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lanics, which were at the leaft,vaine , ridiculous, an& 

 idle,and more like the adions of children,thcn of men. 

 Thecaufc thereof is the very condition of this wicked 

 fpirit, whofe intention is alwaies to do ill , provoking 

 men ftill to murthers and filthines , or at the leaft to 

 vanities and fruitelefie adions, the which every man 

 may well know, if he duly confider the behaviour and 

 a&ionsof theDivell,towardes thofehefets to deceive. 

 For in all his illufions we finde a mixture of thefe three, 

 or at leaft of one of them . The Indians themfelrjfs 

 (fince they came to the knowledge of our faith,) laugh 

 and nrocke at thefe fooleries and toy es, in the- which' 

 their gods held them bufied , whom they ferved more 

 fb* feare, leaft they fliould hurtc them, in not obnying 

 them in all things , then forany love they bare them. 

 Although feme, yea, very many lived, abufed and de 

 ceived, with the vainc hope of temporal! goods, for 

 oftheeternalltheyhadno knowledge. And whereas 

 the temporall power was greateft , there fuperftition 

 hath moft increafcd, as we fee in the Realmes of Mexi 

 co and Cufco ^ where it is incredible to fee the number 

 ofidolls they had : for within the citty of Mexico there 

 were above three hundred Mango IngiiA Tufangui, a- 

 f niongft the Kings of Cufco, was hee that moft augmen- 

 ! ted the favice of their idolls, inventing a thoufand 

 kindes of facrificcs/eafts^nd ceremonies.The like did 

 King ifodt in Mexico y vt\\o was the fourth king. There 

 wasalfoagreat number of fuperftitiom and ftcrifices 

 in other Nations of the Indians^ as in the Province of 

 Guattm*U,rt the Hands in the new Kingdom e, in the 

 Province of C*/&,and others that were like 'Common- 

 wealthesand Comminalries. But it was nothing in re- 

 ufio, where Sathan was as mKowe, 



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