tit % cefm's^ion of 
mficcHtefij^eef: ttt times pall the feings Perunians. gbout Quito f|ere bfed to im 
of Peru had tfjetr o?dinsrp garifen in the great numbers oflh&pe, ^toere not much 
boufes of Carangucjtottf) their'Cfihfaines, dnlifecramelles, butnot fo great, cnlpm 
mho both in time of peace and fc)arre,ccn? fo?me,fitbcthtocarrpmcnana other bur? 
finueo there fo pumffj offenders. &>epar? dens,but not abouetij?ce o? foure miles a 
ftngfromttjelioufesofCarangue^oucome dap,ana being tuearie fijep lie Dotone, fij 
fo Otabal!o,iul)icb is alfo rich ana mightic, ttjat thep can haralp be fo?ccd to rife again: 
and from thence to Cofefqni, and befo?£ there are lifcebotre manp hogs and Rennes, 
pou come tinker, peu mutt paffe cerfaine that are b?ca of our coimtrte hens, i greaf 
fiioloicl)ins,tol;erett is fo co!dc,that men abundance ofconnics,berp plefant of faffe, 
frauaile oner tfjem tuith greate paine: ana no leffequantifp of goafes,partridges, 
from Coiefqui pou goe to Guallabamba, piogtons, turtle aoues, ana fuel) likefoule: 
tuhich is tl;;ee miles from Quite, and be? among otljer things boljicb arc bp tfje Peru# 
laufe the countrie thereabout is lobue and mans laid bp fo? pjouifio (befides maij) one 
aimoff bnder the line, therefore it is there is Papas, bohif-h id rounde like a turnup* 
berp hoti Vet not fo hot? tf)a£ men cannot bohith beiing fodden o? rotted are altogether 
dbuell therein, o? tljat it hindereth the fruit? likcdjefnuttes, another isafeindc of fruit 
fulnes thereof: bp this difeourfe pou map called Quinua, f trunefce of the tree o? fp?ig 
pcrcciuethecroiofmanp ancient bo?ifers 3 being as high ae a man, Uuth Icaucs like 
that fap that bnder the line bp reafou oftSjc beetes, Inhereon groin certainefseds, feme 
great heace no man map dtoell, but to the red, fowe lothte, iuherof thep make their 
toutrarp pou fee that after their maner thep a?infce, and cate it lifeetuife as toee do rice: 
haue both fummer and buinter,in feme pla? tlje people are berp fldlfiil in tilling the land 
ccs colde, and in fome places hot, as alfo but not after our manner, fo? there the boo? 
that bnder it there dboelleth manp people* men do it, the men Ijjimic, boeaue, 9 make 
and there manpfruites and feeds do groin, clothes, and loabe to tijeir armes. jfrom 
3 ln thisinap pou paffemanp riuers bp b?id? Qgjto pou comedo another, toton ealed FkV 
ges, ^hereabouts arc greate houfes, and ciicoddquitoitlicthonf nd?thfiaeinthe 
ftrange things to be ftene,and to conclude, loboeff p?ouince of Peru, this toinn is mud? 
at this p?efcnt the Spaniards bp them colder then inarme, and hath but feiu fields 
maintaine their cattaile. about it, lietng in a fmal ballep libe a pit,«S 
compacted Uuth tjills j from S- Franafco 
- The defeription of Quito. pOUgotofpallacesofTomebamba (being 
about 3 o miles dilf ant) and from thence to 
A fpong the f oinns that lie in the hiUs of Panzaleo: the inhabitants of this countrie 
x 1 Peru, and at this time inhabited bp the differ fomethmg from their neighbours,as 
Spaniards, Quit© is one of the cljiefeff, it touchingthcbindingoftheir headesinhere 
Ipeth in the ballep Annaquito, about fiue bp the Blndians of all places are bneinne; 
miles beponde the fouth fide of the Gbqui? thep had libeinife another fpeech differing 
i!Qcftalline,m time paft it boas a berp fairc, from their neighbours,pct al of the learned 
rich* and pleafant tobme, fpeciallp in tlje iljeCufcan fpeech, inhich iftlje fathers did 
1544 peares of ourIlo?dc 1544* and 1545, then notfeacl) their child?? thep lucre pumped, 
itflo?ifhed, becaufethegolqmines (tohich the men bucarc long ijaire tied bp luith a 
euerie man regardeth)toerefirff found out, hairelace, thep go in Ujirfs tuitheut bands 
but bp thebuarres that Pizarro made, it to e?flreues, and clofe all about them, oncl# 
almofidefiroped, the earth thereabouts fee? Inhere tl;ep muff put f9?thtl;eir heads and 
metb to be Unfruitful,pet it is found contra? armes, ouerthe buhichthep Sneare long 
rp, fo? in it arc manp cafell, as alfo al other tuollen mantles, and fome of rotten, the 
p?ouifionof co?ne, fruit, and foulc: the fitu? !lo?dsioear fuch asbeberiefinc,and pain? 
ationoftlje countrie is berp hdlefomcand ted ofdtuerfc coulours, their ff)®es lucre 
pleafant, not much bnltbe Spaine both fo? made of Icaucs, the tcomcn goe in long 
Ijcarbes, and feafons of the peere, fo? that gcluncs couertsig ail their todies, tped a? 
lummer beginnetl; there in the moneths of bout them iuith a luollen bande,going ma? 
Search and £p?iU, and continueth til jjalfe np times about tljcir bodies, and therewith 
^iouember, taltljoughthercismuchcold, maUe tljcmfdues a long bodp, oner the 
petttjephaueno leffefeede then in Spaine; lofjtcf) thep lucare a fine toollm goUme 
there is lihebuife mud; fpanilh fruite, ttjofe pinned about their necUcs Iciffj certaiwe 
people arc comonlp friendlper, and ciuilcr golden and filucr pinnes, iuhiclj thep call 
then thole of Pafto,ano of a mcane ffature, T epos, hatiing greaf flat heads, and berp 
and go apparrellcd at tyi# time I ike other f^jarp pointes, about thetr heads tijep tie a 
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