Sp&ine . The Spaniards thatfaw thefe cruell facriffces, 

 refotved with all their power to abolifli fo dctcftablc 

 and curfeda butchering of rnen^and the rather,for that 

 in one night before their eies they fawe threcfcorc or 

 .thrcefcore and tenne Spaniards facrificed , which had 

 beene taken in a batteli given at the conqueft of Mexi 

 co : and another time they found written with a cole 

 in a chamber in Tc^cufco thefe wordes- Heerefkcha mi- 

 fir able WAK wMprifonermth his companions whom they of 

 Tczcufco didjkcrifcc. 



There happened a very ftrange thing vpon this fub- 

 led:, and yet true, being reported by menworthicof 

 credite,which was, that the Spaniards beholding thefe 

 facrifices , having opened and drawne out the heart of 

 theluftieyongman, andcaft him from thetoppe of 

 theftaires, (as their cuftomewas,) when heecamcat 

 the bottome , he faid to the Spaniards in his language, 

 Knightes, they have flaine me , tfcte which did greatly 

 mooveourmen to horror and pittie. It is no incredi 

 ble thing, that having his heart pulled out ., hee might 

 Ipeake, feeing that Galen reportes that it hath of ten 

 chanced in the facrificeofbeafts 7 after the heart hath 

 G*l**.iA.*.df beene drawne out, and caft vpon the altar, the beads 

 ' have breathed, yea, they did bray and ciyoutalovvde, 

 andfometimesdid runne. Leaving this queftion how 

 this might bee in nature, I will follow my purpofe* 

 which is, tofliewhow much thefe barbarous people 

 did now abhorre this infuportableflaverie they had to 

 that infernall murtherer , and how great the mercy 

 of the Lord bath beene vnto them ; imparting his moft 

 fvveete and agreeable law. 



