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           MIRACLES
           OF
           ART
           and
           NATURE
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           Brief
           Description
           of
           the
           several
           varieties
           of
           BIRDS
           ,
           BEASTS
           ,
           FISHES
           ,
           PLANTS
           ,
           and
           FRUITS
           of
           other
           Countreys
           .
        
         
           Together
           with
           several
           other
           Remarkable
           Things
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           By
           
             R.
             B.
          
           Gent.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             William
             Bowtel
          
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           
             Golden
             Key
          
           near
           Miter-Court
           in
           Fleet-Street
           ,
           1678.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           Ingenious
           Reader
           .
        
         
           
             Candid
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           WHat
           thou
           findest
           herein
           ,
           are
           Collections
           out
           of
           several
           Antient
           Authors
           ,
           which
           (
           with
           no
           small
           trouble
           ,
           )
           I
           have
           carefully
           and
           diligently
           Collected
           ,
           and
           Comprised
           into
           this
           small
           Book
           at
           some
           vacant
           hours
           ,
           for
           the
           divertisement
           of
           such
           as
           thy self
           ,
           who
           are
           disposed
           to
           read
           it
           ;
           For
           as
           the
           several
           Climates
           of
           the
           
           world
           ,
           have
           not
           only
           influenced
           the
           Inhabitants
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           Beasts
           ,
           with
           Natures
           different
           from
           one
           another
           :
           So
           hast
           thou
           here
           ,
           not
           only
           a
           Description
           of
           the
           several
           Shapes
           and
           Natures
           of
           Variety
           of
           Birds
           ,
           Beasts
           ,
           Fishes
           ,
           Plants
           and
           Fruits
           ;
           but
           also
           of
           the
           Dispositions
           and
           Customs
           (
           though
           some
           of
           them
           Barbarous
           and
           Inhumane
           ,
           )
           of
           several
           People
           ,
           who
           Inhabit
           many
           pleasing
           and
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           World.
           I
           think
           there
           is
           not
           a
           Chapter
           wherein
           thou
           wilt
           not
           find
           various
           and
           remarkable
           things
           worth
           thy
           Observation
           ;
           and
           such
           (
           take
           the
           Book
           throughout
           ,
           )
           that
           thou
           canst
           not
           
           have
           in
           any
           one
           Author
           ,
           at
           least
           Modern
           ,
           and
           of
           this
           Volume
           .
           And
           if
           what
           I
           have
           done
           ,
           shall
           not
           dislike
           thee
           ,
           I
           shall
           possibly
           proceed
           ,
           and
           go
           on
           to
           a
           further
           discovery
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           which
           doubtless
           cannot
           (
           as
           all
           Variety
           doth
           ,
           )
           please
           thee
           .
           'T
           is
           probable
           they
           are
           not
           so
           Methodically
           dispos'd
           as
           some
           hands
           might
           have
           done
           ;
           Yet
           for
           Variety
           and
           Pleasure-sake
           ,
           they
           are
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           pleasingly
           enough
           intermixed
           .
           And
           as
           I
           find
           this
           accepted
           ,
           so
           I
           shall
           proceed
           .
        
         
           Farewel
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           CHAP.
           I.
           
        
         
           Of
           AEGYPT
           in
           General
           .
        
         
           BY
           reason
           of
           the
           Southernly
           Scituation
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           Air
           is
           very
           hot
           ,
           and
           offensive
           ;
           so
           that
           to
           avoid
           the
           insupportable
           Heat
           thereof
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           the
           benefit
           of
           some
           fresh
           winds
           ,
           the
           Inhabitants
           are
           accustomed
           to
           build
           high
           Towers
           in
           all
           their
           Towns
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           use
           to
           solace
           ,
           and
           refresh
           themselves
           .
           The
           Soil
           made
           fruitful
           by
           the
           over-flowing
           of
           the
           River
           Nilus
           ,
           is
           so
           exceeding
           plentiful
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           Grain
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           called
           ,
           
             Horreum
             populi
             Romani
          
           ,
           the
           Granary
           or
           Store-house
           of
           the
           People
           of
           Rome
           :
           which
           
           City
           ,
           it
           did
           annually
           furnish
           with
           four
           months
           Provisions
           .
           It
           abounds
           also
           with
           Rich
           Pastures
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           feed
           great
           store
           of
           Camels
           ,
           Horses
           ,
           Asses
           ,
           Oxen
           ,
           Sheep
           ,
           and
           Goates
           ,
           greater
           of
           growth
           then
           usually
           in
           most
           places
           else
           ;
           and
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Moorishness
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           they
           have
           great
           store
           of
           Fowls
           ,
           Poultry
           they
           have
           in
           great
           abundance
           about
           their
           houses
           ,
           hatched
           in
           a
           different
           manner
           from
           all
           other
           Countries
           ,
           not
           by
           sitting
           of
           the
           Hen
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           heat
           of
           Furnaces
           ,
           or
           Ovens
           ,
           in
           which
           their
           Eggs
           are
           orderly
           laid
           in
           Dung
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           gentle
           heat
           brought
           to
           animation
           .
           Palm-trees
           there
           are
           in
           great
           store
           ,
           growing
           in
           couples
           ,
           Male
           and
           Female
           ,
           both
           thrusting
           forth
           their
           rods
           full
           of
           Seeds
           ;
           but
           the
           Female
           is
           only
           fruitful
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           except
           growing
           by
           the
           Male
           ,
           and
           having
           his
           Seeds
           mixt
           with
           hers
           :
           the
           pith
           of
           these
           trees
           is
           most
           excellent
           Salad
           ,
           in
           taste
           somewhat
           resembling
           a
           Hartichoke
           ;
           of
           the
           branches
           of
           this
           
           tree
           they
           make
           Beadsteads
           ,
           Latices
           ,
           &c.
           
           Of
           the
           Leaves
           ,
           Baskets
           ,
           Mats
           ,
           Fans
           ,
           &c.
           
           Of
           the
           outward
           husk
           of
           the
           Cod
           ,
           Cordage
           ;
           of
           the
           Inner
           ,
           brushes
           ;
           the
           Fruit
           it
           bears
           best
           known
           by
           the
           name
           of
           a
           Date
           .
           Finally
           ,
           it
           is
           said
           to
           bear
           whatsoever
           is
           necessary
           to
           the
           life
           of
           a
           man
           :
           It
           is
           the
           nature
           of
           this
           tree
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           ponderous
           a
           weight
           were
           put
           upon
           it
           ,
           not
           to
           yield
           to
           the
           burthen
           ;
           but
           still
           to
           resist
           the
           heaviness
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           raise
           it self
           the
           more
           upwards
           .
           For
           this
           cause
           planted
           in
           Church-yards
           in
           the
           Eastern
           Countreys
           as
           an
           Emblem
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           :
           Instead
           whereof
           we
           use
           the
           Yew-tree
           in
           these
           more
           colder
           Regions
           .
        
         
           The
           People
           ,
           though
           the
           Country
           be
           in
           the
           same
           Clime
           with
           Barbary
           ,
           are
           not
           black
           ,
           but
           Tawny
           ;
           affirmed
           to
           weep
           and
           mourn
           over
           the
           Bodies
           of
           their
           Dead
           ,
           daubed
           over
           with
           Dung
           ;
           to
           have
           held
           it
           a
           great
           Impiety
           to
           burn
           or
           bury
           them
           ;
           but
           having
           Imbalmed
           
           them
           ;
           to
           lay
           them
           in
           some
           inward
           Room
           of
           their
           houses
           :
           The
           Men
           to
           keep
           themselves
           at
           home
           ,
           for
           the
           houshould
           business
           ,
           whilst
           the
           Women
           follow
           Merchandize
           and
           other
           Affairs
           abroad
           ;
           the
           Men
           to
           carry
           Burdens
           upon
           their
           heads
           ,
           and
           the
           Women
           theirs
           on
           their
           shoulders
           ;
           Antipodes
           in
           these
           last
           to
           most
           other
           Nations
           ;
           But
           certainly
           they
           were
           witty
           and
           Ingenious
           People
           ,
           the
           first
           Inventers
           of
           
             Geometry
             ,
             Arithmetick
             ,
             Physick
          
