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.^wherein they did inhctitc and fucccdeas in afee 

 .pic. The miniftcr who had the office to kill, which 

 vis thefixtamongeft them, was efteemcd and honou 

 red as the foveraigne Prieft and Bifhop , whofc name 

 was different.according to the difference of times and 

 foieiTinities . Their habit.es were likewife divers when 

 they came foorth to the facrifice, according to the di^ 

 verfitie of times. The name of their chiefedignitie was 

 Papa and Tofilztfl* their habite and robe was a red cur- 

 1 tin after the Dalmatike faihion, with taffellcs belowe, a 

 cro wne of rich feathers, greene, white, and yellow vp. 

 on his head , and at his cares like pendants of golde, 

 wherein werefet greene ftones, and vnder thelip vpon 

 the middeft of the beard hee had apeccelike\ntoa 

 finall canon of an azured ftone. Theft ficrificers came 

 with their faces and handes coloured with afliining 

 blacke. The other five had their haire much curled, 

 and tied vp with laces of leather,bound about the mid- 

 deft of the head: vpon their forehead they caried fhiall 

 roundelets of paper painted withdivcrfe colours, and 

 they were attired in a Dalmatike robe of white, wroght 

 with blacke . With this attire they reprefented the ve 

 ry figure of theDivclljfo as it did ftrikefeare and terror 

 into alhhe people, to fee them come forth with fo hor 

 rible a reprefemation . The (bveraigne prieft carried a 

 great knife in his hand.of a large and fliarpc flint : ano. 

 ther prieft carried a coHer of wood wrought in forme 

 of a fnake : All fix put themfelves in order, ioyningto 

 this Piramidallftone,whereoflhavefpoken, being di- 

 re&ly againft the doore of the Chappell of their idol!. 

 This ftonc was fo pointed, as the man which was to be 

 ftcrificed,being laid thereon,vpon hisbacke,did bend 

 infuchfort, as letting the knife but fall vpon his fto- 



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