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Chief Towns 

 anJ Places of 

 note. 



• e/ M E%I C A. Chap. IV. 



The Countrey Viticos, being within the Jurifdiftion of Guamico, lies amongft the 

 Mountains Andes, whether hga Mango fled, when the Spaniards made themfelves 



Matters of Peru. 



The Towns and Places moft obfervable and important in it belonging to the 

 Spaniards, are i. Miraflores, as the Spaniards call it, a well feated and wealthy Town 

 in the Valley of Zanu, as above mentioned, five Leagues diftant from the Sea,where 

 it hath likewife a good Haven or Port. 



2. Truxilhjtwo or three Leagues diftant from the Sca 5 the Haven whereof is faid 

 to be large, but not fafe. The Town it felf is feated in the Valley Cbinco, upon the 

 Blanks of a plcafant River, whofe Water doth not onely run through feveral Chan- 

 nels to moiften the Fields, but alfo to accommodate every Houfe in the City : It 

 hath broad Streets, a great Market-place, four Cloyfters, two for the Dominicans, 

 one for the Juguftines, and the other for the Francifcatis 5 one great Church, five 

 hundred Houfes, and a Palace, inhabited by the King's Collectors, and many Ban- 

 quetting-houfes about it. The good fituation and fruitfulnefs of the Soil, mov'd 

 the Marquefs Francifco fi^arro to build this City here Jnno 1533. but the Haven be- 

 longing to the fame lies open to all manner of Winds, fo that the Ships Ride here 



in great danger. 



3 . La farilU, otherwife call'd Santa, fourteen Leagues beyond Truxillo South- 

 ward, wafli'd by the Southern Ocean, and one fide by a frefli- water Stream,which 

 being inclos'd between ftony Cliffs, makes a fecure Harbor. 



4. Jmedo, feated ten Leagues Northward from Lima, amongft the Vineyards of 

 the Valley Chancas- ocherwife having no great matter in it remarkable, but a fair 



Dominican Cloyfter. 



5. Lima, by the Spaniards commonly call'd La Cividad de los <I{eyes, or Tin City of 

 Kings, fonam'd becaufc fi^arro, who built it, laid the firft Stone on Twelfth-day, 

 Anno 1553. which they call l7;e Feafl of the Icings : It is feated in the Valley of Lima, 

 (from whence the City is alfo fo denominated) one of the fruitfulleft Parts of all 

 fern, and fo neatly built, that all the chief Streets of the City open upon a fair 

 Market-place, orViazga, of fuch a large Square, that upon the fides thereof are 

 built, in a ftately and convenient manner, the Cathedral, the Palace of the Arch- 

 bifliop, the Vice-Roy's Palace and Courts of Juftice, with the Exchequer or Pub- 

 lick Treafury, theTown-houfe* or place where the City Magiftrates meet and hold 

 their Courts, the Publick Armory or Magazine, and a Free-School, wherein are 

 taught by the Jefuits &\i Arts and Sciences, and alfo the Indian Language, and divers 

 other fair Buildings of the Nobility and better fort of Citizens. No Countrey un- 

 der the Heavens affords a more fruitful or pleafanter Place than this . the tempe- 

 rate Climate, neither troubling the Inhabitants with exceffive Heats or great 

 Colds,nor terrifying them with Thunder or Lightning,but having almoft perpetual 

 Sun-fliine and fair Weather ; onely the three Winter Moneths, wherein there falls 

 a fwect-fmelling Dew, which cures the Head-ache ; and there die but very few 

 of peftilential Diftempers. The Countrey about the City is pleafant without ex- 

 ception. The Pigeons which are kept here in curious Houfes built on purpofe, flic 

 a thoufand in a Flight. The Fields abound alfo with Cattel. The Orchards and 

 Gardens flourifli with all forts of Trees and Plants, whereof thofe that are brought 

 hither from Spain gfow better than in their natural Countrey. The Weft fide of the 

 City is wafli'd by a pure & clear Stream,which (tores the Market with great plenty 

 of good Fifli, it being diftant but a Mufquet fhot, efpecially when the Water rifes. 

 This River is of great confequence, for it not onely waters the whole Valley of 

 Lima with its feveral Branches, but alfo runs under every Houfe in the City, being 



built 