           ;
           as
           also
           
             Astronomy
             ,
             Necromancy
          
           ,
           and
           Sorcery
           :
           They
           first
           taught
           the
           use
           of
           Letters
           to
           the
           neighbouring
           Phenicians
           ,
           accustomed
           at
           first
           to
           express
           their
           conceits
           in
           the
           shape
           of
           Birds
           ,
           Beasts
           ,
           and
           Trees
           &c.
           which
           they
           termed
           Hyeroglyphicks
           ,
           of
           which
           ,
           two
           or
           three
           examples
           will
           not
           be
           Impertinent
           .
           For
           Eternity
           ,
           they
           painted
           the
           Sun
           and
           Moon
           ,
           as
           things
           which
           they
           believed
           to
           have
           had
           no
           beginning
           ,
           nor
           were
           likely
           to
           have
           any
           ending
           .
           For
           a
           Year
           ,
           they
           painted
           a
           Snake
           ,
           with
           his
           tail
           in
           his
           
           mouth
           ,
           to
           shew
           how
           one
           Year
           succeeding
           another
           ,
           kept
           the
           World
           still
           in
           an
           endless
           Circle
           .
           For
           a
           Month
           ,
           they
           painted
           a
           Palm-tree
           ,
           because
           at
           every
           new
           Moon
           ,
           it
           sendeth
           forth
           a
           new
           branch
           .
           For
           God
           ,
           they
           painted
           a
           Faulcon
           ,
           as
           well
           for
           that
           he
           soared
           so
           high
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           governed
           the
           lesser
           Birds
           For
           Integrity
           of
           life
           ,
           they
           painted
           Fire
           and
           Water
           ;
           both
           because
           these
           Elements
           are
           in
           themselves
           most
           pure
           ,
           and
           because
           all
           other
           things
           are
           putrified
           by
           them
           .
           For
           any
           thing
           that
           was
           abominable
           to
           the
           Gods
           ,
           they
           painted
           a
           Fish
           ,
           because
           in
           their
           Sacrifices
           their
           Priests
           never
           used
           them
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           II.
           
        
         
           MEMPHIS
           .
           in
           Egypt
           .
        
         
           NEar
           to
           the
           City
           Memphis
           in
           Egypt
           ,
           stands
           ,
           or
           did
           stand
           a
           Pyramide
           square
           at
           the
           bottom
           ,
           supposed
           to
           take
           up
           eight
           Acres
           of
           ground
           ,
           and
           each
           square
           300
           single
           paces
           long
           ,
           and
           255
           steps
           from
           top
           to
           bottom
           ,
           cach
           step
           above
           three
           foot
           high
           ,
           and
           the
           breadth
           proportionable
           ,
           growing
           by
           degrees
           narrower
           ,
           till
           it
           comes
           to
           the
           top
           ,
           which
           consists
           but
           of
           three
           stones
           only
           ,
           yet
           so
           large
           ,
           that
           sixty
           men
           may
           stand
           thereon
           :
           no
           stone
           so
           little
           in
           the
           whole
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           drawn
           by
           any
           the
           greatest
           of
           our
           carriages
           ;
           and
           yet
           all
           brought
           thither
           from
           the
           Arrabian
           mountains
           ,
           how
           or
           by
           what
           manner
           is
           as
           great
           a
           Wonder
           as
           the
           rest
           ;
           built
           for
           the
           Sepulcher
           of
           an
           Egyptian
           King
           ,
           who
           imployed
           in
           it
           for
           twenty
           years
           
           together
           ,
           no
           less
           then
           366000
           men
           continually
           at
           work
           on
           it
           ;
           the
           charges
           they
           put
           him
           to
           in
           no
           other
           food
           then
           Garlick
           ,
           Radishes
           ,
           and
           Onyons
           ,
           being
           imputed
           at
           a
           thousand
           eight
           hundred
           Tallents
           .
           Others
           there
           are
           of
           great
           Note
           ,
           though
           not
           so
           Famous
           as
           this
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           III.
           
        
         
           CAIRE
           in
           Egypt
           .
        
         
           NEar
           that
           City
           ,
           Caire
           in
           Egypt
           ,
           is
           a
           place
           ,
           which
           upon
           
             Good
             Friday
          
           ,
           there
           appears
           the
           Heads
           ,
           Leggs
           ,
           and
           Arms
           of
           Men
           ,
           rising
           out
           of
           the
           ground
           to
           a
           very
           great
           Number
           ;
           which
           if
           a
           Man
           come
           near
           ,
           or
           touch
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           immediatly
           shrink
           into
           the
           Earth
           again
           ;
           supposed
           by
           some
           to
           be
           the
           Imposture
           of
           Water-men
           only
           ,
           who
           stick
           them
           in
           the
           Sands
           over
           night
           ,
           and
           keeping
           them
           secret
           ;
           obtain
           thereby
           the
           carrying
           of
           many
           thousands
           to
           behold
           the
           sight
           :
           But
           't
           is
           reported
           by
           
           a
           sober
           and
           credible
           Person
           ;
           who
           was
           an
           Eye-witness
           of
           the
           Wonder
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           touched
           divers
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           going
           so
           to
           do
           to
           the
           Head
           of
           a
           Child
           ,
           a
           Man
           of
           Caire
           cryed
           out
           to
           him
           ,
           
             Kali
             ,
             Kali
             ,
             ante
             Materasde
          
           ;
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           
             hold
             ,
             hold
             ,
             you
             know
             not
             what
             you
             do
          
           ;
           a
           strange
           Fore-runner
           (
           if
           true
           )
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           whole
           Body
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           IV.
           
        
         
           BOTANTER
           in
           India
           .
        
         
           BOTANTER
           in
           India
           ,
           is
           a
           Countrey
           very
           large
           ,
           of
           three
           Months
           Journey
           in
           Extent
           ,
           full
           of
           high
           Mountains
           ;
           one
           of
           which
           may
           be
           seen
           five
           days
           Journey
           off
           ;
           in
           which
           are
           said
           to
           dwell
           a
           sort
           of
           People
           with
           Ears
           of
           a
           span
           long
           ,
           or
           more
           ;
           whom
           those
           of
           the
           Valleys
           count
           as
           Apes
           .
           In
           those
           Parts
           which
           are
           next
           to
           Bengab
           ;
           they
           
           are
           white
           ,
           and
           Gentiles
           ,
           in
           other
           places
           more
           inclining
           to
           an
           Olive
           colour
           ;
           their
           Garments
           they
           wear
           close
           to
           their
           Bodies
           ,
           so
           streight
           that
           one
           cannot
           see
           a
           pleat
           or
           wrinkle
           in
           them
           ;
           and
           those
           they
           never
           put
           off
           by
           Night
           or
           Day
           ,
           whilst
           they
           are
           able
           to
           hang
           on
           :
           Nor
           do
           they
           wash
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           defiling
           so
           pure
           a
           Creature
           as
           the
           Water
           .
           Content
           with
           one
           Wife
           ,
           and
           yet
           co-habit
           not
           with
           her
           after
           two
           or
           three
           Children
           ;
           when
           any
           of
           them
           die
           ,
           the
           South-sayers
           are
           to
           tell
           them
           what
           to
           do
           with
           the
           Body
           :
           according
           to
           whose
           Directions
           ,
           (
           first
           consulting
           his
           Books
           ,
           )
           they
           burn
           ,
           bury
           ,
           or
           eat
           the
           dead
           Bodies
           of
           their
           Friends
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           V.
           
        
         
           NARSINGA
           in
           India
           .
        
