Hiftorit of the Indies, lib, 5* 



rfiey held it for an ill fignc, yea for ftcrilege,to doe tfie 

 contrary: but after the ceremonies ended, itwaslgw- 

 full for them to eate any thing.During the time of this 

 ceremony , they hid the water from their li tic children, 

 admonifhing all fuch as had thevfeofrcafbn, not to 

 drinke any yvater ; which if they didj th$ anger of God 

 would come vpon them , and they fhould die , which 

 they did obfervc very carefully and ftridly . The cere 

 monies, dancing, andfacrifice ended, they went to vn- 

 clothe themfelves , and the priefts and fuperiors of the 

 tern pie tooke the idoll of pafte, which they /poyled of 

 all the ornaments it had, and macje many peeces, as 

 well of the idoll it felfc as of the tronchons which were 

 confecrated, and then they gave them to the eommu- 

 nion, beginning with the greater, and continuing vn-. 

 to the reft, both men, women, and little children, who 

 received it with fuch teares, fcare, and reverence, as it 

 Was an admirable thing , faying that they did eate the 

 flefh and bones of God, wherewith they were grieved. 

 Such as had any ficke folkes demaunded thereof for 

 them, and carried it with great reverence and venerati 

 on. 



All fuch as did communicate, were bound todve 

 the tenth of this feede, whereof the idoll was made. 

 The folemnitie of the idoll being ended , an olde man 

 of great authorise fteptvp into a high place, and with 

 alowde voice preached their lawe and ceremonies. 

 Who would not wonder to fee the divell fb curious to 

 feeke to be vvorfliipped and reverenced in the fame ma- 

 ner that lefus Chrift our God hath appoynted and alfo 

 taught, ^and as the holy Church hath accuftomedc' 

 Hereby it is plainely verified what was propounded in 

 the beginning, that Sathan (hives (all he can; to- vfurp 



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