Htifarie of the Indies. lit.?. 407 



vatc affaires, or for the publike, they .demaund if their 

 voyage (hall be profperous,if they fliall be ficke, if they 

 fliall die a or returne fafe;if they fliall obtaine that which 

 they pretendrand the witches or coniurers anfwer,yea, 

 or no 5 having firft Ipoken with the Divell 3 in an obfcure 

 place : fb as thefe Anacwa* do well heare the found of 

 the voy ce , but they fee not to whom thefe coniurers 

 fpeake, neither do they vnderftand what they fay .They 

 make a thoufand ceremonies and facrifices to thisef- 

 fed: , with the which they mocke theDivell and grow 

 exceeding drunke , for the doing whereof, they parti 

 cularly vfe an hearbe called yiSea , the iuyce whereof 

 they mingle with their chic* , or take it in fbme other 

 lbrt,whereby we may fee how miferable they are, that 

 have for their mafters , the minifters of him whofe of 

 fice is to deceive. It is manifeft that nothing doth fo 

 much let the Indians from receiving the faith of the 

 holy Gofpel , and to pei fever therein , as the confer- 

 rence with thefe witches, whereof there have bin, and 

 are ftill, great numbers , although by the grace of the 

 Lord, and diligence of the Prelates and Priefles , they 

 decreafe, and are not fo hurtcfull. Some of them have 

 beene converted and preached publikely, difcovering 

 and blaming themfclves, their errors and deceites, and 

 manifefting their devifes and lies , whereof wee have 

 feene great effe&s :as alfb we vnderftand by letters from 

 7,^0#,that the like hath arrived in thofe partsrall to the 

 glory and honour of our Lord God. 



Of other Ceremonies wdCuftovnes of the Indians,rp/V arc 

 like vnto ours. CHAP. 27. 



l ""p He Indians had an infinite number of other cc- 

 * remonies and cuftomes , which refemblcd to the 



antient 