         
           IN
           the
           Country
           Narsinga
           in
           India
           ,
           the
           People
           are
           in
           Religion
           ,
           Gentiles
           ,
           
           worshipping
           one
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           Lord
           of
           all
           ,
           who
           is
           taught
           them
           by
           the
           Light
           of
           Nature
           ,
           that
           they
           joyn
           the
           Devil
           ,
           or
           their
           Pa-Gods
           in
           Commission
           with
           them
           ,
           whereto
           induced
           by
           the
           perswasion
           of
           their
           Beastly
           Bramines
           ,
           or
           Priests
           ,
           who
           suck
           there-out
           no
           small
           advantage
           :
           Some
           Christians
           there
           are
           intermixed
           of
           the
           old
           Plantation
           ,
           especially
           in
           Maliapur
           ,
           and
           the
           Region
           of
           Choromandel
           ,
           but
           not
           so
           well
           Instructed
           in
           the
           Principles
           of
           their
           own
           Belief
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           able
           to
           convince
           or
           convert
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           nor
           to
           disswade
           them
           from
           the
           use
           of
           some
           heathenish
           Customs
           ,
           though
           barborous
           and
           Inhumane
           ,
           and
           against
           all
           reason
           ;
           not
           used
           in
           any
           place
           ,
           but
           amongst
           the
           Indians
           :
           Amongst
           which
           is
           reckoned
           for
           most
           Savage
           ,
           the
           forcing
           the
           poor
           Women
           to
           burn
           themselves
           with
           their
           Husbands
           Bodies
           ,
           the
           Womens
           kindred
           not
           the
           Husbands
           ,
           thrusting
           them
           on
           these
           hard
           conditions
           ,
           who
           reckon
           it
           a
           disgrace
           to
           their
           Family
           ,
           if
           She
           
           should
           refuse
           :
           And
           because
           they
           will
           be
           sure
           not
           to
           have
           that
           Infamy
           stick
           upon
           them
           ,
           they
           have
           ordered
           ,
           that
           the
           Women
           ,
           who
           shall
           refuse
           ,
           must
           shave
           her
           Head
           ,
           and
           break
           her
           Jewels
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           suffered
           to
           eat
           ,
           drink
           ,
           or
           sleep
           ,
           or
           accompany
           with
           any
           body
           till
           her
           Death
           ;
           a
           life
           more
           miserable
           then
           the
           Flames
           which
           they
           seek
           to
           shun
           .
           This
           makes
           them
           leap
           into
           the
           Fire
           with
           joy
           and
           greediness
           ,
           and
           to
           contend
           which
           shall
           be
           foremost
           :
           She
           being
           thought
           to
           have
           been
           most
           loving
           during
           his
           life
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           most
           willing
           to
           accompany
           him
           in
           his
           Death
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           VI.
           
        
         
           QVILLACARE
           .
        
         
           QVillacare
           is
           the
           head
           City
           ,
           of
           a
           peculiar
           Seigneury
           in
           India
           ,
           but
           held
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           Traneanor
           ,
           as
           their
           next
           and
           immediate
           Lord
           ;
           sthough
           this
           and
           
           other
           Kings
           also
           are
           Feuditaries
           of
           the
           Throne
           of
           Narsinga
           ,
           and
           were
           that
           the
           worst
           Tenure
           by
           which
           they
           held
           ,
           it
           might
           be
           tollerable
           :
           But
           there
           is
           a
           matter
           of
           worse
           consequence
           ;
           which
           attends
           these
           besotted
           Princes
           .
           The
           Kingdom
           here
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           Pomp
           of
           twelve
           years
           continuance
           ,
           and
           then
           endeth
           in
           a
           sad
           Catastrophe
           :
           For
           at
           the
           end
           of
           those
           twelve
           years
           ,
           the
           King
           repairs
           to
           Quillacare
           ,
           prayeth
           before
           an
           Idoll
           ;
           then
           mounteth
           on
           a
           Scaffold
           ,
           covered
           with
           Silk
           ,
           or
           Tapestry
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           all
           his
           People
           (
           gathered
           together
           to
           behold
           this
           strange
           Solemnity
           )
           cuteth
           off
           his
           nose
           ,
           ears
           ,
           lips
           ,
           and
           other
           parts
           ,
           which
           he
           casteth
           towards
           the
           Idoll
           ,
           and
           in
           conclusion
           cuts
           his
           own
           Throat
           :
           His
           designed
           Successor
           being
           present
           at
           this
           bloody
           Sacrifice
           ,
           who
           at
           the
           twelve
           years
           end
           is
           to
           do
           the
           like
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           VII
           .
        
         
           INDIA
           .
        
         
           THere
           are
           in
           other
           parts
           of
           India
           ,
           a
           sort
           of
           People
           called
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           Basadae
           ,
           said
           to
           be
           crooked
           ,
           short
           ,
           and
           thick
           ;
           but
           of
           a
           chearful
           Aspect
           ,
           and
           clear
           Complexion
           :
           Of
           which
           composition
           are
           all
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Golden
           Chersonese
           observed
           to
           the
           Barrae
           ,
           and
           Cudute
           ,
           other
           People
           also
           called
           Sinris-Magnus
           ;
           the
           Lestori
           ,
           a
           thievish
           and
           Piratical
           people
           ,
           who
           lived
           in
           Caves
           ,
           and
           were
           affirmed
           to
           have
           had
           Skins
           so
           hard
           that
           they
           were
           not
           penetrable
           by
           an
           Arrow
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           VIII
           .
        
         
           CHINA
           .
        
         
           CHina
           is
           said
           to
           be
           a
           very
           Rich
           and
           fertile
           Countrey
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           in
           many
           places
           they
           have
           two
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           three
           Harvests
           in
           a
           year
           ,
           well
           cultivated
           and
           sown
           with
           all
           manner
           of
           Grain
           ,
           and
           planted
           with
           the
           best
           kind
           of
           Fruits
           ,
           which
           do
           not
           only
           bring
           corn
           to
           a
           speedy
           maturity
           ,
           but
           to
           more
           excellency
           and
           perfection
           then
           any
           of
           these
           western
           parts
           ;
           particularly
           it
           aboundeth
           with
           Wheat
           ,
           Barly
           ,
           Rice
           ,
           Wooll
           ,
           Cotten
           ,
           Olives
           ,
           Vines
           ,
           Flax
           ,
           Silk
           ,
           all
           kinds
           of
           Metals
           ,
           Fruits
           ,
           Cattel
           ,
           Sugar
           ,
           Honey
           ,
           Rhuburb
           ,
           Camphire
           ,
           Ginger
           ,
           and
           all
           kind
           of
           Spices
           ,
           medicinal
           Wood
           called
           China
           Wood
           ,
           Musk
           ,
           and
           Salt
           ,
           it
           yieldeth
           also
           an
           Herb
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           they
           press
           delicate
           juice
           ,
           which
           serves
           not
           only
           
           instead
           of
           Wine
           ,
           but
           preserveth
           their
           health
           ;
           and
           freeth
           them
           from
           many
           of
           these
           Inconveniences
           ,
           which
           the
           immoderate
           use
           of
           Wine
           breeds
           in
           others
           .
           Such
           store
           of
           Poultry
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           but
           of
           Ducks
           especially
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Town
           of
           Canton
           only
           ,
           it
           is
           thought
           ,
           there
           are
           eaten
           no
           less
           then
           12000
           every
           day
           ,
           one
           day
           with
           an
           other
           .
        
         
           The
           People
           are
           for
           the
           most
           part
           of
           a
           Swarthy
           complexion
           ,
           but
           more
           or
           less
           according
           to
           their
           nearness
           to
           the
           Heat
           of
           the
           Sun
           ;
           short
           nosed
           ,
           black
           eyed
           ,
           and
           of
           very
           thin
           Beards
           :
           they
           wear
           their
           Garments
           very
           long
           ,
           with
           long
           loose
           Sleeves
           ,
           and
           their
           Hair
           much
           longer
           then
           their
           neighbouring
           Tartars
           ,
           who
           wear
           their
           Hair
           exceeding
           short
           ,
           and
           their
           Cloaths
           much
           straighter
           ,
           to
           which
           two
           Fashions
           so
           addicted
           ,
           that
           more
           of
           them
           take
           up
           Arms
           for
           their
           Hair
           and
           Habit
           ,
           (
           when
           required
           to
           conform
           in
           those
           particulars
           to
           the
           will
           of
           the
           Conquerour
           )
           then
           had
           done
           either
           for
           their
           King
           ,
           or
           their
           common
           
           liberty
           :
           so
           much
           delighted
           with
           their
           own
           Fashion
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           Negroes
           use
           to
           paint
           the
           Devil
           white
           ,
           as
           a
           colour
           contrary
           to
           their
           own
           ;
           so
           when
           these
           Chinoises
           use
           to
           draw
           the
           Picture
           of
           a
           deformed
           person
           ,
           they
           set
           him
           forth
           in
           a
           short
           Coat
           ,
           broad
           Eyes
           ,
           long
           Nose
           ,
           and
           bushey
           Beard
           ,
           they
           are
           much
           given
           to
           their
           Bellies
           ,
           and
           eat
           thrice
           a
           day
           ,
           but
           not
           Imoderately
           ;
           drink
           their
           drink
           hot
           ,
           and
           eat
           their
           meat
           with
           two
           sticks
           of
           Ivory
           ,
           Ebony
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           not
           touching
           their
           meat
           with
           their
           hands
           at
           all
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHHP.
           IX
           .
        
