The firſt part ofthe thinzes that : 
Nore, and ol great force, ethephaue not bene much vled lithente 
dhe Afechoacan hath tome, for that in it there is founde a 
woꝛke moze ſure, ans vnto this not only we, but all the zn⸗ 
dians haue run, as bats a purge moll extellent, ofthe which 
we will treate now. . 
Ofthe Mechoacan. 
% Be Mechoacan is a roote, that it 
I mapbee about xxx. veares that it 
was diſconered, in the Pꝛouines 
g of the newe Spaine, in the Indi⸗ 
as, ol the Occean Seas, it is 
dꝛought from a Country that is be⸗ 
onde the greate Cittye of Mexico, 
Fernando Curtes did conquere, in the peere or dur Loꝛde, 4 
= 1524. This is a countrie otmuch riches of Gold and chiel⸗ 
Theriche: I of luer, and it is vnderſtood that in all that Country, is 
ere much ſiluer. Foz moze then 200. leagues, here thoſe Mpnes 
5 be fo celebꝛated, and of ſa great riches that they bee called 
ndante of bꝛead, wilde 
8, and ſome of 
