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Of the Mira-de
whie~
God~+Pr0nght'i1!
Tumpiz.
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T to return unto
ourpu~pofe: We
fay,
That thofe wild Beafis behold–
ing -the C
hrifr-ian, a.adthe 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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