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Royal Commentarie¡.
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II.
peát éVery word ofcen
to
themfelves, ánd mark ic with Pebbles, or little Granés
of divers calours, ofabout thé bignefs of Peafe, called by them
Chuy,
which ferve
far helps to their Memories ; and füc~1 induíhy and care they ~fe, till at lengch
they have perfeétly overcome the d1fficulty, and learned therr pare or leífon.
Thofe
Spaniárd1
to
½"hom the Young
Indi,1111
have recoutfe for their Learning,
how great foever they are, do not yecdifdain
to
teach and inform chem; giving
them all che encouragernent they a:re able. So chat thefe
J11dia111,
though natu–
rally dull of invention; have yec an apticude
to
imitare any thing whifh
is
pro–
pofed before them.
rohn Cue!ltU,
a Seholar, who was a Native
of
Medina¡
and Canon of che
Ca–
thedral of
Couo,
who taught the Grammar
to
the Children which were of
Sp11-
nifh
and
Indian
Parents, and
to
ochers of beíl: quality in thac City, can give us the
moíl: clear teíl:imony thereof: For he was moved
to
perform cbis charitable
Of–
fice at the intreaty and inílance of che Scholars, whofe Maílers and Tutours,
in
exchange far better preferments, had forfaken their Charge ; for though every
Scholar gave ten pieces' of Eight a Month for his Learning, yec ic was bue
-litcle,
in refpeét of their frnaH number, whicb perhaps were not above
1
7
or
1
3
in che
whole Town, I knew one amongíl chem who was an
Inca,
called
Phi!ip,
and
was Pupil
tO
a i:ich and honourable Prieft, named Facher
Percr Sanchez.,
who ob–
ferving the ingeimicy of chis Youch, took •pains
to
infhuét him in his Scudies ;
in which he profited
fo
well, chac he became as good a Grammarian as any tha't
w~ of the
Spanifh
and
Indian
Bloud. The change of many Maíl:ers was a great
ohfuµétion to cheir Learning ; for every one of chem having a different way of
Teaching, they began noc from the ruks and principies formerly taughc them ,
hllt made them to begin from their ow'n methods, and forget w
1ac
rhey had befare
,learned, which was a great prejudice
to
cheir proceedings; untill this good Ca–
non undertook to inílruét chem in the Latin Grammar, which he concinued for
che fpace of cwo years, amidíl: che Tumulcs and Wars raifed between
D. Sebaftian
de Caftilla,
and
Francifco Hernande1 Giran
;
which were the cau[e of mucb bloud
fire and deíl:rufüon ; and were of thac continuance, that
[caree
was one fire
ex:
tinguiíhed, before anocher flame broke forth. Ac this time chis Canon
Cuc//,u
obferving che great docility of his Scholars, and their inclinations to be improved
in al! Sciences; and che want of able and indu{hious Mafiers to cultivare che
minds of chis people ; would cry out, and fay, Oh, Children
!
whacpicy
iE
is
that I do not
[ee
a dozen of you Scudencs in the Univerfüy of
Salamanca
!
And
indeed this good Canon had reafon
fo
to fay, bec:mfe his attendance ac cheChoire
wok him off from the employment of Teachiog his Scholars with fuch fedulicy,
as to make chem perfeét in the Latín Tengue: Howfoever, the little improve–
mems they made were good evidences of cheir natural wic and underílanding,
which now
in
thefe days ( praifed be God) is much advanced by chat abundance
of Learning, ¡md light of Sciences, which che Jefuics have introduced amongíl:
chem. And
fo
much fhall fuffice to have difcourfed on chis fubjeét, ic being now
time to return to che Hiíl:ory of che Succeffion of che
IncM,
and of cheir Con•
,queíls and greac Afüons.
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