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The superstition of those people not contended with such great number of temples in their cities, villages, and hamlets, erected many altars upon the tops of hill, in the woods, and in the streets, not only for the purpose of encouraging the…

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And this brings me to enquire into their human Sacrifices, with which the Spaniards charge them; making these a Colour for all the Outrages they committed in America.

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but seven had died of hunger and fatigue, the rest fell into the hands of the Cacique of the country, who immediately sacrificed five to his idols

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it is probable they were not enamour’d with the outside at the first approach, for they saw near it, a kind of Stage, of Lime and Stone, with Steps to go up, and a dead Man’s Skull, shewing the Teeth, between every Stone of the Wall. At the two ends…

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Others say they gave unto them mans flesh, which the great Lizards, or Caymans eat very well.

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De Solis, in his history of the conquest of Mexico, tells us, that the Indians sacrificed in that city every year, twenty thousand lives to their accursed idol.

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Thus the Chief, And what he said seem'd good. The men of Orleans,Long by their foemen bayed, a victim band, To war, to woe, and want, such transport feltAs when the Mexicans, with eager eyeGazing to Huixachtla's distant top,On that last night,…

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All Writers agree, that their Priests offr'd Incense four times a Day to their Gods; but those that speak of sacrificing Men to their Idols, mention it as done upon extraordinary Occasions only, and no part of their constant Worship.

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That instead of the Mexicans sacrificing Thousands and twenty thousands annually, as those Adventurers reported, they never sacrificed fifty in any one Year. And, for ought I can learn, they neither sacrificed Beasts or Men constantly; but only on…

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That instead of the Mexicans sacrificing Thousands and twenty thousands annually, as those Adventurers reported, they never sacrificed fifty in any one Year. And, for ought I can learn, they neither sacrificed Beasts or Men constantly; but only on…

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They had also a Goddess called Tozi, or Our Great Grandmother; a Deity of their own framing; for it is reported their God Vitziliputzli directed them to demand of the King of Culiacan his Daughter, for their Queen; which being complied with, they put…

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All Writers agree, that their Priests offr'd Incense four times a Day to their Gods; but those that speak of sacrificing Men to their Idols, mention it as done upon extraordinary Occasions only, and no part of their constant Worship.

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They sailed on, without losing Sight of Land, and passing by two or three Islands of small Note, landed in one they called the Island of Sacrifice, because going in to view a House of Lime and Stone, which overlooked the rest, they found several…

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The first Adeventurers inform us, that they were a wonderful ingenious People, inoffensive and hospitable; and, except the matter of human Sacrifices and their idolatrous Worship, which their Superstition requir’d, there was very little Reformation…

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Farther on we came to a large one, distant about a league and a half therefrom, where a party commanded by our captain went on shore. Our people found on this last mentioned Island two building of lime and stone, well constructed, each with steps,…

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That instead of the Mexicans sacrificing Thousands and twenty thousands annually, as those Adventurers reported, they never sacrificed fifty in any one Year. And, for ought I can learn, they neither sacrificed Beasts or Men constantly; but only on…

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When the Mexicans were disposed to do signal Honour to their Idols, they sent out Armies to bring in Prisoners for a Sacrifice, whose Flesh they did afterwards eat

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the Religion of the Mexicans being so abominable as to require the sacrifice of men, it is probable that God was pleased to abolish it, and for that reason permitted the whole Empire to be subdued by the Spaniards.

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He was shipwreck’d in a Caravel upon the Flats of the Alacranes, as he was passing from Darien to the Island of St. Domingo, and escaping in the Boat with twenty more on Company, was driven upon the Shore of Yucatan, where they were taken, and…

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They insist, that a People, which made the sacrificing their own Species the chief part of their Religión, ought to have been extirpated

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Human sacrifices constituted the principal part of the religious rites of the Mexicans…

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The Priests were so bloody, and had such an Ascendant over the Princes, that they made them believe their Gods were angry, and would not be appeas’d without 4000 or 5000 Men to sacrifice in a Day; so that right or wrong they must make War on their…

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In battle they preserved the lives of their enemies for no other purpose than that they might perish in a manner still more cruel, by the knives of their priests.

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A common sacrifice

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The incense is upon the Altar plac’d, The bloody Sacrifice already past. Five hundred Captives saw the rising Sun, Who lost their Light ere half his Race had run. That which remains we must celebrate; Where far from Noise, without the City Gate,…

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A gladiatorial sacrifice

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“Soon after the Zempoallans assembled on one of their most solemn festivals, in order to offer human sacrifices, which were performed with horrible ceremonies; when the wretched victims being cut to pieces were sold to the people as sacred food.”

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Motezuma, Lisinga, Pilpatoe, Priests, Grandees of the Empire, and Guards with lighted Flambeaux; they all stand near the Altar in the utmost Consternation, looking at the human Victims that have been offered up.

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If we might believe some Authors, indeed, they did not only sacrifice Men, but eat them; and had Samples of human Flesh in their Markets.

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To these Snakes and the other venemous beasts they usually gave the blood of men sacrificed to feed them.

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A party of thirty of us commanded by our captain then proceeded to examine the Island, where we found a temple containing a very large and hideous image intended to represent a God, the name given to which was Tezcatepuca. Here were four Indians in…

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Zempoallans were assembled on one of their most solemn festivals, to celebrate a sacrifice of human blood, which being performed with horrible ceremonies, the victims were cut in pieces , and sold to the people as sacred food.

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