HENRY HAWKS a.d. 



1572. 



place, and may not appeale from this city, but onely 

 into Spaine before the king : and it must be for a 

 certeine summe : and if it be under that summe, then 

 there is no appellation from them. Many rivers fall 

 into this lake which the city standeth in : but there was 

 never any place found whither it goeth out. 



The Indians know a way to drowne the city, and ^ ^^y io 

 within these three yeeres they would have practised the ^^^^ 

 same : but they which should have bene the doers of 

 it were hanged : and ever since the city hath bene well 

 watched both day and night, for feare least at some time 

 they might be deceived : for the Indians love not the 

 Spanyards. Round about the towne there are very many 

 gardens and orchards of the fruits of the countrey, 

 marvellous faire, where the people have great recreation. 

 The men of this city are marvellous vicious ; and in like 

 maner the women are dishonest of their bodies, more 

 then they are in other cities or townes in this countrey. 



There are neere about this city of Mexico many rivers Crocodiles. 

 and standing waters v/hich have in them a monstrous 

 kinde of fish, which is marvellous ravening, and a great 

 devourer of men and cattell. He is woont to sleepe 

 upon the drie land many times, and if there come in 

 the meane time any man or beast and wake or disquiet 

 him, he speedeth well if he get from him. He is like 

 unto a serpent, saving that he doth not flie, neither hath 

 he wings. 



There is West out of Mexico a port towne which Navigation 

 is on the South sea, called Puerto de Acapulco, where ^ China from 

 as there are shippes which they have ordinarily for the jcatuko 

 navigation of China, which they have newly found. 

 This port is threescore leagues from Mexico. 



There is another port towne which is called Culiacan, 

 on the South sea, which lieth West and by North out 

 of Mexico, and is 200 leagues from the same : and there 

 the Spanyards made two ships to goe seeke the streight The North- 

 ox gulfe, which, as they say, is betweene the Newfound- "^^^i-^treight. 

 land and Greenland; and they call it the Englishmens 



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