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new Plantations : And moreover, the Americans could not fo ftrangely degene* 

 rate from their Anceftors, but would have built great Cities like them; of 

 which many were found in Tbeniaa, but none of Antiquity in America. 



As to their Religion, if it agreed with the Tbenicians, it was the fame that all Asal{b bu & their kefi. 

 the World profefs'd at that time, and therefore may as well be extracted from 8UWU ' 

 any other, as them: 'Tis true, we find them inclind to Sorcery, and dealing 

 with Evil Spirits, as the Tbenicians, in which they were not only guilty, but all 

 other Nations at that time. 



Nav,why not as well tranfported out of .Alia or E«rope,where were formerly The Known woru for- 



i i oh i - * r i A3 merlyfuliuf Witches. 



many the like Tamperers,and thole, that dealt in fuch Diabolical Sciences? And 



why not from Salmantica, where, as Laurent i m Ananias relates, Magick-Arts d< xm. Daman. 1. 3 . 



were publickly taught, and 'they commene'd Doctors, and took their Degrees 



according to their Learning ? The Devil alfo hath publick Worfhip amongft 



the Americans, and fo he had with the Thenicians : yet not only they, but the 



whole World had dedicated Temples to him. Here began Humane and Infer- L*e**.wt>.i. 



nal Sacrifices, fuppofing that Evil Spirits were delighted, and fo feafted with 



the Steam of Humane Offerings, whofe fweetnefs made them milder, and fo 



intoxicating, lull'd them into lefs mifchief. 



How famous is Zoroafter, and the whole School of the Eaftern Magicians ? Devii-whip formerly 



* ' •* O us'd in all the World, and 



In Mofes's time this Wickednefs had already took place: Nor can it be deny'd nowbythe^mwww. 

 but that the Tbenicians carry'd their Idols in their Ships, as Herodotus teftifies, - idols in ships. 

 faying , u The Image of Vulcan much refembies the (pbenicians Tatacoioi, which 

 " they plac'd on the Fore-caftle of their Ships. 



In like manner, the Americans when they go to Sea, carry their Idols with 

 them ; and the Ships took Name from the Image, which was either painted 

 or carv'd on the Stern, or plac'd elfewhere upon the Deck. 



The fame Cuftom the Cbinefes obferve to this prefent i Francis Xaverius re- 

 lates, a That he fail'd in a Cbinefe Veflel from Goa to Japan, which bore an 

 <c Idol in its Stern , before which the Matter lighted Candles , perfum'd it 

 u with Aloe-wood, and offered Birds and other Food , inquiring of it the 

 " Event of his Voyage. Sometimes he judg'd from the Statues immovable 

 €i Looks, that it Would fallout fuccefsfully - y and other times, not. 



Laftly, Torpbyrins relates, ic That the Tbenicians upon any great Exigency, as p « **/»'»«*' ftf»«M.*3 

 " War, excefllve Heat, or Mortal Diftempers, by order feleeted one of the 

 cc mod comely and beautiful of their Children, to be orTer'd up to Saturn. And 

 Eujebim faith alfo out of Porphyrin, cc That Saturn, whom the Vbenkians call &&*. *«f%ir: 

 u Jfrael, the Learned VoBms and Hugo Grotius read II, or El (one of the ten 

 u Names of God in Hebrew) which they alfo give to the Planet Saturn, who 

 " when he Reign'd in Pbenicia, having one only Son born by the Nymph Ano* 

 " £m, and was in danger to lofe his Kingdom, being worftcd in an unlucky 

 " War, he drelVd him in Royal Robes, and placing him on an Altar built for 

 u that purpofe, facriftVd him with his own Hands. 



And although fuch like cruel Oblations are us'd in America, mult it therefore Men and children ufed 

 follow, that they are derived from the Thenic'tans, when feveral other People are «** and other h^k." 

 guilty of. the fame ? Nay, there is fcarce one Countrey, which hath not at 

 fome time or other perform'd tuch inhumane A&s, feeming to them Zeal in 

 their Religion 5 for the mod: eminent of the Heathens fcrupled not at it, which 

 certainly are held to be the fPerfians, Greeks, and <I{pmans . and yet they were not 

 abhorr'd, though committing Humane Slaughters. 



This holy Butchery and Religious Slaughter of Mankind began in 0{pme in 



the 



