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Of the Mira-de

whie~

God~+Pr0nght'i1!

Tumpiz.

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T to return unto

our

pu~pofe: We

fay,

That thofe wild Beafis behold–

ing -the C

hrifr-ian, a.ad

the C1-oísJvhith ifue•-héld-lri liis Hand; immediat~jy

loíl:

their natural

fierc-ene.fs,

and as

if

they·

ba&lbeen tw@

,Oogs

whiéb

fui

had bred

up, came

and

fa

wned

'upon him,_and caíl: chemfelves at

Iris

Feet..

Peter de

Candia

.confidering thi$ Mirade which God ·had wrought for· him, ·cóok dourage, and

ftroked them on

·the

Head and Sides , laying rhe Crois upon th~m; whereóy

thefe Gentiles _might underltand, that

by

virtue of

that

Standardctbe·favage,Bea!ls

liad loíl: their ferocity, and w.ere rn~de tarne. . The

Jndiani1feeik

this Wonder;

conceived that

Peter

was no mortal Man, but.defcended frorn Heaven and from

rhe Sun, and therefore with.comrnon confent adored hirn as a Child of their God

the Sun, bringíng him into their T~mple,·whioh was•lined with broad plates of

Gold, that

fo

he

mighc

be

informed in what manner chey honoureq and worfhip·

ped _his Father

in

that Countrey.

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And having íhewed hin:i their Temple, with the Veífels ofGoid and Silver;

and other Ornaments and Rimes which wer.e for tme fervke of ic, tbey conduéted .

him to the Royal Lodgings of

his

.Brothers the

IncM~

whom-they eíl:eemed alfo for

Children of the Sun. The11 they lead him through all che Paiace,

t!-íat

he mighc

fee·che fqua-re H¡.11s, the Chambers, añd Anciqiambers, to_gether with the fumi–

ture ofGold and Silver; they íhewed him:alfo

all

~he

N'

eílels,which v.,:ere

fot

fer–

~ice ofche

Inca 1

fue~ as.Jars, -and Cups, and Pots~ ail which, ·evento

me

Shovels

and Tongs oftne Kitchin were all of Gold and Silver.· Then they brought him

into the Gardens, where he faw 'ttees, aod leífer Planes·, and Herbs, and wiÍd

Beafis, and creeping things, fuch as we have faid were placee:i in the Royal Gardens,

which were all made

in

Gold and Silver , at.which che Cbrifüan was as much

aftonilhed, as

the

Indians

were to fee aMan

fo

ftrange,

amd.

wonderfull as he ap–

peared unto them. .

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