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Chap. IV. 



vians alfo threw great Stones out of their Huts built in Trees, and like wife Javelins 

 and Pots full of boyling Water, with which they did much mifchief to their Ene. 

 mies that Storm' d them, who at laft covering themfelves with Boards, cut down the 

 Trees, with which they falling were torn in pieces by the Spanijh Dogs, 



Sect. IV. 



Lima. 



Situation and 

 Description 

 of the Pro- 

 vince of 

 lima. 



The feveral 

 Valleys of 



Lima j call'd alfo Los G(eyos, hath on the Eaft, Qollao, and fome part oiCufco \ 

 on the "North, Los Quixos ; and on the South, Charcot. The Countrey ex- 

 tendeth it felf in length upon the Coafts of the South Sea two hundred and 

 fifty, fome fay,full three hundred Leagues in length, vi^. fzomCape del ^wwNorth- 

 ward, on the Borders of Quito as far as Jrequipa towards the South, and runs Eaft. 

 ward to (Brafile and 5^io dela Valma. 



In this Province are feveral very pleafant Valleys, the firfl: whereof is Motufe, to 

 ^Province which ^ fandy Way leads from Su M ^ ud de ^aherde, between barren Wilds, from 



whence feveral Streams falling are immediately drunk up by the Sand ; wherefore 

 all Travellers that go that way carry Water and Wine with them in Calabars for 

 twenty Leagues together, which they Walk or Ride by Night, becaufcofthe ex- 

 ceffive heat of the Sun. 



In the Valley Motupe grow abundance of Trees, which receive nourishment from 

 a River that fprings up near the fame. Here is alfo much Cotton. 



Not far from hence are the Valleys Xayanca, formerly very populous and full of 

 Palaces : The River which flows through the middle is led in Trenches amongft 

 the neighboring Fields. 



The Valley Tuqueme is alfo very pleafant, and the decay 'd Palaces, fufficiently 

 teftifie its former fplendor. 



The next being Cinto, is no way inferior to Tuqueme 5 and between both lie fandy 

 Hills and barren Rocks, on which grow neither Trees nor Herbs, nor is any living 

 Creature to be found upon them : the Way through which being a whole days 

 Journey, cannot be travelled without fure Guides. 



The Valley Collique y watered by a River of the fame Denomination, and very 

 thick fet with Trees, was formerly very populous, but fince the Spanip* Wars it is 

 become quite dcfolate $ for not onely a confiderable number of them were flain by 

 the Spaniards , but alfo many deftroy'd themfelves, Wives and Children ; of which 

 Peter Martyr, Councellor to the Emperor Charles the Fifth, fets down feveral terrible 

 Examples, of which two were remarkable above the reft ; the firft was after this 

 manner : 

 i«i The Spanijh Captain Olandus Lying with the Daughter of an Indian Cafique, que» 

 ftion'd when (he grew big with Child, Whether (he was with Child by him ? and 

 that he might know the real truth by Torture, he caus'd her to be ty'd naked to a 

 woodden Spit, and laid to roaft againft a Fire made of green Wood, fo that fhe 

 died in a moft miferable manner ; upon which her Father ran in a rage with 

 thirty of his Companions to Olandus's Houfe, where lie killed his whole Family, 

 and locking all the Doors about the Houfe, fet fire on the fame, into which 

 when it was at its greateft heighth, he and his AfTociates leap'd into the middle 

 thereof. 



The fecond Accident is alfo very terrible, >i$> An Indian Maid being Got with 

 Child by a Spanijh Afs-driver, acquainted her Father and Mother with it, withal 



telling 



Paflages. 



