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In the yeere 1531. one Nunnez de Gusman went from the citie of Mexico towards the northwest to discouer and conquer the countreies of Xalisco, Ceintiliquipac*, Ciametlan*, Toualla, Cnixco*, Ciamolla, Culhuacan, and other places. And to doe this he caried with him 250. horses, and fiue hundred soldiers. He went through the countrey of Mechuacana, where he had much gold, ten thousand marks of siluer, and 6000. Indians to carrie burdens.

He conquered many countreyes, called that of Xalisco Nueua Galicia, because it is a ragged countrey, and the people strong. He builded a citie which he called Compostella, and another named Guadalajara, because he was borne in the citie of Guadalajar in Spaine. He likewise builded the townes de Santo Espirito, de la Conception, and de San Miguel standing in 24. degrees of northerly latitude.

In the yeere 1532. Ferdinando Cortes sent one Diego Hurtado de Mendoça vnto Acapulco 70. leagues from Mexico, where he had prepared a small fleete to discouer the coast of the South sea as he had promised the Emperour. And finding two ships readie, he went into them, and sailed to the hauen of Xalisco, where he would haue taken in water and wood: but Nunnez de Gusman caused him to be resisted, and so he went forward: but some of his men mutinied against him, and he put them all into one of the ships, and sent them backe into New Spaine. They wanted water, and going to take some in the bay of the Vanderas, the Indians killed them. But Diego Hurtado sailed 200 leagues along the coast, yet did nothing woorth the writing.

In the yeere 1533. Francis Pisarro went from the citie of Tumbes to Caxamalca, where he tooke the king Attahalipa, who promised for his ransome much gold and siluer: and to accomplish it there went to the citie of Cusco standing in 17. degrees on the South side Peter de Varco, and Ferdinando de Sotto, who discouered that iourney being 200. leagues all causies of stone, and bridges was made of it, and from one iourney to another, lodgings made for the Yngas: for so they call their kings. Their armies are very great and monstrous. For they bring aboue an hundred thousand fighting men to the field. They lodge vpon these causies; and haue there prouision sufficient and necessarie, after the vse and custome of China, as it is said. Ferdinando Pisarro with some horsemen