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R.(})'at
Commentarie1.
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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.
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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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