Hiftdm of the Indies lib.?. 



the Oratorie and GHAC* of the Indians. And they belee- 

 ved there was a certaine Divinity in any thing that was 

 extraordinary and ftrange in his kinde, attributing the 

 like vnto {mail ftonesand mettalk; yea vnto rootcs and 

 fruites of the earth, as therootes they call -.Papas. There 

 is a ftrange kinde which they call L*lUbu<u, which they 

 kifled and worfhipped . They didlikewife woorfliippc 

 Beare$ 5 Lions,Tygres and Snakes,to thend they fliould 

 not hurt them : and fuch as their gods bee, fuch are the 

 things they offer vnto them in their worihippe . They 

 have vied as they goe by the way , to caft, in the croflc 

 wayes, on the hilles, and toppcs of mountaines, which 

 they call Ap.achittM> olde fliooes , feathers, and Coca 

 chewed, being anhearb they vfe much. And when 

 they have nothing left, thcycaftaftone asanoffring, 

 that they might pafle jfreely,and have greater force,the 

 which they (ay increafeth by this meanes, as.it is repor 

 ted in aprovinciall Counfell o[Pertt . And therefore 

 they finac in the hie wayes great hcapcs offtones x offe- *?* 

 red,and fuch other things . The like follie did the An- 

 tientsvie, of whome it is fpoken in the Proverbs, Like 

 runto him tkdt offer eth flams vnto Mercuric , fitch a ont is 

 bee that honoured fortes , meaning that a man fhill reape 

 no more fruit nor profit of the fecond than thefirft,for 

 that their God Mercury, made of ftone , dooth not ac 

 knowledge any offering, ney ther doth a foole any ho 

 nour that is doonc him. They vfed another offring no 

 letTe pleafint and ridiculous,pulling the hairefrom the 

 cyebrowes to offer it to' the Sunne, hi\\s,4pacbittas 5 to 

 the winds,or to any other thing they feare. Such is the 

 miferies that many Indians have lived inland do to this 

 day, whom the divell doth abufe like very Babes, with 

 any foolifh illufion whatfoever : So dooth Saint ckrj- 



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