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[Illustration: _Facsimile (reduced) of the_ COAT OF ARMS OF KING PHILIP II., _From the Sarmiento MS., 1572, Göttingen University Library. Reproduced and printed for the Hakluyt Society by Donald Macbeth._]
Translated and Edited with Notes and an Introduction by Sir Clements Markham, K.C.B. President of the Hakluyt Society.
Cambridge: Printed for the Hakluyt Society. MDCCCCVII. Cambridge: Printed by John Clay, M.A. at the University Press.
SIR CLEMENTS MARKHAM, K.C.B., F.R.S., _President_.
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL, _Vice-President_.
THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD AMHERST OF HACKNEY, _Vice-President_.
THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD BELHAVEN AND STENTON.
THE REV. CANON JOHN NEALE DALTON, C.M.G., C.V.O.
THE RIGHT HON. SIR GEORGE TAUBMIN GOLDIE, K.C.M.G., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., _Pres. R.G.S._
COLONEL SIR THOMAS HUNGERFORD HOLDICH, K.C.M.G., K.C.S.I., C.B., R.E.
ADMIRAL SIR ALBERT HASTINGS MARKHAM, K.C.B.
ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM RICHARDS, G.C.B.
ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET SIR EDWARD HONART SEYMOUR, G.C.B., O.M.
LIEUT.-COL. SIR RICHARD CARNAC TEMPLE, BART., C.L.E.
BASIL HARRINGTON SOULSBY, B.A., F.S.A., _Honorary Secretary_.
III. Description of the ancient Atlantic Island
IV. First inhabitants of the world and principally of the Atlantic Island
VI. The fable of the origin of these barbarous Indians of Peru, according to their blind opinions
VII. Fable of the second age, and creation of the barbarous Indians according to their account
VIII. The ancient _Behetrias_ of these kingdoms of Peru and their provinces
IX. The first settlers in the valley of Cuzco
X. How the Incas began to tyrannize over the lands and inheritances
XI. The fable of the origin of the Incas of Cuzco
XII. The road which these companies of the Incas took to the valley of Cuzco, and of the fables which are mixed with their history
XIV. Entry of the Incas into the valley of Cuzco, and the fables they relate concerning it
XIV. The difference between Manco Ccapac and the Alcabisas, respecting the arable land
XV. Commences the life of Sinchi Rocca, the second Inca
XVI. The life of Lloqui Yupanqui, the third Inca