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fiiould give him vi&ory againft the Ch<Mgttas y although 

 they were then victorious, and in great numbers- and 

 make himfelfe Lord of thofe realmes,for that he would 

 fend him men to his aide invifibly,whereby he prevai 

 led in fiich fbrt,that vnder this colour and conceit, hee 

 beganneto aflemblc a great number of people, where 

 of he made a mighty armie , with the which heobtay. 

 ned the vi&orie, making himfelfe Lord of the whole 

 Realme , taking the government from his father and 

 brother. Then afterwardes he conquered and over 

 threw the Changuas , and from that time commanded 

 tiMViracochA fliould be held for vniverfall Lord , and 

 that the images of the Sunne and Thunder , ihould do 

 him reverence and honour : And from that time they 

 bcganne to fet the image of Viracecha&Qve. that of the 

 Sunne and Thunder, andthereffoftheG^^/. And 

 although this Ingua Tupangui\\zd given farmes,landes, 

 and cattell to the Sunne, Thunder, and other Guaca, 

 yet did he not dedicate any thing to rirtcocha, faying, 

 that he had no neede, beingvniverfall Lord and Crea 

 tor of all things. He informed his fbuldiers after thisab- 

 folute victory of the Cbavguas, that it was not they a- 

 lonethat had conquered them,, but certaine bearded 

 men, J*rhomeT*m$&f had fent him 5 and that no man 

 might fee them buthimfelfe, which were fince conver 

 ted into (tones -it was therefore neceflary to feeke them 

 out, whome he would know well. By this rneanes hee 

 gathered together a multitude of flones in the moun- 

 tairies, whereof he made choice, placing them for Gua- 

 *vir,or Idolls they worfhipped and ficrificed vnto they 

 called them PmurAucas , and carried them to tfie warre 

 with great devotion , beleeving for certaine, that they 

 had gotten the vi&cry by their help. The imagination 



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