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.

Royal Commentaries• ~OOK VJt ' .C H A P. 11. lhat the Great Lords of Provinces fent their Eldefl So;zs to óe educated in the Court of the Incas, ancl their Reafons for it. T, . HE Jncan-Kin , •· gs enjoined all the Lords of their Vaffals to fend th~ir eldeft Sons to be e~ucated at cheir Court , chac fo they might imbibe certain .good Principles of Learning and Religion in their tender years, and beirig accufto- med to a c:onverfation and familiarity with the inca& might contraét a füendíhip andan affeétion for their Perfons and Govemment; and thefe were called Mtmac, which 'is as muchas Domefricks,. or 0f tbe Family. Moreover it..íhewed the Grandeur of the Couh to be frequented by the Prefence and Service óf ali the young Heirs to thofe Kingdorns, States .and Prqvinces which depended on that Empire; by which4Ileans the Language of che Coutt becarne more general and ' common,Abeirlg learneci with eaf~and pleafure; fór it being the cufiome for the Soffi oí.ali Great Mefi to taketheir turns of-waiting lit Coim, they could not fail of acmimng ·fome wGt"ds and fmatches o( che Courc Language; che which when · they rerunted fo their refpeétive Commies; they mad~· ufe of in all companies; belng prnud to íhew wp~t Courtiers they Welie, and how much refined in their Mannets. ano Words, hav!ng leatned the Tongue df the Divine Family; the whiah cr~at~d an Ernalatinn'in oiliers to amlin that Tan gue a lfo fór which their ,Neighbour .and-At q1.1a-intliaée were fo muchi~drnired: A.ad h~vlbg alfo by che bel(>. df :this Tongue ah introdudion to the Converfatio n and Familiariry of thc Chief Officets bf Juíl:1ce, afid Managers ·of che Revenue of che Sun ami of the . Inc11; every one did fo labour to obtain the advantage of this Tangue, thac with- out the iníl:rufüon of Maíl:ers they with great eafe, and almoft infenúbly átcained unto it; by which means it carne to be fo generally fpread in all parts, that for the compafs of almoíl: one thoufand three hu'ndred Leagues it became che onely Tangue in ufe :mcf eíl:eem. . · Beúdes the Honour and Grandeur that this Court received by the prefence and atcendance of fo many noble Heirs, another benefit did thence accrue, by being a meaos to fecure the ~mpire from Mutinies and Rebellion; for fo long as the young Heirs were ac the Court, they were like fo many Pledges and Hoftages far che good behavjour of their Parents and Countrey-men, divers of whofe Provinces being foor, íive and íix hundred Leagues from the Court, and many of them in- habited by fierce and warlike Nations, were ready and inclined upon every finall overture to caíl: off ~he Yoke of their Servitude; and though tnefe Nations of ·chemfelves fmgly were not able to contend with che Power ofche i ucan-Empire, yet being united in a League and Confederacy, mighc put it into follte danger and difficulty; all which was prevemed by the reful~nce which thefe Heirs made at the Court, who were there treated with plemifull Entertainmem, and honoured ac~ording to their feveral Degrees and q?alities ; of all which the Sons rendririg to cheir Parents a true Relation? ar:id confirming che fame with fuch prefents as che Inca fent to them , being Garrnents of the fame quality which the Inca himfelf wore; they eíl:eerned themfelves fo much obliged thereby, thac their Servitude feeme4,;a Fr~edom, and Loyalty to be tbeir.ducy: and in cafe any were fo fturdy anc:fíl:upid, aS not to be won by fuch geñrle applicltions and allurements; yet then the thoughts of havfug Children within the power of the Inca, were conúdera- tions fufficieot to take them off from courfes ruinous to their owo Bloud. With thefe and the like arts of Providence and Indaftry, accompanied with refütude of Juftice, the /ncan-Empire was fupported, and fecured in fuch peace, that in all the ages which the incas reigned, diere was [caree heard th e leaf t naife or rumour of Rebellion or Mutiny. {ofeph de Aco.fta fpeaking in the 17.th Chap. · of \