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Royal

Commentarie1.

BooK

vn.

'' they wich great care -and diligence iníl:illed inc.o the Minds of their people, did

" propagate the Law, which ~h.e light of Nature taug~t them.;

alfo ought

" 'we with the fame care and d1hgence endeavour to concmue th1s excellent me–

" thod, as the moíl: expedite means to inculqtte the myíl:eries of the Gofpel; and

'' therefore ic is great picy, and much to

lamenced, that 011r Chriíl:ian Gover–

" nours, v,,ho omic no ways or contrivances to fubjugace tbat people to che bon–

,, dage of cheir fecular power, íhould be .more remifs in chofe Courfes, which

" cend co che advancement of che Catholick Faich , than che Gentiles were

" of cheir Idolacrous Woríhip. Thus far are che Words of

Bltu

Va/era, ·

which -

becaufe chey tend to tI'ie advancémént ofCfíriíl:ianicy, I have thought

fic

to infert

here; and chen afcerwards, like a leatned man, and one skilfull in Tongues, he

proceeds to compare che Language of

Peru

wich che Lacin, :md Greek, and

He–

brew; and chen proceeds co,confuce the Opinion ofl hofe who fanfie, that thefe

Jndians

of the new World were defcended from che Jews, and for prbofthereof

they produce fome Hebrew words which have a fimilicude wich che general Lan–

guage of

Peru,

cbough chey are noc alike in fignification, but onely in the found

or accent. And on chis occafion, amongíl: many other Curiofüies and ldioms be–

longing to this general Tangue, he obferves chatfou,

b, d,

and

are all

wanting in che

Peruvian

Speech, and for chac reafon, had tney been Jews, who

are

affeél:ionate to their Father

Abrah11m,

thac his Name is never out of their

mouths, they could never have wanted chaeletter

(

which is neceffary to exprefs

a true found of chac beloved Narne: To which we may farcher add, chac in all

tbeir Language they have no word wich cwo Confoaancs togecher, füch as

bra,

era, ero, pla, pri,

and che like; fo chac they do noc onely wanc the Letter

(b)

bue alfo the fyllable

bra,

which are neceffary far Jews to exprefs the Nan1e of

their beloved Pacriarch; and though ic may

objeéted, chat chis Language of

Peru

hach many fyllabl'es wich rwo Confonancs corning rogecher, 'fuch as

Papri,

Huacra, Roero, Pocra, Chacra, Llac/la, 'Choclla,

and the like, yet it is

be under–

íl:ood, chac thefe <i::onfonants are dif-joined in tbeir pronunciation; as far exam- '

ple,

Pa¡,-ri, Huac-ra, Roe-ro, Llac-lla,

and the like, befides which,

fot

want 0f a

u·ue obfervation , the

Spaniardi

have many corruptions amongíl: them; as far

Pampa,

they

fay

bamba,

far

Inca Inga,

far

Roe-ro Loe-ro,

and che like; as we íhall

hereafcer rnake appear, as rhefe words do occafionally occur ;. and

we {hall

recur again unto our Hillory.

CHA P,