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Royal

Commeniaries•

JlooK

VIÍ. '

H A P.

11.

1hat the Great Lords

Provinces fent their Eldeft So;zs to

he educated in the Court

the

Incas,

ancl their Reafons

for

it.

T, .

J;;can-Kin

•·

enjoined all the Lords of their Vaífals ro fend th~ir eldeft

Sons to be ecucated at their Court, thac fo they mighc imbibe certain

,good Principies of Learning and Religion in their tender years, and beirig accufio–

rned to a converfation and familiaricy with the

Jnc,:u

rnighc contraét a friendíhip

andan atfeétion for their Perfons and Governrnent; and thefe were called

Mitmac,

which

is as mu,h as Domefticks,.or

©Í

the Farnily. Moreover ic"'íhewed the

Grandeor of the

Couh

to be frequented by the Prefence and Service

óf

ali the

young Heirs to thofe Kingdoms, States .and Provinces which depended on chat

Empire;

whichroeans the LangMage of the Court becarne more general and

cornrnon,Abei.rig leame-d with eaf~and pleafure; fór it being the cufiome for the

Sons

oí.ali

Great Mefi to take·cheir mrns of-waicing at Coim, they could not

fail

of atmi.bint ·fome wm-ds and fmatches oí che Court Language; che which when

· they retunted

their 'refpeétive Commies) they mad~-ufe of in ali companies;

belng proud to íhew wp~t Courtiers they were, and how much refined in their

Mam1ets_ano Words, having le~rned the Tongue of che Divine Family; che

whiah ,cr~at@d an Emalatibñ'in ochers t'.o amün chat,Tongue alfo for which their

_Neighbour .attd-Atquaint¡1née were

íliuchi~drnited: And h~ving alfo by the

l1elp. df :this Tongue

incrodua:ion to the Converfation and Familiaricy of

thc

Chief Offi'cl rs of Jufüce, ahd Managers of the Révenue of the Sun and of the .

Inc1t;

every one did fo labour

obtain the advantage of this Tongue, that wich–

out the infirufüon of Maíl:ers they with great eafe, and almoíl: infenfibly aétained

unto it; by which means it carne to be

generally fpread

all pares, thac for

che compafs of alrnoíl: one choufand chree hu'ndred Leagues it became the onely

Tengue in ufe :mcf efieem,

Beíides the Honour and Grandeur that chis Court received by

che

prefence and

attendance of

many noble Heirs, anocher benefit did chence accrue, by being a

meaos to fecure the ~mpire fromMutinies and Rebellion; for fo long as the young

Heirs were at che Court, they were like fo many Pledges and Hoílages for che

good behav;,our of their Parents and Countrey-men, divers of whofe Provinces

being four, five and fi-x hundred Leagues from the Court, and many of chem

in–

habited by fierce and warlike Nations, were ready and inclined upon every finall

overture to caíl: off rhe Yoke of their Servicude; and though cnefe Nations of

·tbemfelves fmgly were not able

contend with the Power ofthe

l qcan-Empire,

yet being uniced in a League and Confederacy, might put it into follte danger and

difficulty; all which was _prevemed by che refulence which thefe Heirs made at

the Court, who were chere treated with plentifull Entertainmem, and honoured

ac~ording to cheir feveral Degrees and q~alities ; of

all

which che Sons rendring

to their Parents a true Relation, ar:id confirming che fame with fuch prefems as che

Inca

fent to thern , being Garinents of che fame qualicy· which che

Inca

himfelf .

wore; they eíleemed thernfelves fo rnuch obliged chereby, that their Servitude

feé:med~ Freedom, and Loyalty to be tbeir.duty; and

cafe any were fo ílurdy

and'ílúpid, ai not to be won by fuch geñt'le appli~ tions and alluremencs; yet chen

the thoughcs of having Children wichin che power of che

Inca,

were confidera–

cions fufficiem to cake chem off from courfes ruinous ro their owo Bloud.

With chefe and che like arts of Providence and Indaílry, accompanied wich

refütude of

Jufüce,

che /ncan-Empire was fupported, and fecured in fuch peace;

that in all the ages which the

Incas

reigned, d-iere was fcarce heard c

he leaíl

: noife

or rumour of Rebellion or Mutiny.

'fofeph de Acófta

fpeaking in the

11.th

Chap.