BBC R3 Documentary - 'Last Will Of Don Mancio Serra de Leguisamo'
Translated by Stuart Stirling
Read by Charles Kay
Produced by Louise Greenberg
Broadcast - I don't remember, probably late 1990s
Coded from tape at 128/44.1

Don Mancio Serra de Leguisamo was the last surviving member from
Pisarro's Peruvian Campaign. This file is a reading of his Will.  It's a
picture of both the society Spain brought, and the one that Spain destroyed.

From the preamble to the will dated September 18, 1589:

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We found these kingdoms in such good order, and the said Incas
governed them in such wise [manner] that throughout them there
was not a thief, nor a vicious man, nor an adulteress, nor was a bad
woman admitted among them, nor were there immoral people.

The men had honest and useful occupations. The lands, forests,
mines, pastures, houses and all kinds of products were regulated
and distributed in such sort that each one knew his property without
any other person seizing it or occupying it, nor were there law suits
respecting it… the motive which obliges me to make this statement
is the discharge of my conscience, as I find myself guilty. For we
have destroyed by our evil example, the people who had such a
government as was enjoyed by these natives.

They were so free from the committal of crimes or excesses, as
well men as women, that the Indian who had 100,000 pesos worth
of gold or silver in his house, left it open merely placing a small stick
against the door, as a sign that its master was out. With that, according
to their custom, no one could enter or take anything that was there.

When they saw that we put locks and keys on our doors, they supposed
that it was from fear of them, that they might not kill us, but not because
they believed that anyone would steal the property of another. So that
when they found that we had thieves among us, and men who sought to
make their daughters commit sin, they despised us.
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