42. Truly it was a time of suffering when we came to establish ourselves in our places, said our ancestors of old, oh my children. There was nothing to eat and there was no relish for what had been brought along, nor was there material for clothing. All was lacking; we lived on the bark of trees and we rested our hearts under the shadow of our lances. At that time the people began to prepare the soil for the planting of corn; the woods were cleared and the brush burned, to prepare for the planting. Thus we came to have a little to eat, and we worked in the bark of trees and the maguey. When there was still some food the vultures passed in the air. At first they took a bird; then they ate some of our food, say the people; but none of them remained when they came. _Qui [c]ambal yxok vae._ _They Took Wives._ 43. Tukuchee xpe vi ri xhayil ri ka mama [t]a[t]avitz, [c]omakaa rubi nabey ka tit ri xoh boço, oh Xahila; [c]i xe[c]ule [c]a kitzih: [c]a chi nim qui xahan chire [c]ulubic; chi xatini [c]ahar qui ni [c]ahal toc, ba [c]at ru xe ki hatz; xahan ri ti[c]iz oc [c]i quecha, xahan navipe camul tiban, tixhaylax ha [c]hac virih ruvach talqualax, quecha oher vinak. 43. The Tukuches having arrived and settled, our ancestor Gagavitz married Gomakaa, our first ancestress, who brought us forth--us, the Xahila. Many others also married; for there had been a stringent prohibition with regard to marriage; so that when they went in to bathe, their organs gave way and they spilled their seed. Many were thus prohibited, it is said, and the prohibition was made a second time, because they had carnal relations both naturally and unnaturally, as the old traditions say. 44. Ha[c]a ri tok xtiquer rutzukic [c]axto[c], xahu vuk chi [t]ih, xa[c]a oxlahuh chi [t]ih ti tzukbex ri, xa navipe rax [t]ol rax ru vachah, rax hox, rax homet, xa [c]a ral chicop mez retal a[t]a ti[c]at chuvach, xa [c]a hari chee holom ocox tiqui [c,]izbeh qui xiquin; maqui na nim ru vach ti tzukbex richin ri chay abah oher, quecha xa[c]a xnimar ruvach tzukbal re [c]axto[c], xa xnimar na ruvach çak ama[t]. [c]ate ok xoc ri nimak ru vach, quecha oher tata mama, ri [t]a[t]avitz, [c]a nakah ok [c]a que ul chiri Pantzic, Paraxone, Çimahihay, Paçiba[t]ul, Pacavek quehil.