It was first published by the Hakluyt Society in 1873, translated from the manuscript into English by Sir Clements R. Markham, under the title of _The Fables and Laws of the Yncas_. It was printed for the first time in Spanish in 1913, in the fifth volume of the _Revista chilena de historia y geografía_ preceded by a biography, not of the author, but of Cristóbal de Molina of Santiago. The edition of 1916, by Romero, was printed from a copy in the National Library at Lima, which was made from the manuscript in the National Library at Madrid (E. 13, 135). The other works mentioned as written by Cristóbal de Molina of Cuzco have disappeared.[47] [Sidenote: Molina on the flood] Molina’s rather slight publication presents certain traditions and customs that prevailed among the Indians of the Inca kingdom. The following is one of several versions of the tradition of a deluge: “They say that a month before the flood came their sheep displayed much sadness, eating no food in the day-time, and watching the stars at night. At last the shepherd, who had charge of them, asked what troubled them, and they said that the conjunction of the stars showed that the world would be destroyed by water. When he heard this, the shepherd consulted with his six children, and they agreed to collect all the food and sheep they could, and go to the top of a very high mountain, called Ancasmarca. They say that as the water rose, the high hill grew higher, so that it was never covered by the flood, and when the waters subsided, the hill grew smaller. Thus the six children of that shepherd returned to people the province.”[48] A hint of marriage customs is contained in this paragraph from the same source: [Sidenote: Molina on marriage] “When the Ynca gave women as wives, they were received because it was the command of the Ynca. The man went to the house of the girl’s father not to say that the Ynca had given her, but that he desired to serve for her, and so the relations of the girl were assembled, and their consent was obtained. The youth remained in the house of his father and mother-in-law for a space of four or five days, and carried the fuel and straw for them. Thus the agreement was made, and he took the girl for his wife; and because the Ynca had given her, it was considered that she was taken until death, and she was received on this understanding, and never deserted.” [Sidenote: Cabello de Balboa]