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II.
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Commentaries..
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Tho1' (wearefr to
God
and.tothis
Cro[s, to
fpeak._the
'1htth:
To which the
/n–
J;~!n;ei;lled,
That
he was
not as
yetBaptiu~,
and
therefore ought not to
foea~
after
the
.
~I'
th
c'--:a;,,.ns.
rl-'1-en.
faid
the
Officer,
thou
mayft
.(wear
6y
thy
own Gods,
by
manner
OJ
e
l'ff"J•m
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fi
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d
u.
and
the
Ineas
~
No
fci1d
the
Curaca; we
never
wear
tJJ
t
e
1
e,
or
t
e
~un,
an
Lnoon,
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,
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l
.r.
/l.
we onety ta1,,e
their Nam'f:s
in our
mouths
wit
Aaoratzon,
an
tn
a
e
ig101-U
1t
z.s
not
ltlfJ
U
,
~
,
do
~
,
n.
.
.
h
"r
f
rr-
h
we
ih·p:
It
i.1
fufficicnt
that
ftnce jou come.
to
e
1"1•zce
int e .1.vame
o your
f'--mg,
t
at
I
or
1
:r:.
tb
fpeal.
the iruth
with
a.;
m1tch Jincerity, as
if
he
were
per[ofJal!J
prefanr,
whom
prom1;e
"'-
,
J-
,
I
. .
fi
A
d
fi
JIU
repre{ent, tfnd
no
other
mann'et
df
011,th
ao,
Dur!
OCas
require~
rom
UJ:
.
n
·.oryour
[11,rther fatisfallion, I
~ifo
that the
Ea~th
may
[wallow
'f1!C Hp 11/we,
tU
I ftand,
in
c_afe I
frellk.
nor
the Truth.
The Officer
her~upon urg~d
no ..
farther,.
but
a~~epted
_his ce–
ftlmony
in
this
fonn,
examining
hli;n by
c~rtatn
Irlcerrogatones which were
moft
pertinent· ,
~~ference
co tqe
Mur~h.~r;
';"h1ch
~h~~ h~. ha~
done, _he
~ould
ha_ve
~roceeded
no farther : but the
Indian
could
not
faasfie his own. confc1ence
w1~
the Anfwers
he
had
mad~
to
~h.e
deman?s
1,
wi~out enlarglng_himfel~ b~
a
p~u
cular
N
ft.ative of the
w\lole
Story ;
For
to
fpe~~ t~e
Truth
(
f
~d
he)
in
Jome
~hmg
I
:1
llilJ
to
be.
fiient
in
otheT-1,
wa.r
the fame
a.r
if
he
h11d
/z~d ~n
all.
1
After which the
O~cer
returned to
Cb?:£o
wht!re
this
Dmlogtie
b<;tween
him
and
the
CHr~c11
gave
fub1elt
af
much
difcdurfe;
IV.
Of
the
things facrificeJ
to
the
Sun
;
and
that
the
Prieflsj
Rites,
CerenJonies
itnd
Laws
were
all
1a1ight
and deli-,
tiered
by
the
firfl
Inca;
•
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I
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1
T...
HE
things
offered
to
the Sun were of diyers forts : the
chief and
priricipal
Sacrifice was that of Lambs; but befides, they
offe,t~d
all
forts of
catte4
a5
Sheep
and barren Ewe5,
tam.e
Conies, all
forts
ofBirds
which
were eatable:l the
fat;
of Beails, Pulfe, all forts of Grane, die
Herlj
Cuca,
even· cloihs o(. the
bea
and
finefr fottS;
all which
they
qurnt
in
t~1e
place
df
Incenfe,
rendrirjg thanks add ac–
kno~ledgmeats
to the Sun,
fo~ ~aving
fuQ:ained
and
llO~rjfh~d
aµ ,thofe
t!"iings
fot.
the ufe
and
fupport of
Mankind.
They
ufed
alfo Drink
=Qfknngs; .wb1dtwere
made
of
Water
..and
Mayz, which
is
their
fort o(
Wheat;
_and.atthe
end
of
their
~foal
mea\';
wqen
drink was brought; ( for
the~; .di~
nevet.
ilf~ todrink between
their
eatings)
at
their
firfl: draught theY. dipped
tbe
tip,
of their
firig~r
in
the
mid–
~le
of
die cup,
and
looking up to
Heaved.
with
great
reverence, with
a:
fillip they
fpirted
.oft
the
drop of
water which
wetted~ tq~ir
finget:.
w.fach
waS'
by
way of
ackn~w.ledg.ment
for
it
.to
the Sun_,
reridrin'g
hi~th~t.n~s
for
tbe
wat~r
they
drank ;
and gtvmg two or three
empty k1ffes
to the
A.it,. ..
wlu~h
( as we have faid)
wa5
~
fign
of Adoration amongfr the
lndlttns;
th
ey then
drank
up
their liquoUr with-
out fatther ceremony. ,
.
_
.
. This laft
Ceremony
I have.
qbferved the
Indians,
in my
rfme,
who
were not
baptized
to ufe , .for cqere
were
many
old
m~n
not
then
baptited ;
and for necef–
~ty, a~d
want of a better, I have often
my
felf performed that funetion.
In
this
~oner
we
111ay.
fee
tha~
the
IncaJ
il.l:.
their
forms
o~ Sacrifi~~
differed very Hrtle
fro~
chofe of the
fir~
Age,
o~~h~
they
abfi:aµied
from
the
Offerings of humane
~e}h
a!ld.
bloud
j
wh1d1
Inhum~nity
they not onely detefl:ed,
but
made
Laws a–
gain~
.1t:
An~ ~l-iereas
foffi:e
Hi!l:orians
charge
them with this u'nnatural
and
prod1gi~
Religion ,
for t:q,e1r
qi:our was caufed
by
net
making
a due difiiriltion
bet.iveen the
fir{l:
Age, and
.the times
of
the
Inc&.
.
,;..t..J_my
felf can atrell;
fu~t
1
h~ve h~ard
my
Father,
and
ot_hers
of his
time,
m
WWI
mfcow:fes
abdut
th~
€uftomsand GoveJ;oment of
114£~ico
and
P~rH
to com-:
tmtnd