Hiftorie of the Indies lib. 5. 4.17 



forthe neceflary obfervationofthe abufesand fupcr- 

 ftitions the Indians had in the time of their gentility,to 

 the end the Prieftes and Curates may the better take 

 heede . Let this fuffice now to have treated of the ex- 

 ercife wherewith the divell held thofe fuperftitious na 

 tions occupied, to the end, thatagainft his will wee 

 may fee the difference there is betwixt light and dark- 

 nes, betwixt] the trueth of Chrift and the lies -of the 



of God and man hath 

 countcrfet thofe things 



Gentiks, although the ennemy 

 laboured with all his dcvifes to c 



which are of God. 





Ofthefeafl oflubike which the Mexic tints celebrated. 

 CHAP, 29. 



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THe Mexicaines have beene no Me curious in their 

 f eafts and fblemnities, which were of fmall charge, 

 but ofgreat effufion of mans blood. Wee have before 

 fpoken of the principal! feaft of yit^ilifut^li , after th e 

 which the feaft of Tczc*tif>#A was moft folempnizcd. 

 This feaft fell in Maie , and in their Kalender they cal 

 led it T*z>colt:\\ fell every foure yeeres with the feaft' of 

 Pcnaunce , where there was given full indulgence and 

 remiflionoffinnes. In this day they did facrifice a cap 

 tive which refembled the idoll Tezcalipuca , it was the 

 nineteenth day of Maie: vpon the even of this feaft, the 

 Noblemen came to the Temple , bringing a new gar 

 ment like vnto that of the idoll, the which thePrieft 

 put vpon him^having firft taken offhis other garments, 

 which they kept with as much, or more reverence than 

 we doe our ornaments . There were in the coffers of the 

 idoll many ornaments, iewellcs 5 earerings, and other 

 riches, as bracelets and pretious feathers which fcrved 



Eea to 



