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the_o chief_a and_o principal_a city_n for_o authority_n and_o dignity_n so_o be_v it_o likewise_o the_o chief_a for_o delight_n and_o wealth_n 6._o cullao_n this_o be_v the_o haven_n or_o port_n town_n to_o lima_n and_o but_o two_o league_n distant_a from_o it_o a_o town_n of_o six_o or_o seven_o hundred_o family_n all_o or_o most_o of_o they_o seaman_n and_o not_o a_o house_n in_o it_o but_o be_v well_o provide_v of_o cellar-room_n and_o stowage_n for_o merchandise_n which_o be_v there_o receive_v from_o all_o part_n both_o come_n from_o and_o go_v to_o the_o sea_n it_o be_v with_o lima_n itself_o surprise_v by_o sir_n francis_n drake_n in_o the_o year_n 1579_o and_o their_o cellar_n search_v as_o well_o as_o can_v be_v do_v in_o so_o short_a a_o time_n whereupon_o since_o it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v fortify_v with_o two_o strong_a bulwark_n a_o wall_n of_o earth_n and_o about_o thirty_o piece_n of_o ordinance_n plant_v on_o the_o work_n 7_o pachacama_n four_o league_n southward_o of_o lima_n memorable_a chief_o for_o pizarros_n good_a fortune_n here_o who_o be_v report_v to_o have_v find_v in_o one_o only_a old_a temple_n of_o the_o native_n the_o quantity_n of_o nine_o hundred_o thousand_o ducat_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n beside_o what_o his_o soldier_n be_v suppose_v to_o have_v seize_v on_o and_o convey_v away_o before_o he_o come_v 8._o guarco_n a_o colony_n of_o three_o hundred_o spaniard_n sixteen_o league_n to_o the_o southward_n of_o pachacama_n round_v with_o the_o best_a field_n for_o wheat_n in_o all_o peru._n 9_o valverde_n a_o great_a town_n inhabit_v by_o five_o hundred_o spaniard_n and_o though_o at_o sixteen_o league_n distance_n from_o the_o sea_n yet_o well_o trade_v and_o rich_a the_o valley_n wherein_o it_o lie_v and_o from_o which_o it_o take_v its_o name_n afford_v the_o best_a vine_n of_o america_n 10._o castro-verreina_a threescore_o league_n distant_a from_o lima_n to_o the_o south_n east_n it_o lie_v in_o the_o valley_n of_o chocolocha_n 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