48 / 1060
34
oyal
C01nment
ries.
BooK
I .
take an account of tbe Birth and
urials of all thofe that '
e born, or died
that year under tbei
jurif< iB:ion, and of rhofe ' ho \\enc
t
the Wat. Thofe
peop e
,~horn
they onquered,. though fubdued
by
force of
Ar
1s, yet they did
never plunder or
cake away
~he1i:-good
.
.
.
.
This word Decurion, which is compofed from .rhe Latm
Decw,_
which
15
ten,
and.
cura
care ; that is, a care over ten; an wers direetly
~o
the
In11an
w01
d
Chun.–
ca camayu chunca
fignifying ten, and
camayu
care;
~nd
by.10£(
r~auon
of
the~e
the
JnctU
came to a knm ledge of the number of their u Je
s m very Provmce,
that
fo
according
thereunto
they might
r
portion rhe Taxe and Impofitions for
publick W rks
fuch as the building of
ridges, m:tkmg and
reparr~g
High–
way ,
ereeting Forts and Royal Palaces, with \ hat
num~er
of ould1er
they
ought to ferve the
Inca
in
his Wa:s·
By
thefe
C?mputat1~ns
alfo
t
e
Inca
\
as
better enabled
to
fend Provifions mto thofe Provmces,
w
hKh by rea on of
tl
e
fierili ~y
of the year occafioned by
loud , or unfeafonable
w
ather, were be ome
,, ant
g
of Corn, or Cotton , .
~r
Wool ; all
hich were adminifired, and fent
,vith
fuch readineG and expedmon, that as
BlM Valera
often
fays,
the
lnctU
took
fuch care of their ubje&, providing for them
in
all their neceffities, that they
might rather
be
fiyled Fathers of their
ounrrey, and Guardians of their Pupils,
than Kings
over
Subjetts ;
and
to
exprefS this
care in one word,
the
Indjan1
gave
them the tide of
Lcver1
of
the
Poor.
And left the SuReriour Governours fhould be remHs, or negligent,
in
the exe-
cution of their
Offices ;
there
wa a
Monitor
or
Remembrancer appointed,
called
Tnrn -ricoc,
which
is as much as a upervifor or Informer; and
h.
duty
it
was to
put
the Officers in mind of the matters relating to
eir Go ernment ;
fo
chat
in
cafe any of thefe fhould be found
remi~
in
hi cha ge, or guilty of any
crime,
his punifhment was always proportioned to lu qu.llity, rather than his fault ;
ic
being an opinion amongft
them,
that the
eafi evil \
'as
not
to be tolerated in a
Minifier of Juflice,
,·d10
was chofen by the un and the
!nett
to eradicate Evils
and therefore
was
obliged
to
be more upright and obfervant of the
La\
s,
tha~
che other Subjetts.
C H ·A P.
v1. ·
Of
certain
Laws Ordai11ed
hy
the
Incas,
and of the Opinion
1
That the
Incas,
and thofe of the Royal Bloud, can doe no
wrong, or offend contrary to Law.
P
Ecun!ary
Mullts, or. Confifcation of Goods, were
never
impofed by
the
In·
ca1
m
vvay of pumfbment
for
any
offe~ce,
_they ell:eeming nothing
fatisfac..
_ry
to La\ but that
hich reqlllt'ed the extirpation of the Evils, rather than the
Life
?f
the Offendour ; for that all other remedies give but onely encouragement
and liberty to tranfgreG.
If
a
Curaca,
or Lord, rebelled which was always pa–
nifhed with mofi feverity
by
the
Inca;
and that ther
by
he
forfeited hi life· the
f:~ate
notwithfl:anding defcended
to
his on, or to his Heir, but with due admo–
n~aon,
that by
~uch ~x~mple
he fhould
be'
are of the Treafon and Rebellion of
h1.
F~ther;
fo
hke\Y1fe 1f_any
Cacique,
or
fficer \\as deprived of hi place, or
his
e1gmory
for
faults committed,
the
next Heir fucceeded in
it,
l·vhether
he were a
on or a Brother : the
~ame
rule alfo was obferved amongll: the ouldiery,
hofe
mmanders
wer~
Natt es of th
ountrey, and their Generals, or chief Com-
manders, were Pr!oces of the_Bloud, under whom the Captains and
periour
Officers efieemed
it
for a parncular honour and favour to ferve. No Judge had
power
to
moderate
the Sentence of aw
by
any Rule
of
..quity, but rather
to
aet