To the Reader. 



r$ qftkjtfsfa ydattwhat I could ceruiml^i^over. and 

 what fthought wonKe memory of the Indians tfitmfitves, 

 their Ceremonies.Cufloms .Governments .Wars. & Adven 

 tures. InthefamePIiftorie foallbsjpoken (a* IcouU learnt 

 and comprehend)) of the figures of the anticntjndians, fee- 

 ing they had no writing nor charters a* we have, which & 

 nofmall indttftry to have preferved their Antiquities, with 

 out the vfe of letters. To conclude, thefcopeofthis workcit, 

 that having knowledge of the workes of nature , which the 

 wifi Author of all naturtmade , we may praifi and glorife 

 thehighGed, who is wonderfull in allthings and all places. 

 And having knowledge of the Indians cujloJnes.wemaj helpe 

 them more etfily to followed per fever in ththigh vocation' 

 of the Gofyd-jo the knowledge whereof, the Lord would draw 

 Ibis blin'de nation tin thefe Utter daks. Be fides al thefe things, 

 every one mayfucke out fome profit for hiwfelfe^ for that the 

 wife do alwaies draw forth fome good out &fthejmaleft fub- 

 ietf^ aswefnde dttpe Philofophiemtht leajl andlafeft crea 

 tures. Ij^jnely a<Lyjrj&de Reader, that the twofrft 

 fookes oJThuhiftorie or di(courfe y wn ^written in Peru, a* J 

 n Europe, dutie binding me to reiwne 



into thefe panes :fo asfomefyeake of matters of the Indies,^ 

 of things prefint^and others, as being abfent. And therefore I 

 have thought it good to advertife the Reader heereofjkat thi* 

 diverfitie offieach may not be trouble fome vnto him. 



Farewell. 



