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in the Countrey ofckuqttiavo; they carry this wine to 

 Potoz,i,Cttfcom& divers partes, which yeeldes a great 

 revenue : for notvvithftanding all the aboundance they 

 have, a bottle or arobe is there woorth five or fixe due. 

 kats, and if it be Spanifh wine (as they commonly car: 

 ry in their fleetes) it is woorth tenne or twelve. They 

 make wine like to that vtspamc, in the realme of Cbitte, 

 being hi the fame climate-but it corruptcth being carri 

 ed to Pcru:thcy catc the grape where they cannot drink 

 the wine. And it is ftrange,that in the citty of Cttfco you 

 (hall finde ripe grapes all the yearelong : thereafonis 

 (as they fay) for that thofc valleis bring foorth fruits in 

 diverfe moneths of the yeare,cither for that they cutte 

 their vignes in diverfe feafons, or that this varietic pro. 

 ceedes from the quality of thefoyle^ but whatfbeverir 

 be,it is moftcertaine, thereare fome vallics which car 

 ry fruit all theyeare. If any one wonder at this , it may 

 be he will wonder much more at that which I fliall fay, 

 and perchaunce not beleeve it. There are trees in Peru, 

 whereof the one party eeldes fruit one fixe moneths of 

 the y eare , and the other halfe part yeeldes fruite the o- 

 ther fixe moneths. In Malfa which is thirteene leagues 

 from the Cittie of Kings, there is afiggetree, whereof 

 the one halfe which is towardes the South 3 is greene, 

 and yeeldeth his fruite one feafon of the ycare , that is, 

 when it is fummer vpon the Sicrre, and the other mot- 

 ty towards the Lottos or fea coaft,is greene,and yeeldes 

 his fruite in the other contrary feafon , when it is fiim- 

 mer vpon the Lanos , which groweth from thediverfe 

 temperature, and the ayre which commeth from the 

 one par t,and the other. The revenue of wine there is 

 not fmafl^but it gocth not out of the country. But the 

 filke that is made in new Spainc is tranfported in to other 



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