The ^aturall and Moratt 



ing accompanied and fortcficd with great and large 

 ipurres or platformcs. They were dedicated to divers 

 gods: but next to the Temple ofritziliput^li, was that 

 ofTcfealifftca , which was the god of penaunce and of 

 punilhmentSjVery high and well built. 



There were fourefteps to afcend, on the toppc was 

 a flat or table of fixe fcore foote broad, and ioyning vn- 

 to it was a hall hanged with tapiftry and curtins of di* 

 verfe colours and works. The doore thereof being low 

 and large, was alwayes covered with a vaile, and none 

 but the priefts might enter in. All this Temple was bea 

 tified w ith diverfe images and pj&ures moft curiouflyj 

 for that thefe two Temples were as the cathedrall chur- 

 ches^and the reft in refpe&ojf them as parifhesand her- 

 mitages.-they were fofpatious,and had fo many cham 

 bers', that there were in them places for the minifterie, 

 colleges,fchooles,and houfes for priefts, whereof wee 

 willintreate heereafter . This may fuffice to conceive 

 the divells pride 5 and the mifery of this wretched nati 

 on , who with fo great cxpence of their goods , their la- 

 bour,and their lives,did thus ferve their capital! enimy, 

 who pretended nothing more than the deftrudion of 

 their foules, and confimiption of their bodies . But yet 

 they were well pleafed , having an opinion in their fb 

 great an error , that they were great and mighty gods, 

 to whome they did thefe fervices. 



Of the ? ricflcs And their offces. 

 CHAP 14. 



WE find among all the nations of the world,men 

 fpecially dedicated to the ferviceof the true 

 God, or to the Me, which ferve in ficrifices, and de 

 clare 



