The yfyturafl andMoratt 



Of the manner of bury ing the dead among theMex- 



icame andfwdrie other NAUQW. 



CHAP. 8. 



HAving reported what many nations of Peru have 

 done with their dead, it (hall not be from the pur- 

 pofc, to make particular mention of the Mexicaines in 

 this poynt, whofe mortuaries were much fblempniied, 

 and full ofnotablefollies.lt was the office of the priefts 

 and religious of Mexico (who lived there with a ftrange 

 obfervance , as (hall be faidcheereafter ) to interre the 

 dead, and doe their obfequies. The places where they 

 buried them, was in their gardens, and in the courts of 

 their owne houfes : others carried them to the places 

 of facrifices which were doone in the mountaines : o- 

 thers burnt them , and after buryed the afliesin theyr 

 Temples $ and they buryed them all, with whatfbcver 

 they had, of apparel,ftones,and Jewells . They did put 

 the a(hcs of fuch as wereburnt into pots, & with them, 

 the Jewells, ftones, and earerings of the dead, how rich 

 and prctious foevcr. They did fing the funerall offices, 

 like to anfweres , and did often lift vp the dead bodies, 

 dooing many ceremonies . At thefe mortuaries they 

 did eate and drinke ; and if it were a perfon of qualitie, 

 they gave apparrell to all fuch as cametotheinterre- 

 ment. When any one dyed , they layd him open in a 

 chamber, vntill that all his kinsfolkes and friendes were 

 come, who brought prefentsvnto the dead, andfalu- 

 ted him as if he were living. And if hee were a King or 

 Lord offome towne, they offered him flaves to be put 

 to death with him, to the end they might fervc him in 

 the other world. Theylikewife put to death his prieft, 



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