         
           INDIA
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           reported
           ,
           that
           in
           some
           parts
           of
           India
           ,
           there
           are
           men
           with
           Dogs-heads
           ;
           men
           with
           one
           Leg
           only
           ,
           yet
           of
           great
           Swiftness
           ,
           of
           such
           as
           live
           by
           Scent
           ,
           of
           men
           that
           had
           but
           one
           Eye
           
           only
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           their
           foreheads
           ;
           and
           of
           others
           ,
           whose
           years
           hung
           to
           the
           ground
           .
           It
           is
           reported
           also
           ,
           that
           these
           men
           by
           eating
           the
           Heart
           ,
           and
           Liver
           of
           a
           Dragon
           ,
           attain
           to
           the
           understanding
           of
           the
           Language
           of
           Beasts
           ;
           that
           they
           can
           make
           themselves
           invisible
           ,
           when
           they
           please
           ;
           they
           have
           two
           tubs
           ,
           whereof
           the
           one
           opened
           ,
           yields
           Wine
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           Rain
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
           But
           of
           these
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           the
           understanding
           Reader
           ,
           knoweth
           how
           to
           judge
           ,
           and
           what
           to
           believe
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           X.
           
        
         
           AETHIOPIA
           .
        
         
           AeThiopia
           ,
           is
           a
           Country
           said
           to
           be
           parching
           hot
           ,
           that
           the
           People
           dare
           not
           only
           go
           out
           without
           their
           shooes
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           rost
           their
           meat
           by
           setting
           it
           in
           the
           Sun.
           Here
           is
           also
           a
           Lake
           ,
           whose
           Waters
           are
           thrice
           
           a
           day
           ,
           and
           thrice
           a
           night
           very
           salt
           ,
           and
           unpleasant
           ,
           but
           at
           all
           other
           times
           most
           sweet
           and
           deliberate
           to
           the
           Pallate
           ;
           there
           are
           also
           in
           this
           Countrey
           two
           other
           Lakes
           of
           that
           poysonous
           nature
           ,
           that
           who
           so
           ever
           drinks
           of
           them
           ,
           doth
           either
           fall
           immediately
           mad
           ,
           or
           else
           is
           troubled
           for
           a
           long
           time
           with
           a
           continual
           drowsiness
           :
           Of
           which
           thus
           
             Ovid
             Aethiopesque
             Lacus
             ;
             quos
             si
             quis
             faucibus
             hausit
             ,
             aut
             furit
             ,
             aut
             patitur
             mirum
             gravitate
             soporum
             .
          
        
         
           Which
           may
           be
           thus
           paraphrased
           .
        
         
           Who
           doth
           not
           know
           the
           Aethiopian
           Lake
           ,
        
         
           Of
           which
           who
           ever
           drinks
           his
           thirst
           to
           slake
           ,
        
         
           Either
           grows
           mad
           ,
           or
           doth
           his
           Soul
           oppress
           ,
        
         
           With
           an
           unheard
           of
           heavy
           drowfiness
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           XI
           .
        
         
           ADELL
           in
           Aethiopia
           .
        
         
           ADell
           in
           AEthiopia
           ,
           is
           a
           Countrey
           ,
           plentiful
           of
           Flesh
           ,
           Honey
           ,
           Corn
           ,
           Wax
           ,
           Gold
           ,
           and
           Ivory
           ;
           great
           Flocks
           of
           Sheep
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           those
           Sheep
           of
           such
           burdensome
           Fleeces
           ,
           that
           their
           Tails
           weigh
           twenty
           five
           pounds
           in
           weight
           ;
           some
           Kine
           there
           are
           which
           have
           Horns
           like
           Stags
           ;
           others
           but
           one
           Horn
           only
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           Fore-head
           ,
           about
           a
           foot
           and
           half
           long
           ,
           but
           bending
           backward
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           XII
        
         
           QVIOLA
           in
           Aethiopia
           .
        
         
           QViola
           in
           Aethiopia
           ,
           is
           a
           Countrey
           rich
           and
           pleasant
           ,
           the
           Inhabitants
           for
           the
           most
           part
           of
           Arrabian
           Ancestry
           ;
           of
           complexion
           near
           to
           white
           .
           Their
           Women
           comely
           ,
           and
           sumptuous
           in
           Attire
           ,
           and
           of
           civil
           Carriage
           ;
           neat
           in
           their
           Houses
           ,
           which
           are
           generally
           well
           built
           ,
           and
           richly
           furnished
           .
           The
           People
           of
           the
           Quiola
           are
           said
           to
           have
           a
           strange
           Custom
           amongst
           them
           ,
           more
           to
           be
           mentioned
           for
           the
           rarity
           ,
           then
           the
           decency
           of
           it
           :
           which
           is
           the
           sewing
           up
           of
           the
           private
           passages
           of
           Nature
           in
           their
           Female
           Children
           ,
           leaving
           only
           a
           small
           vent
           for
           their
           Urine
           ,
           thus
           sewed
           ,
           they
           keep
           them
           careful
           at
           home
           ,
           till
           they
           come
           to
           be
           married
           .
           And
           She
           that
           is
           by
           her
           Husband
           found
           to
           want
           this
           Sign
           of
           her
           perpetual
           Virginity
           ,
           
           is
           with
           all
           kind
           of
           Ignominy
           sent
           back
           to
           her
           Parents
           ,
           and
           by
           them
           as
           disgracefully
           received
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XIII
           .
        
         
           CESARIA
           in
           Aethiopia
           .
        
         
           THe
           Inhabitants
           of
           CESARIA
           in
           Aethiopia
           ,
           wear
           for
           the
           most
           part
           no
           other
           Habits
           then
           the
           Skins
           of
           Beasts
           undrest
           ,
           just
           as
           they
           have
           them
           from
           the
           flesh
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           cloath
           themselves
           with
           Sheep-skins
           ,
           they
           have
           so
           much
           Wit
           ,
           as
           to
           wear
           the
           Flece
           next
           their
           Bodies
           ,
           in
           cold
           weather
           ;
           which
           at
           other
           times
           they
           expose
           (
           with
           no
           small
           Pride
           and
           Glory
           )
           to
           open
           View
           .
           Their
           Voices
           so
           Inarticulate
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           be
           distinguished
           into
           Words
           and
           Syllables
           ;
           which
           being
           Composed
           with
           that
           Bruitishness
           ,
           which
           commonly
           appeareth
           in
           all
           their
           Actions
           ,
           makes
           
           it
           hard
           to
           say
           ,
           whether
           the
           People
           generally
           may
           be
           thought
           to
           be
           men
           in
           the
           skins
           of
           Beasts
           :
           or
           Beasts
           Created
           in
           the
           shape
           and
           likeness
           of
           men
           ;
           but
           they
           make
           greater
           use
           of
           their
           Cattel
           ,
           then
           for
           Garments
           only
           ,
           their
           raw
           flesh
           serving
           them
           for
           food
           ,
           and
           the
           Guts
           for
           Ornaments
           ,
           which
           they
           hang
           about
           their
           necks
           uncleansed
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           the
           filth
           in
           them
           ,
           in
           as
           great
           a
           bravery
           as
           Ropes
           of
           Pearls
           ,
           or
           Chains
           of
           Gold
           in
           more
           Civil
           Countreys
           :
           but
           amongst
           the
           several
           Nations
           which
           Inhabit
           this
           flourishing
           Countrey
           ,
           none
           are
           more
           Barbarous
           then
           those
           ,
           whom
           they
           call
           the
           Imbians
           ,
           dwelling
           not
           far
           from
           the
           
             Cape
             of
             good
             Hope
          
           ;
           Tall
           ,
           Square
           and
           Strong
           ,
           addicted
           always
           to
           War
           and
           Rapine
           ;
           feeding
           on
           the
           flesh
           ,
           both
           of
           their
           Conquered
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           their
           dying
           Friends
           ;
           whose
           death
           they
           hasten
           for
           the
           Shambles
           ,
           the
           Skulls
           of
           whom
           they
           use
           for
           Drinking-cups
           :
           their
           Weapons
           for
           poysoned
           Arrows
           ,
           
           and
           Poles
           burnt
           at
           the
           end
           :
           and
           in
           their
           War
           they
           always
           carry
           fire
           before
           them
           ,
           meaning
           thereby
           to
           Roast
           ,
           or
           Boyl
           all
           such
           as
           they
           over-come
           ;
           The
           King
           ,
           (
           if
           such
           a
           Sacred
           name
           ,
           become
           such
           an
           Impious
           Monster
           ,
           )
           they
           account
           for
           Lord
           of
           all
           the
           Earth
           :
           and
           he
           with
           the
           old
           Giant-like
           Arrogancy
           ,
           not
           only
           threathneth
           the
           destruction
           of
           men
           ,
           but
           shooteth
           his
           poysoned
           Arrows
           against
           Heaven
           it self
           ,
           as
           often
           as
           the
           Rain
           ,
           or
           heat
           offends
           him
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XIV
           .
        
