n6 A Voyage to 



are kept for this Solemnity, which is call'd Entierro d& 

 Chrifto, the Funeral of Chrift. In this Pofture he was car- 

 ry'd through the Streets by Candle Eight 5 feveral Pcni* 

 rents, who went in the Proceffion, were cover'd with a 

 Linnen Frock, or Bag, open at the Back, who fcourgcd 

 themfelves fo that the Blood trickled down the naked Part, 

 which may be call'd an ill-contrivd Devotion ; for accord- 

 ing to Tertulliaris Opinion, we are not to mortify our 

 Flefti to the fhedding of Blood. Gerfon to that Purpofe 

 quotes the Firft Verfe of the Fourteenth Chapter of Deutero* 

 nomy, Te are the Children of the Lord your God, ye Jhallnot 

 cut yourfehes v and according to the Hebrew, yejhall not 

 ffijt. desFU- tear yourfelves, for this the Idolaters did. That Cuftom had 

 gdUns. prevail'd in France, but the Parliament of Paris prohibited; 

 publick Whippings, by a Decree made in the Year 1601. 



They fay, that at Santiago they hire Comforters to ftay: 

 the Zeal of that Sort of Whippers, who vye with one ano- 

 ther in lalhing themfelves. Others who were not inclined 

 to tear themfelves in that Manner, attended the Solemnity 

 with a heavy Piece of Timber laid on their Necks, their 

 Arms being extended on it in the Form of a Crofs, and 

 faft bound to it fo that not being able to fet right the un- 

 equal Weight, which fometimes iway'd them to the Right, 

 and fometimes to the Left, others were fakt now and 

 then to fupport them, and to balance that unwieldy 

 Weight 5 moft of thefe laft were Women, and the Procef- 

 fion lading fomewhat too long, notwithftanding that Af- 

 fiftance, they funk under the Burden, fo that they were 

 forced to unbind them. 



During the whole Night, the Ships in the Road fired a 

 Gun every feven Minutes fucccffively, till the next Morn- 

 ing, when the Ceremony of the Monument ended. 



After having careen'd the Mary, we made Show of fend- 

 ing her to Peru, to fee whether the Spaniards would not 

 be brought to buy j but they fcarce offer'd the Price that 

 was current at Peru, fo that we continued eight Months 

 at Valparaifo; without felling any thing but a few Trifles to 



~ purchafe 



