Chapter 33 of 59 · 77 words · ~1 min read

Book III

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Garcilasso declares that the different tribes of those mountain savages worshipped the various objects of terror that annoyed the particular parts of the country where they dwelt; such as storms, volcanos, rivers, lakes, and several beasts and birds of prey. All of them believed that their forefathers were descended from the gods which they worshipped.

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_Held to the sun the image from his breast Whose glowing concave all the god exprest;_

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