         
           SIAN
           in
           India
           .
        
         
           THe
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           City
           of
           SIAN
           in
           India
           ,
           are
           said
           to
           maintain
           amongst
           other
           strange
           Opinions
           ,
           that
           after
           2000
           years
           ,
           (
           from
           when
           I
           know
           not
           )
           the
           World
           shall
           be
           consumed
           with
           fire
           ;
           and
           under
           the
           
           Ashes
           of
           it
           shall
           remain
           two
           Eggs
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           shall
           come
           a
           Man
           and
           a
           Woman
           ,
           who
           are
           to
           People
           the
           World
           again
           .
           'T
           is
           said
           that
           in
           the
           City
           Socotai
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           SIAM
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           Temple
           made
           wholly
           of
           Metal
           ,
           of
           a
           great
           height
           ,
           adorned
           with
           many
           high
           Steeples
           and
           Idols
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XV.
           
        
         
           ORIENTAL
           Islands
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           reported
           by
           Travellers
           ,
           that
           in
           some
           of
           the
           
             ORIENTAL
             Islands
          
           ,
           are
           a
           sort
           of
           Hoggs
           that
           have
           Teeth
           growing
           out
           of
           their
           Snouts
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           behind
           their
           Ears
           ,
           of
           a
           span
           and
           half
           long
           .
           A
           Tree
           whose
           Western
           part
           is
           said
           to
           be
           rank
           poyson
           ,
           and
           the
           Eastern
           part
           an
           excellent
           preservative
           against
           it
           .
           A
           sort
           of
           Fruit
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           eateth
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           for
           the
           space
           of
           12
           hours
           out
           of
           his
           
           Wits
           .
           Also
           a
           Stone
           ,
           on
           which
           ,
           whosoever
           sitteth
           hath
           imediately
           a
           Rupture
           in
           his
           Belly
           ;
           That
           there
           are
           Tortoises
           taken
           there
           of
           that
           largeness
           ,
           that
           10
           men
           may
           sit
           in
           one
           of
           the
           shells
           .
           It
           is
           also
           Reported
           that
           there
           is
           a
           River
           ,
           plentifully
           stored
           with
           Fish
           ,
           whose
           Water
           is
           so
           hot
           that
           it
           scalds
           the
           skin
           of
           any
           Beast
           thrown
           therein
           ;
           that
           some
           of
           their
           men
           have
           Tails
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           their
           Swine
           Horns
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           Oysters
           so
           large
           ,
           that
           they
           often
           carry
           Children
           in
           the
           Shells
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Cocks
           have
           a
           hole
           in
           their
           backs
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Hen
           lays
           her
           Eggs
           ,
           and
           Hatches
           her
           young
           ones
           .
        
         
           Sumatra
           one
           of
           the
           said
           Islands
           ,
           Famous
           for
           having
           a
           whole
           Mountain
           of
           Gold
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           a
           Letter
           written
           by
           
             Pedrunoa
             Sirie
          
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           the
           said
           Isle
           ,
           to
           Ring
           Iames
           of
           Great
           Brittain
           ;
           that
           all
           the
           Furnitures
           of
           his
           House
           ,
           Trappings
           of
           his
           Horses
           and
           Elephants
           ;
           with
           all
           ,
           his
           Armour
           ,
           were
           of
           pure
           Gold
           :
           The
           
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Island
           ,
           said
           to
           be
           the
           lovingest
           of
           all
           to
           their
           Enemies
           of
           any
           People
           in
           this
           World
           ;
           otherwise
           they
           would
           never
           eat
           them
           ,
           and
           after
           make
           use
           of
           their
           skulls
           instead
           of
           Money
           ;
           which
           they
           Exchange
           for
           such
           other
           necessaries
           as
           their
           wants
           require
           .
           And
           he
           is
           accounted
           the
           Richest
           man
           that
           has
           most
           of
           this
           sort
           of
           Coyn.
           
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XVI
           .
        
         
           AMERICA
           .
        
         
           IN
           AMERICA
           are
           said
           to
           be
           Beasts
           and
           Fowls
           ,
           of
           strange
           shapes
           and
           colours
           ,
           as
           their
           Lyons
           ,
           less
           in
           greatness
           then
           those
           of
           other
           Countreys
           ;
           of
           colour
           Gray
           ,
           and
           so
           nimble
           as
           to
           climb
           Trees
           ;
           their
           Doggs
           snowted
           like
           Foxes
           ,
           but
           cannot
           bark
           at
           all
           ;
           their
           Hoggs
           with
           Talons
           sharp
           as
           Razors
           ,
           and
           the
           Navil
           of
           their
           Bellies
           ,
           
           on
           the
           ridge
           of
           their
           backs
           ;
           their
           Staggs
           and
           Dear
           without
           Horns
           ;
           their
           Sheep
           ,
           not
           only
           profitable
           for
           Food
           and
           Rayment
           ,
           but
           used
           to
           carry
           burdens
           ,
           some
           of
           150
           pounds
           weight
           ,
           another
           sort
           of
           Beast
           whose
           name
           not
           commonly
           known
           ,
           whose
           fore-part
           resembleth
           a
           Fox
           ,
           his
           hinder
           part
           an
           Ass
           ,
           except
           his
           feet
           ,
           which
           are
           like
           a
           mans
           ;
           beneath
           her
           Belley
           is
           a
           receptacle
           like
           a
           purse
           ,
           where
           she
           keeps
           her
           young
           ones
           ,
           till
           they
           are
           able
           to
           shift
           for
           themselves
           ,
           never
           coming
           thence
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           suck
           ;
           and
           then
           in
           again
           :
           The
           Armadilla
           ,
           a
           Beast
           in
           form
           like
           a
           Barbed
           Horse
           ,
           seeming
           to
           be
           Armed
           all
           over
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           Artificial
           ,
           rather
           then
           Natural
           Plates
           ,
           which
           both
           shut
           and
           open
           .
           The
           Vicugue
           ,
           some
           what
           resembling
           a
           Goat
           ,
           but
           much
           larger
           ,
           and
           of
           more
           profit
           ;
           for
           with
           the
           Fleece
           is
           made
           Ruggs
           ,
           Coverings
           and
           Stuffs
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           Belly
           is
           found
           the
           Bezoar
           ,
           a
           Soveraign
           Antidote
           against
           poysons
           ,
           and
           
           venemous
           Diseases
           :
           A
           kind
           of
           Hare
           like
           a
           Want
           in
           his
           feet
           ,
           and
           a
           Cat
           in
           his
           tail
           ,
           under
           whose
           chin
           Nature
           hath
           fastened
           as
           it
           were
           a
           little
           bagg
           ,
           which
           she
           hath
           also
           taught
           him
           to
           use
           as
           a
           Store-house
           ;
           for
           in
           this
           (
           having
           filled
           his
           Belly
           ,
           )
           he
           preserves
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Provision
           .
           The
           Pigritia
           ,
           a
           little
           Beast
           that
           in
           14
           or
           15
           days
           ,
           cannot
           go
           so
           far
           as
           a
           man
           can
           throw
           a
           stone
           at
           once
           .
           Of
           Birds
           ,
           there
           are
           several
           sorts
           ,
           and
           of
           most
           excellent
           colours
           ;
           amongst
           the
           rest
           one
           ,
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Tominejo
           ,
           of
           all
           colours
           ;
           and
           so
           little
           that
           he
           seems
           no
           bigger
           than
           a
           Butter-fly
           ,
           the
           mouth
           thereof
           no
           bigger
           then
           the
           eye
           of
           a
           Needle
           ;
           and
           yet
           not
           at
           all
           yielding
           to
           the
           Nightingale
           ,
           in
           sweetness
           of
           his
           Notes
           and
           Musick
           :
           the
           Bird
           and
           Nest
           ,
           both
           put
           into
           Gold
           Scales
           ,
           weights
           not
           above
           24
           Grains
           ,
           yet
           beautified
           with
           Feathers
           of
           so
           many
           colours
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           Neck
           and
           Breast
           ,
           that
           the
           Indians
           make
           great
           use
           of
           them
           
           in
           their
           Feather-Pictures
           ;
           others
           ,
           as
           big
           as
           these
           are
           little
           ,
           as
           the
           Condore
           ,
           of
           such
           strength
           and
           greatness
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           fall
           upon
           a
           Sheep
           or
           Calf
           ,
           open
           it
           ,
           and
           eat
           it
           ;
           The
           like
           Miracles
           of
           Nature
           ,
           they
           have
           in
           their
           Fruits
           ,
           Plants
           ,
           &c.
           
