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alwaiesbufied at the facrifices,ceremonies, and fervicc 

 of the dcceafed King : for being dead, they prefently 

 held him for agod 5 making facwfices viito him,wwges, 

 and fuch like. (By this meanes, there was infinite trea- 

 furein Peru: for every one of the InguasjnaA laboured 

 to have his Oratorie and treafure iurpafle that of hi$ 

 prcdeceflbrs. (The markeor enfigoc, 'whereby they 

 took poileflionof the realme,was a red rowle of wooll, 

 more fine then filkcy the which hung in the middeft 

 of his forehead : and none buttha/jg** alone might 

 weareit, for that it was asaCrowne and royall Dia* 

 demeryet they might lawfully wearea rowle hanging 

 on the one fide^neere vnto the eare,as fome Noblemen 

 did , but onely the Ingtta might carry it in the middeft 

 of his forehead.| At fuch time as they tooke this roule 

 or wreathe, they made folemne feafts, and many iacri- 

 fices, with a great quantity of vefTell of gold, andfil- 

 ver,a great number offmallformes or images of (heep, 

 made of gold and filver> great abundance of the ftuffes 

 QiCumly, well wrought, both fine and courier 5 many 

 fhells of the fea of all fortes, many feathers, and a thou- 

 land (heepe, which muft be of divers colourslThen the 

 chiefe Pried tooke a yong child in his handes, of the 

 age of fix or eight yeares, pronouncing thefe wordes 

 with the other minifters fpeaking to the image fcfr/- 

 rawc&a, Lerdwe offer this vnte theejhat then maieft tn#in 

 .tAinfus in quiet, and helpc vs in our rvarres, wAtnUinc our 

 Lord the Ingua in hifgreatnes and eft ate , that hee may aL 

 waiesincreafe, giving him much knowledge togovcrne vs. 

 There were prcfent at thisceremony and oath , men 

 of all partes of the Realm e , and of all Guaca* and San- 

 duaries. | And without doubt, the affecftion and reve 

 rence this people bare to their Kings Inzuat, was very 



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