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other unhappy Succe/fes in the Kingdom of
Chili.
T.·
Hus far had I wtit when frelb Advices carne of other fatal and
imfohú-
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nate Succeffes in
Chiti,
which happened there in the Year
1599.
and'
in
Peru
in the Year
1 600.
Amongíl: other Calamities the Earthquake abouc
Are:
quepa
is
recounted as one, which ac length ended in fuch a terrible irruption of
fire
from a certain Hill, which for the fpace ofcwenty days continu~lly threw up fuch
quantities of Aíhes and Sand , as in che pares round abquc covered the Earth
two yards chick, and in places farther offat leaíl: a yard, and where leafr, a quarter
of a yard deép, for che fpace of thirty or fourty Leagues round in che Co.untrey
of
Arequepa;
whereby all their Vines and Com Lands were fpoiled, their Trees
and Fruits fcorched and blaíl:ed; and all cheir Cattel perilbed for wanc of paílure.
Th~ir Cows and Oxen lay dead in Droves of five hundred in a place, and their
Flocks ofSheep, and Goacs, and Hogs lay buried in thefe Albes. ·Many Houfes
were overwhelmed wlth che weight of che Earch and Sand, which chis irruptiori ,
threw up, fuch as remained were preferved by che diligeilce of chofe Maíl:ers w,ho
always cleared and chrew chem off as they carne; all \vhich was accómpanied
with fuch dreadfull Flalbes of Lighcning, and claps ofThunder, as were heard and
feen at thirty Leagues diíl:ance from che Confines of
Areq11epa;
and
fo
thick were
the Clouds of Sand and Aíhes, which were thrown up, that for many days
they
fo
obfcured the Sun, chat chey were forced
to
'light Candles for performancé
of cheir neceílary occafions. Thefe and che like parciculars -were advifed from '
thac City, and che adjacent pares, che which we have fuccinél:ly touched, refer–
ring our felves for a more full Relation chereof to che Hiíl:orians
·(')f
chofe times,
whofe bufinefs it is
to
defcribé all che particulars hereof more at large.
Howfoever we !hall rehrte the misfortunes of
Chili,
as they were advifed in wri–
ting
from thence, becaufe chey come pertinent coche foregoing íl:ory of che
ltr
tlians of_Arauca,.
and are c?nfequenc<:5
o[
che Infurreél:ion ~e~un in the Year
1
f
5'
3.
and whtch contmued unt1ll che begmnmg of
1603.
nor 1s 1t known when there
will
be an end chereof, in regard chat afrer forty nine years ftnce chis Rebellion be–
gan, ~during ·which time tliey have ~ndured all the miferies o( Fire and
Swordl)
yet íl:ill chofe troubles feem rather to mcreafe than abate, as _plamly appears by
tné
intelligences which we have extraél:ed from a Lecter written from ah Inhabicant
ofche City of
Sanaiago·
in
Chili,
which carne at che íame time with che relatioti
of the Calamities of
Arequepa.
Thefe Advices were delivered to me by a Gen–
tleman who was my Friend, and had lived in
Peru,
and íerved in·quality of
á
Cajltain agaíníl: che Rebels in che Kingdom of
.fl:!.itu,
when they mutined on oc–
caíion ofche great Taxes which
we!e
laid upon them, bisN~me was
Jl.!~rtin
Cuafo,
a perfon who hath done great Serv1ce to che 0own of
Spam.
The t1de of thefe
misforcunes of
Chili
runs chus
t
,·
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•
.,
Advicu from
Chili:
and prefently adds,
So foón as
an
end
wa1
put to
thé writing4 thé
.
foregoing Intelligence of
Arequepa,
came. other more difmaí ftorics
from
Chili, ,f11!l
,!
forrow, and .greatly to he lamcJJtc.d.
The particulars were related in thé mannet
follow.ing.
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