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XVII
           .
        
         
           ISLE
           of
           Rhodes
        
         
           The
           ISLE
           of
           Rhodes
           honoured
           in
           Ancient
           time
           with
           the
           huge
           Collossus
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Seven
           wonders
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           made
           of
           Brass
           ;
           in
           height
           Seventy
           Cubits
           ,
           every
           finger
           of
           it
           as
           bigg
           as
           an
           ordinary
           Man
           ,
           and
           consecrated
           to
           the
           Sun
           ,
           as
           the
           proper
           diety
           of
           the
           Island
           ;
           't
           was
           12
           years
           in
           making
           and
           having
           stood
           but
           66
           years
           ,
           was
           thrown
           down
           in
           an
           instant
           by
           an
           Earth-quake
           ,
           which
           terribly
           shook
           the
           whole
           Island
           ;
           The
           Rhodians
           being
           
           forbidden
           by
           an
           Oracle
           to
           erect
           it
           again
           ,
           (
           or
           possibly
           pretending
           such
           an
           Oracle
           to
           save
           the
           charge
           )
           yet
           held
           the
           Brass
           and
           other
           Materials
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           a
           manner
           Sacred
           ,
           not
           meddled
           with
           nor
           Sacrilegiously
           purloined
           till
           Mnaias
           ,
           the
           General
           of
           Osmen
           ,
           the
           
             Mahometan
             Caliph
          
           ,
           finding
           in
           himself
           no
           such
           scruple
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           (
           after
           he
           had
           subdued
           the
           Island
           ,
           )
           made
           a
           Prey
           thereof
           ,
           loading
           900
           Camels
           with
           the
           very
           Brass
           of
           it
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XVIII
           .
        
         
           PERV
           .
        
         
           IN
           Peru
           ,
           are
           a
           sort
           of
           Sheep
           by
           the
           Inhabitants
           called
           Pacos
           ,
           profitable
           both
           for
           Fleece
           and
           Burden
           ,
           as
           big
           as
           a
           small
           breed
           of
           Horses
           ,
           but
           in
           tast
           as
           pleasing
           ,
           and
           no
           less
           nourishing
           then
           our
           Mutton
           :
           A
           Creature
           so
           well
           acquainted
           with
           his
           own
           abilities
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           findeth
           himself
           to
           be
           overoaded
           ,
           
           no
           Blows
           nor
           Violence
           shall
           make
           him
           move
           forwards
           ,
           till
           his
           load
           be
           lessened
           ;
           and
           of
           so
           cheap
           a
           Diet
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           content
           with
           very
           little
           ,
           and
           some
           times
           goes
           three
           whole
           days
           without
           so
           much
           as
           a
           little
           Water
           .
           The
           Camels
           of
           those
           parts
           not
           much
           unlike
           them
           ,
           many
           Rarities
           there
           are
           both
           in
           Beasts
           and
           Plants
           in
           this
           Country
           ,
           amongst
           their
           Plants
           ,
           they
           have
           a
           Figg-tree
           ,
           the
           North
           part
           whereof
           looking
           towards
           the
           Mountains
           ,
           brings
           forth
           its
           Fruits
           in
           the
           Summer
           only
           ;
           the
           Southern
           part
           looking
           towards
           the
           Sea
           ,
           fruitful
           only
           in
           Winter
           .
           Some
           as
           deservedly
           ,
           account
           the
           Coca
           for
           a
           wonder
           ,
           the
           leaves
           whereof
           being
           dried
           ,
           and
           formed
           into
           Lozenges
           (
           or
           little
           pellets
           )
           are
           exceeding
           useful
           in
           a
           Journey
           ;
           for
           melting
           in
           the
           mouth
           ,
           they
           satisfie
           both
           hunger
           and
           thirst
           ,
           and
           preserve
           a
           man
           in
           his
           strength
           ,
           and
           his
           Spirits
           in
           vigour
           ;
           and
           are
           generally
           esteemed
           of
           such
           Soveraign
           use
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           thought
           ,
           no
           less
           then
           100000
           
           Baskets
           full
           of
           the
           leaves
           of
           this
           tree
           ,
           are
           sold
           yearly
           at
           the
           Mines
           of
           Potosia
           only
           ,
           each
           of
           which
           at
           some
           other
           places
           would
           yield
           12
           d.
           or
           18
           d.
           apiece
           .
           Another
           Plant
           ,
           they
           tell
           us
           off
           ,
           though
           there
           is
           no
           name
           found
           for
           it
           ,
           which
           if
           put
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           a
           sick
           person
           will
           instantly
           discover
           ,
           whether
           he
           be
           like
           to
           live
           or
           dye
           :
           For
           if
           on
           the
           pressing
           it
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           he
           look
           merry
           ,
           and
           chearful
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           assured
           Sign
           of
           his
           recovery
           ,
           as
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           Death
           ,
           if
           sad
           and
           troubled
           .
           Here
           is
           said
           also
           to
           be
           a
           Lake
           ,
           near
           the
           Mines
           of
           Potozi
           ;
           whose
           Waters
           is
           so
           hot
           ,
           though
           the
           Country
           be
           exceeding
           cold
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           bath
           themselves
           therein
           ,
           are
           not
           able
           to
           endure
           the
           Heat
           of
           it
           ,
           if
           they
           go
           but
           a
           little
           from
           the
           Banks
           ,
           there
           being
           in
           the
           midst
           thereof
           a
           Boyling
           of
           above
           twenty
           foot
           square
           :
           A
           Lake
           ,
           which
           never
           doth
           decrease
           ,
           though
           they
           have
           drawn
           a
           great
           stream
           from
           it
           to
           serve
           their
           mettal
           Mills
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           XIX
           .
        
         
           ORVIETTO
           .
        
         
           IN
           Orvietto
           ,
           a
           City
           in
           Italy
           ,
           is
           said
           to
           be
           a
           Church
           of
           wonderous
           lightness
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           Windows
           not
           made
           of
           Glass
           ,
           as
           in
           other
           Churches
           ;
           but
           of
           Alablaster
           .
           And
           now
           we
           are
           in
           Italy
           ,
           we
           must
           wander
           into
           Rome
           ,
           and
           take
           a
           short
           view
           of
           the
           life
           of
           Pope
           Formosus
           ,
           who
           was
           so
           ill
           beloved
           ,
           and
           of
           such
           a
           general
           dis-esteem
           ,
           that
           Pope
           Stephen
           the
           7th
           .
           caused
           his
           Body
           to
           be
           unburied
           :
           All
           his
           Acts
           reversed
           ,
           two
           of
           his
           Fingers
           to
           be
           cut
           off
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           mangled
           Carcass
           to
           be
           Interred
           again
           amongst
           the
           Laity
           .
           And
           though
           the
           Acts
           of
           Stephen
           were
           adiudged
           illegal
           ,
           both
           by
           Iohn
           the
           10th
           .
           and
           Pope
           Romauus
           ,
           two
           of
           his
           Successors
           ,
           and
           the
           doing
           of
           Formosus
           justified
           ,
           yet
           Sergius
           the
           third
           caused
           
           his
           corrupt
           and
           putrified
           Body
           to
           be
           taken
           once
           more
           out
           of
           the
           Grave
           ,
           and
           his
           Head
           to
           be
           cut
           off
           ,
           as
           if
           still
           alive
           :
           So
           little
           did
           the
           Infallibility
           of
           St.
           
           Peter's
           Chair
           preserve
           them
           from
           contraditions
           .
        
         
           Iohn
           the
           12th
           .
           also
           a
           wicked
           cruel
           ,
           and
           libidinous
           Pope
           ,
           taken
           in
           Adultery
           ,
           and
           slain
           by
           the
           Husband
           of
           the
           Woman
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XX.
           
