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.

R.oyal Comment•ries. BooK VI. " obliged thereunto by Orders. of che Common Council within· .rhe refpediv.e ' " Precinéts ; to which the people fo readily concurred, and willingly comribu- " red to fupply the neceffities 9f each other, that in a very fhort .time they ran ce u¡:> a Houfe, or ~ottage, agreeab_le to the minds of thofe Inhabitants : . che ce which cuftome bemg very beneficia} to the people, was afterwards made into ce a Law and confirmed by the authoricy of the Incas : And chis ufefull affúl:ence ' ' which' fom~ J?dians do.ynco chis day affor~ unto ~ach other, is like the Precepts " of our Cbnfüan Chancy: And where th1s Rule is negleél:ed by f&ne covecous ." and felfiíh lndittn1, there che common good is injured and abufed by chofe who ·"' are neicher ufefull to chemfelves nor others. · c ·H ~P. XXXVI. o¡ many other La'fPS introduced by the Inca Pachacutec' - m~d of his Sentences and Wife Sayings. " JN fine, i:his King, wich che affiíl:ence and wifedom of bis Counfel, having ' ' reviewed and weighed che feveral Laws, Scatutes and Cuftoms in ufe and '. ' praél:ice apiongft che m any Nations and Provinces which he had reduced , con- " fumed" chofe of ch.em wh!ch were go_od and proficable, and abrogated c~ofe " which interfered w1ch t he common ~ace, and were reptfgnant to the Ma¡efry " and S0vereign Dignity ofche Inéa ; to which he added many other Laws againíl: " Bláfphemers, Paricides, Hornicides and Traycors to che Inca, alfo againft Adul- ce terers of both Sexes; againft chofe who forcibly fiole away Daughrers ouc-of " che Houfes of their Parents, or by violence-comrnicted Rapes on the Bodies of ' ' Women, or attempced che Chafüty of che Seleél: Virgins, or robbed, or purloi-' ' ' ned, or burned Houfes, or were guilcy of Inceíl: in the righc line. Befides " which, he added m:rny Rices and Ceremonies to be obferved in their Sacrifices, '.' and cónfirrned chofe ancient lníl:iturions of bis Anceíl:ors, relating unto cheir ~· Temples and R.eligion: He alfo confirmed theíe ancient Laws following: " Namely, That Children fhould obey and ferve théir Parents uncill the Age of • " twenty &ve years; and that.all contra6ts ofMarriage before that time, without " the confent of Parems on boch ftdes, werc void and null; and that Children ce born in that ~ondiüon were Baíl:ards, and Illegirimate ; but if in cafe,t in che " Eíl:ate of fuch Macrimony, che confent and approbation of Parents fhould after- " wards be obtained, chen were the Children eíl:eerned Legitimare, and reíl:ored " ro die privileges of lawfull Inhericance. He mqreover appfoved and confirmed " the Eíl:aces which were appropriaced to the maintenance of Lordíhips and Seig- " niories according to the ancient cuíl:oms of Kiñgdoms and Provinces, in which " cafes che Jadges were noc to receive Fees or Rewards f6r Judgment. Many o- ce cher Laws l'.iere made by this Inca of lefs confide(ation, the particulars of which, " for brevity fake, we omit ; and íhall hereafrer diícourfe more fully of chofe ce Laws wh~ch he made for Regulation ofJqdges, ofMatrir;nonial Concraél:s, and ~' OÍ\ the Tefl:amems of pe~fons deceafed, and of w hat h e iníl:ituced about Mili- " tary Diícipline, and the accoum ro be obferved in t.he courfe and circle of rhe ce year. In chis Age of ours Don Francifco de Toledo, chan ged and alcered many of ce chofe Laws and Scatutes which were made by chis Inca, in which the Jndians ob- '' ferving and admiring his abfoluce and. unconcrollable power, gave him che, • " Name of Pa.chacHtec che Second, which is as muchas to fay, rhe Reformer of • " che Reformers ; and fo great was thac reverence which they bore to that Inca, " that even to.chis day his Memory is dear anq precioúS to thelll. Thus far are rhe words of. BIM ralera, which I found amongíl: bis loofe Papers ; all other mar- • ters