The royal commentaries of Peru : in two parts / written originally in spanish by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega; rendred into english by sir Paul Rycaut.

- i.44 Royal Commentarie;. BooK VI. which time he lived in great peace and profperity ; at the end of which be dyed · being univ~rfally lamented by his Subjefü, ha~ing his place allotted to .him a~ mongíl: the Kings his Predeceífors, and enrolled m the L1íl: and Number of theit Gods. He was.embalmed according to the cuíl:ome of their Countrey ; and his Obfequies performed with críes, and íighs, and facrifices, and other ceremonies of Funeral which, continued for the fpace of a whole year. He l~fr the Univerfal inheritance of hi5 Empire to bis Eldeíl: Son TupanlJ.ui, and bis Wife and Sifler Coya Anah'uarque, befide5 which he left above three huhdred Sons and Daughrers ; and that in all, with legitimare a'nd patural Childten, he made up the number of more tban four hundred; and yet the Indians eíl:eem thefe but.few, confidering they were the iífue of fo great, and fo good a Father. The Spanifh Hiíl:orians confound thi Names of this Father and Son in bne .de- nornination, calling the Father Tupanqqi, and the Son Inca, whereas Inca was che Royal Title, as Auguftm was to the Emperours. The caufe o~ tlús miltake a- mongíl: the Spaniards arifes from the Jndians themfelves, who having occafion to rnention thefe two Kings, fay Pachacutec Inca, 1upanqui ; which tbe Spániards mif- underílanding, take to be one perfon, and fo confound the Father v,;ith the Son ; though, in reality,• the Jndians' rnake great düference, diíl:inguiíhing this Tupanqui from his Father and others by the firname of Tupac, which is as much as to fay (refplendent) in like rnanner tbey diílinguiíh another Inca Tupanqui, by the Father of Huayna C"Pac, and·another Yupanqui by the Grandfather of Huafcar ; and fo . give fome diíl:infüon to them all, which 1 denote for better clearing the Hiílory · to obferving and intelligent Readers; CH A P. XXXV. Of the Schools which he founded and enlarged, and of the Laws he mad,e fer good Government. B Lu Palera difcourGng of this Inca, hath thefe following words : " P;racochA " being dead, and placed by the l ndians, amongft che number of their Gods, ce ' the Grand Titu his Son fucceeded in his Throne by .the Name of Manco Capac, ce umill fuch time as his Father gave him the Name of Pachacutec , which.fign}fies " as much, as if they fhould call him the Reformer of the World : the which " Name was verified by the many famous Aétions he performed, and the many " wife Semences and Proverbs which he uttered; ·the which were fo excellem ana ' ' re!'lowned, that having deferved thac Auguíl: Title, rhe former Narne began to " be forgotten. This Inca governed bis Empire with thar vigilance, prudence and " courage both in War and Peace, that he not onely enlarged it rowarcls ali the " four quatters of the Worlcl', which they called Tavantinfuyu, but füengchened " and corroborated it by fuch excellent Laws and Stacmes, aswere judged worthy " 'to be col"lfirmed by theWifedorn of our Ca~holi'ck Kings ; thofe onely excep· " ced, wñich had re{i1eét to the Idolatrous Rices of their Religion, an.d--ro ene " ¡:iermiffions of their Incefiuous Marriages. This Inca, above ali things, ampti- " tied ana endowed with Honours and R-evenues thofe Schools which th~ Inca Roe· , " ca had fufi founded at Couo : He encreafed the number of MaQers andTea- . '' chers; commanding, that noOfficer, Captain or Souldier, fhould be capable of " aoy Honour, Office or .Dignity, but he onely tnat could fpeak, and who was " knowing·anrl ·skilfull in ·the Language of Co:{,co. And that no pérfon rnigllr . " plead excufe for 'his ignorance therein, be ordained and appointed feveral Ma- :: fl:ers .to cwch thac 1\mgue to a~ l the NDbles, and to ochers capable to (erve io pub!tck employmenc ; fo that the Language·of Couo became the common and " un!veefal Tongue of al!Pcru : How€wer of late (1 know not how) by negligente ~' of