        
         
           CASTILE
           in
           Spain
           .
        
         
           IN
           Castile
           in
           Spain
           ,
           in
           the
           times
           of
           our
           Grand-Fathers
           (
           saith
           mine
           Author
           )
           was
           discovered
           in
           a
           valley
           scituate
           amongst
           high
           and
           impassible
           Mountains
           ,
           a
           kind
           of
           Patoecos
           or
           salvage
           People
           ,
           never
           heard
           of
           in
           Spain
           before
           ,
           the
           occasion
           of
           this
           .
           An
           Hawk
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           
           Ava's
           ,
           which
           he
           very
           much
           valued
           ;
           flew
           over
           those
           
           Mountains
           ,
           and
           his
           men
           not
           being
           able
           to
           find
           her
           at
           first
           ,
           they
           were
           sent
           back
           again
           to
           seek
           her
           ,
           clambering
           from
           one
           Hill
           to
           another
           ;
           they
           happened
           at
           last
           upon
           a
           large
           and
           pleasant
           valley
           ,
           where
           they
           spied
           a
           company
           of
           naked
           salvage
           People
           ;
           hemmed
           in
           amongst
           many
           craggy
           Rocks
           .
           The
           Salvages
           gazing
           a
           while
           upon
           them
           ,
           ran
           into
           their
           Caves
           made
           in
           the
           hollows
           of
           the
           Rocks
           ,
           the
           best
           Houses
           they
           had
           ,
           which
           being
           observed
           by
           the
           Faulconers
           ,
           they
           returned
           again
           to
           their
           Lord
           ;
           telling
           him
           that
           instead
           of
           a
           Faulcon
           ,
           they
           had
           brought
           him
           news
           of
           a
           new
           World
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Spain
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           Race
           of
           People
           ,
           which
           came
           in
           with
           Tuball
           ,
           strongly
           affirming
           what
           they
           said
           ,
           they
           obtained
           Belief
           ,
           and
           the
           Duke
           shortly
           after
           went
           with
           a
           company
           of
           Musketteers
           ,
           and
           subdued
           them
           easily
           ;
           they
           having
           no
           offensive
           Weapons
           ,
           but
           only
           Slings
           .
           They
           worshipped
           the
           Sun
           and
           Moon
           ,
           fed
           upon
           nothing
           that
           had
           life
           ;
           but
           
           had
           good
           store
           of
           excellent
           Fruits
           ,
           Roots
           ,
           and
           Springs
           of
           water
           ,
           wherewith
           a
           Nature
           was
           well
           content
           ,
           and
           though
           their
           Language
           was
           not
           altogether
           understood
           by
           any
           ,
           yet
           many
           of
           their
           words
           were
           found
           to
           be
           purely
           Busquish
           ,
           reduced
           on
           this
           discovery
           to
           Christianity
           ,
           but
           easily
           discernable
           by
           all
           other
           Spaniards
           by
           their
           rawney
           complexions
           ,
           occasioned
           by
           the
           Reverberation
           of
           the
           Sun-beams
           ,
           from
           those
           rocky
           Mountains
           ,
           wherewith
           on
           all
           sides
           they
           are
           incompassed
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XXI
           .
        
         
           NORWEY
           .
        
         
           IN
           Norwey
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           little
           sort
           of
           Beast
           ,
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Lemers
           ,
           about
           the
           bigness
           of
           a
           Mouse
           ,
           and
           are
           by
           the
           Inhabitants
           said
           to
           drop
           out
           of
           the
           Clouds
           in
           tempestious
           Weather
           ,
           like
           the
           Locusts
           ,
           they
           devour
           every
           
           green
           thing
           on
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           at
           a
           certain
           time
           die
           all
           in
           heaps
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           together
           ;
           and
           with
           their
           stench
           so
           poyson
           the
           Air
           ,
           that
           the
           poor
           People
           are
           long
           after
           troubled
           with
           the
           Jaundies
           ,
           and
           a
           giddiness
           in
           the
           Head
           :
           But
           these
           Beast
           come
           not
           so
           often
           to
           infect
           the
           Land
           ,
           as
           the
           Whales
           do
           to
           terrifie
           the
           shores
           ;
           the
           Seas
           being
           there
           so
           deep
           ,
           and
           therefore
           a
           fit
           habitation
           for
           those
           great
           Leviathans
           ,
           against
           whose
           violence
           and
           fury
           ;
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Sea-coast
           have
           found
           a
           remedy
           ,
           which
           is
           by
           casting
           some
           water
           intermixt
           with
           Oyle
           of
           Castor
           ;
           the
           smell
           whereof
           forces
           them
           immediately
           to
           retire
           ,
           without
           this
           help
           there
           were
           no
           Fishing
           on
           the
           Coasts
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           XXII
           .
        
         
           ZISCA
           a
           Bohemian
           Cap.
           
        
         
           WE
           read
           of
           one
           Zisca
           a
           Bohemian
           Captain
           ,
           who
           in
           eleven
           Battells
           fought
           in
           defence
           of
           the
           Hussites
           against
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           his
           Confederates
           ;
           prevailed
           ,
           and
           went
           away
           victorious
           :
           Insomuch
           that
           at
           his
           Death
           ,
           he
           willed
           the
           Behemians
           to
           flea
           him
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           Drum
           of
           his
           skin
           ;
           perswading
           himself
           ,
           if
           they
           so
           did
           ,
           they
           would
           never
           be
           overcome
           :
           a
           fancy
           no
           less
           Idle
           then
           strange
           .
        
         
           In
           some
           of
           the
           Forrests
           of
           Bohemia
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           little
           Beast
           called
           LOMIE
           ,
           which
           hath
           hanging
           under
           its
           neck
           a
           Bladder
           always
           full
           of
           scalding
           water
           ,
           with
           which
           when
           she
           is
           hunted
           ,
           she
           so
           tortureth
           the
           Dogs
           ,
           that
           she
           thereby
           easily
           makes
           her
           escape
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           XXIII
           .
        
         
           ASSIRIA
           .
        
         
           THe
           Country
           of
           Assiria
           ,
           is
           said
           to
           be
           so
           fertile
           ,
           that
           the
           Hedges
           on
           the
           high
           way
           sides
           ,
           afford
           very
           good
           Fruit
           ,
           and
           the
           adjoyning
           Fields
           affords
           to
           the
           Passengers
           the
           shades
           of
           Fig-trees
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           naturally
           so
           ,
           it
           would
           not
           be
           much
           helped
           by
           Art
           ,
           or
           Industry
           ;
           as
           being
           but
           meanly
           peopled
           ,
           and
           those
           few
           without
           any
           encouragement
           ,
           either
           to
           the
           planting
           Fruits
           ,
           or
           manuring
           the
           Land.
           Their
           Sheep
           are
           commonly
           fat
           and
           fair
           ,
           but
           so
           over-laded
           on
           the
           Tail
           both
           with
           Flesh
           and
           Fleece
           ,
           that
           they
           hang
           in
           long
           wreaths
           to
           the
           ground
           ,
           dragged
           after
           them
           with
           no
           small
           difficulty
           ,
           the
           Tails
           of
           these
           Sheep
           frequently
           weighing
           thirty
           pounds
           or
           upward
           .
           'T
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           Assirians
           have
           a
           
           strange
           way
           of
           contracting
           their
           Mariages
           ,
           their
           Wives
           they
           never
           see
           till
           the
           day
           of
           their
           Marriage
           ,
           but
           hearing
           a
           good
           report
           of
           them
           ;
           they
           negotiate
           with
           her
           Friends
           ,
           and
           when
           agreed
           ,
           they
           meet
           in
           the
           Chancell
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           wherein
           there
           is
           a
           partition
           with
           a
           hole
           in
           it
           :
           The
           Bridegroom
           and
           his
           Friends
           standing
           on
           one
           side
           ;
           and
           the
           Bride
           and
           her
           kindred
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           then
           that
           Church-man
           biddeth
           the
           Bridgeroom
           to
           put
           his
           hand
           through
           the
           hole
           in
           the
           partition
           ,
           and
           take
           his
           Bride
           by
           the
           hand
           ,
           which
           he
           doth
           accordingly
           ;
           the
           mother
           of
           the
           Bride
           with
           a
           sharp
           pointed
           Instrument
           made
           of
           purpose
           ,
           pricking
           the
           Bridegrooms
           hand
           all
           over
           with
           sufficient
           eagerness
           ,
           if
           when
           he
           feeleth
           the
           smart
           ,
           he
           lets
           go
           her
           hand
           ,
           they
           take
           it
           for
           a
           Sign
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           not
           love
           her
           ;
           but
           if
           he
           hold
           her
           fast
           ,
           and
           wring
           her
           hand
           so
           hard
           ,
           till
           She
           cry
           again
           ;
           they
           take
           it
           as
           a
           very
           good
           Omen
           ,
           and
           are
           glad
           ,
           they
           have
           so
           well
           bestowed
           her
           .
           
