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ofnen) 'S0ttfcattit; ziy 
of renuchritian tohereat this pgeffntlp? 
c tb fyt tolune of Mexico, lutncb people ha* 
uing neither countrep nog Diuellutg place* 
chofe that fog ttjc beft anBmoff profitable, 
therein builaingoiaers houfcS ano babita? 
dons, ano in that manner placeo both their 
min ano olobiUagcsbnocr the commaun? 
Dement of Cuihuncnn, gtuuig the fame 
name to all that countrep, 
SLpislanD is great ano hath manppco? 
pie sud countries bnoer it, but the pgtnci? 
pall ano ctjiefe pgouince Vnl;ict) the £»>panp? 
aroesljoloc therein is Mexicana, alfo fe« 
mirtuan o? Culhuacan, as 5 faiOe before, 
the other produces arc Guarimala, XaliP 
cus,Hondura, Cha cos, Taic«i» Chamolla, 
Ciaorcovnaca, Huicacholla, anOtljC king? 
Domes Of Muhuacan, Tefcuco, Tiazcalla, 
Tcmiacan, Maxcalcinco, anO Mixtesapan. 
Mexico or Culhuacan toas brought bnoer 
tl’efubieaion ofthc kings ofSpamc.bp Fer- 
d in an do Cortes Merches deMa Valo in 
thepecre ofour&ogoc, oncthoafanofiue 
hunogco ano eighteeae, tDt?icf) countrep is 
berp riel) of goloe ano bluer, fog tl)at ma? 
np rtuers hauc'goloc in the fano. 2Di)c §oea 
fijoge in tijoTc Countries pecioeth manpe 
pearlcs,tnuffles, og opffers, therein thep 
Enoc hs pcarlcs, bjfiereof there is a great 
filing, ano much traffike for them, SDljere 
are Itkelutfe in ttjis countrep manp lakes o g 
maercs ttjat ate fill ano haueno tffue,l»hich 
bp the beats of the&unne tourne into fait. 
%[)zkz ts ItkeUiifc no lelfe abotmoanreof 
CafsjaFilFulit^nm Egypt, groining on 
trees, bbfh leauesltkebjalmffs, ano pel# 
lorn blcffomS) from tohcnccthepipes og 
cafes of Caisu do tffue forth, luhich areb? 
feo to purge in tjotefeuers, to cede ano 
cleanfe the gall ano Ijcarf bioo, as alfo berp 
geno againix the ffone in the blaooer ano 
fctoneps, ano other oifeafes. Chcre is like# 
lnife in that countrie a kinoe of fruit that 
grotoeth in great abunoancc calico Cacao, 
altogether line an almono, luhich is taken 
out ofthc hufkc, ano couereo Irnih a triune 
fkinne, hereof the kernel is oiutoco into 
three ogfoure partes, of aoarkepellobj Uuth 
tekebetnes, being hard in the mouth, 
ano of an euiUfaffe,bttt loith them ts much 
effeemeOjlnhereot,being beaten Inith fome 
ct their countrep pepper, thep make a cer? 
fame B’inke,Inhich the? efteemeof great 
price, gu»mg it bnto great 2logOes,ano fuch 
as are their efpcciallfrienos, as Ine cftceme 
of mufcaocl or maluefie, %\)t fea bojoertng 
bpon tl;is countrep, as alfo the riuers run? 
nmgtb’ough it are fit! of fid? inhered aUb 
thep Snoc oiuers Crocooiles, as in Egypt, 
the fled) luhereof is fo much effeemeo befogg 
The 2.Booke. 
al otljer meafes , ftjat (hep account it fog a 
pgtneelp oilh, tohereoffeme arc sbeue 2 o. 
fate long. &t)t countrp is full ofhtUe^ano 
ftonp rockes, ano great Difference in their 
fpeechc, fo that thep harolp bnoerfano each 
other bJithout interpreters, Xfye places 
therein the ^paniaroes Srlt placets their 
men lucre Compollelln, Inhere the llSuhop 
ano the Ikings counfell are refioent, ano 
Colima, ushich thcpcaiU'he parificatiom 
innebiGalicia is thechtefe Guadaiaiara, 
ano fhcheao og pgtncipall partofthc king? 
Oome. Mechcocan alfo a ISilhops fea, Ca- 
catu ia tl;e tolune of Angels, a chiefe tofone 
ano bilhopgicke, Mexico afemglpdtie,ano 
fluecne of al cities in the neb) bsogle, Ipeth 
bpon the bogtser og fiae of a lake: the market 
place of tlgc &o \nnc Iping ful bpon the lake, 
luhcrebp thep can not come at it butthep 
muff paHe oner bgtoges, is lake is fait, 
ano is in length Etc lucas,og tiudue miles, 
ano ts in bgeaoth tenne miles,b)i£hout fifh, 
onelp a final kino that map rather be calico 
b)ogmestt)an fiihcs, frqm tlje luhicl) lake 
in fummertune there artfeth fuch aftmke, 
ano infecteth the apge tn fuch manner, tljaf 
ittsbnlDholefometoOludthere, notluiih# 
ffanoing it is inljabiteo bp as manp mar? 
chants, as anp tolune in Europe , the cittie 
ts great,at the leaff three miles in compaUe, 
Ibhereinarc fomanp temples that it istn? 
creoible :the pafticularitieluhereof, before 
it be longffjalbc tranfiateoout of ^panilhi 
into our mother tongue, bp the author tfjer? 
of,fohereunto 31 referrepou. 
^otfarre front this attic lieth an other 
frelfi lake berp ful offiff),b)hereon, as alfo 
bpon the Qo'&lte manp tobones ♦ wtym 
tlgts tobjne teas firff taken bp the ^pani? 
aros, thcreraigneoa kingeaUeo Monte¬ 
zuma, being the ninth in Oegrd, ano as 
then the tobmebjas but 140, peaces do, 
tojtjicl) ts to bee tuonoeveo at, tjotee it is 
pofftblc tljiat fo great a citie in fo fdu pars 
fxjoulD be fo famous, ftfyz marchantstfes 
that are moff carrieoout of this countrep, 
are goloo, filuer, pearlc baifam, corljemlta, 
the luhtfv rote Macheocan, bJhilhiS CjCDO 
to purge, Saifa Parig'ia, ana an other 
rente Ushtcg maketh men flu cate, bgimff one, 
bcatts fktnncs,ano fife. Sim thus much fog 
heb) Spame tn geuerall, ano of Mexico in 
particular. 
$ot minotng at fh?s pgefent time to 
make anp longer Oifcourfe, becaufe that 
our Caroefijebteth little thereof, ano nobi 
returningto our obme Caroe, pou muff 
bnaerffano that the lobter cnae of Cuba 
hath anout^ooke, calleo P. de Sjsrta 
Authonio , b)l;tch is berp fitte fog to 
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