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Royal Commentaries.

BooK

IV.

of rhe left eye moved, it foretold nothing bue woe and forrow, and futh mife–

ries as would produce nothing bue grief, and abunciance of cears : And fuch con–

.fidence and belief did théy pue in chefe fymptoms, chac in cafe che l0wer eye–

lafhes did bue fo much as tremble, chey immediacely pue themfelves into moft

violent paffions of fear and w~eping; and i_n apprehen~on of what chey feared,

chey made chemfelves more m1ferable, than

all the m1sfortunes of che World

had already fallen ~pon them : And ch~~ for the o~e~y remedy of che enfuing

evils, they encertamed anocher fuperíht1on more ndiculous than che fotmer :

rhey would cake th€ point of a Srraw, and wercing it with Spittle, rhey would

íl:ick it beneath their eye; and would chen fay, comforting chemfelves, that that

bleífed Straw which croífed their under eye-lid would Hanch the tears which

were to flow from their eyes, and prevent che Evils which che tremblings did

Prognofücate: The like conjeétures almoíl: they made from a buzzing, or finging

in cheir Ears, which I forbear to enlarge upon, becaufe it was noc

remarkable

and certain as that

che Eyes ; and boch one and che other I can cefüfie, becaufe

I have feen and heard their Lamentations on chofe occafions.

The King

Inca Roca

(

as we have faid) refolving to fend his Son to conquer

'.Antifuyu,

ordered an Army of fifreen choufand Souldiers to be raifed, under che

Command of chree Major-Generals, whom he joined wich him for Companions

and Counfellours. The Prince being well iníl:ruéted in all matters, proceeded

with good fucceís as far as che River

Paucartampu,and

thence marched forwards to

Challapampa,

where he reduced chofe few poor

Jndians

which he found in chofe

Qg_arters ; chence he paífed to

Pillcupata,

where he planted four Colonies with a

fort of wandring and vagabond people. From

Pillcupata

he travelled to

Havifca

and

Tuna,

where che

firíl:

Subjeéts of

Chac-r,u de Cuca

fubmicted to che Dominion

of che

lnc,u,

and where greac quantities of chac Herb called

Cuca

grows: che

In–

heritance of

Havifca

was afcerwards given to my Lord and Father

Garfilaffe

1"ega,

and he was pleafed to beíl:ow chat Eftate upon me for my life, bue I renoun-

ced, and !efe it upon my going into

Spain.

The paífage into rhefe Vallies where

the

Cuca

grows, ís over rhat high Moumain called

Canac-huay,

defcending five

Leagues almo/1 perpendicular, which makes a Man's head giddy ro look clown;

how much more labourfome muíl:

be to afcend and defcend chofe ways tur-

ning and winding in forro of a Serpent ?

C HAP.