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Royal.

Co1nmentaries.

BooK

mce of the young

a·dens, and aeti

icy

of the

outh, and

·i

h the military.

xer i

[es

of the Souldiery;

' hi h they prefented them '

·ith

gifts ofGo d

and

ih er, and eather, for the adornment of their Habits, at the times of thei;

. incipal

efliyals; and alfo

they

ga e them Clochs, and other fmall curiofiaes,

\ h.

t ey highly efieemed:

that thofe People,

t~ough

barbarous

bruti01 at hrft were yet made fen!ible of thefe kmdneffe to Cuch a degr e

1ac they nev

r after 'a

rds

much as attempted

ari[e

Rebellion. And

take a'

'ay

all

occafi.on

of complaint from the ubjeds of Aggreivances and

reflions whatfoe er; lefl: tho[e Complaints fhouid from word proceed to blm's

and open

io ence; ''he efore

re\-ent that their Efl:ares and Li enies

wer~

alway confer ed t

them· onely the} were required to e o edient t

the Laiv ,

Statute , and ancient Inftitution , "hich ' ·ere pub i01ed, and openly promu_Iged

amo

ll:

ti em, for unt

thefe, and to the

or(hip of the un, their fubmillion

wet

required, and no Ditpenfation al owed

the cafe; and bein obftinate, they

' ·ere to b com elled by force; fornetirnes, \ here

a conveni· nt, they tran -

bn ed

olohie from one

lace to another, buc then they pro ided them ' ·ich

and ~, a

nd Hou[es and

attel, and ervants and whatfoever \Vas nece!fary and

quifi.te

r che·

livelihood; and into their places they tranfi orted perhaps fome

f che

ltlzens of

ouo,

or others of appro "ed Loyalty, \vhich fe

ed for Guards

Jrrilons

to kee

the

eighbourhood in a\ve and fubjecl:ion, and alfi

each and infiruB: thofe

a.\

ages, and ign rant People

eir

La\~

sand Religion,

tog ther '\"ith the Tongue and Language of their Coun ... y.

All the other poin s ofGO\·emment, and Injun0ions impofed by the

Inca

Kings, ..

\ ·ere m re eafte and gentle than of any other Prmces, ' ho ruled the

ations of

~ '

· \ mld ·

1e which is not onely made manifell: and apparent by their

O\\

orical

ots,by which they committed the occurrences ofpafi

times

unto

mem

ry,

but are alf< apprO\ ed and c nfirmed by the£ ithfull Commentaries of

the

ice·King

Don Frinci/co

Toledo,

who having informed himfelf of the Cu–

fiome and manner of every

rovince from the

Indians

themfelves, made a Col-

1eet:i n of them '' ith his

O\\

n hand-\ riting, and commanded his

ifttors, Judges

and Regifl:er

to tr

[cribe rhem, Copies whereof are con[erved unto this day in

rhe pu lick Archi

, and

[er

e to evid n e that Benignity and Geml nefs, which

the

ing of

Perl!

in exercife of their Government ufed to ards their ubje&:

r as \ e h 'Te noted before, that e cepting fome particular matters, enjoined

and

imp fe

efc nee and

ecurity of the Empire; all other Laws, and Sta–

tute ha n other afpeet, than what reg rded the fole benefit, and imerefi of the

jec

; for every

an's pri ate

fl:ate and Patrimony had the fame Protection,

a ch

of the publi k; no ouldiers \\·ere permicce

ro pillage, or plun er ev

op e ' hom they had fubdued

for e of Arms· but received and treated

them, as i chey were faith full and true er ant : and for thofe \'\ho

olunrarily

fubn.itte and furrendred themfeh e, they conferred in fome fhort time

Plac

ffice

referment, 1elating

civil or mllitary Command .

The

ty of

ri ute which thefe Kings laid on their objects

"as

trivial,

and in onfidera le, that ''hen in the fequel of thi H1fl:ory \\·e !hall come to treat

ft e p

d ·

ars thereof. and ''herein

conf1fied, it

"ill

em ridiculous to

; ·n ret

irn

non\'ithllanding hereof, the

Incas

''ere not n ly concen-

e!l:o ·

0 1

their ubje& their

ood and Ra) mem, but many other pre·

oumiful

confc

tTe

on the

CJ1rac.-u

and Great

en, extending

alC

ti ·

r e es

e poor and neceffitous; a if they had been

rewards or

1afi r o I a

ili

whore

ffice ' Ta

to mal e Pro if1on

£(

r other , rather than

...m

·I

o bo ·e the reno Yned

icle of

C.1pac Titu,

hich the

lndia-111

conferred

pon the

C.1p

nif) in a much a a

rince powerfull

Riche~ ,

and

Titu

a<; Li eral

agnanimou , a

mi-

od, or

A11g/4'1u.

J.-Ience proc e ed

that

at L Ye an

fie

·on whi h the

Pemvittns

bo ·e

Yard

their King , th:

\·en to this da ·

though they are ecome

hrifHans, they cannot forget the me-

m01y

of them

u are ready on all occafions

\Vhen their

refent

pr ffions

riev

, ''

ith

f1gh and groans

in oke their

ames; and in reality they

much re (( n ·

r ' ·e d not re

e in a

the HHtories of

Ajia Africa,

E11·

(

.t ver

King were

gracious to their ubj

' a

thefe; or that

y '

·e

frank or fami iar "ith them, or

gentle and carefull manager o

leir

Inter

fl:.

nd nm -, from ,,·hat we ha e already faid, and \'\hat "e {hall

l re, the R

may be abl to colleet, n underfl:and

·hat ' ere