Their man. 

 r.er of livirg. 



Furor- 



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When a Bridegroom Betrothed himfelf to his Bride, he gave her (and put them n*M«fc 

 on himfelf) a pair of Shoes call'd Jjota, not unlike thofe of a grey Fryer, which ^ 

 were lin'd with Cotton if flie were a Maid, but with Leaves if a Widow, who ne> 

 verthelefs being generally younger than the Man, was to Mourn a whole year in .<• 

 Black for her dercafed Husband . till the expiration of which time flie was not'to 

 Marry another. Governors of Provinces and other Officers of State . received their 

 Wives from the hgas, who enquiring out the beautifulleft and moft accomplifh'd 

 Virgins they could hear of, put the Jjota on their Feet, and gave them to fuch Per- 

 fons as they moft fancied . after which if they committed Adultery they were cer* 

 tainly put to death. The Marrying of Brothers and Sifters was alfo forbid, till the 

 Inga Topa YupanguiJF ntlicr to GuaynacaVa broke that Law,by Marrying his own Sifter 

 Mamoello, and made an Order that the Ingas onc\y fhould have that liberty; nay, 

 when he lay on his Death-b*d, he ftri&ly charg'd his Son GuaynacaVa to take his 

 own Sifter Goya Cuifiilmay to Wife ; and this inceftuous Marriage produced Huafcar 

 and Jttabaliba, (though fomefay Attabaliba was begotten on a Concubine) in whofe 

 time the TeruYtan Kingdom went to mine, GuaynacaVa alfo permitted the common 

 People to Marry their Sifters of the Fathers fide, but not of the Mothers. 



The Peruvian Houfcs were antiently for the moft part light and fmall . and for 

 their Table they made but little preparation, fatisfying themfelves with a little 

 Beer made of Rice, Bread bak'd of Mai^, dry'd Flefh, Fifh, and Roots. 



In their Wars they us'd Slings, Darts, Arrows, Lances, Pikes, Halberds, Pole- 

 Axes, and Shields. 



Their Funerals were alfo folemnly kept, efpecially thofe of Perfons of Quality, j£ ir 

 the Corps was carried out on a brave Chair, from which he was put into the 

 Ground, toith two of his Concubines whom he beft affected, and alfo three Ser- 

 vants, Gold and Silver Veflels, Mai%, and the Liquor Cbica> which the neareft Re- 

 lation fpurted into his Mouth through a Cane 5 all which they did that the Decea- 

 fed might make ufe thereof in the other World. But before the Funeral the Relati- 

 ons Mourn'd over the Corps feveral days, and after the Body was Interr'd, they 

 plac'd the Picture of the Deceafedupon the Grave : but the meaner fort of Peo- 

 ple had the Tools belonging to their Trade • and Soldiers their Arms plac'd on 

 the fame. 



In their Religion they had various Fancies ; their prime God Vtracocba bore fe- Their Rdi- 

 verai Denominations, and amongft others he was call'd Tacachame, or Pachayacba- 81 ° n * 

 chick, by which he was fignifi'd to be the Creator of Heaven and Earth • as al- 

 fo Ufapu, that is, Wonderful. In honor to this Tacacbama flood formerly a magnifi- 

 cent Temple about four Leagues from Lima, where the Ruines ft MI manifeft its for- 

 mer glory, it being the Place where the Devil anfwer'd the Priefts, who ftood with 

 their Backs towards the Image ofTacocbame, bowing their Heads to the Ground,and 

 fhowingmany antick Tricks. Thefccond Temple ftood near Cufco, in -which the 

 Inga s had plac'd the Images of all the Gods and GoddelTes that were wo'rlhipp'd in 

 Peru ; and before each Image ftood an Altar : the chiefeft of them, call'd Puacbao, 

 confifting of maflie Gold, was Dedicated to the Sun, on whofe Forehead the Sun 

 was Engraven on a Plate, which afterwards fell into the Hands of the Spanijb Cap- 

 tain Mancius Sierra de Lequi^amo . but becaufe he loft the fame one Night at Gaming, 

 this Proverb was rais'd upon it, Lequizamo loft tbe Sun before it rofe, becaufe he got 

 the Plate on which the Sun was Engraven in the Afternoon, and loft the fame in 

 the Night : The Temple it felf, built of great Stones, curioufly joyn'd together in 

 Mofaick Work, and within link'd with Golden Plates of a Finger thick, ftood full of 

 Golden Chappels and Altars • round about it were fevcral Galleries, into which 



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