Chap. IV. a M E%^lC A. 4y, 



built on Scone Arches j they are onely one Story high, bec&ufe there is no Wood to 

 be had in the Valley of Lima but what in three years becomes all Woorm-eaten-ne- 

 verthelefs the Houfes are very beautiful both within and without • the Walls being 

 very thick and ftrong, have curious Arbors of green Boughs on the top, in which 

 the Owners fhadethemfelvesfrom the Sun. Mod of the Houfes built in the high 

 Streets have pleafant Turrets, which face the Market-place, where all forts of 

 ProVifions are brought to Sale, as Oxen, Sheep, Venifon, Sugar, Oranges,Cittrons, 

 Grapes, and Wheat, which is ground in Water-Mills built near the River. This 

 City is inhabited by many able Merchants, which often load Ships to Panama, that 

 are valu'd at above two hundred thoufand Ducats. To the Arch-bifliop's See .of 

 this Place belongs the Bifliopricks of Qhdi, Chore as, Quito, Citfco, Truxillo, Guanuco^o- 

 paian 7 San Francifco, Panama, Nicaragua, and ^io de la Plata. The City is alfo adorn'd 

 with two fair Churches, befides the Cathedral, and alio other lefler Churches, four 

 ftately Cloyfters, two Nunneries, and the Jefmts Palace, which is very magnificent. 

 The Haven two Leagues diftant from it, and call'd Cdllao de Lima, is large and fe. 

 cure for Ships. Jixno 1579. Sir Francis Drake took twelve Ships from hence, one Prfamitai 



x. * f *■ ' here by Sir 



whereof was laden with Linnen and Silk, befides a great Cheft full of Silver : »«f.Dwfc.: 

 Which Inconvenience to prevent for the future, the Spaniards have built two ftrong 

 Forts, and fortifi'd them with Brafs Guns. Thirty years after Sir Francis Drake's 

 Exploit, Joris Spdbergeti corhiiig to Anchor here, found the Place all inhabited, a ^?£"" 

 Fort well ftor'd with Guns, and a ftrong Caftle before the Mouth of the Harbor, n** in vain. 

 from whence they (hot Bullets of thirty fix Pound weight at the Hollanders, and Cb 

 fluttered their Frigat, call'd The Hunter, that (he could fcarce keep above Water : 

 Fourteen Spanijh Merchantmen lying near the Shore, receiv'd little damage, Sfil- 

 bergen not being able for Shelves to get to them, neither did he judge it convenient 

 to Land, the Vice-Roy having at that time above four thoufand Men in Arms, be- 

 Jfides feveral Troops of Horfe 5 wherefore after having fir'd fcveral Guns on the 

 Fort, and againft : the Church, he fet SaHl to Guarmey. 



6. Cannete, otherwife call'd Guano, from the Valley wherein it is fituatc : It was 

 built by the Spaniards out of theTreafure which they found in the Caftle afore fpo- 

 ken of in the fame Valley. 



7. Vaherdt, fituate in a Valley of the fame Name, where excellent Fruit may be 

 had for a fmall Price • it is a well Traded and rich Town, about fixteen Leaguy 

 diftant from the Sea. 



8. Pachacama, fituate in a Territory of the fame Name, four Leagues South- 

 ward of L/ww,memorable chiefly for Pi^arro's good fortune here,who is reported to 

 have found in one onely old Temple of the Natives , the quantity of nine hundred 

 thoufand Ducats of Gold and Silver, befides what his Soldiers are fuppos'd to have 

 fciz'd on, and convey'd away before he came. 



9. CaftroVerreina, threefcore Leagues diftant from Lima to the South*Eaft : It 

 liech in the Valley ofChocolocha, and is a rich Place, by reafon of the good Mines of 

 Silver which are about it, and abundance of the beft fort of Tobacco. 



10. Miguel de la libera, in the Valley of Qamana. The Inhabitants whereof drive 

 a great Trade in Wine, Figs, and Raifins. 



n. TheCity^re^w^, which extends up towards the Mountains, is built in the 

 Dale Quilca, which runs eleven Leagues from the Sea, under a healthful Climate ; 

 but in the Year 1582. it was wholly ruin'd by an Earthquake . the realon whereof 

 is afcrib'd to the wet fulphurous Mountains, which burns continually, and fome- 

 times vomits out Flames and Allies. The Marquefs Pi^arro built this City forty 

 fix years before the fore-mention'd Earthquake, fincc which being re-built again, 



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