f the Indies, lib. 5. 



which bredde a great admiration, to fee thefe bodies 

 I (dead fo many yeares before) remaincfo faireand alfo 

 whole. Every one of 'thefe Kings Inguas left all his trea- 

 fure and revenues, to entertaine the place of worfhippe 

 where his body waslayed, and there were many Mi- 

 nifbrs with all his familie dedicated to his fcrvice : for 

 no King fucceHo. did vfurpethe tre^fures and plate of 

 j his prcdeceflbr, but he did gather atfncw for himfelfe, 

 and his pallace. They were not conteut with this ido 

 latry to dead bodies, butallb they made their figures 

 and reprcfentations : and every King in his life time 

 1 caufedafiguretobemadewherinhewas repreftnted, 

 which they called Gmoigui^ which fignifieth brother, 

 for that they (houlddoe to this Image , during his life 

 <and death, as much honor and reverence as to himfel 

 ! They carry ed this Image to the warres, and in procefifi* 

 on for rayne or fayre weather , making fundry feaftes 

 j and facrifices vnto them. There have bcenemany of 

 i thefe Idolles in Cufco, and in that territorie, but nowc 

 ! they fty that this luperftition ofworfliippingof ftones 

 1 hath altogether ceafed, or for the moft part, afterthey 

 had beene difcovercd by the diligence of the LicentL 

 I ate Polio, and the firft was that of the Inguas R0ch4,chk 

 of the faftion or nee ofHanam Cttfeo.And we find that 

 among other Nations they had in great eftimation aud 

 reverence the bodies of their predeceflbrs,and did like- 

 wife worfliip their Images. 



OfSuperftitions they vfed to the Dead. CHAP. 7. 



T He Indians of Peru belecved commonly that the 

 Soules lived after this life, and that the good were 

 in glorie,and die bad in paiae$ fo as there is little diffi- 



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