©eTcnpttott of 
Peru, ano is DiuioeD from neto &>patne, by 
the pjouinceofDarient .H 50 gtnnmg from 
thence, ano reaching to the ftrattes of Ma¬ 
gellan j , you mull tljcn DnoerttanD Peru to 
be a tohole firt part oftijc too?lo,tohich rea- 
djdhtoioe ano bjoaoe to aboue firty foure 
Degrees ano thirtie mtnutes,namely on the 
foutt) fioe of the line to fiftie ttoo Degrees, 
anD one Ijaife, anD on tf)e north Goe tin clue 
Degrees to &aint Martha, turret) is the fur# 
theft part of the country no’thtoaro: in the 
furthett length this part hath Sftte fh?eeDe# 
gras, accounting from th e meriDian* ^Baf# 
ftngthe Capc^aint Auguftine tohich ly# 
eth tmoer 8 . Degrees, anD thirtie minutes, 
fbuthtoaro to the Sperioian, anD the beaD 
offatnt Francis lieth Upon the poynt ofttoo 
parts fouthtoaro. SDje tohole Art parte of 
the too?to ts in fa?mc almoft liUc a ^art,o? 
« 2 Driangle,ftanDing th?aequall Diftanceo 
0 ? lines, being o’atone from the ft)?® co?# 
ners o? points of the lano. %tyz firft from 
the Cape^aint Auguftmc. to theftraites 
OfMagcllana. feCQUOfrom Magella- 
na to faint Mar tiia:ano the thnD, from faint 
Ma^tha again Onto faint Auguftine, tohich 
in this fort maybe ocfcribeD, fo? thatpia# 
tingtheonecomerof the triangle, being 
Cape faint Auguftinc, bnoer eight Degrees 
anD thirtie minutes fouthtoarD, ano the 
length ttrtee tjunOrtD fo;ty ano one Degrees, 
the other comer of the triangle being the 
ttraif ofMageliana bnDer fifty ftoo Degrees 
anD thirtie minutes fouthtoarD, anD the 
length 303* Degrees. line that is be# 
ttoeenethefe ttoo hcabes mull haue fijrtie 
Degrees, as the ^erioian th?eehuno?cD ftp 
tie hath, lo much tljen, 02 fometohatmo?e 
hath the line that runneth from Mageliana 
to &aint Mar L ha,tohich lieth DnDer ttoelue 
Degrees, anD in length ttoo hunB’eD ninetie 
foure Degrees: therefo2e this lanDhath aP 
moft the fo?me of a triangle: others fay, it 
is fojmcD like an egge, tohich on both Hoes 
runneth Ifiarpc DotonetoarDs, anD is b?oao 
inthemiDDie,tohcrcof (the better toknoto 
it) 31 toill firft beginne toith Peru, anD the 
courfcthclBo’tingalcs bdoe fiom Panama 
to Peru. 3(n time paft by the name Of Peru 
men finoerttcoDe all the p?ouinccs that tie 
thereabouts, from Paftoa Onto Chile, anD 
from the riuer MauPno?fbanD fouth,bnfo 
the riuer Anchafmay. #otoe the *bpanP 
at ds by the too?D Peru meaiuhe lanD that 
lieth bettoeen the riuer Argiropihs, 0? ViP 
lade la Pla:f ( a,$thep?0UmC0Qmto ) tohich 
is a fruitful,fcunD,populous,ano toel inha# 
bites countrey, being in length from no?tb 
to fouth feuenljunD’eD miles,ano mb?eDtb 
from eaft to toeaft about a hmto^cD miles, 
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fothaithe bo 20 ers eaft ar.D fouth are Argp 
ropoJis,totoarDstljetoeft fea anD tetoaros 
the no?th the p?oumce Paftoa • 
%-his lano is DiuiOeD info tlj?a partes, 
that IS, Plamtiem,Sierras,anD Andes, ftjat 
is, an euenflat lanD lying on the ^ea fiDe, 
toith hilles, 02 hilly countrey* tohich paftc 
though the miDDle of Peru lying eafttoaro 
ouer the hilles* SL\)is lanD to rich toith goto 
anD filuer, mo?e than any country in gl the 
to02to, tohich toell appeareth by the yarcly 
quantifieof goloe ano filuer b’oughf from 
thence,rcfpecttng not the boafttngs $ b?ags 
bfeo by the Perumansthemfdues,thatfay, 
SChe fummes yarely brought out of that 
countrey is nothing in refpcct of the quanta 
tie therein, fo? that it may be efteemco as 
much as if a man haumg a faefc fttl ofc0?ne, 
ifiouto take a feto grarnes out of it: it may 
liketoife be iuDgeD by the ifitto?y sf Francif- 
co Xerefio, toljotoiiteth, ttjatinCufco 
there toere houfcs,haumg the gates,toalls, 
anD rejfe cotiercD toith plates of gstoei i 5 e# 
fiDesfhto, Girauatojitefhthatthe inhabi* 
tantes of Anzcrnaa haDDe t^etr toeapons, 
b?eaftplates, necke pceces, anD paces foj 
their ihinnes,all ofmaffy goto :he liketoife 
tojiteth, that about Quito there toere goto 
ijtlles, that yeeto mo 2 e goto then earth, ths 
like Do all^iftojiographerstoitnefre, that 
to 2 ite ofking Acabahdas ranfome, tohich 
toss fo greaMhat the Uke toas neuer hearo 
of /02 that he caufcD the chamber (totjerem 
he toas kept p’ifoner) beeing of ttooo anD 
ttoentie fart long,anD feuentcene firot b^oaD, 
to be filleo fo full of goto, thatheeftanDing 
Dprtght therein, anD firetehtng his armes 
ano fingers aboue hto heaDas htohashee 
coulD reach,the goto couereD them,oftering 
that if they toouto hane filuer ano leaue the 
goto,he toouto fill the Chamber ttoicc full, 
but the ^paniarDs tooke the goto, tohereof 
the kings Duty being a fift part, amounteD 
to fire hunoieo anD feuentane fhonfauD,fir 
hunD’eo fo 2 tie feuen Carolus gytoernes, 
f 30000 * marks of filuer, eueryhorteman 
haD i 2 ooo*cafttlians, euerieCaftillianof 
fourteene rtallesbefioes filuer, anoeuerie 
foofeman i 45 ©rtaftillians, befioes filuer, 
being 18 o*markes, fo that to concluDe, the 
golDe onely ammounteD Onto (in iflemtlh 
money)the fumme of th ?ee millions, eighty 
eightthoufanD, ttoohunD.:eD f fine carolu^s 
gytoerns,befiDes the filuer,toherby may be 
knotone the great abounDanceofgotoanD 
filuer that is tn thofe countries j ano al# 
though Atabalida payeo fo great atreafour 
fo? hie ranfome, yet toas if not comparable 
Dnto^ tohich hto etoer b?other p?omifeo to 
pay 3 fo that he might fauehto life/o? that he 
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