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Royal Commentaries.

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Youths p¡;i~Jy, who were rny School-fe!lows, and fro~1their childhood

went to School, an.d learned

re;¡de :ind write

Spanifh :

One of wbich was called

Carlos,

che So.n

Pau,llu h¡ca

;

be[1des thefe two, I have ob[er,ved

little curio–

fity

tqe

Im;/ians

to learn the

Spanifh

Tangue, that I never knewany of thern who

adcMt~d him(elf t9 che íl:udy eid-1er of writing or reading chereof, and never exer–

~ifeq any other me?as rhan what carne by mere converfe, and common difcourfe;

11or were

ch~

$Mn.ia_rd-J

Q!il

eme

other ftde more fiudious in learning the

Indian

Tqngµ,~;

which

fl@gle~

was

gr_eac both in one and che other Nation, chat chofe

,!ndja_n

:Boys, VJhQ wei;e educat@d WiJh me, did never arrive to any farrher know–

le9ge, than ofc<:>rnmon a()d famillar,words; and when any thing was to be taughr

~h~m,qf

h~gher ma~_t_ers,

was con!ha.ined to exprefs them in cbe natural cerms of

th~ir

_@fü)

Lang.u.age.

Ap<rl

th~ jgnorance a¡;¡d fütle improvemeRt illit~e knowled~ of chefe Tangues

was tQ h,e blamed in b.och Na.tions, after cwenty nine yeªrs converfation :md

;t<::ruJ¡.¡j¡í_uanc~ en.e wjch the other •.,

hmM

lit.rle bl;un.e chen oug_bc we to objeét unco

chis Interpreter, for want of skilfulnefs in che Tangues, when

fir(l

the

Spanidrds

en–

cred into thefe Countries : Nay how little ouglit

Phifipiffio,

and the good Friar

Va/ver

de, to

be reproached for cheir unskilfulnefs in thefe Tangues ac che begin–

ning,

w.h.er:

IJ.Q'N

.?f.~er eigpcy y_e_~r~

!h<!.t

c4_e

17?.qj~n

~I!IPÁ(e h?.t.b Q_een fübdued, chere

füll

nt words in che

lndian

Language to expreTs tlie Myíl:eries

our Holy Faith.

appears by a CatechiL'11 whi<::h Friar

Diego de Alcobafa

printed and publifhed in

che year

585,

in chree Languages,.

vi~.

§pa~ifh,

tlie general Language of

c o~–

co,

and in the Tengue peculia1Jy belonging ·to me Province of

Aymara;

whereby

it appears, thac neicñer of

eñe-

cwo laíl: 'Tongues had words fufficient,

exprefs

Theological cerms without ufing the

Spanifh,

making them terms of Are adjoyned

to che

Indian:

As for example, in tije feco_nd Qgeíl:ion of che Catechifm;

Art

thou a bapti~ed Chriftian

the common Traníl.ation hath ic,

B11ti~afcha Chucanqui

Whereby it appears, that che word

Canqui

che onely

Indian

word, bue che word

Bati~afca

is made

Indian

out of .che

Spanifh.

like manner che fourch Qy,eíl:~on

is,

f>oft thoH

k(low.

t~f Chriftian

P.oéJr.,iJf ?

.~4~¡WO!jd

JOU

kPo}l'

ÍS

Jndian.,

burtl)(r

O–

theF

tWQ wotiqs ilt~fonr¡ed

fi;o,tn

~~e,spa,nifh..

~~~ejes whi~li Glwre are in1i1umerable

o,th(lt

\Y~rgs

,4i

,the

~n,d.i1n

Top_gp~ _geriv~ 'fr~w

~~~

Spt!nifl;,

w,pich f9r br~vtt}l fa-ke

yv.,e

,Op;\it ;

~\ld

tp~ref9re

'Wt:l

,th;t\l

in(l~ll~€

·tp~(e .f~w _w¡xqs onel}(, which ar~

r;mgfit

the1-1~aps.m

che proger

Spanifh

worp~; .¡nd

a~~

thefe:

