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Royal ,Commentaries.

BooK

II.

Their poetical Verfes were comp~fed in long and fhort M~err~, fitted to amo–

rous Subjeél:s, and the Tunes

whICh tbey were

[et;

the1r Kings, and the Ex–

ploits and great Aél:ions performed i~ their re[peé'\:ive Re!gns, \~>ere alfo macm

for cheir Poetry, which chey recorded m verfe, and ferved mche place of Hlíl:ory

their Sonnets were oot long, bue fhort and cornpendious,

as chey rnighc more

eaíily be committed

Memory; they u[ed noc rhimes, but loofe verfe, like out

HeroickPoems.

remember four Verfes ofan amorous Song, which for curiofity

fake,

and

fhew their íhort but compendious fenfe,

íhall repeac here; being

chereby beí1 accommodated co che Aire of cheir Flute : the Tune alfo

would

gladly fet down, 'but thac the impertinence chereof rnay eaíily excufe me. The

Sonnec

four verfes is chis:

Caylla Llapi

~!([o

tl)p

~ang

Pununr¡_ui ,

In Englifh

\l.lill

Reep

Chaupituta

thus;

fü

mfOnig{Jt

Samufac.

ílJall tome.

Many ocher forts of Verfes che

JncM,

who ,were Poets, compofed, who had

the Name of

F-laravec,

which properly fignifies an lnventour.

Bias Va/era

his

Wricings mencions' certain Verfes, which he calls Spondels, confiíl:ing of four

fylfables; the

lndian

words he hath cranfl:tted inco Latín, che Subjeét of them is

philofophical) anq creacs of chofe fecond caufes which God hach placed in che

!\ir, fochas Thunder, and Lighcning, Rain an~ Snow, all which ar~de_fcri~d

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verfe; and are a_greeable to che fancy of the1r Fables, one of which

chis: .

'rhac che Maker of all things hach placed in Heaven a Virgin, che Daughcer ofa

King, holding a Buckec of Water in her hand, for refre(hrnenc

che Earth,

when occ:ifion requires

and that fometimes her Broch_er knocking ~pon this Buc–

ket, cau[es Thunder and

Lightning

ro proceed from

lt;

rhefe 001íes, they

[ay,

are .effeéts of che violeµc nacure of tvfan, bue Hail, and Rain, and Snow, falling

with lefs noife and impecuofüy, are more agreeable coche gemle nacure of a Wo–

man. They fay, chat an

Inca,

who was a Poec andan Aíl:rologer compoíed ma–

ny Verfes in prai[e of the Vercues and Excellencies .of chis Virgin Lady, which

God liad beíl:owed upon her for che good and benefic of his Creamres. This Fa–

ble and Verfes

B/,u Valera

reports co have found expreffed

ÍJI

che knots arrd ac–

councs of rheir ancienc Annals, reprefenced in che threads of divers Colours, and

preferved by chofe to whom rhe care of che biíl:orical Knocs and Accouncs were

commitced; and he fo much wondred ac che ingenuicy of che

Amaut,u,

chat he

thought chofe Verfes worthy to be committed co Memory

a.nd

Pape¡·_ I remem–

ber in my Infancy

have heard chis Fable; wich many others, recounced by my

Parents, bue- being rhen but a Child, I was not very inquifüive to underíl:and che

fignification.

BlM

Palera

hach tranílated chis Song out of che

Jndian

Language

in–

Lacin, and which runs in chis manner:

Cumac Nµffa

Pulchra Nympha,

aír Japmpb)

Tora llayr¡_uim

Frater

tuus

'Qtbp

13iotber

Puynuy

quita

Urnam tua-m

~trfke.s nntu

Paq__uir cayan

Nunc iAfringit

~fJíne [

{r.ne

Hina Mantara

CLtjus ifrus

fflbofe

bLoto

Cunununun

Tona:t, fulgtt

31% 'Q!::bunOet'

Tila

antac

Fulrninátq;

ijniJ

ILígbtníny.

Camri Nufla

Sed tu

Nympha

15ut

tbou

.Japmpl)

i3ÓUCÍlt!J

ÍO!tb

Vnuy

quita

Tuam Iympham

titbl?

water

Pa,ra·JJ1unqui

Fund€.!1s pluis,

IDioppeO

rain) -

May

nimpi"i

Jnterdú_mq.;

~nll again

Ckichi Munqui

Gramli11em íeu

~mtldl Jpail

Riti

Munzui

Niv.~m

mittis.

~notu.

Pacha

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