Hittorie of the Indies lib.^, 



red, did much terrific, and at this day they holdc it for 

 an ornament and beautifying^for this caufe there were 

 .. ftrange workes of mines in the mountaines ofG*4MA~- 

 vilcA^ which areiri Peru , neere to the cittie ofGujman-' 

 jwjjOUt of the which they drew this mcttal,it is of fuch 

 a manner, that if at this day they enter by the- cares or 

 Socuboms, which the Indians made in thofe day es, they 

 loofe themfelves, finding no paffage out : but they re 

 garded not quicke-filvcr, which naturally is in the fame 

 iubftanccor mettall of vermillion, neither hadde they 

 knowledge of any fuch matter. 



The Indians were not alone for fb long a time with 

 out the knowledge of this treafure,butlikevvifethe Spa 

 niards, who vn till the -yeare of the incarnation of our +. ifft . 

 Saviour > one thoufand five hundred three fcore and fix, 

 and threescore and leaven (at fuch time as the licenti 

 ate ta//r0 governed in P^raj) difcovered not the mines 

 of quicke-filver > which happened in this manner. 

 A man or iudgement called Henrique Guarcts, a Portu- 

 gall borne, having a peece of this coloured mettall , as 

 I have faide, which the Indians call Limpi, with which 

 they paint their faces, as hee beheld ic well 5 found it to 

 be the fame which they call Vermillion in Cajltffe 5 and 

 for that hce knew well that vermillion was drawne out 

 of the fame mettall that quickefilver was, hee coniedu- 

 red the(e mines to be of quickefilver, went to the place 

 whence they drew this mettall, to make mail thereof. 

 The which hee found true , and in this forte the mines 

 of/VV#inthe territorieof Gu^mangua^ being difco 

 vered, great numbers of men went thither todrawc 

 out quickefilver, and ib to carryjtto Mexico, whcrg 

 they refine filver by"themeanesofquickefirver, whero^ 

 with many areinriched. This country of mines which 



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