hov&stof tfyt foil® IM mtfyt Hint to ft siltau m 
bis people oner the rmer,commando them 
to make a bzidge ofpeeces of food, that fd 
they might patre.Mtjicb being madc,boben 
tjispeople boitb their armo; ano boeapens 
lucre fippon it, the ennemy cutte the ropes, 
iuljerclDitb the pceces of VdojO Id ere fattneo 
togetber,bobercby many oftljcm that toe 
Upon it, bp fozee of ttje Hreame boere dzobo# 
neo in ttjc riuer, ano the refi fpoyled bp the 
jnemy. Mljicb Gamacapa finoerflandmg, 
affembleo a great number of fouloiers, ano 
Suit!) them departed from Quito, and being 
in ttje plains field, in open battcil be oner* 
ja me tbofe people: after the bobteb fiictozie, 
sninoingtomafeea paffage oner ttje riuer, 
that meu mtgt}t patfe ouer on facte, to ttje 
fame end be caufo great numbers of Hones 
and earth to be b jougtjt ttjittjer, and tbzcfiJ 
them into ttje riuer, being ttoentie fote 
b.:oad,but)ut)atfoeuer betbzebo in,alboold 
not p jeuaile, bp reafon of the great deaptb, 
and ffijiftnefie of ttje riuer,tl;atcarriedita# 
Snap bp fozee of ttje fireame, Sutjietj tjee per* 
tewing, left off tjis Suo^ac and fo departed, 
and t^erfojettjc Spaniards bane gttien £b J ® 
place ttje name ofttje paffage of Gamacaua: 
about ttje totjictj paffage liet^j ttje tobone of 
faint lacob buildcd bp them. about a Spa- 
niih mile and a tjalf diftant from tSjis tobon 
effaint tacob , totoaroes the fouttj Ipettj a 
round tjil,bp ttjem called Chrifts Hiljfrom 
Porco veio further fozfisard ttje fame courfe 
almcH foure miles oiftant in ttje fouttj,lictt; 
ttje po^nt of faint Laurence, anotboo miles 
and a quarter from ttjcnce foutljlueft liettj 
an 3 Hand ofttje fame name,s»ljic^ is full a 
mile in compare, Syljeremttje Indians 02 
Pe runians of ttje firmc land, in times pa® 
fifed to make their facrifices and offerings, 
billing many lambes,ft)ecpe, ano fome ctjil* 
dzen, offering ttjetr bload Onto ttjeindolies, 
0 ; oiuslles, lu^ofc figures boere made and 
earned in Sene, to botjcuie ttjey doe fifually 
pzay. . . , 
M'pen Francifcus Pizarius tDtffj tjtS tljir# 
tmz companions frauellcd to difeouer Pe¬ 
ru, they entred Itkefinfc info tfjis 3 ;ClanD s 
lutjercttjcy found certaine icboclls of filuer 
and golds, many cloahes and fljertes of 
fiery fatre and fine booll , fo that from that 
time fozbuards, and foz ttje fame caufe fyis 
Hfland boas called Siluer ♦ SCtje poyntof 
faint Laurence licflj finder one degree', on 
ttje fouttj floe of tbe line, #no (ssBlfayoe 
befoze) Peru beginnetbat tbe line, and 
firefcbetl; foutbtuardc finto Chile . %\)z 
people that Dboclt finder tbe line and there* 
aboufs, baue tbe cuHomcs and manners of 
tbe Vetoes. ^hereby many men are of 0 * 
ptnton, that they are iifued from the 31 
Thc2.Ik)oke. 
0Z operate of Cham .• they fpeafieboarfe* 
ly,ano in tbe month, tike tbe qgazes, and 
are much ginen to bnclcanneffe, efpectaltg 
that bubtet) is toboly again® nature,bobcre* 
by they do not bocll agree Uiittj tfjeir botues, 
but ratber defpife ttymM be buomen buears 
neither bayze no? apparel!, but onely a cer* 
tatnc apzone befozs their pziuitics. 2Ebcp 
plant,foboe, reaps,and tbzaf^ the co:ne,ar,o 
bob cate mealc,bobereof they ntakebzeade, 
io^tetj tutjeate in Peru i$ calied Zara: the 
ntenboeare Iflozt fljerfes Uutl;out fleeues, 
dobone to their ttauelles,their members be* 
ingtjncouered,and fome goe naked ? paint 
their bodies boitb a black colour, their batre 
being t^auen, and cut atmett tike jFriars, 
but they leaueno fjaire neytber befoze noz 
bebinde their beadcs, but onely bppon tbs 
fidesut is likcboifc a common cuflomeboitb 
them to boeare many BJcbods ofgolde,botb 
in their eares, and nofes, fpeaaHy ome* 
rauldes, fucb as are found in tbofe Coum 
tries. 
^nd although tl)t inhabitants toil! not 
difeouer the mines, yet bath itbcencperces* 
ued by certaine rough Hones: on their arms 
ano legs they boeate many beades of gold, 
fiiuer, and final! tourquefes: alio of bobits 
and red Tcckens and Huyzkens , but butlI 
not baue their boiues to boeare anye fucb; 
toucbingtbe fituatton of the Countrcy, it 
is dery bote, and tmbobolefome, and there 
they baue ccrtayne fozc biles, that iffue out 
dpon their faces and other partes of tbeyj 
bodies as bigge as aboznes, bauingdeepe 
rcotes, boozfc and moze defozmed than por> 
and mu® be boztong off by binding a fbzeed 
about t!;em bol;en they arc ripe: they paynt 
tbetr mouses, and fcoare boles in they* 
eares, nofe,ltppes, and ebeekes dpon their 
fefftuall dayes toearing i eboels and pearlcs 
therein : the feutes by them fifed in tbofe 
countries, to fifb, as alfo to faile in, are like 
dzifts made oftbzMue, feucn,ntnc, ano c* 
leuen light quarters, oz rafters of bo©d laid 
oz bound together, as men binde mafics, 
and let them dziuc fippen tbetoater, and 
their manner is to binde thelonge® in the 
middle, and the rett on both tides fljozter 
than other, and as their dztftes are long oz 
ftjozt, fo are their fatles pzopoztioneo, and * 
toben they baue fizought their dzift a good 
boay fozboard, they thzcboe bzead,fruit,and 
fucb like things into the fea, pzay ing foz a 
gcDdboinoc, as being tueary, and bu!;oIly 
boithout Ifrength to roboe any moze. SCh® 
dcozes of the Churches in that Countrey 
Hand Cattboaro,ijangco boitb certaine cot# 
ton lumen, ano in euery church there Han* 
oetb tioo grauewimages, of fozme like 
fJa blackt 
