ILL oughby’s ^travels 
Reafon whereof is, becaofe they pay about twenty- 
feven per Cent, for all Merchandizes at Sevil.^ and but 
four or five pen Cent, at Cales., he chief Places to be 
feen in Sevil arc, i. The great Church. i. The King’s 
or Vice-roys Palace. 3* The Archbilbop’s Palace. 
4. The Steeple of the great Church like Sc. Mark^% 
Tower at Venice.^ which you afcend almofi: to the Top 
without Stairs, by gently inclining Plains. 5. The 
Francijcan Convent. 6 . The Longba, where the Mer- 
chants meet about the Affairs of the Flote. 7. The 
Convent of Notre Fame del Peuple. 8. The Bridge of 
Boats over the Guadalquivir, i. e. the River Bcetis. The 
Town on the other Side this River is called Priana. 
9. The Inquifition or Caftle of Priana, juft over the 
Bridge. 10. An old Tower called Porre d^Oro, where 
St. Ferdinand, that recover’d Sevil, kept Money made 
with Leather. 1 1. The Aqueduft. 12. The old Pa- 
lace and Garden of the Moors. Near the Bridge, along 
the River Side, they come every Night with their 
Coaches, to take the Frefco, In the great Church, be- 
tween two Altars, are three jMonuments for St. Ferdi- 
nand the Wife, his Wife Beatrice and his Son Alphon^ 
fus. The fame Epitaph in Hebrew, Arahick, Greek and 
Latin. 
Hie jacet illufiriffimus Rex Fernandas Caflelli C? Poleti 
Legionis, GallicU, Sihilla, Corduba, Murcia, lA Jaheni, qui 
totamHifpaniam conquifivit fidelijfimus, veracijjimus, conftan- 
iijfimus, jujlijfimus, Arenuijjimus, devotijfimus, liberalijfimus, 
patientijfimus, piiffimus, humillimus, in timore iA fervitio 
Dei efficacijfimus •, qui eontrivit C? exterminavit penitus 
hojiium fuorum proterviam ; qui fuhlimavit (A exaltavit 
emnes amicos fufis, qui civitatem Hifpalem, qua caput eji 
Tff metropolis to tins Hifpanice de fnanibus eripuit Pagano- 
rum & cidtui rePtituit Chrijiiano, iibi folvens naturae de- 
hitum, ad Dominum iranfmigravit ultima die Maii, An?io 
ah incarnatione Domini \ 
In the fame Church is Ferdinandus Columbus, the Son 
QpChrifiopher Columbus, buried, with this Epitaph. 
A qui pace el mucho magnifico Signor Don Hernando Co- 
lon. el quel expleo y gafto toda fu vida y facenda en aumento 
di los Lettras y en juntar y perpetuar en ejia cividad todos 
los lihros di kidas las feiencias, qui in fu tempo hallo y en 
ridurlos d quatro lihros fegun ePtan d qui fenelados. Falle 
Jcio en epta cividad d 12 di Julio 1532. An de fu edad 50 
an. 10 'rnefes Cf 14 dies. Fue Hyo del valor ofo iA me- 
■morabile Signor Don Chriftophoro Colon, primiero Admi- 
rante, qui defeubio las Indias y nuevo mo^ido en vida di los 
Catholicos Keys Don Fernando y Donna Ifabella di gloriofa 
rnemoria d onze de Ottohre dy mill quatrocentos y noventa y 
dofannos y partio del puerto de Palos a defeubrir las centres 
Carabelas y noventa Perfonas d tres de Agofio — iuntes — 
holbio d Caftilla con la vi'ttoria d quattro di Marzo del anno 
figUente, y torno defpues otras dos vezes a poblar lequale 
fcuhrio, y al fin fallefcio d Valladolid vente de Maio de 
milly quincentos y feys annos, P^ogad al Sennor por ellos. 
Chocolate is fold at Sevil for lomething more than a 
Piece of Eight the Pound. Vanillas, which they 
mingle with Cocoa to make Chocolate, for a Real di 
Plato. Acchiote, which they mingle with the other 
Ino-redients, to give a Colour, is made of a Kind of 
red Earth brought from New Spain, wrought up into 
Cakes : It is fold for a Real di Plato the Ounce. All 
the Oil anH Wine they have in the IVebl-Indies goes 
from Spain, they not being permitted to plant Vines or 
Olive-trees, that they may always have a Dependance 
upon Spain. At and near Sevil we paid two Reals de 
^larto for a Bed ; Bread, Wine, Flefh, and all other 
Commodities exceffive dear, excepting only Olives and 
Pomegranates, which were better here than in any 
other Parc of Spain. There had lately been a great 
Plague in Sevil, which had very much depopulated and 
impoveriOied, indeed almoft ruined the City. 
