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Royal Commentarie1.
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VII.
'' they with
great care and diligence
inftilled
into the
Minds
of .their people
did
" propagate the
Law,
which
e
light
of Nature taught them;
fo alfo
~ughc
" we
with
the
fame
care
and
diligence endeavour to continue
this
excellent
me–
" thod,
as
the mofi: expedite means to inculcate the myfl:eries
of
the Gof
pel;
and
'' therefore
it
is
great pity, and much to be lamented, that our Chrillian Gover–
" nours, who omit no ways or contrivarrces to fubjugate that people to the
hon–
,, dage of their fecular power, iliould be more remifs
in
tbofe eourfes '
which
" tend to the advancement of the Catholick Faith ,
than
the
Gentiles
were
" of
their Idolatrous Wodhip. Thus
far
are the Words of
BIM
Ya/era,
which
becaufe they tend
co
the advancement ofChrilHanity,
I
have thought
fit
to
infert
here; and then afterwards, like a learned man, and one skilfull
in
Tongues,
he
proceeds to compare the Language of
Peru
with the Latin, and Greek, and He–
brew; and then proceeds to confute the Opinion of thofe who fanfie,
that
thefe
Indians
of the new World were defcended from the Jews, and
for
proof thereof
they produce fome Hebrew words which have a fimilitude with the general Lan–
guage of
Peru,
though they are not alike
in
fignification, but onely in the
found
or accent. And on
this
occafton, amongfr many other Curiofities and Idioms
be–
longing
to
this
general Tongue, he obferves thatfou,
b, d,
f,
g,
i,
and
x,
are
all
wanting in the
Peruvian
Speech, and for that reafon, had-tliey been Jews, who
are fo affeaionate
to
their Father
Abrah11m,
that his Name
is
never out of their
mouths, they could never have wanted that letter
(
b)
which is neceffary to exprefs
a
rrue found of that beloved Name: To which we may farther add, that in
all
their Language they have no word with two Confonants together fuch as
hra,
era, cro,
pla,
pri,
and the like ;
fo
that they do not onely want the Letter
(
b)
but alfo the fyllable
hra,
which are neceffary
for
Jews to
e~refs
the Name of'
their beloved Patriarch; and though
it
may
b€
objetl:ed,
that
this
Language of
Peru
hath many fyllables
with
two Confonams coming together, fuch as
Payd,
Huacra, Rocro, Pocra, Chacra, Llaclla, Choe/lo,
and the like, yet
it
is
to be
under–
fiood> that thefe Confonants are dif-joined
in
their pronunciation; as for exam–
ple,
Pap-ri, Huac,,ra, Roo-ro, Llac-lla,
and the like, befides which,
for
want
of a
true obfervation ,
the
Spaniard.r
have
many
corruptions amongft them ;
as for
Pampa,
they
fay
bamba,
for
Inca Inga,
for
Roc-ro Loc-ro,
and the like;
as we fhall.
hereafter make appear,
as
thefe words do occafionally occur;
and fo we !hall
recur again unto our
Hillary.
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