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R.oyal Comment•ries.
BooK
VI.
" obliged thereunto by Orders. of the Common Council within·.rhe refpediv.e
" Precinfü ; to which the people
fo
readily concurred, and willingly comribu–
,, ted to fupply the necefiities 9f each other, that in
a-
very íhort .time they ran
ce
up a Houfe, or ~ottage, agreeab_le to the minds of thofe Inhabicancs : .che
ce
which cuíl:ome bemg very benefic1al to the people, was afterwards made into
ce
a Law and confirmed by the auchoricy of che
Incas :
And this ufefull affiíl:ence
'' which'fom~
I?dians
do_imco this day affor~ unto ~ach other, is like che Precepcs
" of our Cbnfüan Chanty : And where th1s Rule 1s negleél:ed by f&ne covetous
." and felfifh
1ndi~ns,
there che common good is injured and abufed by thofe who
·"' are neicher ufefull to themfelves nor others.
·
c ·H
~
P.
XXXVI.
Of
many
other Laws introduced
by
the
Inca Pachacutec,
-m~d of his Sentences and Wife Sayings.
"
JN
fine, i:his King, wich che affiíl:ence and wifedom of his Counfel, having
''
reviewed and weighed che feveral Laws, Statutes and Cuíl:oms
in
ufe and
'.' praél:ice ap,ongíl: che rnany Nations and Provinces which he had reduced , con–
ce
firmed" chofe of ch_em which were go_od and proficable, and abrogated t~ofe
" which interfered w1ch the common ~ace, and were reptfgnant to che Ma¡efry
'' and Sovereign Dignicy ofche
Inca
;
to which he added many orher Laws againíl:
ce
Bláfphemers, Paricides, Hornicides and Traytors
to
che
Inca,
alfo againíl: Adul–
" cerers of both Sexes; againíl: chofe who forcibly fiole away Daughrers ouc-of
" the Houfes of their Parents, or by violence-comrnitted Rapes on the Bodies of
" Women, or atcempted che Chaíl:ity
ot
che Seleél: Virgins, or robbed, or purloi·'
'' ned, or burned Hou[es, or were guilty of Inceíl: in the right line. Beftdes
" which, he added m:my Rices and Ceremonie
s tobe obferved
in
their Sacrifices,
'.' and cónfirrned chofe ancient Iníl:itutions of
h.isAnceíl:ors, relating, unto their
~· Temples and tleligion: . He alfo confirmed
thefe ancient Laws following:
" Namely, That Children fhould obey and ferve cheir Parents uncill che Age of
•
" rwenty frve years; and thar.all contra6ts ofMarriage before that time, without
'' the con[enc of Parents on both ftdes, werc void and null; and thac Children
" bom in chac ~ondition were Baíl:ards, and Illegitimate ; bue if in cafe,t in che
" Eílate of fuch Matrimony, che confent and approbation of Parents íhould after-
" wards be obcained, then were the Children efieerned Legitimare, and reíl:ored
'' to
die privileges of lawfull Inherirance. He rnqreover appfoved and confirmed
" the Eílaces which were appropriated to che rnaintenance oí Lordíhips and Seig-
" niories according to che ancient cuíl:oms of Kiñgdorns and Provinces, in which
" ca[es che Jl-ldges were not to receive Fees or Rewards fer Judgment. Many
o-
" ther Laws l'.'ere made by_ this
Inca
of lefs confideracion, the particularsof which,
" for brevity fake, we omit ; and fhall hereafter di[courfe more fully of thofe
ce
Laws whlch he made for Regulacion ofJqdges, ofMatri!Jlonial Contraél:s, and
" OÍ\
che Teíl:aments of pe~fons deceafed, and of w
hat he infütuted about Mili-
" tary Difcipline, and the accoum
to
be obferved in
e.hecourfe and circle of rhe
" year.
In
chis Age of ours
Don Francifco
de
Toledo,
changed and altered many of
" chofe Laws and Statutes which were rnade by this
Inca,
in which the
Indians
ob-
,, ferving and admiring his abfolute and. uncontrollable power, gave him the, •
" Name of
Pa.charntec
che Second, which is as rnuch as to fay, the Reformer of •
" the Reformers ; and
fo
great was thac reverence which they bore to that
Inca,
" rhac even to.chis day his Memory is dear anq pretioús
to
thelll. Thus far are
che words of.
BIM
ralera,
which I found amongíl: his loofe Papers ; al! ocher mac-
•
ters