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 l. RoyaJ Commentari'u. CH A P. XXX. How the Devils of Peru were flroo/z d~mb hj t~e Sacraménts of the Holy Mother the Church of Rome. I T is moíl: certalrily true, that fo foon as the Satráment$ of our H~ly Mothef the Ch\lrch of ·Rome were brpught inco Pm1, namely the Confecration of the ~foft 1 or of t_be Body and Bloud ofChrifr our Lord, as isperformed in the Mafs, and teÍebraced on fuch days as che. Spaniards .had. time and .leifure co hear ic; and ~hac forne Jndians, who had entéred thernfelves jnto che .Service of Spaniards; re- ceived che Sacrarnent of BaP,tifin ; and tpat likewi~ the S~crarnents of Marri4ge and Penance were prafüfed; fo (oon;. 1 (ay, a~ thefe four·l-Joly Myfteries were I}lade known, and appeáreq, '( fot che ocher three wer~ not as yet .íntroduced ioco chofe Countries) the Devils became durnb and filent, :ind loft that farniliár dit: éourfe and converfation in publick which (as we have fáid) chey forrnerly uCed and prafüfed with thofe Gentiles, onely ·they whifpered1 fornetirnes in fecrer, with che farnous Magician!b who were faid to have a greater power and influence ' · upon thern. And though ac firíl: che parcy of Huafcar gav~ ouc, that this fullen refervednefs and filence of che Oracles was caufed by che anger and difpleafure of the Sun for the cyrannies and cruelties commicced by Atahualpa ; yec at lengch they were convinced of a more over-ruling caufe, wliich affeéted che Jndian,r with a general fear and coníl:ernacion, believing that che entrance of thefe new (;ueíl:S inco cheir Countrey, had over-awed and filenced .cheir Oracles: che which opinion ferved to augrnent the dread and reverence they had of the ·Spaniards, and confirm the Narne which they gave thern of Viracocha, who is the God efpe~ cially adored by thern, and held in more efteem and woríhip, than all their petcy H11aca-s ; of which we have already given a more large relation. '~ l' ' j Oo b C H A P.