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Royal
Commentarier.
BooK
V.
'' Provinces, which was with fingular diligence
a~d
reditude. obferved; for they
' · had their [worn Meafurers, who mered out their Lands
ith
Cords by Acres
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which they called
Tupu,
wher~b¥
they made
a juft
di_vifion
co
the Neighbour:
'' hood, affigoing to every one his
JUfr
!ha~e
and proport1?n· They had
alfo
that
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\'
hich
they called
a
Common Law, which, as they fa1d,
retpetted
every one
" ( unlefs Old Men, and fick, and Children, and
infirm,
which \Vere exempted)
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but all others were obliged to labour
in
matters relating to the benefit of the
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Common-wealth, fuch as in the building of Temples, Palaces for the King
c.:
and the great Lords, railing Bridges, making and mending High-v ays, and
0
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'' ther marrers of like nature.
They had another
La ,
which they named the
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Law of Brotherhood,
which
laid an obligation oo the people to be aiding and
" ailifiiog one
co
the other,
in
plowing, and fowing, and gathering in the Fruics,
c,
and in building Houfes one
for
the other, without pay, or expeetation of te–
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ward. They had another Law, which they called
Mitachanacuy,
v.
hich was as
" much as to
fay,
a rotation, or a turn, or circulation of labour, which was no
c,
more than chat in
all
the work which was performed by publick affifi:ence , the
'' like account !hould be obferved, and meafores taken,
as
was in the divifion
of
'' the Lands, that
fo
no Province, People, Lineage or Perfon, !bould be obliged
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to labour beyond their due proportion, but that their Lives iliould have their
" turns and
times
mixed
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ith recreation and leifures, as well
as
labours. They
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had alfo
a
Sumprnary
Law,
which prohibited
all
kind of vanity
and
expence
jn
" Cloathing and Adornments of them"' ith Gold, or Silver, or pretious
tones~
.
'' and
efi~ecially
all
profufenefs
in
banquets and delicacies in Diet were forbidden,
" onely the Neighbourhood were enjoined ro Dine t o or three times a Mondi
" together, in prefence cf their
CuractU,
and then afterwards ro exercife chem..
" [elves in feats of Arms, or
in
[ports and divertifements, which was efieemed
a
'' probable means to reconcile Mens affeetions, and conferve them in love and
" friendiliip one with the other : And this Law was alfo made in favour to the
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Shepherds, and ocher Field-labourers, that
fo
they might
tall:
fome pleafures
" and recreations. They had alfo a Law in relation
to
thofe whom they call
" Poor; which was, That fuch
as
were blind, dumb, lame, old, decrepit and lin-
" gering with any long or Chronical difeafe, fo
as
that they \Vere uncapabJe of
c,
''or.I{, !hould be doathed and fed out of the King's Store. Likewife
it
lvas
a
'' Law, that out of rhefe Stores all Strangers and Travellers iliould be provided
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for
whom alfo Inns
~nd
places of refrefhment
~~ere
ereeted, which they called
"
CorpahHaci,
which is as much
as
a Houfe of Hofpitality in
hich Men had their
" charge
:md
expence defrayed by the Publick: And in this
Law
alfo
it
as
Or-
" dained, chat twice or thrice a Month they were to invite thofe which, as before
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mentioned, are termed Poor unto their Meetings and publick Feafis, that
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'' their miferies might recei e fame confolation and diverfion by the common joy
'' and fociecy. Another Law they called the Ordinance of good Husbandry,
«
which
enjoined and required two things: Firfi, that no perfon
ili~u]d
r<:rnain
" idle.. or be exempt from labour ; for (as we ha e faid before) even Children
" of five years of Age were employed in fomething agreeable to their capacities,
" nor
ere the lame and infirm altogether excufed , but forne .work
\Vas
given
'
them,
hich they
ere befi able
to
perform ;
for
idlenefs, which was puniih-
" able
with much
ciHhonour and infamy, was not indulged on any pretence but
l e
what\ ·as of neceffity,
and una
oidable. And farther
it
was Ordained by
this
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La\', That the
Indians
0100\d dine and fop with their Doors open, that
fo
the
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Officers and Minifiers of the Judges might have free and open acce!S
to
them
'' at
their
pleafore ; for there
ere certain Officer a pointed to vifit the Houf
es
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of particular perfons, as
well
as the Temples, and publick Houfes, and Edifices,
" \''hom they call d
Llailacamtl_)·11;
and thefe \:\ere Monitor , or VHitors, appointed
c:
to o erfee, and make enquiry into the Houf
es
of particular perfon , obferving
" the
order, and regular care, and diligence which the Husband and Wife ufed in
" their Jabour and families, and \ hat obedience and refpeet the Children· paid
" umo their Parents; the e idence and rneafures of which they took from che
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neatnefs and politenef of their Attire, and from the c ean
ine!~
of their Uten-
" fils and good H oufewifery
in
their Houfes;
foch
as they found in
all
things
" cleanly, they praifed and commended
in
publi
k;
and fuch as
ere flovenly
and
" naHy, they unifhed with firipes, whip ing them on their Armes and Legs, or
~
with
fuch orhe ·
ff
etion
as the
\
required ;
by
which
are,
and
fevere
in–
~'
:fi
eCtion,