e Indies, lib.^. 227 



. But by : the -inftrudibns and remembraunccs cfiDon 



'Fwncifw.de Toledo the Viceroy in the yeare of our Sa- **** 



ylour Chrift, one tbouiand five hundred feavemyand 



foure they find feventy and fixe millions to that yeere? 



and from that yeare to eighty five inclusive, i t appeares 



bytheroyallregiftcrs, there were thirty five millions 



inoreentred. They fentthis accomptto the Viceroy 



from P$toz,i, in the yeere I have mentioned,being then 



in Ptr^ and fince the wealth that hath come from P cr 



by ihip, hath amounted to much more . In thatflcete 



where I came, in the ycaie one thoufand five hundred . M . 



eighty feaven, therg^were eleven millions tran/portcd. / ^ " **** 



in the two flcetsoT/V;^ &Mc~xico\ whereof two thirds 



were in that of Peru , and ahnoft the one halfe for the 



King. I thought good to fct this downe particularly, ^ ~ -A . 



to fliew the power which hisjieavenly Maieftie hath 



given to theXings of j^^heaping io many Crowns 



and -Kingdomes vpon them , who ( by the efpeciall fa-' 



vour of heaven) hayeioyned the Eaft with the Weaft 



Indies, invirpningThe whole worlde with thelrPowerT 



T his digreiTion fiiailfove to fnew the riches of Pototy 



we will now ihew how they labour in the mines, and 



how they refine their niettalls. 



flow they labour in the mines ofPotozl 

 CHAP. 8. 



Boctius complaining of the firftinventerof mines, 

 fpakewell- 



Hens primus quisfitit ille> 

 i^furi qw ponder A teJH. 

 Gemmafqtie> latsre volentes, 

 PrecioCapericulafodit? 



