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.

54 Royal Commentarief. BooK II. peát éVery word afeen tó themfelves '· ánd mark it with Pebbles, or liule Granés of divers calours, ofabout thé bignefs of Peafe, called by them Chuy, which ferve for helps to their Mernories ; and fuc~1 induíl:ry and care they ~fe, till at lengch they have perfeéi:ly overcome the d1fficulty, and learned therr pare or leífon. Thofe Spanit1rd1 to whom the Young l11di1m1 have recoutfe for their Learning, how great foever tbey are, do not yet difdain to teach and infonn thern; giving thern all the encouragernent they aré able. So that th~{e !ndia111, though natú- rally dull of invention; have yet an aptitude to imitate any thing wlü~h is pro- pofed befare them. rohn CuellM, a Scholar, who was a Native of Medina¡ and Canon of the Ca- thedral of Cow, who taught the Grammar to the Children which were of Sp1t- nifh and Indian Parents, and to others of bell quality in that City, can give us the mofr clear tefl:imony thereof: For he was moved to perform tbis charitable Of- fice at the intreaty and inílance of che Scholars, whofe Mafiers and Tutours, fu exchange for better preferments, had forfaken their Chal'ge ; for chough every Scholar gave ten pieces' of Eight a: Month for his Learning, yet it was but -little, in refpeéi: of their frnaH number, whicb perhaps were not above i 7 or 1 3 in che whole Town¡ 1 knew one amongíl: chem who was an Inca, called PhiLip, and was Pupil to a i:ich and honourable Prieíl:, named Facher Percr Sanchez., who ob- ferving che ingetmicy of this Youth, cook •pains to iníl:ruét him in bis Smdies ; in which he profited fo well, that he became as good a Grammarian as any tha't w~ of che Spanifh and Jndian Bloud. The change of many Maíl:ers was a great o&íl:r~étion to cheif Learning; for every one of chem having a differenc way of Teac ing, they began not from the ruks and principies formerly caught them, but acle rhem to begin from cheir ow'n mechods, and forget what they had before .Jearned, which was a greac prejudice to cheir proceedings; unrill chis good Ca- non undertook to iníl:ruét chem in che Latin Grammar, which he cominued for the f pace of two years, amidíl the Tumults and Wars raifed becween D. Sebaftian de Caftilla, and Francifco HernandN Giran; which were the caufe of rnuch bloud fire and deíl:ruétion ; and were of chat cominuance, that [caree was one fire ex: tinguiíhed, before another Aame broke forth. At chis time this Canon CuellM obferving rhe great docility of his Scholars, and cheir inclinacions ta be improved in all Sciences ; and the w:mt of able and indufrrious Mafiers to cultivare the minds of chis people ; would cry out, and fay, Oh, Children ! what ¡¡>ity ir is chat 1 do noc fee a dozen of you Smdents in che Univerfüy of Salamanca ! And indeed chis good Canon had reafon fo to fay, beou.fe his accendance ar theChoire wok him off from the ernploymenc of Teachi.cg his Scholars wich fuch fedulicy, as to make chem perfeéi: in the Latín Tangue: Howfoever, the little improve- ments chey made were good evidences of cheir natural wit and underfianding, which now in chefe days ( praifed be God) is much advanced by chac abundance of Learning, ¡md light of Sciences, which che Jefuits have introduced amongíl: chern. And fo much fhall fuffice to have difcourfed on chis fubjeéi:, ic being now time to return to che Hiíl:ory of che Succefiion of the IncM, and of their Con· .quefis and great Aéi:ions. B O O. K