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they will not diſcouer one ſecrete, nor one vertue of any 
oachearbe,althoughthey fhouldefee vs dye, and although 
youthouid plucke them in peeces: for if wee dacknowe 
any thinge concerning theſe, which I haue ſpoken of, or 
ofothers, they are knowen ofthe Indians, as they bee aca 
companied with Spaniardes, to whome they doe diſcouer 
them and vtter all that they kno we. I will write no more, 
becauſe ] knowe not if this letter ſhall come to the handes 
of your worthippe, which if it do, and that it pleaſe you to 
aduertfe mee thereof, I will write vnto you more at lar 
and of more particularities of this countrie, and of the 
vertue of other hearbes, and beaſtes, and other th nges, 
which I knowe will giue contentment to your worfhuppe, 
_ Ageing that you are fo curious to know thele thinges. » 
Our Lorde keepe you · From Lyma iu the Peru 
wdaꝛee xxi. day of December, in the yeare 
5 of our Lorde. 1568, 1 kiſſe 
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