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produced in that Coumrey ; thi grane, with other feeds they fowed in the G:ir–
den , which rhey had made, and which yielded good increafe, togerher wirh a
(
mal! quantity of Flax, the \\ hich Fruits the King fem as facred Prefents ro rhe
Temple of the Sun, and che feleét Virginsat
Couo,
with orders
to
difperfe them
ali o r rhe Convems and Temples of hisDominions, 0f wbich they fenc fome
grane of this Year to d1is place, and next Year to the orher, which were in high
eíleem, as Reliques or facred Donati es; and hereof rhey ÍO\\'ed fome in the Gar–
dens belonging to the Temples of the Sun, and of chofe Houfes which were of
publick ufe within rhe Provinces; and divided and reparred them arnongíl the
People; forne Granes ofthis Corn they caíl: inco the <_;ranaries of the Sun, and
of the King, and inro the publick Magazines of Com, believing that fome divi11e
virme was conrained in it, and chat it would blefs and increafe the Corn with
which ic was rnixed, and conferve
ic
from corruption, and render ali more whol–
fome for humane fuíl:en:ince; and thac
Jndian
who was
fo
happy as
to
be able to
get bue one grane ofthis
Mayt-,
to
chrow into his Heap, was poífeífed with a cer–
tain belief, thac he íhould never want Bread
in
che whole courfe ofhis Life;
fo
foperfütious were they in all mat~ers relating to their Religion, and their
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