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 went vnto Paciacama 100. leagues from Caxamalca, and discouered that prouince:

And comming backe he vnderstood how Guascar brother to Attabalipa was by his commandement killed, and how that his captaine Ruminaguy rose vp in armes with the citie of Quito.

After this Attabalipa was by the commandement of Pisarro strangled.

In the yeere 1534. Francis Pisarro seeing that the two kings were gone, began to enlarge himselfe in his signiories, and to build cities, forts, and townes to haue them more in subiection. Likewise he sent Sebastian de Benalcazar the captaine of S. Michael of Tangarara against Ruminaguy vnto Quito. He had with him two hundred footemen and 80. horsemen: He went discouering and couquering 120. leagues from the one citie to the other east not farre from the Equinoctiall line:

where Peter Aluarado found mountaines full of snow, and so cold, that 70 of his men were frosen to death. When he came vnto Quito, he began to inhabite it, and named it S. Francis. In this countrey there is plentie of wheate, barlie, cattell and plants of Spaine, which is very strange. Pisarro went straight to the citie of Cusco, aud found by the way the captaine Quisquiz risen in armes, whome shortly he defeated. About this time there came vnto him a brother of Attabalipa named Mango, whom he made Ynga or king of the countrey.

Thus marching forward on his iourney after certaine skirmishes he tooke that exceeding rich and wealthie citie of Cusco.

In this same yeere 1534. a Briton called Iaques Cartier with three ships went to the land of Corterealis, and the Bay of Saint Laurence, otherwise called Golo Quadrato, and fell in 48 degrees and an halfe towards the north; and so he sailed till he came vnto 51. degrees hoping to haue passed that way to China, and to bring thence drugs and other marchandise into France. The next yeere after he made another voiage into those partes, and found the countrey abounding with victuailes, houses, and good habitations, with many and great riuers. He sailed in one riuer toward the