Htiiorie of the Indies, lib*?, 



How the i)jfueS$4t& laboured to imitate and counter- 

 forte the Sacraments ef the holy Church. 

 CH Ap_2f._ .i^ 



Hat which is moft admirable in the hatred and 

 prefumption of Sathan, is, that he hath not onely 

 counterfaited in idolatry and facrifices, but alfo in cer- 

 taine ceremonies , ourfacfaments, which lefiis Chrift 

 our Lord hath inftituted , and the holy Church doth 

 vfe, having efpecially pretended to imitate, in fome 

 fort, the Sacrament of the Communion, which is the 

 moft high and divine of all others,) for the great error 

 of Infidells which proceeded in this maner. In the firft 

 moneth, which in Pent they called Rayme, and anfwe- 

 reth to our December,they made a moft fblemnefeaft, 

 called CapAcrayme^ wherein they made many facrifices 

 and ceremonies, which continued manydaies : du 

 ring the which, noftranger was fuftercdtobeeatthc 

 Court which was in Cufco. Thefe daics being paft,they 

 then gave libertie to ftrangers to enter, that they might 

 be partakers of the feaftcs and facrifices , miniftring to 

 them in this maner. The UAmtamM of the Sunne, 

 which were a kindeof NunnesoftheSunne, made 

 little loaves of the flower of Mays , died and min 

 gled with the bloud of white fheepe , which they did 

 facrifice that day ; then prcfencly they commanded 

 that all ftrangers fhould enter, who fet themfelves in 

 order, and the Priefts which were of a certaine linage, 

 difcending from LMquiyttfa0g#i * gave to every one a 

 morcellofthcfe fmall loaves, faying vntothem, that 

 they gave thefepeeces, totheendtheyfliouldbevni- 

 ted and confederate with the InguA , and that they ad- 

 vifed them not to ipcake nor thinkc any ill againft the 



