PEKUVIAN TKINITY. 3/O 



caused gold and silver to be brought vpou cortaine sheepe, 

 setting vppon them three Images of the Sun, and three of 

 the. thunder, the father, the sonne, and the brother. In 

 these feasts they dedicated the Yncas children, putting tho 

 Guaras or ensignes vpon them, and they pierced their eares; 

 then some olde man did whip them with slings, and aii- 

 noynted their faces with blood, all in sigue that they should 

 be true Knights to the Yuca. No stranger might remaiue 

 in Cusco during this moneth, and this feast, but at the end 

 thereof they entred, and they gave vnto them peeces of tho 

 paste of mays with the blood of the sacrifice, which they 

 did eate in signe of confederation with the Ynca, as hath 

 bin said before. It is strange that the Divell after his 

 manner hath brought a trinitie into idolatry, for the three 

 images of the Sunue called Apomti, Churunti, and Inti- 

 quaoqui, 1 which signilieth lather and lord Suune, the sonne 

 Sunne, and the brother Sunne. In the like manor they 

 named the three Images of Chuquilla, which is the God that 

 rules in the region of the aire, where it thunders, raiues, 

 and snows. 1 remember that, being in Chuquisaca, an honour 

 able priest shewed me an information, which I had long in 

 my handes, where it was prooved that there was a certaine 

 liuaca or Oratory, whereas the Indians did worship an idoll 

 called Tangatanga, which they saide was one in three, and 

 three in one. And as this Priest stood amazed thereat, I 

 saide that the Uivell by his mfernall and obstinate pride 

 (whereby ho alwayes pretendes to make himselfe God) did 

 steale all that he could from the trueth, to iniploy it in his 

 lyings and deceits. Comming then to the feast of the 

 second moneth, which they called Camay, 2 besides the sacri 

 fices which they made, they did cast the ashes into the river, 

 following five or six leagues after, praying it to carry them 



1 Apu-ynti, Chief Sun ; Churi-ynti, Sou-Sun ; Ynti-huautjitc, Brother- 

 Sun. 



- (. &amp;lt;uuiij-&amp;lt;iiulla. The month from 8th December to Uth January. 



