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findefoure different kindes of writings, fomc writte 

 from the right to the left , others from the left to the 

 . right, fome from the toppe to the bottome, and others 

 from the foote to the toppe , wherein wee may difco- 

 ver the diverfity of mans Judgement. 



How the Induns difpatched their Mcflcngtrs. 



CHAP. 10. 







TO finifli the maner .they had of writing, fome may 

 with reafbn doubt how the Kings oftMexiw and 

 JV/^had intelligence from all thofe realm cs that were 

 fo great , or by what meanes they could difpatch their 

 affaires in Court, feeing they had no vfe of any letters, 

 nor to write pacquets : wherein we may be fatisfied of 

 this doubt, when we vnderftand, that by wordes> pic 

 tures, and thefe memorialles, they were often advert! * 

 fed of that which paffed.For this caufe there were men 



- of great agilitie, which fevcd as cumers , to goe and 



come, whome they did nourifli in this exercife of run-! 

 ningfrom their youth , labouring to have them well 



? ' breathed, that they might runne to the toppe of a high 

 hill without wearines. And therefore in ^Mexico they 

 gave the prize to three or foure that 'firft mounted vp 

 the ftaires of the Temple, ashathbeenefaidin thefor- 

 nierBooke. And mCttfco , when they made their fb- 

 lemne feaft ofCapacrAyffte, the novices did runne who 

 could fafteft vp the rocke of Tnacauri. And the exercife 

 of running is general^ muchvfed among the Indians* 

 Whenas there chaunced any matter of importaunce, 



. they fen t vnto the Lordes of 'Mexicojibs, thing painted, 



Whereof they would ads r ertife them , as they did when 

 the firft Spanifliftiips appeared to their fight, &when 



they 



