San Miguel Is Not Less Than 130 Miles From Tumbez, And Only About 30 From Payta - E.

[28] From the subsequent operations of Alvarado, this seems an error of the press for Quito.

- E.

[29] Probably that now called Riobamba by the Spaniards, about 100 miles south from Quito. - E.

[30] Garcilasso says that the soldiers of both armies, being mostly natives of Estremedura, mixed together without permission of their officers, and made propositions of peace and amity, by which the generals were in a great measure forced to an agreement.

[31] Two thousand marks of gold of eight ounces each, and the ounce at four pound Sterling are worth L.64,000, perhaps equivalent to near L.460,000 of modern money. - E.

[32] Perhaps that now called Xibarros, in the south of the kingdom of Quito. - E.

[33] According to Garcilosso, Pizarro made an additional free gift to Alvarado of 20,000 gold pesos to defray the expence of his voyage back to his government, with emeralds and turquoises to a considerable value, and several articles of gold plate for the use of his table. - E.

[34] Lima or Los Reyes is built on the banks of a river named Rimac or Limac by the Peruvians, whence its ordinary name of Lima. It is about ten miles from the sea, having a port named Callao at the mouth of the river. This city got the name of _the City of the Kings_; either from its foundation being laid on the 18th of January 1535, on the festival of the _three kings_; or in honour of Juana and Carlos, joint sovereigns of Castile.

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