was a very valiant conquerour, a 

 great Politinan, and an inventer'ofagreatpartofthe 

 traditions and fuperftitions of their idolatrie , as I will 

 prefentlyftiew. 



in kU time <vnt9 Guaynacapa, 



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Acbacttti IflgHA Yupanrui, rained feventy yeares, 



and conquered many Countries. The beginning 



ofhisconquefts, wasbymeanesofhis eldeft brother, 



who having held the government in his fathers time, 



and made warre by his confent , was ovcr-throwne in 



a battle againft the Changuas , a Nation which inha- 



bites the valley of AndAguayllft*^ thirty or forty leagues 



from C///?0,vpon the way to Lima. . This elder brother 



thus defeated, rctyred himfelfe with few men. The 



which Ingua Ytipangui, his yotiger brother feeing, de- 



vifed and gave forth, that being one day alone and me- 



lancholie,r/>4r<?^ the Creator fpake to him,complai- 



ning , that though he were vniverfall Lord and Crea 



tor of all things, and that hee had made the heaven,thc 



Sunne, the world, and men, and that all was vnder his 



command, yet did they notyeelde him the obedience 



they ought , but contrariwife did equally honour and 



worfhip the Sunne,Thunder,Earth 3 and other things, 



which had no virtue but what he imparted vnto them: 



giving him tovnderftand, that in heaven where hee 



was, they called him Viracwba Pachay&chachic , which 



fignifiethvniverfall Creator - and to the end the Indi 



ans might beleeve it to be true>he doubted notakhogh 



he were alone, to raifc men vnder this title 3 which 



flfould 



