A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1581. 



But for all such marchandlzes as doe owe custome there, 



the marchants are to sell them according as they may, 



to the greatest profit and advantage that they can. 



Some part of Concerning the province of Peru, wee learned that one 



Peru but 12. ^^^^ ^f -^ j^^ j^^^j ^ water is but twelve dayes journey 



from Santos, ^om the towne of Santos, and from thence it may be 



about foure or five dayes journey by water to the maine 



river of Plate. 



From the head of the river of Plate, and from their 

 chiefe townes there, they doe trade and trafique by land 

 into Peru by waggons, and horses or mules. 



The saide river of Plate is so full of sands and dangers, 



and the fresh so fierce sometimes, that no shipping dares 



to deale with it, small barks to their knowledge may go 



up it, and not els. 



T^e Portu- The Portugales here cannot bee suffered to use their 



gakiforbidden Mines of treasure in these parts, upon paine of death, the 



^^.^^^ contrary being commanded by the king and the Vice-roy, 



who is as their king in place of authoritie. 



About twentie leagues from Santos there is a certaine 

 kinde of wilde Savages, lying in the mountaines, which 

 are in friendship with the Portugales, and they have 

 continuall warres with certaine other Savages that dwell 

 towards the borders of Peru, which is distant from Santos 

 about 400. or 500. leagues. Those Savages of Peru have 

 store of gold and silver, but they knowe not the use 

 of it. 



Looke what Savages of their enemies they take, they 

 sell them to the Portugales for knives, combes, axes or 

 hatchets, and other trifles : they will sell one for a pennie- 

 knife to a Portugal, and after two yeeres they are worth 

 twentie or thirtie duckets to the Portugal. 



This people have also continuall warres with the 

 Spaniards : and this was tolde us by one of those Savages, 

 which hath dwelt among the Portugales these seven 

 yeeres, with his master called Sennor Manoel Veloso. And 

 this fellowe would willingly have come with us for 

 England. 



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