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.

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[ B] THe towne of Cusco followes, being in the seuenteenth degree towards the South: ••t is inuironed with mountaines. There is a Castle built with so great stones, as it seemes rather a worke of Giants, than of ordinarie men, especially for that those people had no beasts to draw, nor the vse of yrons. This towne was the seat of the Ingua, or king of Peru, and the chiefe of the Empire, in the which the••e was not any other that did merit the name of a Towne, either for gre••••nesse or pollicie. It had great streetes, and straight, and ho•• ses bui•••• of ston••s ioyned together with wonderfull art: but their ordinarie houses were of wood couered with straw. There was to be seene in the towne of Cusco the rich Temple of the Sunne, and the kings Palace, where there was an [ C] infinit quantitie of gold and siluer. There was a great voyd place from the which they had drawne foure waies to the foure parts of the Empire. The king of Peru, to people and honour this Towne, ordained that euerie Cacique should build a palace ••here, and should send his children to be bred vp there: and to shew the great∣nesse of their Empire, and the diuers nations that were subiect vnto them, they would ••h••••, eu••ie man should goe attired after his countrie fashion, and carrie a certaine 〈…〉〈…〉 ••pon his head: which was a verie stately inuention. This towne was new built in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand fiue hundred fortie three, by Francis Pi∣z••rre. It hath in it about fiftie thousand inhabitants, and within the compasse of twelue leagues, there are two hundred thousand.