Hifiorie of the fndies. lib. 5. 



froth chy and night. And when they are to 



they do many facrificcs and ceremonies, with a great 



noyfe,ofdriimmesandbells,cafting papers burnt at the 



poupe. 



Cotnmingtoourreligiousmcn, I doc not know? 

 that in Peru there is any proper hqufes for men,bu t for 

 the Priefts and Sorcerers , whereof there is ail infinite 

 number . But it feemeth, that in Mexico thedivcl hath 

 fet a due obfervation : for within the circuit of the great 

 temple there were rwo monafteries, as before hath bin 

 feyd, oneofVirgins,whercofIhavefpoken, the other 

 of yoong men feciuded, of pighteene or twenty yeares 

 ofage,which they called religious. They weare ihaved 

 crowncs, as the Friars in thefe partes, their hairealit tic 

 longer which fell to the middeft of their eare , except 

 the hinder part of the head , which they let gro we the 

 breadth of foure fingers downe to their Shoulders, and 

 which they ty ed vppe in trefTes. Thefeyoong men that 

 ferved in the temple of VMtyi&tt&ti lived poorely and 

 chattely, and did the office ot Levites 3 miniftring to the 

 priefts and chiefe of the temple, their inccnfe, lights, & 

 garments-they fwept and made cleane theholy places, 

 bringing wood fora continual fire to the harth of thcic 

 god , which was like a lampe that ftill burnt before the 

 Altar of their idoll.Bcfidcs thefe yong men,there were 

 other little boyes>as novices, that ferved for manual! v- 

 fes,as to deck the temple with boughs, rofes,and reeds, 

 give the Priefts water to wafhwith, give them their ra- 

 fbrs to facrifice 3 and goe with fuch as begged almes to 

 carry it. All thefe had their fuperiors, who had thego- 

 vernemcnt over them, they lived fo honcftly , as when 

 they came in publike , where there were any women, 

 they carried their heads veryloyvc, with their eyes to 



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