AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1572-87. 



Gold, silver, of gold and more of silver, as also great store of copper, 



\tft-peter7nd ^^^ tinne-mines, with abundance of salt peter, and of 



brimstone. brimstone to make gun-pouder. There are likewise cattell 



The sheepe of of all sorts, among which there is a beast in shape some- 



Peru called what resembling a camel, but no bigger then a steere of a 



Llamas. yeere olde ; they serve to carry burthens, their flesh being 



good to eate, and their wooll apt for many purposes. 



This beast is accounted the most profitable of al others 



for the use of man : howbeit the Spaniards since their first 



comming have replenished this countrey with horses, kine, 



sheepe, and goates, and likewise with plentie of wheat. So 



that in fewe words this land hath abundance of riches and 



victuals, and is the healthfullest place in the world. 



There were in times past kings of this land which were 



mightie Monarchs, whose dominions stretched 1200. 



leagues, and their lawes were very civill, save that they 



were worshippers of the Sunne. At what time the 



Spaniards first entred this land there were two brethren of 



Atabalipaand the blood royall which strove who should have the king- 



Guascartwo ^^^^ ^he one called Guascar, and the other Atabalipa. 



brethren com- xj /^ i j • r 11 1 • i 



pet'ttours for ^^owe Guascar had possession or all the mountaines and 



the empire of the lands within them : and Atabalipa was lord of all the 

 P^ru. sea coast, and of the valleys situate betweene the said 



mountaines and the sea. The Indians seeing the Spaniards 

 at the first arrive upon their shore called them Vera coche, 

 which in their language signifieth. The fome of the sea. 

 Also Atabalipa the Indian prince sent unto them to know 

 what they did in his land, and what they sought for : the 

 Spaniards made answere that they were the messengers of 

 a great lord, and that they came to speake with the prince 

 himselfe : who sent them word that they should come 

 with a very good will ; and so Atabalipa stayed for them 

 at a citie called Caxamalca, being thirtie leagues distant 

 from the sea side. Whither being come, they found the 

 Indian prince sitting in a chariot of gold, carried upon 

 [III. 800.] mens shoulders, and accompanied with above 600CO 

 Indians all ready armed for the warres. Then the 

 Spaniards tolde them that they were sent from an 



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