^ 4.0 The J^aturall andMorall 



they call GtuwMvilcajNtt then peopled with Spaniards 

 and Indians that came thither , and come ftill to workc 

 in thefe mines of quicke-filver, which are in great num 

 bers, and very plentiful! : but of all thefe mines, that 

 which they call d'Amador de Cabrera , orofSaintes, is 

 goodly and notable. Itisarpcke of moftjiard ftone, 

 interlaced all with quickcnlvcr , and of that greatnefle, 

 that it extendcs abovefoure fcorc Tarres or yardes in 

 length, and forty in breadth; in which mine they have 

 many pittes and ditches, ofthree Tcore and tenne ftades 

 decpe, foas three hundred men may well worke toge 

 ther- fuch is the capacity thereof . This mine wasdif- 

 covered by an Indian tfAmador ofCtkrera, called Na- 

 . vwcopd of the villa gevf-Acoria; the which Amddor of 

 Cabrer* caufed to be regiftred in iaisname . He was in 

 furteagainft the Procurer fifcall , bht the vfufruitc was 

 adjudged to him by fentence as the difcoverer.SinceTTe 

 foldc his in terefl to another, for two hundred and fifty 

 thoufaud ducates ; and afterwards thinking he had bin 

 deceived in the fale , he commenced an adionagainft 

 'the buyer, being worth, as they fay, above five hun 

 dred thoufand ducats ; yea,(bme holde it to be worth 

 a million ofgolde : a rare thing to fee a mine of that 

 wealth. 



Whenas Don Fraxcifco of T^W^governcd in Pcrte; 

 there was one which had bin in <JMexico y and obferved 

 how they refined filver with mercury , called Pere Fer- 

 nandesdc Valefio , who offred to'refine filver at Potoz-i, 

 with mercury- and having madetriall thereof in the 

 yeare of our redemption , one thoufand five hundred 

 ftaventyandone, pcrfourmed it wkh credits ; then 

 beganne they to refine filver at Poto^ vrith quickfilver, 

 which they tranfported from GHOttfiwtticqH*, which 



was 



