39* The 3\aturaliand Moral! 



/##4,butalwaiestobeare him good affedion, for that 

 thispcecefhould bcawitneffeof their intentions and 

 will, and if they did notas they ought,he would difcb- 

 ver them and bea|aiRft*hem. They carried thefe final! 

 loavcs,in great platters of gold and iilver appointed for 

 that vfe, & all did receive & cate thefe peeces, thanking 

 the Sunne infinitely for fo great a favour which hee 

 had done them, (peaking wordes and makingfigncs of 

 great contentment and devotion : protcfting that du 

 ring their lives , they would neither do nor thinkcany 

 thing againft the Sunne nor the InguA : and with this 

 condition they received this foodc of the Sunne, the 

 which (hould remaine in their bodies for a witnefle of 

 their fidelitie which theyobferved to the Sunne and 

 to the lugu* their King. This manerof divclifh com. 

 municating they likewife vfcd in the tenth moneth 

 called Coyarayme, which was September, in the fb- 

 lernne feaft which they called Cyta^doing the like cere 

 monies. And befides this communion (if it be lawfull - 

 tovftthis word in fo divelilh a matter J which they 

 imparted to all ftrangers^hat came 5 they did likewife 

 fend of thefe loaves fo all their GUACOS, fanduaries, or 

 idolls, of the whole Rcalmc, andatoneinftantthry 

 found people of all fides , which came exprefly to re 

 ceive them, tovrhomtheyfaid (in delivering 'them,) 

 that the Sunne had fent them that, infignc that hee 

 tvould have them all to vvorfliipand honour him , and 

 likewife did fende them in honour of the Caciques. 

 Some perhappes will hold this for a fable and a fidi- 

 on: yet is it moft true,that fince the In^ua, Tupavg?,(thc 

 which is hee that hath made moft lawes,cuftom^,and 

 CGremonies,as Numadid in ^^:)this mancr of com 

 munion hath continued, vntill that the Gofpelofour 



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