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little_a hill_n encompass_v with_o other_o rocky_a and_o high_a mountain_n on_o all_o side_n 3._o guamanga_n call_v by_o the_o spaniard_n st._n juan_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr vittoria_n a_o fair_a and_o well_o build_v city_n and_o a_o episcopal_a sea_n threescore_o and_o ten_o league_n distant_a from_o lima_n eastward_o 4._o bilcas_n another_o palace_n of_o the_o inca_n now_o a_o good_a town_n of_o the_o native_n and_o situate_v as_o be_v suppose_v in_o the_o very_a midst_n of_o the_o country_n of_o peru._n 5._o guancavelica_n a_o new_a town_n raise_v from_o the_o condition_n of_o a_o very_a poor_a village_n to_o a_o place_n of_o very_o great_a importance_n and_o traffic_n only_o by_o the_o mine_n of_o quicksilver_n of_o which_o we_o speak_v chap._n 11._o and_o which_o be_v first_o discover_v there_o in_o the_o year_n 1566._o it_o be_v now_o inhabit_v by_o two_o thousand_o