Htiorie of the Indies lifc,j. 



vfc<of the moft high God , the which is a great fhame 

 *nd confufion. for thofeamongft vs that glory to have 

 doone a fmall penaunce , although this exercife of the 

 Mexicaincs, was not continuall, but for a yeareonely, 

 which made it the more tollerable. 



andtheStritfnes the Indians have vfcd 

 AttheDivellsferfvafion. CHAP. 17. 



SEeing we are come to this point , it fhall bee good 

 both'to difcover the cm-fed pride of Sathan, and to 

 confound it , and fbmewhat to quicken our coldnes 

 andflothinthefervice of the great GOD : tofpeake 

 fbme thing of the rigor and ftrange penance this mi- 

 ferable people vfed at the Divells perfwafion , litfeto 

 the falfe Prophets of Baal , who did* beate and wound 5 

 themfclves with lancets, drawing forth bloud or like 

 thofe that facrificcd their fbnnes and daughters vnto 

 loathfbmc Edfhegor 5 pafling them through the fire , as 

 holy Writ teftifieth : forSathan hath alwayes defircd 

 tobeferved, to the great hurtc and fpoyle of man. It 

 hath beene faid that the priefts and religious of Mexico, 

 rofe at midnight 5 and having caft inccnfe before the i- 

 dolt, they retired themfelves into a Ltrge place , where 

 there were many lights; and fitting dovvne, everyone 

 tookea poynt ofMattguay, which is like vnto an'awle or 

 fliarpe bodkin, with the which, or with fome other 

 kindesoflauncctsorrafors, they pierced the calfes of 

 their legges neare to the bone , drawing foorthmnch 

 blood, with the which they annoynted their temples, 

 & dipt thefe bodkins or lancets in the reft of the blood, 

 then fct they them vpon the battlements of the Courr, 

 ftkkt in gloabcs or bowks of ftrawc, that all might fee 



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