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Book
l.
Royal
Commentaries.
C
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A
P. XXX.
How
the
Devi!s of
Peru
were flrook., dY,mÓ hj
t~e Sacraménts
of the Holy Mother the Church of
Rome.
I
T
is
moíl: certahily true, that fo foon as the Sacramen~ of our H~ly Mother
che Chµrch of
-Rome
were brpught inco
Pm,,
namely the Confecration of the
~oft
1
or of tpe Body and Bloud ofChrill our Lord, asis perj'ormed
in
the Mafs,
and ce1ebraced on fuch days as the_
Spaniards .
had_time and .leifure co hear ic ; and
~hat fome
Jndians,
who had entéred themfelves into the _Service of
Spaniard,;
re–
ceived the Sacrament of .B~P,tifm ; and that Hkewi~ the Saq-aments of ~arri~ge
and Penance were praéhfed; fo foon;_ I (ay, a,s thefe four·fioly Myftenes were
JJ)ade known, and appeáreq, (for che other three wer~ not as yet.incroduced iota
thofe Countries) the Devils became dúmb and filent, :ind loíl: that fámiliár dit:
éourfe and converfation in publick which ( as we have fáid ) they formerly ufed
and prafüfed with chofe Gentiles, onely ,they whifpered1 fometimes in fecrer,
with the famous Magician$, who were faid to have a greater power and influence
' ·
upon them. And though at
firíl:
the party of
Huafcar
gav~ out, that this follen
refervednefs and filence of the Oracles was caufed by the anger and difpleafuré of
the Sun for the tyrannies and cruelties committed by
Atahualpa
;
yet at length
they were convinced of
á
more over-ruling caufe, wliich affeél:ed che
Jndian,r
with a general fear and coníl:ernation, believing that the entrance of thefe new
(iuefts inco their Countrey, had over-awed and filenced .their Oracles: the which
opinion ferved to augment the dread and reverence they had of the
·Spaniards,
and confirm the Name which they gave them of
Viracocha,
who
is
the God efpe–
cially adored by them, and held in more efteem and woríhip, than all their petty
Huaca-s
;
of which we have already given a more large relation•
.
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