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VII.
Royal
Commentáries.
ofhis 6th Book concerning this Government, faith,
" Thac fuch was the Fide~
" lity and loy:rl Affeétion which thefe people bore towards their Princes" cha!:
" there never was mention of any Plot or Tr-eafon contrived againíl: their Per–
,, fons;
for
though wich rigour and feveriry they re'quired Obedience to their
" Laws, yet fuch was che Reditude of
their
Juíl:ice, and Impartiality in the Exe–
" cutlon, that none could complain of the leaíl: violence or oppteiion : And fuch
'' Older was obferved
in
che fubordinate Magifiraces, who
fo
exaétly regarded the
" moft minute lrregnlarities
in
rheir Lives, that none could be drunk, or íl:eal
a
" bunch of Mayz fróm
his
Neighbour without puniíhment, Th'us
far ·
ace che'
Words of
Acoft.c,
C H A P.
111.
0/ the Language ~fed at the Court.
.
,,
.
B
L44
Palera,
in
the
9tb
Chapter of his id
Book,
rreating of the general
Lan–
''f"":"
guage
of
Peru,
fpeaks ofche ufefulnefs and facility of chac Tongue, as
is
ca
oe
found amongft
bis
loofe Papers.
''
Now
as ·to che common Language fpoken by che Natives of
Peru,
the truth
" is,
every
Province ufed a peculiárTongue proper to itfelf,
bue
during che Reign
" of
the
Jncan-Kings
the Language of
Couo
was of greateft extent, reaching from
"
fkit#
to
the
Kingdoms of
Chili
and
Tnmac,
and which is now in ufe amongíl:
'' che
Caciques,
and
great Meo, and fuch Officers as the
Spani11rds
employ in their
'' Service
.and
Affairs.
When che
Incaf
fubdued any Countrey, their
firfi
bu(i.
!'
neis
was to enjoin the,Inhabitants to leam che Tongue and Cuíl:ome of
Co.:.co,
" and to ceach them to their Children; for better effefüng of which chey gave
" thém
'Mafters and Teachers to infiruét: them; and
for
encouragement of fuch
" M¡fiers, they gave them Lands and Inheritances amongíl: the Natives, that fo
" théy and their Children livíng and growing up with that people might continue
" a
perpetua!
fuccdica
of Maíl:ers and Teachers of that people; and for their
, " ·better encóUrágemilt the Governours of Provinces. did always prefer fucb
" Teachers unt.o Offices before any others; for they were happy in/lrumenrs
'' of Qruetnefs to che
Incas,
and. of Peace and mutual Affeétion to the people.
" T~ Race
and
Off..fpring of thofe Teachers who anciently carne·from
Cow,
·
'' live
füH
difperfed in thofe Countries, which were affigned for Habitations ro
·~ their Parents, who having now loft that Authority which their Anceftours en-
, " joyed, are not able to teach the
Indi.11,11;
not compell-them to receive their Lan–
" guage.
.Whence ít
is
tHat many Provinces which were skilfüll in che
Cow¡n..–
" Tongt¡e, when the firíl:
Sp11niard.t entred
.iuto
Caf{amarca,
have now wholly lofr
" and forgotten it; for the Empire of the·
fnc,u
being overthrown, ali their Sta–
" tutes, Laws and Orders perifhed with them; and .indeed che Civil Wars whiclí
" arofé between the
Sp11ni11rds
chemfelves tdgether with the malice of the Devil,
'í
might ali contribute to chis confqíion, .tnd to incerrupt the propagacion of che
'' Gofpel, which mighc have been much advanced, had the Apofiolical P.reachers'
' 1
of it had ondy, one ftngle
í
ongue
ta
hav~ Iearned: ·Whereas now ali che Con–
" fines and Dependeñcies about che (:ity
of.'i'rugillo,
and other Provinces-belon–
" gin~to the Jurifdiétion of
~itu,
are notable to fpeak or underíl:and
~me
word
" of che common Language
of
the
Coll.u
and
P11quina1,
telapfing again
into
rheir
'
" Mochers Gibberifh, know no occafion or need for the
Couan
Dialeét, which
;; alfo is ac prefent
fo
corruP.ted, th;it it feems quite¡mother Speech
to
whac i~ former-
. ly was; and more diverhty ofTongues are of late fprung up, than were known
~~
in
che tim~ of
H1111yn4 Capac,
che lafi Emp€rour. Hence
it
is,. thac that: Con-.
f
· ·
.
.
~ord