Htilorle of the Indies, lib.^. 2*5 



tome. They refine it likewise with quickc-filver and 



ftrong water, for that the allumcTwhercof they make 



tEIs water hath the vertue to feparate gold from drofle, 



or from other mettalls. After iris purified and molten, 



they mjcejjjjckes or fmall barres to caryjt vnto Sfaine\ 



for being in'povvldeivthey cannot transport itTixyrn the 



todies , tor they can neither cuftome it , marke it , nor 



take fay, vntill it be molten. The forefaidc Hfftorio'. . 



grapherreporteth that Spawe above all other Countries At, / fl^. 



of the world, did abound in gold and filvcr- efpecially ^f^ 



Galitta and Portugal}^ above all, the ^.gg^y, whence 



hee faieth they brought every yeere twenty thoufand 



pounds ofgolde , and that they found not fo great a- 



boundance in any other place. The which is confirmed 



inthebookeof Macabccs, where it is (aide, thatamon- 



geft the great riches of the Romans , they had in their 



hath appoynted 

 ferve another , which doe imparte their wealth to par 

 ticipate their governement for the good the one of 

 the other, in communicating mutually the goodcs 

 and graces they doe inioy : wee can not value nore- ' 

 fteeme the quantitic of golde that is brought from the 

 Indies^ but we may well fay, it is much more then that 

 which Pliny reports was brought veerely from Sfdint 

 to Rome. In the fleece where I came, which was in the *? % 

 yeere, 1585. the declaration ofthefir me land was^fi*^ 

 oftwelye caflbnsor chefts of gold'e, every cation at 

 the leaft weied foure^r^f/, that is a hundred weight; 

 and athoujancj fifty ^nd fixernares from New Spaine^ 

 \vhich was for the King on-!^,be<ides"Thafwhich- came 

 for Merchants and private men being regi/tred^ and 



much 



