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Bo@~ 11'.

Royal

Commentaries.

By reafon that the City of

los Reyes

is of a hot and moiíl: Air, Fleíh

will

immedi–

ately corrupt in it; and therefore when it is newly killed and boughr,

muíl: be

eaten the fame day, which are all (lualities differenc to the Climate of

Co~o,

thac

be~ng hot, and tbis cold, or temperare. The Cities and other Colonies of

Spa~

niards,

which are fituate along che Coaíl: of

Peru,

are all of che fame tempera–

mene wich che Town of

los Reyes,

being under che fame degree. All che other

Cities within che ~and from

f2_uitu,

as far as

Chuquifqca;

whicb,runs for the fpace

of feven hundred Leagues Norrh and South, are ofa pleafanc Climate, noc being

·<:old as

Gouo,

nor hot like

Rimac,

but of an equal and moderare temperature;

excepcing onely che fituation of

Potofi,

where che Mines of Silver are,

extreme~

ly cóld, and che Air penetrating. The

Indians

call'it

Puna,

which is

fay, a Cli–

mate, not habitable by reafon of coldnefs ; howfoever the love add thiríl: of Sil–

ver hath invited fuch nurnbers of

Spar,iarh

and

In4ia,i1

t-0

th~t place, that a~ _pre–

fent it is the moa populous, a.\ld tbe beíl: ferved with Provifions of a1,1y Gouncrey

in all

Peru.

Acojla

in the 6th C~apcer ofMs 4tb :8ook, me.n.ti~t;ilng th<:; Gri~atn~fs

of thac ColonM)

fay\

that tb~ TowH, chat isJ ch~ place. inw,.biteci

tWQ L<tagu_e$;

( whic.h are fix miles

in compafs. .

,• Tbus much íhall h>e fufficient to have

poken

iJi

gen~ral

all the Cjcies

q.Rq,

Plantations of

Peru;

as chac we need QOt Ereat farther of any ooe in p~rtjculqr:

But to retum to the City of

los Reyes

;

we fay, thac the Gq'{etn_our

Fr4ncifco Pi,farro,

having founded this City, and d\vided the Lands, Fields, anq lnheritan¡;~ ~qg~

ther witb the

lnd.i.an1

amongíl: his

Sp_aniards,

h~ 9~fcended to 'the V,alley of

C:hi1110,

about eighty Leagues Norchw.ard from

bu Reye.s,

qlong che Sea-coaft, an,d the e

built another Cicy, which to

chis

day is

called_'.T'r-uxillo,

apd wªs fq nameH

ÍJI

re–

membrance of

his

own Co,untrey : At whid

i place a

l[q he. qi;ide a divifio(l qf

Lands to che

firfi

Conquerours, to whom he mark.ed out the fe~eral Provine~

Lands anc\ Po{feff.ions, which belonged to every perfon iq ~eward of

fQ~

lªbou~

and bazards which every pf:lrfon had fuftained. The like he per,form<ip i¡i th~

City and Countrey of

los Reyu,

where be witb great applaufti and fatisfaétion

~f–

figned to every Man his íhare and due proportjon ;

that it appeared as

che

Land

began to

at ~ce, and all thin~

difppfe themfelves cowards qyieq1e&

and enjoyment :

And

having tbus

jqíl:ly

fbared

t_he

firíl:

Conqgerours the,ir

qges,

j,c

was not to be doubted, bue chat he would deal with othe(S; who were to

fol–

low with the like equality. And beiog chµ~ well employ,ed,

chis

fam9us <;a–

valier ever was in- all che courfe of his

life,

we !

hall now leave him fqr a

wWl•

tr~c of other matters,

whkh

at the fgme

ii.me

paffecl

am911gft

th.e

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