accidentally by Storm should be driven to _Peru_, because they were never stor’d with Provisions but for a short Voyage, whereas this ask’d nine Moneths. But if any one will suppose, that they purposely directed their Course thither, how came the _Chineses_ to Sail just to _Peru_, and not to _New Spain_, which is much closer to _China_? why were there no Merchandises of the _Chineses_ found in _Peru_, since they went thither for Trade? how came they to neglect that Navigation they had once found? Nor is their Sun-worship (which was formerly practis’d in most Parts of the World) of any validity to derive them from _China_? But the contrary is most apparent, for the _Peruvians_ worship for their chief God, _Viracocha_, that is, _God Almighty_, or _The Creator of all things_. “The _Chineses_, if Confutius an eye-witness may be credited, are divided into three Sects of Religion: The first follow the Learn’d _Trigantius_, and acknowledge a King of the Heavens, which must onely be serv’d as the _Chineses_ sole Governor; to which purpose, two Temples are built in the Royal Cities _Nankin_ and _Pekin_, one Consecrate to Heaven, and the other to the Earth. The second Sect hath the name of _Sciequia_, and serve the Idol _Omyto_. The third nam’d _Lanzu_, imploy themselves in Magick and Exorcisms, Conjuring up, and laying Evil-Spirits, whose horrid representations, when they have stuck upon the Walls, they make an artificial and dreadful noise, as if Hell were broke loose, and the House full of Devils; sometimes also force the Evil-Spirits to enter into Images, from whence they receive no impertinent answers to their questions: Therefore, who will compare this Superstition of the _Peruvians_ worshipping of the Sun, to the _Chinese_ Religion, which do no such things? [Sidenote: Embassy to the _Cham_, l. 2. c. 2.]