vüi"ds ate compounded in the general ua er r. language of Pme, nor have chéy any fuch fign1flcation as the S¡aniards fanfie, or would impofe upon chern. CH A P. It l3y wbat 'lliedns the Incas e-ame to the ~nowledge of the True God. B E[idés the Sun? whom they ~or~pped for the vifible Goél, to whom they offered Sacrifice, and kept Felhvals, (as we fhall hereafter decfare,) the lnci-w, who wer~ Kings, anti the Amauttu, who weue Philofophers, proceeded by the mere light of Nature, ro the knawlecl~ of the True Almighcy God our Lord, Maker ofHeaven ancd EarcJt, as we Jhall . herea,f~et prove by their own w0rds :md ~efümonies, which fome'Of them igave of rbe Divine Majefly, which rhey called l;>y the Name of Pachaoamac, and is a wotd compotinded of Pacha, which is the Univerfe, and Camttc, which is the Soul:, and is as much as.he chat animares t'he W-orlcl. Pedro tk Cim1, in bis -62. Chapter, fays ; that th~y called che Devil by