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to tenne : and the greateft partc of chcfe facriFccs 

 for the affaires that did import the /#**, as in fickenes 

 for his health: and when he went to the warres for vi- 

 dory, or when they gave the w;eathe to their new /#- 

 4>which is the markeof a King, as heere the Scepter 

 and the Growne be . In this folemnitie they facjrificed 

 the number of two hundred children/rom foure to ten 

 yeares of age, which was a cruell and inhumane fpe<5hu 

 cle. The manner of the facrifice was to drownethern 

 and bury them with certaine reprefentationsand cere 

 monies : fometimes they cutte off their heads, annoin- 

 ting themfelvcs with the blood from one care to an o- 

 ther. 



They did likewifc (acrifice Virgines , fbmeof thera 

 that were brought to the Ingu* from the monaftcries, 

 ashathbeenefaide. In this cafe there was a very great, 

 andgcnerallabufe : If any Indian qualified , or of the 

 common forte, were ficke, and that the Divine tolde 

 him confidently that he (hould dk,thcy did then facri- 

 ficc his ownc fonnc to the Sunne, % or to VtwhocA, defi- 

 ring them to be fatisfied with him,and that they would 

 not deprive the father of life. This cruelty is like to that 

 the holy Scripture fpeakes of, which king Mod vfed in 

 ftcrificing his firft borne fbrinc vpon the wall , in the 

 fight ofalllfrael, to whome this ad fecmed {b mourn- 

 full , as they would not preffe him any further, but re 

 turned to their houfes. The holy Scripture alfb (hewes 

 . that the like kinde of (acrificc had beene in vfe amongft 

 the barbarous nations of the Cananeans and lebufeans 

 and others, whereof the booke of Wifcdome fpeakes, 

 The) ctttit peace t$ live infogreM mtftrits andvcxatiens as 

 toftcrijice their went children 5 or to doe other hidden fieri - 

 fees, ^ to WAich whole nights , doing the acfcs offookS) and, 



