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Roy?Zl

Commentarie-s.

BooK

VI.

greater chan ordinaty, was h~ld ov~r.a Cylinder of che bignefs _of a half _Orange,

briohc and well polifhed, whICh umtmg tne Rays of the Sun mone pomt, caíl:

fuch a reflexion into the Cylinder, as eafily fet fire

the Cotton, which being

finely combined, was put into it, and r_eadily _received che flame:

\V~th this fue

alighted from che Sun, th~y burnt' therr ~acnfices, ~nd dreífed al! therr Meat for

rhat days provifion; of th1s fire they camed fome rnto che Temple of the Sun,

and fome

che -Convent of the

Se1ea

Virgins, to be there conferved for rhe

fpace of the following Year; being eíl:eemed a moíl: unhappy Ornen,

cafe it

fhould by any accidem have been extinguiíhed.

on the Vigil or Day before

the Fefüval, which is the time when they prepared ali things in a readinefs for

rhe Sacrifice, che weather fhould have proved cloudy, fo that che Sun did not ap–

pear, chen for kindling chis Fire they made ufe of cwo round pieces of a hard forc

ofWood,, being abouc the bignefs of che middle finger, and ~bout half a yard

lc;mg, called

yaoa,

wpich being rubbed hard_togecñer, ptoduced a Flame, and

·with the(e the

Indiam

íl:ruck fue, as we

w1th a Steel and Flint, when they

trav~lledl and paífed through defart and qnpeopled Coumries, and I hav~ frequenc-.

ly foen

Shepherds make uíe of the fame.

Ho\\','ÍQever it was accounted a bad Omen to be enforced on that day to have

recourfe unto tha~ iníl:rument; for in regard rhe Sun did then lude his face from

tbem, it arguep

his

dj[pJeafure and anger for fome offence commitced. All che fle{h

which wa,.s prepared;for tha,tSacrifice, was dreífed in rthe publick Markec·place,

and tbere divided amongíl: the·Guefu which carn~

ihe Feaíl:, and diílribuced

füfi:.t.Ó

tbcUnc.u,

.rhen'

the

Curac44¡,

and afcerwards

che Commonalcy, accor–

ding to fhe;feveral Orders,and Degrees. The

füíl:

Difh, or Courfe, ferved in ac

this foler:nn Ban1:1ue.:r, was .that.forc ofBread which they called

Canm;

then they

broughc in feveral varieEies of Meats, wich0uc Drink, it being cl,e cuíl:ome over

ali

Peru,

not to drink at the time of their'Meals.

From, wha,r; we have faid concerning the

Indians

fipping from the Bowl or Cup,

offer~d qhem by the;hand ~f the Prieíl:, the

Spaniar-ds

raifed a reporc, that the

Indi-

1tns

comomrücated in tbe farne manner as do the Cbriíl:ians; but having plainly de–

livered the ~natter ofFad, we íhall leave the fimilitude, or cornparifon, to every

Man's faoqr.

The Dinner, or Banque~ of Meacs being over, greac quantities ofDrink were

brought in, in which the

Indians

were notorioufly additted to exceed, though

the Mercies of God , they are

wcll reformed from that Vicé, by example

of tbat Ternperance and Sobriecy which mey obferved in the

Spariiards,

that ie

no.w a !frange thing- to fee anr

Indian

drunk, the Vice being generally become de–

tefiable, ancfeíl:eemed infarnous;

thac had che like good example been fhewn

in othe~ ,things. to this People, as harh been

this,Tit might have produced

tbe

fame good

effeéh,

and fignalizecl the

Spaniards

for true Apoílolical Preachers of che

Gofpel..

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