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.nder,the father, the fonne,and the brother. In thefc 

 feafts they dedicated the Ingua* children , putting the 

 /*4tttforenfignesvponthem,and they pierced theit 

 cares: then fomeolde man did whip them with flings, 

 and annoy n ted their faces with blood, all in figne that 

 they fliould be true Knights to the Ingua. No ftranger 

 might remaine in Cufco during this moneth , and this 

 feaft, but at the end thereof they entred 3 and they gave 

 vnto them peeces ofthepafte of mays with the blood 

 of the facrifice , which they did eate in figne of confe^ 

 ^ deration with the Jngua 5 as hath bin faid before ,| It is 

 ** ^ "' ftranga that the Divell after his manner hath brought a 

 trinitie into idolatry,for the three images of the Sunne 

 called Apomti, Ckumnti, andMtiquaoqui which fignifr 

 eth father and lord Sunne, the fonne Sunne, and the 

 brother Sunne. In the like maner they name d the three 

 Images vfCbuqitifU , which is the God that rules in the 

 region of the aire,where it thunders, raines and fho vvs. 

 I remember, that being in Cuquifactj an honourable 

 prieft (hewed mean information, which I had long in 

 my handes, where it was prooved that there was a cer- 

 tzmeGuaM or Oratory , whereas the Indians did wor- 

 'fhip an idoll called Taftgtfanga, which they faide was 

 one in three, and th ree inone. And as this Prieft flood 

 amazed thereat, TlaideTRaf the Divell by his infernall 

 and obftinate pride (whereby he alwayes pretendcs to 

 make himfelfeGod,) did ft'cale all that he could fro in 

 the trueth 5 to imploy it in his lyings land deccitsjCom- 

 mingthento the feaft of the fccond moneth, which 

 they called [Carney ^ befides the ftctifices which they 

 made, they did caft the afhes into the river , following 

 five or fixe leagues after , praying it to carry them into 

 the fea, for that the rirocboca fliould there receive this 



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