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Royal Commentaries.
take others from the han_d _of the
Cu~ac~1, ever~
one ?f
wh~ch
proceeded
in
their
order, according
to
femonty, or pnonty _of ume,
m
which they had become
Subje& of the Empire, and
fo
configned mto the .hand of the Priefis their
y
eC
fels
of Gold and
ilver,
with
all
fort of Animals, fuch
as
heep Lambs
L....
zards,
Toads, Serpents,. Foxes,
~ion
and Tyger ,
&c.
al.I
rarely
~ell
caa,'
and
moulded
in
Gold and 1lver,
~hich the~
pre eme.d
for .r~~ir
Offerings
to
the Sun
every one in fome fmall quantity accordmg to their Abiliaes.
,
The Offertory being made, every one returned
t
his place, and then
the
lncai
who were Priefis came
irh great droyes of Lamb , Ewes .and Rams of divers
colours; for the
locks
of thofe Counmes ha e as much vanety in their colours
as
the Horfes have
in
SJain;
all
which
actle were rhe proper Goods and Eftate
of the un; out of which they chofe
a
bla~k
Lamb,
for
that colour
was
prefer–
red before
all
others,
as
moll: proper
for
acrifice, and mofi
pleafmg
to
Divinity~
for they faid, that brown Cartel were of the like colour, as well within as with:
out, and
that
the white, though white over
all
rbeir Bodies,
had
yet fome black
fpots
on
the
tip
of
their
nouts, or
of
es,
which
was
efieetned a defe&, and there–
fore leiS fit for unfpotted acrifices; for
hich reafon the Kings mo
ft
commonly
were clothed
in
black, theJI mourning being a
kind
of yellowifh, and
f
potted co–
lour.
·
From
the
firft
Sacrifice of the black Lamb, they made their Prognollications
and Divinations of matters relating to the Feall:; Iikewife
in
all matters of
im~
porcance, relating to Peace or War, they took their Omens and Signs from
the
Sacrifices of
Lambs,
fearching into their Heart and Lungs; and thence di
vined
from
the
colour and cleamefs of them, whether their
Offerings
were acceptable to
the Sun, or not; whether the day of battel were to be fuccefSfull and vietorious;
and
whether tbe Year were to be
fruitfull:
Howfoever they
did
not always con–
fult
the entrails of Lambs; but in fome matters they opened the Bowels of a
Ram,
in
others of a barren Ewe
7
for
it
is obfervable,
that
they never
killed a
breeding Ewe, but fuch onely as were barren, or by age unfit for Procreation.
When
they killed a Lamb, or beep,
they
turned
his
Head towards the Eafr
and without
tying
his
Legs, either before or behind , three or four
Indi11ns
held
him
fafr; and laying him Clown, the Priefr opened
his
left fide, into which
thruft–
ing
his Hand, he tore from thence
his
Heare, and Lungs, and
all
his
viral , not
cutting them, but tearing them out whole
ith his hand, from the very upper
}?arts
of
the
Throat
and
Palate,
to
the lowermofi
Entrails, great
care
being
talien
that all
the V
eifels iliould be kept entire, and united with
the fame
connexion
that
they
had
in
the
Body.
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CHAP.