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in Qhic{uipalpa, and feveral others, but it would be very impertinent to dwell tod 

 long upon Difcourfes of this nature, efpecially fince we are not oblig'd to make 

 them a part of our Creed. 



To conclude our Defcription of this famous Kingdom of Peru, the People there- 

 of at the Spaniards firft Arrival viewing their Shipping, their Guns, and other 

 Accoutrements, unknown to them before,had them in great admiration,as Men de* 

 fcended from Heaven ; but when they began to be opprefs'd by their Tyranny, and 

 to be tortur'd by them, they look'd upon them as the Spawn of Hell, and curs'd the 

 Sea that had brought fo wicked a People to them. 



CHAP. V. 

 Chile, 





Following the Coaft of Mare del Zur, or the South Sea, the next great Province gjg!^ 

 pertaining formerly to the Kingdom of Peru, is that of Chile. This is the oi ch,lt ' 

 moft Southerly Province of the whole Countiey of America, reaching up as 

 far as the Magellane Straights, with which to the Southward it is bounded . North- 

 ward it hath a Defart, and an undifcover'd Countrey lying betwixt it and the Con- 

 fines of Peru, call'd Jtacama ; on the Weft it hath Mare del Zur ; and on the Eaft, 

 up to <I(io de la Plata, the Atlantick, or North Sea, with fome Countreys undifcovcr'd, 

 which intcrpofe betwixt it and Paraguay to the NortlvEaft : Ix lieth all of it be- 

 yond the Tropick of Capricorn, in a temperate Zone, and extendeth itfelfin length 

 from the Borders of Peru, to the Mouth of the Straights five hundred Leagues or 

 more . but the breadth of it neither equal nor certain : They fay 'tis call'd Chile 

 from the word GUI, which fignifies Cold it feems in their Language as well as ours, 

 it being generally a cold and bleak Countrey, the Air in many parts of it fo ex- 

 treamly (harp and piercing, that both Horfe and Rider fometimes in travelling arc 

 frozen to death, as the Spaniards found by experience in their firft Search and Difco- 

 very of the Countrey, under the Conduct of Diego Almagro, who is faid to have left 

 the greatcft part of his Men dead behind him : But this is chiefly towards the Andes, 

 and on the Sea-Coaft,the more Inland parts of it,though mountainous alfo in fome 

 parts, yet are more temperate, and being alfo well water'd with Rivers, are much 

 more fruitfull than the other, affording both Wheat and Mai^ and likewife other 

 Grain, excellent Pafturage in many places, and great ftore of Cattel, Wine, Honey, 

 and not without many and rich Mines both of Gold and Silver. 



The Natives of this Countrey were found to be the moft ftout and warlike of 

 all the Americans that the Spaniards had hitherto met withal, fighting with them, 

 and oftentimes defeating them in the open Field, furprizing and facking their 

 Towns, and laft of all taking their Captain and Commander in Chief Prifoner : 

 This was Pedro Baldivia, one of thofe good Men that confented to the death of Atta. 

 baltba, the laft King of Peru, after a greater Ranfom accepted and paid, then per- 

 haps the King of Spain could wellraile on afudden, if he had occafion to ufe it for 

 himfelf. The Arucans (for fo are the People call'd that had him Prifoner) are faid £***- 

 to have Entertain'd him for a while with great Jollity and Feafting, but for his laft J*™^ 

 Draught gave him a Cup of melted Gold, which the poor Man was fore'd to take £* *- 



down, and fo died a cruel, though coftly Death. 



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