oFt^e Bings o? Jngens of 
one before his b02e,anb the bap before thep 
tboulbfpcabetoitt) tljemucU, thep faEeo> 
fome binbtng a thing before tljeir etcs,anb 
fome tt>2uff them cleanc out,anb it hath off 
ten bene fene that fomeofttiem haue bone 
itofmeerebeuotion. Che binges anb no* 
ble menne enferpjtfe not ant thing before 
thep haue confulteb totth the pieties, anb 
the ^netts toith the |boles: in their facri# 
ffces,thcp bfe not onelp beaftes but menne 
anb chtlb’cn, but thep cafe not mans fleth, 
as the Caniballes bo. MIhen the &pant* 
aroes fpoplcb their temples, thep founoe 
therein manp pottes full of the b?ieb bones 
anb flelh of bcab chilbjen, that hab bin of# 
fereb to their 3bolles : thep offer Itbctotfc 
birbes anb other bcaffes, anb toith the 
bloub of their offerings thep annointthe 
mouthes of their Ibolles, anb the bo?es of 
their churcijcs.Chere toas Ubetotfe among 
the golbe that lap bp their ibolles certaine 
ff aues anb mpters fo? 3 i 5 tfl)ops,fuch as our 
SSiffjops bfe tohen thep are in their robes, 
02 as the painters bfe to fet foojth £>aint 
Nicholas, toith his Croffe anb sppter: anb 
being afbeb tohat thofe things meant,thep 
feneto not tohat to anftoere, neptherfrom 
tohence thep came. 515 efibes thofe great 
temples ofthe&unneanb Guaca?, there 
toeretn allplaces of the counfrepof Peru, 
manp other Churches anb Clopfters, fc>2 
pongmaibes, toherein fome hab one hun* 
b2co,fomc ttoo hunbjeb, anb fome mo2e,al 
obferuing chaff itie, 02 at the leaff, botoing 
to bcepe it, anb to honour the ^unne, like 
the HUaftal btrgins in Home,02 ourjpuns. 
SDhofethepcallcb Mama<omas, anbtoere 
bounbto ffap intheclopffcr buring their 
liues, anb neuer to cepart from thence,bm# 
ing nothing but fpinne, tocaue, anb fotoe, 
berpfine cloth of cotten anbtoroll, appa* 
rell,anb furnitures fo? their Blbolles, 02 as 
others affirme, the clothes bp them mabe, 
toere burnt toith thebones oftohite (heepe, 
the affjes tohereof as afigne anb foben of 
goblp honour thepth2eto into the ap2ea# 
gain® the £>unne. Chofe maibes toere 
berpe narrotoelp Imfceb bnto bp certaine 
p2teffes,anb other men,appopnteb fo2the 
purpofe,toherof fome toere geloeb,becaufe 
thep fooulb not feebe to befile them, tohich 
• tfthe maibes once commttteo, thep toere 
cpther put to beath, 02 burieb quicbe,but if 
the maibc toith chilbe tooulb tabeherothe 
thatittoasbegottenbpthc &unne, then 
the chilbe toas free from beath: anb euerpe 
pecre in themoncth of £uguff, tohen thep 
hab gathereb in their C02ne, 02 mai*, the 
Peruaiansfhat btoelt in ttjc tjillcs mabe a 
great feaff ,thep fet bp in the mibble of their 
Thc 2 ,Bookc. 
sparbet place ttoo great hie trees, libe our 
spaie-polcs, anb in the top of them thep 
placeb certaine|mages, mabe hbe men 
compaffeb about toith flotoers, anb fo in 
rounbes, pet in gcob 02ber, comnung thi# 
ther thep ffrtbe bp b2ummes, th2otoing 
anb Ihototing one after tlje other toith 
ffones anb arrotoes at thofe images, ma# 
bing great nopfe toith tot)®ping anshal* 
Joining anb euerp man hautng foott anb 
th20ton. Che $2iefts fought an others 
mage, tohich toas fet bclotoe onthcnca* 
ther part of the trees, toljereunto thep offe# 
reb, either aman 02aff)fepe, annopnfing 
the Image toith the bloub thereof, anb af# 
ter thep pcrceiueb the tobens in the heart 
02 intrailes, thep certifieb it bnto thepeo* 
pie, anb the tobens being founb, the feaff 
toas enbcb,epther toith iop 02 fabnes,moff 
partin b2inbing, toherunto thep arc much 
abbtctcb, aub fo baunceb, turning anb paf* 
fing bnber each others armes, each man 
hauing either a bill, clubbe, 02 feme other 
toeaponin hishanb: fuchasarebefircus 
to bnoto mo2C oftheir ceremonies anb falfe 
to02fhippings of|boles,let them reabethe 
hifio2ies of the ^panify |nbtes. 
Che countrep of Peru toas firff rulcb bp 
lubges, tohich are&ings 02 Hulers, that 
come from the great labecallcb Tiricara,o2 
as fome to2ite, Titicaca, Iping in Charcas, 
being fourefco2e miles in compafle tohich 
runneth toefftoarb though a great riuer, 
tohich in fome places is halfe a mile b2oab, 
anb then runneth into an other frnall labe 
foitie miles biffant, anb it is to be toonbe# 
reb at, hoto theabunbaunceof toater that 
runneth out of the great labe, iscomp2e# 
henbebtnfofmall aplace, totjereifisnot 
once percciueb fo increafe. Che labe bee# 
ing fo frnall, anb the toater fo great t but it 
is repo2tcb,thaf in that labe there is no bo# 
tome 02 greunb, anb that the toater run# 
nett) bnber the grounb tho2oto the earth 
into another fea 02 riuer, as it is faibc 
of the riuer Alpheus,thatif runneth from 
Pcloponces 02 Morca to Ctcilia, bnber tt}S 
grounb : anb from this labe 02 therea# 
bouts the bings of Peru hab their C2igi# 
nail, the pctcgrec of tohich bings is bp 
Iacob Fernando, a^paniarb,bcdarebin 
this manner, ifrft Mango Capa, tohoac# 
co2bing to the |nbians repo2t, toas not 
bo2ne of a tooman, but fp^ang out of a 
ffone, tohich bntillthts bap is pet ftietone 
bp them about the totone of Cufco, hec bp 
his toiff Mama Guaco,habiffue onefenne 
calleb Sicheroca, that ruleb after his 
father, anb toas the fcconb Ingen 02 bing, 
poumuff bnbcrffanb that themheritance 
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