%76 oftfje fi&tiane in 
thofefemie miles anatbehides, itthunac* 
reth,ltghtneti),ana rsigneth. 3Jn Sattc 
Sana there arc no fountamcs no? todies* 
but fours oj fine ttanaing boaters thatarc 
b?ackifh,becaufe thep are neare the fea, the 
tn^abfenfsbfc t \ie riucr boaters, £t>at run 
out Qitl)z hides, tubicl; fp?tng oftlje fnoto 
um rainc tfjatfallettj on the hides, ana not 
out of fotmiaines that ttanae among the 
|U@»^c stSance oftljcfc riuers arealrea* 
ate past ip aefmbea, Ipingfcuen, eighteen, 
fmduc,fiftecnc,ano tbucntiemiles one from 
dje other,pet mott part feue o? eight, tuber* 
bp fuel) as trauaiic airect their courfe, be* 
caufc thep bane no othertoaters ton both 
fiacs of djefc rtuers about a mileb?oaae o? 
further,ana fomeftmes mo?c o? lctte,atco?* 
Dingfe the fcituation of dje countrep, arc 
Uiuers fruitful! trees, ana co?nc lanaes, 
tuhiri; are plantea ana foinea bp die peo* 
pie of tl;e countrep, tohteh thep map ao ail 
thepeareioiig, aifo there groined) about 
fhofe rtuers ntanp bjiiae trees,cotten,reeas, 
tht$ies,anaLis, anafincc thc^paniaras 
fubauea the countrep, thep faboe locate, 
mopilningthe knac bp cerfatne channels, 
ntaae out of the Rtuers, ana becaufe 
tl;ep runne Und) fo great fo?ce out of the 
tnglj holies, that tmthout helpe men can 
haralppatfethem, ana manp area?oUmea: 
fuel) as frauaiie in that fiat countrep go fo 
neare fo the fea coaff, that thep hauc them 
altuapes tn their fighd tohen it is tuinter in 
the IjiUcs, ana that tfraincth much, it is 
Dangerous frauatlmg in th'ofe countries, 
fpedallp to paffe the riuers, toljich thep 
mutt either ao Upon miffs Uiljtclj thep haue 
foitljepisrpofc, o?tmtt} anct,U)tjicb thepfil 
tuith cantDO’Scn o? g©?as, thereupon the 
irauaiier mutt lie, ana one oftlje ^naians 
ftounmeth before him, D?abDtngfhe net o? 
s?ift, ana an other behtnae thattteeretlj it 
people in the fiat lana aiodl in houfes 
maae of boughes, the men loeare fijirfs ana 
doathes Uppon their knees, ana ouer it thep 
eatt an Upper garment o? mantle, the boo* 
mentneare a kinae of cottcn peftiecoate, 
from the heaa fo the fart, ana although their 
manner ofapparrdis in euerie place almott 
alike,pet thep Ufe certain Differences in the 
attirmgoftheirheaacs, fometoearing no* 
thing but plaine hairdaces, Tome Double 
ana bu?cathe&, othersofonecolour, ana 
fome of aiuers colours,ana there is no man 
but he toearcth fome thing bppon his heaa, 
ana all Different,acco?atng to f ljc manner of 
thecountrp*SDh 0 fe^eruuians of the plaine 
counfrieareatutaea into ti)?ec manner of 
people* cch hauing a Different name,Usher* 
ofthcfirttarecaUealungas, thott are fuch 
Thc2.Bookc, 
as abodi in the hot countrp,thefecona Ta!' 
Janes, 3110 ff)S t&tr& Mochicas, ed) tWUtnga 
feuerall fpeech, onlp that the !lo?aes ccuia 
fpeakc the Cufcan fpeech, as our Courtiers 
fpcake if rend), the caufe thereof is, that 
theiriiingeshelaeit fo? a Dishonour Unto 
them, fo fpeake fo tljeir fubierts bp an inter* 
pjeter, fO? tljCluhidj Caufe Guayoacapa fa* 
tperto Atabaleba,commanDca that all the 
ble men dffhe countrep fhoalaefena thep? 
djilajen to his Court,Unaer peefence as l;e 
fame, to ferue him, to learne that fpeech, at* 
though his intent boas noncfuch,butcndp 
thercbp fo allure himfdfe of his kingDome, 
agatntt fuch as nught rife Up agatntt tjim, 
tohich thep booula not Do, hr hauing thep? 
chilajen in his poboer, ana bp this fame 
meanes ai the noble men learnca the fpeech 
commonlp Ufea in the Court, totjereUrtth a 
man map trauaile cieane through the coum* 
trie. 
Of the windes that blow in the plain court- 
trie of Peru, alfo the occafion of the 
droughts,and of the other tovvnes 
ana places which lie in the fur** 
ther defeription oithe 
feacoaO. 
gCfo?e Bjrefurne topjocseaing toith fh^ 
aeferiptionofthe reft of the fea coafls, 
fromLyma to Arequipa,fijinkc it not 
Unconuenicnt fo Declare UihP if rained) not 
in the plaine countrep of I J ei u,lpingonthe 
fea fiae,Inhere neuerfhdes there is fo great 
occafion giuen of raine, becaufe the §>ea, 
(U&hich commonlp pedaefh moptture)lpet^ 
Upon the onefiae, ana thehils, (Utljereon 
there is atoaics fo great quanfttic of taster 
ana fnottO Uppon the other fiae: pou mutt 
Unaerttana that Uppon the hds ftunmerbe* 
ginneth in ^p?iU, ana rontinueth ^ap, 
3iune,^ulp,^iiigntt, ana September, ana 
in ^Deobcr tointer beginneth ,ana continue 
eth the other meneths til ^arch,not much 
Differing front our Countries, o> fro Spain, 
in that time thep both plant, build,ana ga* 
tljer in their fruites ana feeaesibut Dap ana 
night are al of a length, onelp that in 
uember thep Differ a little,ana in the plains 
lana it is contrarp, fo jbuhen it is fummer 
in the hils,it is Pointer there, fo that in the 
plaine countrie fummer beginneth in ^rto* 
ber,ana continued) tilthemoncth of 0p?H, 
tohere as then Pointer bcginnetlj:ana furdp 
it is a Uerie ftrangc thing to thtnke hobo fo 
great Difference fhoula be in one countrep. 
Inhere a man map Uppon one sap in the 
morning, trauaile from fheljifies,lohere if 
rained), ana befa?e night bee in dje plaine 
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