Hittom of the Indies, lib.?. 



iCordes, they did eatc of this divine meate, (for fb they 

 called it,) what they could, neither was it lawfull for a- 

 ny other to eate thereof. All the people having dined, 

 theyaflembledagaineinthe court to fee the ende of 

 the feaft, whither they brought a captive, which by the 

 .fpace of a whole yeare 3 had reprefentcd the idoll,being 

 attyred,decked, and honoured,as the idollit felfe, and 

 doing all reverence vnto him, they delivered him into 

 thehandes of the facrificers, who at thatinftantpre- 

 fented themfelves, taking him by the feete and handes. 

 The Pope did open his ftomacke,and pull out his hart, 

 then did he lift vp his hand as high as he could , (hew 

 ing it to theSunne,and to the Idpl^as hathbeene faid. 

 Having thus facrificed him that reprefcnted the idoll 5 

 they went into a holy place appointed for this purpofe, 

 whithci; came the yong men and virgins of the Terns 

 pie, with their ornaments , the which being put in or 

 der, they danced and fungwit^ drummesand other 

 inftruments , on the which the chiefe Priefts did play 

 and found. Then came all the Noblemen with en* 

 fignes and ornaments like to the yongmen 5 who dan 

 ced round about them. They did not vfually kill any 

 other men that day,but him that was facrificed, yet 

 every fourth yeare they had others with him , which 

 wasintheyeare of lubile and full pardons. After Sun 

 fet, every one being fatisfied withfbunding,eating,and 

 drinking,the virgins went a! to their convent,they toot 

 great dilhes of earth full of bread mixt with hony, co 

 vered with fmall panniers, wrought and fafhioned 

 with dead mens heads and bones, and they carried the 

 collation to the idoll,mounting vp to the court, which 

 was before the doore oftheOratorie: and having fet 

 themdowne, they retired in the fame order as they 



came., 



