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122 R.oyal Commentariu. BooK IV:
CH A P. XIX.
Of f,ome Laws rphich the ff.ing, Inca Roca, m(J(Íe; ef¡he
Schools whicb he founded in Cozco; ami of fo711e o[ hii
wife Apophtheg111i, or Sayings. ·
BLi:u Pttle~~, who \\.'ªS very_curio~,s, aod ha~ ·(a~en .gr~ac pains in_· -bis Enquirifi
_ ~ouching the(e lncf#, ,fai~h, Thac th1s K.ipg re1gqed -;ilmofi: fifcy Y'ears,
«· anclma.cte qiaow Laws, aLTiongíl: wl+ich_cbefe fo1lowing are -che mofi: obferva...
" ble.· Tfuat che Children ,of the common ¡People oughc noc to be educaced in
·~ the Liberal Arts arna Scriences , for ,tha.t were ro make them proud, coqceited
'' and ijngovemable; bue thac che Nobility were rhofe onely to whom fuch Li~
" teraturt .clid a_ppen:iin, to render chem more hql}emráble, a:nd capable of-Offices
" in .the mmon-}V.ealth. .Thac Th.ie11i~, M11rcb~rers, and Adulterer.s, –
,, .s;endii!r fuould be,hanged without..Merc;:v.,., rbac ' ího1;1ld ohey a
" th~it F ers,, untill they ,came to:..,the a,,ge of cwenty Years, .and thac afcer,.
" ~arcls chey ,íbou}a be employed jn -rr¡¡,¡,ccers tt11diJlg he good of.the ~Com,.
" rn@o-we~lth. le is teporced thac h~ was che 6r0: ,w!io founded.Scho<ols in.O~o,
" where the /lmau,ta¡ wer,e -che Maíl:ers, and taught füch Scjen(;(lS__ as .~elíe fit ta,
" ilT! the ll)incls QÍ lnctts, NYho wer~ Prj;m:~:S, ,ªn§i .ofrtoe chief~Qb,idity,, 0
J1Qt ,
'\ chac .did infül:lét tbem by wa¡¡ ofLett'ier1¡, for,as·yet che-y ',had noc attained
·~ ·to c owle<lge, bue QQely io füp,r.a.cfü,il manA_~r, .and bt 8ailv Difcourfos:
« cheir otber Leéture. were of Religion, and of chofe Reafons and VVifedóm 0n
" ·wlüeh f.heir Law.s· Wftre efl:ablifhéd, ·a[\d of di1e W1:1mbér ;iocl tiliue-ijx¡¡,ofition
" 0f th~m ; for by tb@Je meaos they anc,a;i,ne.d .t9 the Aiiic'QfGov~ro~~rnümd mi..
, " licfirY Difc;ipline; chey djfltiE1gaiíhed che titne~ and {eafons of cbe~rar, and
"" what the '' by reading in th.eir * Knots, they learn~g ffjíil:or¡¡, and che A.~1j@ns ,of paft
![n:;, were, '' age,,;; they improy~ ;,hemfelves ,alfo in 'th~ elGgao~e..,iand1orvarnent @f ÍPf1aking,
-~cnti~;ed. " an.,cl,ru_Qok Rules and Me.a:fures for the1QMOag~rne11t Q:fj weir ,d0.mcílkk: affanis.
' 5 Th~fe 4m4flt4t, wlio l,',lene Philofopher-s,. and in higli ,.§lfl:~m ,atn©. .them,
" lcaggl'lt fomething alfo ofPoe.try, Mufick, Philofopby. a, ílrology,iof wlüch
" nhey attained to fome-kn0wledge, .though fu,perfie;i3i.l,. in a füw ,mean
" d~gree. All chefe particulars wer..e .illfiituted i4i ¡1¡13¡¡¡lil · f.a ·J.a,w. b11 this .Jn¡;a
" lf,.004, aocd a&erwar:ds, for their hetter ~ne~blragGineJi!Aíhe.favom~.cl 'ªQ,G~r,¡fargéd
" oke.m wJth fair RncdowlilÍlents ;· a.Jild ·here.umo ~c1:1tfc., t~ whorn 'he ·was gnfat
" Umcle, facl:deG! mány. .other Ii.aws ámd Prn~_p f.~ ~ayipgs of -cliis Kim.g '11:1u
't ".R.o..ctt wei;e ,thefe: 1'lfiat coófidering ,the,immenfe 1/.llílm~fs; Bc:auty ancl $ple1h
" dour of che Heavens, he would oftein ía)'; T.b11t'if ¡}¡¡ lrfeg,yp; },efg giPrigus,
'' ú the 'Ihrone and Seat of the Pach(lcamac, (who is che greac God) how much ore
'' powe-rfu!l,glittering añd refplendent muft his Perfon 11nd Majefty be, who wM the Mak[r
" and Creatour of them a!l. Other fayings of his were chefe: 1fI were to adore any
" of thefe terreftia/ things, it fhould certainly be a wife and difcreet Man, whofe Exce!Len–
" cies forpafs a!l earthly Creature¡. when an lnfant is born, he grows up, and then he
''· dies. He thatyefterday hada beginning, to day arrives at his end. He thát cannot makf
" · himfelf immortal, nor rmroer that Life which Death hath deprived him of, is not wort/v
~' of adoration. Thus far is the report which B!t:u 'fp.fcra hach giveo us.
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