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By

reafon that the

City

pf

los

Reyes

js

o~

a_bot

and

~oill

Air,

Fleili

w~ll. immedi­

acely

corrapt

in it;

ana

therefore

:when

it

1s

newly killed and

boughr,

1c

mufi

be

eaten

the

fame

d~y;

which are all

qualiti~s dllfe~e:i1t

to the

Climate

of.

Co~c~

that

being hot, and this cold, or temperate.

Th~

Cmes and other Colomes ot

Spa–

niard.r,

which are .

fituate

along

the

Coaft of

Peru,

are all of the fame temper'!–

ment with the Town of

los

Reye1;

being under the fame degree. All the othe;

Cities within the Land from

~uit#,

as far

as-Chuquifaca,

which runs

for

~he

fpace

of

feven

ltuntfred Leagues Nort-h and South, are ofa pleafant Climate, not

·being

cold as

c~co,

nor hot like

Rimac,

but

of

an

equal

and

moderate temperature ;

~xcepting

onely the ftcuation

of

Potofi_,

where the Mines of Silver are, is extreme•

ly cold, and

t4e

Air

penetrating. The

indians

call

it

Puna,

which is to fay, a Cli–

mate, not habitable

oy

reafon of coldnefs; howfoever the love and thirfi of Sil–

v~·

hath

JJ)Vited

f

UCh

h\'.lffi~S

Of .

SpaniaPdr

Md

JndidtfS

tO

tllat

place, that at pre-

- rent

it

is

che mofi

p0pulous,

~

aud the

heft forved with

ProvHions

of

any

Cmuntrey

in -all

Peru.

Acoj/A ·in

rhe

6~h

Chapter

ofhis4¢

B@ok,

mentlonhlgthe

G-reatnclS

of that Colony;

lays,

that

the

Town, that is, the place inhabited

is

tW©

.LeagU:~s;

(which are

ftx

miles

~

iA

cempafs.

r

..

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Thus mach

fuall

be fuflicient to

have fpoken

in general .of

aU the

Cities

and

Plantations

of,Peru,

fo as that ,we need

ne>~

treat farther of

any

one in pavticular:

But

to

r~turn

fo

the

City

of.Jos

R:t()es;

we

fay,

that the Governour

Ft;incij'(}.()

Pifi:frwj

having founded

this

Oty~

and

clivicled

the

Lands, ~ Fields,

and

Imer.inances

t@§e–

·iher

with

the

lnd;an1

amongft

his

Sp_aniard.r,

he defaended

to

the

Valley of

Chfm.o;

about

eighty

Leagues Northward from

lr;.r

R9u,

along

the

Searcoaft, ancJ th<?r.i

built

another

Oty, which

to

this day

is

caHed

TrscciOo.,

and was;fo aamed in

re–

.membrance of

h~

own

Ceuntrey :

At which place -alfo he

made

a divifion

-0£

Lands

to

the

6rft

Conquerours, to whem

he

marked out "the

mveral

Provinl'es,

Lands

and

Poffeffions,

which

belonged

to

every

perfon

in

i;eward

of

the

labours

and

haw~s

which

every_

perfon

had

f

uftained. The like he

performed in

the

Qty

~

Counttey

bf

l~s

Reyes,

where

he

with

great

apQlaufe

and fatisfaetion af–

figned to every Man

his fuare

and dµe .

proportion ;

fo

that

it

appeared as

if

the

Iind

began to

be

at peace,,

and

all

thing.5 to

dif

pofe

themfelves towards quietnefS

'f:nd

enj<Wmetat

:

·And

having thus jufily {hared

to

the

fuft

Conquttours their

dues~

it

"as npt

to

be

doubted, but that he would

deal

with others,

who

were to

fot

low with the like

equalicy.

And

being

thus we!J employed, as this famous Ca•

valier

ev~r

was in all the coutfe of his

life,

we

fhall

now

leave

him

for a

whilf)

t~

tteat of

()ther

matters,,

which

at the

fame

time

paffed

amQng'1-the

Indi11n1&

.

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