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.

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Royal Commentaries. . . bue cwo Youths on~ly, who were rny School-fellows, and from their childhood wenc to School, and le<J¡rned to reade and write Spanifh : One of wbich was called Carlos, che Sqn of Fau.llu I~ca ; be[ldes thefe two, 1 have obferyed fo little curio- fity in tqe Inf/ians to learn the Spanifh Tangue, that I never knewany of thern who adqi<Íl!'ld him(elf t~ the íl:udy ~id-:ier of writing or reading thereof, and never exer- ~ifed any other rne?ns rhan what carne by mere converfe, and common difcourfe ; 11or were th~ S.J{tpzJa.rJ.s Qlil thi; o~her ftde more fiudious in learning che Jndian T qngµ~ 5 wh~ch n@gleét was fo gr_eat both in one and the other Nacion, chat thofe Ind¡,a_n Boys,_ Vl,lhQ w~te educat@d Wiih me., did never arrive to any farther know- le9g~, than pf common a()d fam.illar·words; and when any thing was to be taugbc ~h~m. qf hj~e~ ma~_t_ers, 1 was confi tr.J.ined to exprefs them in tbe natural terms of ili_¡¡jr QWfl LanguJlge. · Ao<il if th~ jgnorance a)ild litde imp,roverneRt in, t~e knowledg.e of thefe Tangues w<¡s tQ b.e blamed in b.ocb Naiioas, after cwent y nine ye<}rs converfation and a<eooflifiya_n.c.e en.e with the ochet ,, hmM litt.tle bl.am~ chen ougbt we to objeét unto this Interpreter, for want of skilfulnefs in the Tongues, when fir(l the Spaniárds en- tred into thefe Countries : Nay how little ouglit Philipillio, and the good Friar Valver de, to be re proached for their unskilfulnefs in thefe Tangues at che begin- ning, w.h.eo n.OW ?fre.r eigpty y_e_~rs ~h'!.t ch_e 1_1!.r!i!!n 13I!ll?ite h.?.tJJ Q.een (1,1hd.ued, there füll wan t w ords in che lndian Language to expreTs tlie Myíl:eries ot our Holy Faith. As appears by a CatechiC'11 whic:h Friar Diego de Alcobafa printed and publifhed in the year 1 585, in chree Languages,, vi:{,. in §pa~ifh, in tlie general Language of Co'<-- co, and in the Tangue peculiiJ.rtYbelonging ·co me Province of Aymara; whereby ic appears, that neicñer of die- cwo laíl: 'Tongues had words fufficient,co exprefs Theological terms without ufing the Spanifh, making them terms of Art adjoyned to che Jndian: As for example, in tQe fecond Qqeíl:ion of che Cacechifm ; Art thou a bapti'<.ed Chrift~an ? the common Tranílation hath it, B11ti:{,afcha Chucanqui ? Whereby it appears, that che word Canqui is the onely l ndian word, bue che word Bati'<-afca is made I ndian out of .che Spanifh. In like manner the fourch Qg,eíl:~on is, f>oft thoH kf,ow, t~f Chriftia~ P.,oélr..f!Jt ? -~qcr iwo~d dq you k¿iolf islndian ., bu ~ tgcr o- cher cwq wqr¡qs fittrf orll led ~q~ ~~e§¡"in.ifh • . ~~qcjes, whi~n ~here are irn¡mme1:able omer ~.