Hittorit of the Indies lib.?. 557 



to be honored like themfelves : even fo the Mexicains 

 have done of their gods , which was in this fbrte.They 

 tooke a captive, fuch as they thought good , and afore 

 they did facrifice him vnto their idolls - they gave him 

 the name of the idoll, towhomehec fhoiild be facrifl- 

 ced, and apparelled him with the fame ornaments like 

 their idoll, faying, that he did reprefent the fame idoll. 

 And during the time that this reprcfentation laftcd, 

 which was for .1 yeere in feme feafts, in others fixe mo- 

 neths, and in others Icflc : they reverenced and wor. 

 (hipped him in the lamemaner, as the proper idcll$and 

 in the meane time he did cate,drincke, and was merry. 

 When hee went through the ftreetes, the people came 

 forth to worfliip him , and every one brought him an 

 5lmes,with children and ficke folkes,that he might cure 

 them, and blefle them,fuffering him to doe all things at 

 hispleafure, onelyhecwas accompanied witttenne 

 or twelve men left hefliould flie.Aiid he(fo the end he 

 might be reverenced as he paflcd) fometimes founded 

 vppon a fmall flute, that the people might prepare to 

 w %iphim. The feaft being come, andhcegrovvnc 

 . fatt?, they killed him,opened him,and eat him,making 

 a (blempne facrifice of him. 



In trueth it was apittifull thing to confider in what 

 ff^rt Sathan held this people in his fubie&ion, and doth 

 many to this day, which commit the like cruelties and 

 abhominations, withtheloiTeof the mifcrablefbules 

 and bodies of fuch as they offer to him, and he l&ughes 

 andtnockesatthc follieof thefepoorc mrferable crea 

 tures, who deferve well, for their offences, tobeforfa- 

 ken of the moft high God,to the power of their advcr* 

 fary, whom they have choftn for their god & fnpport. 

 But feeing wee have (poken fufficient of the Indians 



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