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reals the gallon. If I had brought any great store of 

 wine, I should have made a great gaine of it : for I 

 should have gotten eight reals for one. 



The next day in the morning wee went all on shore, 

 and gave God thanks for our prosperous voyage, and 

 good successe which he had sent us. And because the 

 governour of this countrey was gone from this Towne 

 to another house of his, three leagues up into the river 

 beyond the place where we rode at anker, I desired 

 the captaine of our shippe after dinner, that we might take 

 the shippe boat, and goe to the place where the governour 

 did lie. And so going up the river, we met with a canoa 

 which was comming downe the river, and going aboord our 

 shippe ; which canoa was laden with fresh victuals, and 

 in the same was one Portugall, which met us, and tolde 

 us that the governour of that captaine shippe had sent 

 us a present, which we received very thankefully, and 

 sent it aboord. And we went up the river, to the place 

 where the governour did dwell ; and comming to the place 

 where we landed, hard by the rivers side, the governour 

 came thither and received us very courteously. So we 

 remained at his house two dayes, talking of many 

 matters of Portugall : then we departed from him, and 

 came downe the river. 



Three dayes after, I hired a ware-house by my selfe, 

 and landed my commodities. And now I am selling them 

 as fast as I can ; and sell them very well, and to great 

 profit : for I have solde all our hats. I would I had 

 brought forty or fifty dozen, by reason of the great 

 utterance of them up into Peru, and into the new king- 

 dome of Granada, by the way of the river of Plate. For 

 J rich trade here is passage every three or foure moneths with barks 

 ^lncnero7^^ °^ ^^'^^^ ^^^ ^^"^^^ tunnes a piece, which are laden with 

 the river of Sugars, rice, taffataes, hats, and other kindes of commodities 

 Plate into of this countrey, which are caried up the sayd river of 

 Peru, ^c. Plate in the sayd barks, and thence are conveyed up into 

 Peru. And these barks are but tenne or twelve dayes 

 going up the sayd river to Peru. And within foure and 



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