A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1590. 



chosen me to be chiefe enslgne-bearer of an army which 



This was M. departed from hence to scoure the coast. For here we 



Chtdleysjket, j^^ve newes of the enemy, which is comming upon the 



'^DeHohi was coast : for wee have stayed for their comming these foure 



in the streights moneths the same way which they must come, in a haven 



ofMagelanin called Arica, which is the first entry of Peru. So I have 



January and ^^ pezos a moneth, besides other profits, at nine reals the 



^ ^' pezo; & foure shares at nine reals the pezo. So that 



I have 1800 pezos every yere of pay: for the viceroy 



is my dere friend, and maketh great account of me. And 



I have alwayes 400 ducats in my chest to goe like a man. 



I beseech God send us quietnesse. But yet it is the part 



of a gentleman to serve the king his master in these 



actions. And thus I rest. From the harbour of Arica 



the tenth of March 1590. 



I kisse your worships hands, and am at your commande- 

 ment Don John de Miramontes Suasola. 



There are foure great galeons of 350 tunnes a piece, 



which are in Arica men of warre, with a Generall, 



Admirall, Viceadmirall, with great store of souldiers 



which keepe this haven : for the viceroy hath intelligence 



This was M. that there are certeine Englishmen of war comming 



John Chidieys ^j^i^her. This haven of Arica is the best harbour in all 

 neet 



the South sea : for all the silver which commeth from 



the mines of Potossi, is shipt in this harbour, and so 



brought to Lima. And likewise all the commodities 



which come from Spaine, and all the kings quicksilver, 



is unladen in this harbour, and so caried to the city of 



Lima and other places, where the mines of silver are. 



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