e., bull fights.] We had likewise another sport, called juego de
canas [Footnote: A kind of tournament played with canes instead of
lances.] in which appeared very many fine gentlemen, fine horses, and
very fine trappings. We had abundance of entertainments, and yet their
civility and good manners exceeded all, as likewise the fame of that
place, which is so highly renowned in the world for noble and well-
bred gentlemen. The Corregidor presented me with twelve great cases of
amber and orange-water, reputed to be the best in the world, with
twelve barrels of olives, which have likewise the same fame.
Upon Thursday the 15th of April we took our leave of Cordova, and all
those noble persons therein, lodging that night at Carpio, the
Marquisship of Don Lewis de Haro; and on the 16th, we lodged at
Andujar, and on the 17th at Linares; the 18th we entered the Sierra
Morena, and lodged at St. Estevan, the Onor of a Conde, who is at
present Vice-King of Peru; on the 19th, we came out of the Sierra
Morena, and lodged that night at la Torre de Juan-Abad; on the 20th we
lay at La Membrilla, and there stayed all day on Monday and Tuesday;
the 22nd at Villarta: here rises the river Guadiana, that goes under
ground seven leagues before. On the 23rd, we lay at Consuegra; here
Don John of Austria was nursed. The 24th, we lay at Mora; on the 25th,
we lay at the famous city of Toledo, two leagues from that town.
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