God

74111

Chrift,

Qur ft.¡tdy, an

'1.r¡ttffl,

the Crofl.i

'f,

Prieft,

IJ9iruJig9?

a Fe'tft or ll_o!J.-day,

Reli

¡}r

m, th

C,b"~rfh, Rep_,;pt'21,c5,l '.o Corrpnf!.ni,cfft'f~

{º

P,ray,

f,q

/iftft,

11:1,arr:~~d, a fiatchef!

o.ur

Ji.ng,

lt:

l'frfop,

a~apcc;qiiJ.o,

or. one 'l'f'ho

'kms

r,Ko¡n,tn,,

·w:ich mapy oth~r \ike wqrds in.the

~teqhifm. .

-4\Qd.

fl,10ugh, it be trHe -~Iw

io[I\e

of nhefe worcjs, and och~rs of che

like nature,

1111ght

exp~ejfe~

~l)e

l n,_#fP

l;gogqe, ;s the Name of

God,

&c.

Howfqever Jt was with great pn;1~eoce, íl!ld;,l digi<;Yp{ly dettrmiped in chai;ity to

the Souls

cnefe R~o¡:¡le,

cq~er tpe

Nlami~

of tl}e _:Ch~ifijan }:,vth, with

Chrifüan words; Ieíl: chefe people, being ne~ly conv~rted froµ1 cbeir ~entiHfm,

and being caught Chriíl:ianity in théir ownwórds, fhould retain che fame fuperfü–

tiqus notions _o(_yod,.and 9th~r ehings {lccording to th.e ·P,rimary impreffipns of

tl).elr

Idolacry; and cheref9re .it was judged nec;eifary

iIJijrqét chem wich new

words, thaffo,

.if

po{Iiqle, cge

·yery

MernQ~o/ of tlJeir{qper!Htions ¡:njght be co-

tally ap9lifhi:;d. , ,.

, ,

H~v¡pg

thµs ~t'<;qf~p

Rhifip,illjo,

~md .Friar

Vq(71_erde,

fr.orn plame

fqr

m~ir

bad

in–

ter

p;-@tation; we ¡:nµíl: 4dd, th;iqhe i4terpr~qitlQI)

made

qf the,Friar'sSermon,

f.ei:

ued r4ther to obfc;:ur.e tqa»{!)ucidate bis

fepfe ;

f.or

\Vben he q¡.ne cp e~plicace

the

q~Q_er,atíon of ~nkiQq,_-

4p~ o

riginal Siµ

.py 4da

m's,fall; ch?t ipíl:ead of fay–

iqg,

Th,at

at! c

pr_ld [tn~

p.µi

Adam,

he \

YPu.Jd

fay, That ali che World hea–

cheµ-

S.in~

upqn

44atA

.,ch~n fpea~g

Qf th

Di':ioicy

C:hriíl our Lard,

be (a~q,,He

a.~

a__ gn;a-~P<:r.(q¡:1, ~:po_d,ieM9r

M~kjnd .:

,And c):ien when he wpuld

fpeak pf tbe V

ir-gini~y, I

.?,uricy, apd Sanétity

.o{

Gur.Lady the Virg_in

M q,ry,

.he faid

noch,iog

¿ to che

purpq.fe,

iQq:rpr~t_iog every thii:ig_ahnQft. }n a cpptrary fenfe to the

<::;ach lic;k Qoéhipe.

· Coníl,if)g

¡o

che:feq;md P,~rc..pf,tbe Speech

deljv~r~d 'pyF¡ilverde,

he made fome

few~r .errp~t:S~d-tP,if~?k~s

Cíl¡l.,11

Afl

tQe firfi ,' Pe(ail(e

tha:c

ipe matter conc;erned

more :e-?<.teriQqr t hM1~, fi,i~h;as War.and

Am:is,

which

w.eJ~

J.)'lore obvious to the

en[e ; -po,w,hich occ;a,fion he ~ tQlled the P<;>w,e¡ ,and Ma_gn,a_nimity of che Bmp,e–

ro.~r, .¡md

l1¡s

ig9_ufü:y;jn (ePQmg.-(:?pt¡iins and Souldiers

, pnq1,ter ~heWorldh;