countries, astoP<?>-#. There were no Mulberrie trees 

 in the/W/'#,butfuch as were brought from Spawefind 

 they grow well, efpecially in the province which they 

 &i\\MtficcqtiA, where there are filkc-worraes, and they 

 put to worke the filke they gather , whereof they make 

 very goo^l taff ataes : Yet to this day they have made 

 ney thcr damaske, fattin,nor velvet . The fugar yet is a 



freater revcnue,for they not only fpend it at the Indies, 

 utalfo they carry much into Sprint fot the canes grow 

 exceeding well in many parts of the Indus. They have 

 built their engins in the Hands, in Mtxico,m Pm* 5 and 

 in other partes, which yeeldeth them a very great reve 

 nue. 



Itwastoldeme, that the engine for fugar in W^ifca, 

 was worth yeerely above thirty thoufand peeces of re 

 venue. That of ChicanM ioyning to Truxtllo, waslikc- 

 wi(c of great revcnue^nd thofe of new S paint are of no 

 lefle-and it is a ftrange thing to fee what (lore they con- 

 fume at the /#&/ . They brought from the Hand ofS. 

 Dominique, in the fleetc wherein I came eight hundred 

 ninety eight chefts of fugar, which being (as I did fee) 

 (hipped at PortRicco (every chefi(in my opinion) wci- . 

 ed eight arobes,every arobes weighing five and twenty 

 pounds, which are two hundred weight of fugar) is 

 the chiefe revenue of thefe Hands, fo much are men gi 

 ven to the defire of fweete things. There are likewifc o- 

 lives and olive trees atthe/iwfe/, Ilayin^vv/V^andin 

 Peru, yet hath -there not beene to this day any mill for 

 oile , for that they eatc all their olives, and drcffe them 

 well: they finde the charge is greater to make oile than 

 the profit,and therefore they carry all the oyle they do 

 Ipend from Spainc. Andtieerc we will end with plants, 

 and will paffe to fuch beads as beat the Indies. 



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