Peruvi- 

 bclier'd 



chap. iv. /a M £%1 C A. ^ 



of a ftrangefhape, and had a veneration for all manner of Creatures thit were of 

 a ri unufual form. When they travell'd they ftrew'd Shoes, Plumes of Feathers, and 

 Cocoa in all crofs Ways and tops of Hills, by them call'd Jpacbitdi ; and if they 

 want the fore-mention'd things, then they throw a Stone for an Offering, from 

 whence it proceeds, that in all crofs Ways, and on the tops of Hills, lie heaps of 

 Stones, which are accounted holy. 



The like fond veneration of Stones the Saracens are faid antiently to have had, 

 upon a Tradition, That Abraham had enjoy'd Agar upon a Stone, and that accord- 

 ing to Eutbymius and Libanius y he ty'd his Cammel to a Stone when he went to Offer 

 his Son Ifaac. 



The Images of their deceafed Ingas, which they call'd Guaoiqui, were had in great 

 honor, and carried with them to the Wars, and up and down in Proceffionings, 

 and call'd upon for fruitful Seafons, 



The Immortality of the Soul, the giving of Punifliments to the Wicked, and of ™ e 

 Rewards to thofe that do well, was generally believ'd amongft the Peruvians, but ^ygj 

 not the Rcfurre&ion of the Dead. Many fuffer'd themfelves to be buried with their SouU 

 Friends, that they might accompany them to the other World. When the Inga 

 GuaynacaVa was buried, above a thoufand of his Courtiers Sung feveral Songs, kept 

 agreatFeaft, and went with great joy to be buried with him, that fo Wiey might 

 ferve their King on the other fide of the Mountains. They Offer'd likewife a great 

 number of Children, and with their Blood crofs'd their Faces from one Ear to ano* 

 ther : But this barbarous Offering was never us'd but at the Death of prime Per» 

 fons of Quality ; for the meaner fort of People fet onely Meat on the Graves, and 

 gave the Dead two Sutes of Apparel, put Money in their Mouthes and Hands ; for 

 they believ'd that the Souls ranging up and down from place to place, fuffer'd many 

 inconveniences, 



The Peruvian Images con lifted generally of Gold, Silver, Stone, or Wood, all of ^ irOT> 



them ftrangely deform'd : Some of them were faid to give Refponces like the 



Oracle at Delphos and Dodona, chiefly in the Temple P acacbama, whok greatnefs is fuf- 



ficiently manifeft by the Ruines of its Walls beyond Lima, where Francifcus Pi^arru* 



got an invaluable Treafure. Each Peruvian Province had a Temple, befides which, 



in the Cities, Villages, and Hamlets, were Chappels of Eafe, into which the Priefts 



went at Night with their Backs towards the Idol, bended Heads and Bodies ; in 



which pofture they requefted to know future ]Events,and were many times anfwer'd 



(if we may believe their Reports) in a terrible Voice. The great Temple at Cufco, 



wherein the Ingas had plac'd all the Peruvian Idols, is now turn'd into a Dominican 



Cloyfter.In each Province of Peru was alfo a Nunnery(if we may fo term it)orHa- •n l , irnun „ 



bitation of devoted Virgins,caird^//4g«^,ie. JHoufe of the Clmcejl, over which Was 



plac'd a Governor nam'd Appopanaca, to whom none durft deny their Daughters 5 



fome of which were ftyl'd Wives of tbe Swz, and others Servant«Maids to the fame: 



The Wives Cloth'd in Embroydcr'd Coats, adorn'd the Temple, whileft the Maids 



kept clean the Walls and Floor. When they attain'd to fourteen Years of Age, 



fome were chofen out from the reft, and oblig'd to perpetual Virginity and foli- 



tude of Life in their Chappels 5 which facred Obligation if they broke by fuffering 



any to Lie with them,they were buried alive after the manner ofthe Veftal Virgins, 



the Ceremony whereof is related by Plutarcb : Others were oblig'd to make daily 



Offerings ; others to make peculiar Sacrifices for the Inga's Health, and happy 



nencs. 



nts in War ; many alio were employ 'd in the Court- Service to wait upon the 

 '$ Wife or Concubines ; and thofe being abfolv'd from their Vow, were oft- 

 times Married to Courtiers. Thele Nunneries were Endow'd with great Revenues 



from 



Eve 

 Inga 



