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VI.
Royal Commenta~ies.
ters which he wrote concerning Judges and Marriages, with the account of their
Militia, and the courfe of their year were ali loíl:, which was a general damage
to
che whole World. Howfoever,
in
a fcattered leaf,
I
found fome Sencentious
Sayings of this
Inca Pachacuteé,
which are thefe which follow.
.
when the 'suhjea1, Captain1 and
Curacas
hearti(y and wil!ingly obey their, Prince, then
doth the Nation enjoy perjetf peace and quietnefs.
Envy
is
a Cancer which eats andgnaws into the bowels of the Eñviom.
He that
is
enviom, and
is
envied, hath a doub!é ·torment,
.
Bette-1'
is
it that thou fhou!dft be envied
by
others for being good, than that thou fhouidft
envy
others, becaufa thou art bad,
He that envies others, hurts himfelf.
He
that envies good Men, contratfs evil unto himfelf, as the Spider draws and fuck¿ poi-
fon ft'om flowers.
.
·
Drunkfnnefs, anger and fol{y are equally mifchievom
;
dijfering onely in thú, that the
two firft are tranftent and mutable, but the third p_ermanent and continuing.
He that
~
a~other.'f!'ithout the authorit;
of
ruftic~, paj[es fentence up~n himfelf.. He
that flays ar,otheryjkf himfalf, muft necef{arily dye for 1t, and pay the punifhment w1th hú
own fije : for which reafon the Kings, Our Royal Progenitors, did ordain, that whofoever kJ:!.1.
led another, fhould pay the price of b!oud with his own lije.
Thieves are not upon a?ry terms to be tolerated, becaufa they are a generation who wou!d
rather live upon prey and robbery, than gain riéhes by honeft labour, or enjl!)' their poj{elfion.t
hy
a fawfu!/ title.
Adu!terers, who tak! ttway the good reputation and honefty of another Family, are di/fur–
hers of the common peace and quiet, and are
tU
bad
tU
Thieves and R.obber1, and therefore
'
to be condemned to the Ga!lows without merey.
A truly noble and courageom fpirit
is
befo tried by that patience which he fhews in the
times
of
adverjity.
'
lmpatience
i'.r
the charaéler
of
a poor and degené'tate fpirit, And
of
one that is ill taught
and educated.
w.hen.Subjeéfs are obedient, their Kings and Govern rs ought to treat them with gentle–
nefs and cfemency; bHt thé perverfe and obftinate are to e ruled with a feverity and rigout
moderated
/;y
prudence.
7udges, who are corrupted /;y GijtJ cfandeftinely received
um P!aintijf or Defend11nt, are
to be efteemed for Thieves, and to be punijhed for fuch with apita! punifhment.
Governours ought to have a fpecial eye unto two rhings;
ft,
that they themfelves obfarve
and execute the Laws
of
their Prince, and not
f
uffer otherJ o tranfgrefs them : And next,
'
that they fariou~y confider, and contrive ali matterJ which
ay
tend to the good and benefit of
their refpeélive Provinces.
That
lndian
who k._nowJ not how to govern his own Family, wiil
he much
lefa
capable to rule a Kingdom.
A Pk:Jfician, or Herba!ift, who k._nows the Names, 6ut ÍJ ignor11nt of the Pirtues and !11.!!.a–
lities
.Pj
Herbs
;
or he who kz¡ows few, but
is
ignorant of moft, is a mere fl.!!ack._ andMoun–
tebank in Phyjick._; and deferves not the name and repute of a Phyjician, untill he is skjlfull,
as well in the Noxiom, as the SalutiferOU4 qualities of Herbs.
He
th,:;t wouldp-mend to count the number of the Stars is a Fool, and wort/qy to be derided•
.Thefe are the Sayings and Sentences of the
Inca Pachacutec,
which were confer–
ved in memory by theirKnots,
-they
having not attained to the more ready way of
letters or cyphers.
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