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BooK

Royal

Commentaries.

·children to thefe Ídols. The manner of thefe Sacrifices were to rlp open their

breaíl:s whilíl: they' were alive, and

tear out their Hearc and Lungs, with che

Bloud ofwhich, whilíl:wann, they[prinkled theirldols: then _they i11fpeél:ed

i:he Lungs and Hearr,

take an ornen of goqd or bad, and know whether the

~acrifice had been acceptable to the Idol; ·then th~Y.bum~ the Entrails; and ate

the Flefh them[elves with great joy and fefüviry, though 1t were of theit own

·Child, or orher Relarion of the fame bloud.

Bfat V11lera

a certain Au.thour who in loofe Papers wroce ~f the

indies,

d~fctibes

thoíe Nations by diíl:inguifhing the former from the latter ages, and faith. Thac

thofe who live in

Amú

eat Mens Flefh, and are more brutifh than rhe Beaíls

them[elves, for rhey know neither God, nor Law, nor Vertue, nor have they Idols,

or any Woríhip; unlefs fomerirnes when the Devil prefents hirnfelf to them in

the form of a Ser.pent, or orher Animal, rhey then adore and woríhip him.

When they take any in the War; ifhe be ah orc:Ji~~ry Fellow, ihéy quarcer him,

and ~ivide him to be eaten by_their ~ives, Ch~ldren ánd ~erva~ts,,_or, perhaps

fell

h1rn

the Shambles; bue

he be of Q!ahty, or Noble, they call their

Wives and Cbildren rogether, and like Officers of che Devil, chey firip hini of

bis

garments, and tye him to a íl:ake, and chen alive as he is, they cut him with

Knives, and

íh.if P

Stones, paring off ilices from the more flefhy pares, as froni -

che Burtocks, <!álves ofthe Legs, and che brawny places ofthe Arme; theri

w¡rh

rhe

Bloud they fprinkle che principal Men and

ornen,

and the remainder they

drink, and eat the Fleíh as faíl: as they can, before it

half broiled, leíl: che _mi–

ferable WJetch íhoµld dye before he hath feen his fleili devóúred., ánd _ir:itombed

thek bowels: The Wornen, more cruel and inhumane than the Men, wec

the

nipples of their Breaíl:s with the bloud, thac

the lnfants which fuck iheni

may take a íhare of the Sacrifice. All chis is performed by way of a religious

Oflering with mirth and triumph, till che Man expires; and then they complete

the

Feaíl: in devouring ali the remainder of his Fleíh and Bqwels, eating it with

ftlence and reverence, as facred, and parcaking ofa Deity.

in exécution ofall

ihis torrnenc the Patienc was obfet'ved to íigh and gro:m, or make any diíl:orted

faces,

rhen rhey broak

his Bones, and wirlí éoncernpt threw chern into the fields

an~

w~ters; bue if he app_ear,ed ftouc,

ª~?

endurlng

rhe

an1p1iíh

and pains withóut

íhrmkm~ at thetn, th~n his B~nes and S~news were dr~ed

che Sun,; and fodged

on the tops of the h1gheíl: H1lls, where they were deified, and Sacnfices offered

them. Such are the Idols and manner of living of the[e Erutes, becaufe the

Governmént of the

Ínctú

was never received into their Countrey, nor hath it any

Power there at chis day. This Generation ofMen carne óut

fi-órrl

the paris about

'111'exico~

~nd fpread themfelve's.

from_Panama

and

Darien,

over all chofe gréat moun- ,

rams wruch run as far as th~ new ,King_do1,11 of

Granada,

and on the ocher fide as

far as the Cape of St.

Man

ha,

wh¡ch parciculars we have received from Fa~

rher

Bias Va/era,

who in the Narrative he gives of their Lives and Manners mud-i

more aggravates their diabolical Praétices,

füari

by a:ny thing we have here rn–

lated.

But

other

India~s

l:fs

9Vel ,.

an,d of

more ~ild_Narur~.ihoíigh

ihey

mingled

humane Bloud w1tb therr Satnfices, yet they d1d 1t not w1th che death ofany ;

but drew it from Veins,óf the Arme' or Leg, or frorn the Noíl:rils, in cafe of

jjains in the Head, aµd from oéher

parts,

as che nacure ot folemniry of the Sacri~

fice required. Others offered Sheep, and Lambs, Conies; Partridges, and aU

forts of Fówl, Herbs, and the Cocar-Nut,

much in eft_eém atñórigfl them,

with their Mayz, which

á fort ofWheat,

alfo Pulfe, Annife ánd Cummiri,

and fweet Woods; which rendred a perfume~ the which were fevei-ally facrificed

áccording to the narure of che Deiry they adored. And thtis rnuch íhall be

füffi–

cienc to have been delivéred concerning their Sacrifkes, and Gods of

thé

Ancient

Gentilifm,

CHA