16% %\)t coatfeftom tfiefout!) ftmof tge line to Hum* 
inhich lictt) ^arce toiocr (too Degrees t ano 
from tf)e |fianoteti)e popnt toljtchts fire 
&pamfy miles, little mo?e o?lcffe,o? fours 
ano ttoentp |t aliait miles: the coafi is loin 
ano ful of tmllics,ano thereabouts runneth 
cerfainc riuers into tlje fea,totjtch intoaros 
tothelanoareinhabitco: from thence the 
coafi runnctlj fonthtoett to tlje firano calico 
S. lacob, oj S. Iago, ano niaketh a greate 
Creekc, inhere there is an open hauen o? 
roaoe nameobp the Sardinians : ano from 
thence i unnettj tlje great riuer of fa. Iacob* 
inljere the gouernement of Pizarro began: 
ano this firano is 9> miles ~ from tlje point 
s 0 fManglares,ano it ijappenett) manp times 
that tlje fijips bane there at the beake tjeao 
fourefcoje faoomes toater,ano atthefierne 
thep touch tlje grouno : ano alfo it is often 
founo, that fometimes thep faple in ttoo fa* 
Domes boater,ano p?efentlp thep fino nine# 
tic faoomes, tohich the ftrong courfe ano 
fun? of the riuer caufetb:ano although there 
are fucb banks,pet are tljep notoangerous, 
neither do the fijippes refufe to paffe in ano 
out tohen tljcp toill. %fyt firano of So Ma¬ 
thew , incur Caroe Mathias, Ipethfullin 
one Degree: from thence the coafi runneth 
Sneft to the Cape faint Francis, tohich lieth 
from the firano thirtie Italian miles, that 
is, feuen £>pamflj miles ano one halfdthis 
popnt lieth on high grouno, ano barO bp it 
arecerfapnereo ano tohite SDotones, that 
are oftije fame height* popnt offaint 
Francis Ipeth bnocr one Degree,on the no?th 
fiOe of the Cquinoctiall line, jfrom thence 
the coafi runneth fouthtoeaft, to the popnt 
Pafiao, tohich is the firtt hauen of Peru , o* 
ner the tohtclj paffeth the Cquinoctiall line. 
315ettoeenethefc ttoopopnts there runneth 
foure great riuers into the ^ea, toljtch are 
calico Liquixinus, in Ratine jhtifinm, ano 
thereabout there is an inoifferent g©Di£a* 
wen* inhere the fijips finoe gmo boater ano 
fejCDOtobnrne. jfrom the popnt Paflao, 
to the finite lano are oiuers high hides,that 
are called Dc Quaque .* the popnt is a lano 
inhich is not oner lotoe, inhere pou feeccr* 
f apnc SDoinnes as afo?efaioe. 
fljj'HerefolIoweth the Navigation from 
the Line to theTowne ©fthe 
Kings called Ljma. 
pKom hence fo ?toarOetoee hau^oeclareo 
* the coafi of Panama, in the $outh fea,til 
$ou come to the hauen of Quixmus, inhich 
lieth in the Countrep of Peru, noin 35 inil! 
goe fo?toaro inith the courfe that lieth be* 
ttoeeneQuixmus anotijetotoneof litings* 
TheSsBooke. 
lb then Departing from the popnt de Patios 
the coafi firetchethfoutlj, anofouth ano bp 
incaft,to the hauen called Porto veio,o? the 
£©lo ijauen: ano before peu come thither* 
there lieth the firano calico Charaqubtoher 
the (hips map put in initljout anp Daungcr, 
ano it is fo fafe a firano that thep map there 
lap their fijips on fijoare, ano mono them if 
thep neeoc, be thep neuer fo great, fo? it is a 
gino hauen ofentrauncc, onelpttjatinthe 
miole offtje entrp there lieth certain ficncs 
o? ruggeo Iflanos, but the fljtppcs map cm 
ter at inhich fioe thep inil ano paffe bp them 
inifhout anp Danger, fo? there is nothing 
to be Gjunneo, but onelpthat inhich pou fee 
bcfo?epourcpes,the^Dloe ijauen lictfj bn* 
ocr one Dcgrto on tlje fouth fioc-of the Cqui* 
nocttall line, ano is one of the fine ketones 
inhich the ch?ifttans o? ^paniarocsljaue 
built in the flat lano of Peru , fo that Porto 
Yeio fignifieth the toinne ano countrep Ip* 
mg thereabouts, tohich ts much ouerrimne 
% toafteo,becaufe it is a pco?e bntoljolcfome 
countrp,pct it hath certain mines of §mta* 
ragoes, inhich thep tjeld long time hiooen, 
ano bp no meancs tooulo Difcouer them, as 
to this cap thep pet Do. ijao liketoife 
in times paft manp golDe anD filuer beffels 
inhfih are bp the ^paniaroes all taken ano 
carrieo atoap*but noin bp the kings letters 
patents being maoe free, thep pap to thep? 
fuperiour lo?os,but onelp the tenth parte of 
all their fruits, inherebp manp ^paniaros 
toitljo?atoe thcmfelues from thence, feeing 
their p?ofite to Decap. &he Countrep about 
Porto Veiotnas rich ofgoloe, tohcrettje 
people maoe their tjoufes in the trees, like 
biroesnefis, anobecaufe the coafi is men* 
riflj, there is no being fo? ho?fis, inhere* 
bp itinas not fofone fuboueo bptlje^pa* 
niarocs, as alfo becaufethat out of thepj 
neffs, tljcp th?eiu fiones, iauelines, pottrs 
inith hot inater, ano inljatfoeuer came nert 
to hano, inherebp thep Killed manp ^pani* 
aros, inhereinith thep inerc fo?ceo to couer 
thcmfelues inith bai?Dcs, ano fo cut Detone 
the trees, befo?e thep coulD ouercome them, 
as alfo becauie the Countrep is fo rough? 
fljarpe, anD toiloe, that thep coulD haroelp 
finDep?omfion fo? their armp: there is pet 
much countrp thereabouts bnhabiteo. jiBp 
the j©Id ^auen ttoo miles .toithtn the lano 
is the fotone offaint lacob, o?lago, tohic'a 
fo? tjoufes ano inhabitantsis notinfedour 
fo Porto Vcio: ano thereabouts is thepaf* 
fageofGainacau^,bp the S>paniarDs focal* 
led fo? this occaficn, that Gamacaua the fa* 
therof AttabaJidabpon accrfain time fenf 
one of his Captaines, toith a great armp to 
fnboue that countrep,toho minoing to paffe 
his 