~r.~s I~ ,che 1!1, d.if! n Top_gpe .~r¡v~ -fr~w ~q~ S¡11;nifo, \\l{üch f9r brevin¡ fake '!N.,e ,Op;llt; ~\ld ~~~refqre we .~h;i11 m(laQ~€ . ~ · tf1~(e .fi~w _wprqs onely, which ar~ ca_ugnt to the1njfap1. mche proger Spanifh worp~; <ind ar~ thefé : G,o d 'lef111 C.farift, O.u~ ~;1dy, an 'ímtfge, the Crofs,, .'t Prjejf, ~9~S9? a Fet;ft. or H_o!J -f.ay, Relig€~, the C:~ffrfh, ;R~Mp.tp,t_'J.; ~o Comp;!f..nr,c~q~ ;,o JJ.rll.J, M f:'fJ!, 11:1,arr~~d, a Pa_tchel!our pr.Jingle f!rfop, ~;Jl~µcc;qj(,io, or. one lfho 'k!~ps a Wo¡nfn,, \.\'.tth mai;iy och~r like wqrds m,(he ~~eqhifm . . ~¿· f~10ugh ic be crvie - ~q5t iOl'I}f! of nhefe worqs, and och~rs Qf che like namre, 111igfa be ~p~ejfeq ti:\ ~be !n..~ifp '{c,mgge, ; s the Name of God, &c. Howf~ver JC was with great pn;1~epce, ílnd;.~€ligioµfly det~rmiped in chai;ity to the _Soµls qf tnefe mwple, to cqver tpe N1nmi~ of the :Ch~ifüan ~~th, with Chtifüan words; Ieíl: thefe people, being neyvly ~oqverced f!·o¡:n d}eir <;;en.til\ím, and being taught Chrifüanity in chéir own wótds, fhou1d retain the fame fuperfü- tiqu~ notions .o(..yod, _and o~her tpings 11ccording to ch.e 'p,rilI)ary impreffiQns of their IdolatlY; and there(ore .it ~:as juqged necelfary ~o inqrnét chem with new words, chaffo, if po(ftQie, tbe ·yery Memqrf of ~beir{!!p€r!Htions ¡:njght be to- tally ap9lifhi:;d. , 1 • , , - · H~vipg ch¡:¡s ~:){<;qf~f,i Rhifip,illio, :md .Friar Vq(w rde, fr.oITJ !Jl.a¡ne fQr ~he!r bad in- terR+ecation ; we.mµíl: add, th;iq he iÍ)terpr~q1t~Ql} he maQe qf tbeJriar'sSennon, (e~ued r<¡.th er to obf~µre tqap .e)qcidate bis fepf~; f.or wben.he q¡:ne to e~plicate the q~ Q.er,a tíon of fy1an.kinQ, , <fp~ original S,iµ.. l;>y 4dam 's,fall; ch q.t ipíl:ead Qf fay- iqg, Th,at aJl c he "Wpr.ld ftn~¡:l . µi Adam, he ';Y9UJd fay, That all che World hea- pep the¡.r S.in~ upqn 4d.a1!'\ Aii.Q.,th~n fpey,~g gf tQ€ Pivioity, qf C:hriíl: our Lard, be (a~g,, fte w a.~ a _gr.<';a~ P<:r.(qp, wpo_d,ie#9r M~kind .: ,Alld c}:ien when he wpuld fp€ak pf ~be V.ir- gini~y, P,urity, apd Sanétity .o( 0ur.Lady fhe Virg_in M ary, J1e faid noth,iog to t~e pu rpqfe, Íl(lterpr~tj.Qg every ~h!i;ig_alinoíl:jn a contrary fe.n(e to che - 9thólick r;>oéhipe. . Con)J,ir,ig ~o the, fef:.Q nd P~t..pf1 tbe Speech deljv~r~d ,Py .Vtt!verde, he ma.de fome fe.w~r ..errp9i:s 4Il.d - IP.ií~ ak~s ,tb¡¡.,n .,ip tbe firíl: ,-be(ail(e ~ha;t ¡pe matter concerned rnore ;e,~~riQQr !hMi~, ft,i~h ,as W,ar .and Anl:}s, whi'h w,e¡e, more obvio],!St.o the f en[e ; .pnwhich occ;aúon he ~tQll~d che Pow,e,r , a.nd M?_gn,a.nimicy of the Empe- ro.11r, .¡¡nd h¡s iD.9.ufu:yj n (eµQipg. <:?Pt?itJS and Souldiers to ~onquer the W orldh; t e