AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1568. 



in this city about sixty thousand Indians, which pay 

 tribute to the king. In this city the sayd Fernando 

 built the finest church that ever was built in the Indies, 

 the name whereof is S. Peters. 

 His voyage^ After I had continued two yeeres in this city, being 



from Mexico ^^esirous to see further the countreys, I imployed that 



to Nueva i-itij j 1 ^ ^ ^ '' • 



Biscaia. Which 1 had, and tooke my voyage towards the provmces 



of California, in the which was discovered a certeine 

 countrey, by a Biscaine, whose name was Diego de 



[III. 457.] Guiara, and called it after the name of his countrey. New 



Nezv Biscay, gjscay, where I solde my merchandise for exchange of 

 silver, for there were there certaine rich mines discovered 

 by the aforesayd Biskaine. Going from Mexico I 

 directed my voyage somewhat toward the Southwest, 



The Silver to certaine mines, called Tamascaltepec, and so travelled 



mines of forward the space of twenty dayes thorow desert places 



lamascal- 1 1 • j -ii t / n r o -r» 1 1 



^^pg^^ unhabited, till I came to the valley or S. Bartholomew, 



The valley of which joyneth to the province of New Biscay. In all 

 S.Bartholo- these places the Indians for the most part go naked, and 

 mew. ^j.g wilde people. Their common armour is bowes and 



arrowes : they use to eate up such Christians as they come 

 by. From hence departing, I came to another province 

 The haven named Xalisco, and from thence to the port of Navidad, 

 where ye ships ^hj^h is I20 leagues from Mexico, in which port arrive 

 thePhilippinas ^^^ayes in the moneth of April, all the ships that come 

 arrive. out of the South sea from China, and the Philippinas, 



and there they lay their merchandise ashore. The most 

 part whereof is mantles made of Cotton wooll, Waxe, 

 and fine platters gilded, made of earth, and much golde. 

 The next Summer following, being in the yeere 1570 

 (which was the first yeere that the Popes Buls were 

 brought into the Indies) I undertooke another voyage 

 towards the province of Sonsonate, which is in the 

 kingdome of Guatimala, whither I caried divers merchan- 

 dize of Spaine, all by land on mules backs. The way 

 thitherward from Mexico is to the city of the Angels, 

 and from thence to another city of Christians 80 leagues 

 Guaxaca. off, called Guaxaca, in which there dwelt about 50 



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