fflitmtftkm mm'tomiet tljt *& 
Snater,trees,graflfe,no? anp liuing creature 
is fame thereon, but onelp ccrtamc birbes 
that flpc oucr them. #olne Peru becing fo 
long,ano feituate in ti)ts manner,there are 
manpinilbeanbbefart places not tnhabi* 
tco,fo? the caufes before rehearfeb,ano fuel) 
as lucre inhabiteb iuerc great bailies ano 
bales, tljatbprcafonofthchils arefljroiu* 
beb ano befenoeb from the imnbcs anb 
fnob),iuherbp fhofe bailies anb greatfielos 
are berie fruitful,fo that iuhatfocuer is pla* 
teb therein, peeloeth fruit mott abounoant* 
IpjttjeiucDOs about themb?ingbpmanpe 
beafts anb birbs 5 tljcperuuians that binel 
betlueene thefe hils,are b 3 ifer,ltronger,anb 
fubtiller then tljofe inttjeplatne countrep 
Iping on the fea coatt, anb apter to gouerne 
anb fo? pollicptfhep bind in houfes niabe of 
if one,inhcreof fome are couereb luith earth, 
others tuith ttratne, becanfe of the raine, 
iuhereofthofein theplaine countrep bp the 
fea fibe,haue no care at all, couering thep? 
houfes, therebp to feeepe them from the fun, 
tuith pamteb maites,o? boughs of trees,out 
of thefe bailies Iping bettoeene the hiUes, 
there runneth manp ftreames ofg©Oina* 
ter info the fouth fea, ano mopfeen the plain 
countrcp cfPeru, caufing manpfruitfull 
2Dr£es,co?ne,anb other things neceSTarp fo? 
mans life fo groin therein, as 3 haue alrea* 
bp beclatxbo 
Of the people and countries that arc there* 
in being from Pafto 
to Quito. 
T'lijebtliage of Pafto lieth in the bailie 
Atns.iuhich is in the lanb of QuiUacm- 
ga,people iuithouf fhame anb grab man* 
ners,asalfothcp of Paflo, little effameo 
bp tl;etr ncighl'Ours,trauailtngfrom Paflo 
poucomcfo Funez, anb tino miles anb $ 
fttrber to lies, from thence to Gualnatan are 
tino miles anbahalfc, ano from thence to 
Ipmlestbjo miles anb a quarter,in al thefe 
btllages is berp little mai? bp reafon office 
colbe, although th^l? arefo neere bnto the 
line, but much Papas anb other rotes that 
arctobeeatcn: fromlpmles pou frauaile 
to Guaca,but bcfo?e pou come at it pou map 
fee tl;e icings hie*lnap, twtjicti is no IcSTe to 
be inono?eb at, then tlje iuap that Hanni¬ 
bal maoe through the &lpes,b)hereofhcrc* 
after 3 tuill fpeatt: alfo pou patfe harb bp a 
rtuer,bpon the fioe inhereof the King of Pc* 
ruhab maoe afo?t, fromtuhentehemabe 
luarrebpon ttjofe of Paflo, anb ouer this 
it iuer there is a bjiogc, bp nature fo artifi* 
ciallpmabe, that arte coulbe not pofTtblp 
mcno it, it is of a high anb thick racism the 
The2,Booke. 
mtble inhereof there isahole, through tbs 
iuhich, tuith great furp the$rcamepalT:;h, 
anobpon that roette men map go ouer it, 
this roette in theirfpcech is ealieb Lumicha* 
ca, thatis,affoneb?ibge, aboutthafplace 
isafdunfaineofiuarmeiuafer, inheiein a 
man cannot cnbure to holoc his hsnocs,al* 
though the countcie about tf anb alfo the ri* 
uerareberie coloe,iuherebp it isharbtra* 
uailtng:bp this b?ibgc alfo tlje Bing of Pc: u 
mentto haue built another cattle, therin to 
tteepe garrifon,buf heiuas p?euenteb bp the 
^pantarbes ariuatt inthofe counfriesun 
this countrie there groiuefh aterfaine fruit 
as fmall as plumbs,anb blactte, bp them 
calico Mortunnos, tnhereofifanp man ea* 
feth,fhep are beunfee ano as it tuere out of 
their into fo? the fpace of foure ano tiuen * 
fie houres. jFrom this fmall countrpe of 
Guaca pou come toTuiainhere £ p?oumre 
of Paflo enbeth: not farre from thence pou 
come fo a little hill, inljerebppon alfo tl;e 
•Bings of Peru hab a cattle much befenbeb 
bp the peruuians, anb going furber pou 
come to tl;e riucr of Mi«, inhere it is berp 
hot, an there are manp bines of fruits, anb 
certainefairemelons, gcob ccnnics, turtle 
boues,ano partriges, $ great abounbancc 
ofco?ne, barlep ano mai$: from this riuer 
pou frauaile boiuncto the rich ano cottip 
houfes of Carangue, $ bcfo?cpou romethi* 
ther, pou mutt firff palTcouera latte in In* 
dia calleb Aguarcocja,tnourfpeech the ope 
fea, becaufe Guianacapa king Of Peru, at 
the (bpamarbs ariuall caufco 20000. men 
of the places thereabout to be attembleo, 9 
beff ropeb them all becaufe thep hab btfplea* 
fcbhim,anbfh?eb) their bebtes into that 
latte,matting the iuaterreb iuith their blab. 
houfes of Car ague are in a little place, 
iuherinthereisa gmolp fountaine mabe of 
cottip ftone, anb in the fame countries arc 
manp faire houfes belonging to the kings of 
Peru, aHmabe ofttone,snb alfoa&nple 
of the fame,inhercm there iuas alone 200. 
maibes, thatferuebthe temple,anD are be* 
ric narrclnlp Icottcb bnto, that tl;cp commit 
no bncleanes, if thep bib fljcp lucre cracilp 
punilheb, anb hangeb, 0? burieb qutette, 
iuiththemalfoiuere certame p?iefts $ of* 
fereb facrificesano offerings, acco?smgto 
theirreligious manner. Chis STemplc of 
the funne in time of the feings of Pc r u iuas 
holben in great account, being then berp 
carefullplajttcbbnto, anb grcatlp henou* 
reb,b)herein iuas manp golbe anb filuer 
beffels,iebjelsanbtrcafure,the iualls be* 
ing couereb toith plates of golbe anb filuer, 
anb although it is cleane bettropeb, pet bp 
roumspoumapttillbehoib the great mag* 
U 3 b nificeuce 
