The estates, empires, & principallities of the world Represented by ye description of countries, maners of inhabitants, riches of prouinces, forces, gouernment, religion; and the princes that haue gouerned in euery estate. With the begin[n]ing of all militarie and religious orders. Translated out of French by Edw: Grimstone, sargeant at armes.

COLLAO, and others.

BV•• the riches and power of Peru, consists in prouinces which are within the land, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the first is Collao: seated whereas the two chaines of Mountaines or Cor∣deli••rs ••••••••e named inlarge themselues one from another. The Southerne bound is a place ca••led Caracol, and the Northern Ayauire. The chiefe towne of this prouince is [ F] 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of ••••••e; but the best peopled of the Originaries is Cuiquito, a great and 〈…〉〈…〉, and immedi••tly subiect vnto the king. There are vnder this iurisdiction, Iuli, C••i••ane, Acos, Pomata, Cepita, Quaqui, Tiaguanaco, and others. At Tiaguanaco they ••••e the tu••••e•• of certaine great buildings: they hold them to be very auncient, and made ••••en of great power; for it cannot be conceiued how they could remoue stones 〈…〉〈…〉 long, f••fteene broad, and six thicke, without engines of yron. In this part of Peru

i•• the lake of Taquicaca thirtie leagues long, and fifteene broad, hauing fourescore in [ A] circuit, and aboue fourescore yards ••e••pe: it receiues ••en or twelue great riuers, with many other waters, which fall into another lake called Augola, or Paria, which is with∣o••t any bottome, wher•• it looseth it selfe, as Iordan doth in the dead sea, or Volgua in the Caspian.