II. I fee out from Sevil towards Madrid: The firft 
Day we travelled to Carmona, where the AqueduT be- 
fore-tnentipned begins, fix Leagues in all ; which Way 
we faw no Houfes, but a great many Aloe-trees. We 
paffed Ai Fontes, and lay ?Lt Euia, a great Town of 
above 20,000 Inhabitants. Between Carmona and Euia 
is a very good Country, with Abundance of Corn and 
Olive-trees. Offuna is within four Leagues of Euia, 
where the Duke of Ofilma hath a Palace. We tra- 
velled this Day nine Leagues. We paffed over the 
River Nenil, that runs into Guadalquivir, baited at Ar- 
rojith, and lodged at Cordova, eight Leagues. About a 
League from Cordova we paffed another little River that 
runs into Guadalquivir. Before we entred Cordova, we 
rode over a great Stone Bridge that here croffes the 
Guadalquivir. In the Middle of the Bridge Hands a 
Statue eredled to the Angel Raphael with this Infeription. 
Beatijfmo Raphaeli angelorum proceri, cufiodi fuo vigi- 
lantiffimo, qui ante annos 300 fub Pafehale antifiite po- 
pulum pefie depopulante fie medicum tantce cladis fiuturum 
pradixit, qui fubinde anno 157S venerabili Preshy ter 0 An- 
drea de las Roelas S. S. M. M.. exuvias evulgavit, (A tan- 
dem patefecit Corduvenfium tulelam fibi a Deo de'mum da- 
tarn, ^are ut jufia gratitude diu fiaret P P. ^ Cordu- 
benjls hanc lapideam ftatuam cautus iA pius erexit, multd 
procuratione Domini Jofiephi de Valdacanas & Herera lA 
Domini Gundefalvi de Cea (A Rios fenatorum pontifice In- 
nocente X. Hifipan. rege PhilippolV. epifeopo domino fra- 
tre Petro de Tapia, pratore domino Alphonfo de flares (A 
monte Negro, Anno 1651. 
The moft confiderable Places in Cordova are, i. The 
Bifliop’s Palace. 2. The Cavallerifca, where the King 
keeps a great many Horfes. 3. The Ruins of Alman- 
foCs Palace, the laft King of the Moors. 4. Plaffa di 
Corridera. 5. The Church of the Augufiine Fryers. 
6. The great Church, which was anciently a>Mofque. 
It is large, but very low, fupported by a great many 
Rows of Pillars, in a quadrate Order, fixreen Rows 
one Way, and thirty another. Upon many of the Pil- 
lars are Moors Heads carved in the Stone, and one or 
two with Turbants on. In the Middle of this Church 
is the great Chapel, where are feveral Bifliops interred. 
In one of the Chapels, that is now dedicated to St. Pe- 
ter, in the Moors Time was kept a Thigh of Mohammed ; 
round about the Cornifh of this Chapel, and that Parc 
of the Church next it, is an Arabick Infeription. The 
People complain grievouHy, that Cordova is quite ru- 
ined and undone by Gabels and Taxes. On the 27th 
we left Cordova, and, after a League or two riding, en- 
tred the Sierra Morena, a. miferable defolate moun- 
tainous Country, and lodg’d at a little Village called 
Adamus, fix Leagues. On the 28th, we travelled all 
Day through the Sierra Morena, and lay at a Village 
called La Conqiiijla, nine Leagues. 29th ; In this Day’s 
Journey we Jaw Abundance of Galls upon the iliees, 
which were of like Bignefs, Figure, Colour, Confiftency, 
and other Accidents with thofe that grow upon Oaks. 
This Day we firft met with red Wine again, which, 
they call Vino tinto. We got fafe out efi Sierra Morena, 
and came to Almedovar del Campo, a tolerable Borrough 
nine Leagues. ' About the Middle of Sierra Morena 
are the Bounds of the Cafiilia nova and Andaluzia. On 
the 30th, we paffed by Caraquol, Cividadreal, and lay 
at Malagon, ten Leagues. Between Malagon and Ci- 
vidadreal, we paffed over the River Anas, now called 
Guadiana, which was there but a little Brook. In this 
Day’s Journey we met with a great many great Flocks 
of Sheep and Goats, going towards the Sierra Morena 
out of Caftile ; it being the Cuftom all Summer to feed 
their Sheep upon upon the Mountains of Caftile, and in 
Winter in the Sierra Morena. On the 31ft, v/e paffed 
by the Ruins of an Aquedud, about four Leagues from 
Malagon, then Tvenas, a good fizeable Village, and lay 
at Orgas, ten Leagues. 
12. November i. We paffed through Toledo, and lay 
at Efquinas, eleven Leagues. As foon as ever we paffed 
the Sierra Morena, we felt a great Change of Weather, 
the warm Air that comes from Afiric and the Mediter- 
ranean Sea being flopped by the Interpofttion of the 
Mountains. This Day there was here a hard Froft, and 
pretty thick Ice. The moft confiderable Things in To- 
ledo are, i. The Bridge over the Tagus, confifting of 
but two Arches, one great one, and one little one. 
2. The Shambles, where notwithftanding the Coldnefs 
of the Day, I faw Abundance of Flies ; which con- 
futes the Story, that there is but one great Fly there all 
the Year. 3. The great Church, where there are many 
Monuments of Bilhops, but without inferiptions ; In 
