A.D. 



1590. 



[III. 563.] 

 Peru utterly 

 undone with 

 the plague. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



gena to this countrey, which is 1000 leagues distant: 

 and, as I sayd, it hath gone all Peru over, to the utter 

 undoing of this countrey: I pray God to cease it. I 

 pray you when you write any letters to mee, send 

 them in those shippes which come to Sainct Thome, 

 and take in Negros. And there are great store of ships 

 which goe to Sainct Thome for Negros, and it is but 



15. dayes sailing over a gulfe to Brasill. And from 



Brasill their shippes bring their Negros to a haven called 



A short pas- The haven of Buenos Aeres, which is within the entrance 



sage from q£ ^j^g mightie river of Plate. And from this harbour 



h^the'r'wer^of ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ Spanish and Portugall commodities are caried 



Plate to Peru, to this citie of Potossi in carts and on horses : for it is 



but 10. or 12. dayes journey, and the countrey is very 



plaine for carts to travaile. And from Potossi to this 



harbour is great store of treasure brought to buy that 



countrey commodities, and so they are shipped for 



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