. The principal navigations voyages traffiques & discoveries of the English nation : made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeeres . anna, and stretcheth from 24 to 34degrees and better : by the which & byother inhabited lands it is thought that menmay travell even to Terra de out of the history of China writtenby Frier Juan Gonzales de Mendo9a, andprinted in Madrid 1586. Have now declared in the title of thispresent discourse, that in the yeere 1583there were discovered iifteene provinces,w
. The principal navigations voyages traffiques & discoveries of the English nation : made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeeres . anna, and stretcheth from 24 to 34degrees and better : by the which & byother inhabited lands it is thought that menmay travell even to Terra de out of the history of China writtenby Frier Juan Gonzales de Mendo9a, andprinted in Madrid 1586. Have now declared in the title of thispresent discourse, that in the yeere 1583there were discovered iifteene provinces,which the discoverers called New Mexico,situate on the firme land of NuevaEspanna, and I promised to give noticeof the sayd discovery, which I will dowith as much brevity as is possible : for if I shouldrecord at large all particulars which they saw and cameto the knowledge of, it would require a full substance thereof is as followeth. In the yere of our Lord 1581 a certaine Franciscanfrier called Augustin Ruiz which dwelt in the valley ofS. Bartholomew, being informed by the report of certaineIndians called Conchos, which had dealings and con-versation with other of their neighbours called Pas- 186. DISCOVERY OF NEW MEXICO 1581-83. saguates ; that toward the North, travelling alwayes hy land, there were certaine great townes not hitherto knowen nor discovered by our Spanyards : mooved with a zeale of charity, and a desire to save soules, craved licence of the Conde of Corunna as then Viceroy of Nueva Espanna, and of his superiours, to go to the sayd townes, and to indevour to learne their language, and having learned the same, to baptize them, and to preach the holy Gospel unto them. After he had obteined licence of the parties aforesayd, taking with him other two companions of his owne order, and eight souldiers, ^^^ ^^iefe of who of their owne good will ojffered to beare him ^ ~ 1 , 1- . .,.„,.. diers was company, he departed to put m execution his Christia
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