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R.oyal
Commentarie1.
BooK
IV
CH AP.
XIX
Of
fo111e
Laws which the King,
Inca Roca,
nzade;
oFthe
Schools whicb he
fQunded
in
Cozco ;
and of
fo111e of
his
wife Apophthegnis, or
Sayings.
B
LtU
Palera
who was very curious, and had taken great pains
in
his Enquiries
toucrun'g thefe
Inca1,
faith,
cc
That this King reigned alrnoft
fifoy
Years
'' and made
ffiany
Laws, amongft which thefe following are the rnofi:
obferva~
" ble. That the Children of the common People ought not to be educated in
" the Liberal Arts and Sciences , for
that
were to make them proud
co
ited
'' and
ungovernable; but
chat
the Nobility
were
thofe.
onely to whom fuch
Li–
'' terature did appertain,
to
render them more honouraole, and ca able of
Offices
cc
in
the
Common-wealth.
That
Thieves,
Murtherers, and
Adulterers,
and
In·
'' cendiaries !hould
be
hanged without Mercy. That Sons iliould o
ey
and ferve
'' their Fathers, uotill they came to the age
of
twenty five
ea , and
that
after–
u
wards they {hould
be
employed
in
matters tending to the good of the Com–
" mon-wealtb.
It
is
reported
that
he was the
fuft
who found d Schools
in
Couo,
<c
where the
AmautM
were the Mafters,
and taught
fuch
Sciences
as
were
fit
ta>
<t
improve
the minds of
Incas,
who were Hrinces, and
of
the chief
Nobility,
not
" that they did infiruet them
by
way ofLetters, for as
yet
they had not attained
" to that knowledge, but onely in a
pra&ical
manner, and by daily Difcourfes:
<<:
their other Leetures were of Religion, and of thofe Reafons and VVifedom
on
" which their Laws were eftabllihed, and of
the
Number and true
Expofition
" ofthem
5
for
by
thefe
means
they
attained
to
the
Art
of Government and
mi–
«
litary Difcipline ;
they
diftingai(hed the times and feafons of the Year , and
What
the ,c
by reading
in
their
*
Knots ,
they
learned
Hiftory,
and the Alt.ions of
pall:
!01~~
were,
''
ages ; they improved tbemfelves
alfo
in
the elegance, and ornament.
of
[peaking,
~enci~:ed.
''
and took Rules and Meafures for the management of their domeftick affairs.
·
'' Thefe
Ama11ttU,
who
ere Philofoi:>hers, and in high efieem amongft them,
" taught fomething
a
fo
ofPoetry,
Mufic ,
Philofophy and Afuology,
of
all
which
'' they attained to fome knowledge, though fuperficial, and
in
a
low
and mean
" degree. All thefe particulars
were infiituted
in
manner of a Law
by
this
Llc11
"
Roca,
and
afterwards,
for their
betr.erencouragement,
he favoured
and
enlalfged
<c
them
with fair Endm mentS; and
herel:lllto
Pachacutec,
to whom he was
eat
'' Uncle, added many other Laws and Precepts. The Sayings of this King
!11&11
."
Roca
were thefe:
That
conftdering the immenfe VaftnelS, Beauty and plen–
«
dour of the Heavens, be would often
fay,
That
if
the
Heaven
he
fa
glorjous,
which
~'
u
the
Throne and
Seat
of
the
Pach
acamac, (who is the great God)
how
m11ch
more
"
powerfull,glittering
and
refple11dent
mu.fthis Perfon and
Majefty
be, who
WM
the Mak!r
''
and Creatour of them all.
Other
fayings
of his were
the[e:
If
I were to adore an7
"
of
thefe terreftial things,
it
jhoRld certainfy be
a
-,,,,ife
and di}creet Man
whofe
Excelle~
"
ciu
flirpafs all earth!J Creatures.
'When an Infant
i1
born, he grow;
up
and then he
'
dies. He thatyefterday had a beginning, to
day
arrives at
hi1 e11d.
He th;t cannat mak!
,:
himfelf ""!mortal, nor
rec.over
that Life
wh~ch
Death hath deprived him of, is not wortkJ
_
of
adoratton.
Thus far
1s
the report
whi
h
B
/tU
Pa/era
hath given us.
CH AP.