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VI.
.
Royal
Commentaries.
rers
which
he wrote concerning Judges and Marriages, with the account of their
Militia
and
the courfe of their year were all loft, which was a general damage
to the {vhole World. Howfoever, in a fcattered leaf,
I
found forne Sententious
Sayings of this
Inca Pachacutec,
which are thefe
which
follow.
when the
S11bjea1,
Captains and
Curacas
hearti!J and willing!J obey their Prince, then
doth the Nation en;oy perfeil peace and quietnefl.
Envy
u
a
Cancer which eats andgnaws into the /Jowel.s of the Envioru.
He that
u
enviom, and
u
envied, hath a double torment.
Better
u
it
th1u
thou Jhouldft he envied
by
others for heing good, than that thou /hou!dft
envy
others, becaufe thou art bad.
He that envies others, hurts him/elf.
He that envies good
Men,
contralls evil ttnto himfelf, as the Spide-1" draws and fuckf poi–
fon
from
flowers.
Drunkpmefs, anger and fol{y are equall:J mifchievous; differing onel:J
in
thi.s, that the
two .firft are tranjient and mutable,
l
ut the tht'rd permanent and continuing.
He that kjJls ariother without the authority
of
'fuftice, paffes fentence upon himfelf.
He
that flays another
lik!
himfeif,
mu.ftnecej{arily dye for it, and pay the punifhment with hu
own life : for which reafon the Kings, Our Royal Progenitors, did ordain, that whofoever
lef:l-
led another, fhould
pay
the price
of
bloud with his own
life.
·
Thieves are not upon any terms to be tolerated, becaufe they are
a
gene-~ation
who would.
rather live upon
prey
and robbery, than gain riches
by
hone.ftlabour,
or
enjf!) their pof[e/]ions
by
a
lawfull title.
Adulterers, who
tak!
away the good reputation and honefty of another,,Family, are diftur–
bers
of
the common peace and quiet, and are
tU
bad
~Thieves
and Kobhers, and therefore
to he cond.emned to the Gallows without mer9.
A
tru(y noble and courageom JPirit
u
beft tried
by
that f'{ltience which he fhews in the
times of adverjity.
Impatience is the charailer
of
a
poor and degene-t"ate fjirit, 1ind
of
one that is
ill
taught
and
educated.
when Subjects are obedient, their Kings and Governour.r ought to treat them with gentle–
ne.fsand clemency;
but
the pe-roerfe and ohftinate are to he ruled
wit~
a feverity and rigour
m{)derated
6y
prudence.
[udges, who are corrupted bfGifts clandeftine!J received from Plaintiff
or
Defend1tnt, are
to be efteemed for Thieves, and
to
be punifhed for fuch with capital punifhment.
Govemours 011ght to have
a
fpecial eye unto two things;
fir.ft, that they themfalves obferve
and execute the Laws of their Prince, and not fuffer others to tranfgrefl them : And next.,
that
they
ferioufl,y confider, and contrive all matters which
m"':)
tend to the good and benefit
of
their refpeClive Prtroinces.
That
Indian
who lznows not how to govern his own Fami!J,
will
he much lefs capable to rule
a
Kingdom.
.
.A
Pf?yfician, or Herbalift, who kpow.r the Names, but is ignorant
of
the Virtues and
~a
lt.ties of He-t'bs
~
or he who kpows few, but is ignorant of moft, is a mere j}2g_ack... andMoun–
tebank
i~
Phyjick__
~
and deferves not the name and repute 'of
a
Phyjician, 11ntill he
is
skj!full,
as
well
in
the Noxiom, as the Salutife-t'om qualities
of
Herb.r.
He
that wouldpretend
to
count the n1<1mber of the Stars is
a
Fool, and wortkJ to he derided.
T~efe ar~
the Sayings and Sentences of
the
Inca Pachacutec,
which were confer–
v1
ed
m
memory
by
their
Knots,
they having not attained to the more ready way of
etters
or cyphers.
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