           After
           the
           Marriage
           is
           consummate
           ,
           if
           a
           Male
           child
           be
           born
           unto
           them
           ,
           the
           Father
           looseth
           his
           own
           name
           ,
           and
           is
           called
           after
           his
           Sons
           name
           ;
           so
           as
           if
           the
           Fathers
           name
           be
           Moses
           ,
           and
           his
           Sons
           name
           Ioseph
           ;
           the
           Father
           is
           no
           more
           called
           Moses
           ,
           but
           Abba
           Ioseph
           ;
           or
           the
           Father
           of
           Ioseph
           ,
           so
           highly
           do
           they
           reverence
           Marriage
           ,
           and
           the
           Fruits
           thereof
           ,
           Posterity
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XXIIII
           .
        
         
           QVIVIRA
           in
           Califormia
           .
        
         
           THe
           Province
           of
           Quivira
           in
           Califormia
           ,
           is
           a
           Country
           full
           of
           Herbage
           ,
           breeding
           great
           store
           of
           Cattel
           ,
           differing
           not
           much
           in
           bigness
           from
           those
           of
           Europe
           .
           but
           that
           they
           have
           an
           high
           Bunch
           betwixt
           their
           shoulders
           ,
           bristled
           on
           the
           back
           like
           Bores
           ,
           which
           somewhat
           resemble
           the
           mane
           of
           a
           Horse
           ;
           their
           legs
           short
           and
           clad
           with
           Fetlocks
           ,
           
           their
           Horns
           short
           ,
           but
           sharp
           ;
           the
           whole
           Beast
           of
           so
           horrid
           an
           aspect
           ,
           that
           a
           Horse
           will
           not
           venture
           near
           him
           ,
           till
           well
           acquainted
           ;
           yet
           in
           this
           Beast
           lyes
           all
           the
           Riches
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Country
           ;
           for
           they
           are
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           Ale
           to
           Drunkards
           ,
           Meat
           ,
           Drink
           ,
           and
           Cloath
           ,
           and
           more
           too
           ;
           for
           the
           Hides
           yield
           them
           houses
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           the
           covering
           of
           them
           ,
           their
           Bones
           ,
           Bodkins
           ;
           their
           Hair
           ,
           Thread
           ;
           their
           Sinewes
           ,
           Ropes
           ;
           their
           Hornes
           ,
           Mawes
           ,
           and
           Bladders
           ,
           Vessels
           ;
           their
           Dung
           Fire
           ;
           their
           Calfskins
           ,
           Budgets
           to
           draw
           and
           keep
           water
           in
           ;
           their
           Blood
           ,
           Drink
           ;
           and
           their
           Flesh
           Meat
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           also
           said
           to
           be
           a
           Cave
           between
           two
           Mountains
           ,
           from
           which
           the
           Rain
           descending
           ,
           turns
           into
           Alablaster
           ,
           naturally
           fashioned
           into
           Pillars
           ;
           and
           other
           Portraitures
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           XXV
           .
        
         
           GERMANY
           .
        
         
           IN
           Germany
           ,
           once
           lived
           an
           EARL
           ,
           whose
           Wife
           was
           called
           Iermentrudis
           ,
           having
           accused
           a
           poor
           Woman
           of
           Adultery
           ,
           and
           caused
           her
           to
           be
           grievously
           punnished
           ,
           for
           having
           twelve
           Children
           at
           a
           birth
           ;
           was
           afterwards
           her self
           delivered
           of
           the
           same
           number
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           them
           Sons
           :
           her
           Husband
           being
           absent
           at
           the
           time
           of
           her
           delivery
           ,
           She
           commanded
           the
           Nurse
           to
           kill
           eleven
           of
           them
           ;
           fearing
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           the
           like
           shame
           and
           punishment
           ,
           as
           by
           her
           Instigation
           was
           inflicted
           on
           the
           poor
           Woman
           :
           The
           Nurse
           going
           to
           perform
           this
           wicked
           command
           ,
           was
           met
           by
           the
           old
           Earl
           ,
           then
           returning
           home-ward
           :
           who
           asked
           her
           ;
           what
           she
           had
           in
           her
           Apron
           ,
           she
           made
           answer
           whelps
           ;
           he
           desired
           to
           see
           them
           ,
           
           she
           denied
           him
           :
           angry
           at
           this
           refusal
           ,
           he
           opened
           her
           Apron
           ,
           and
           there
           found
           eleven
           of
           his
           own
           sweet
           Babes
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           them
           of
           promising
           countenances
           ,
           examining
           the
           matter
           ;
           he
           found
           out
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           enjoyning
           the
           old
           Nurse
           to
           be
           secret
           in
           it
           ,
           he
           put
           the
           children
           out
           to
           Nurse
           ;
           six
           years
           being
           expired
           ,
           the
           Earl
           invited
           to
           a
           Feast
           ,
           most
           of
           his
           own
           and
           his
           Ladies
           kindred
           ,
           and
           attiring
           the
           young
           Boys
           all
           alike
           ,
           presented
           them
           to
           their
           Mother
           ,
           who
           suspecting
           by
           the
           number
           of
           them
           ,
           what
           the
           matter
           was
           ;
           confest
           her
           offense
           ,
           is
           pardoned
           by
           a
           good
           old
           Earl
           ,
           and
           carefully
           educates
           her
           children
           :
           whom
           the
           Father
           commanded
           to
           be
           called
           Guelps
           ,
           alluding
           to
           Whelps
           ,
           or
           the
           Puppis
           which
           the
           Nurse
           told
           him
           ,
           she
           had
           in
           her
           Apron
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           XXVI
           .
        
         
           NOVA
           ZELINA
           .
        
         
           
             NOva
             Zelina
          
           ,
           is
           one
           of
           the
           Russian
           Islands
           ,
           scituate
           on
           the
           East
           of
           Willoughby
           Island
           ,
           (
           so
           called
           from
           Sir
           
             Hugh
             Willoughby
          
           ,
           because
           he
           first
           discovered
           it
           ,
           and
           was
           hereabout
           found
           frozen
           to
           Death
           the
           next
           year
           following
           )
           and
           was
           first
           discovered
           by
           such
           adventurers
           as
           followed
           
           Willoughby's
           design
           :
           Famous
           for
           having
           a
           Race
           of
           short
           statuted
           men
           ,
           not
           above
           four
           foot
           high
           ,
           a
           degree
           above
           the
           height
           of
           Pigmies
           ;
           who
           by
           the
           relation
           of
           the
           Russes
           have
           neither
           Laws
           ,
           nor
           Religion
           ,
           or
           Civility
           ;
           but
           that
           they
           worshipped
           the
           Sun
           ,
           Moon
           ,
           and
           Northern
           Star
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           offer
           a
           yearly
           Sacrifice
           of
           their
           Deer
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Island
           is
           a
           woody
           Desart
           ,
           and
           not
           easie
           for
           travel
           ;
           having
           in
           it
           neither
           green
           
           Bough
           nor
           Grass
           ,
           yet
           there
           are
           abundance
           of
           Bears
           ,
           and
           such
           ravenous
           Beasts
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XXVII
           .
        
         
           SAMOGITIA
           in
           Poland
           .
        
         
           SAmogitia
           ,
           is
           a
           small
           Province
           in
           Poland
           ,
           the
           People
           thereof
           supposed
           to
           be
           of
           the
           Saxon
           race
           ,
           of
           a
           good
           stature
           ,
           well
           set
           ,
           bold
           ,
           and
           apt
           for
           War
           ,
           but
           withall
           boysterous
           ,
           rude
           ,
           and
           barbarous
           ;
           Christians
           in
           general
           ,
           but
           many
           who
           retain
           still
           their
           old
           Idolatries
           :
           nourishing
           amongst
           them
           a
           kind
           of
           four-footed
           Serpents
           ,
           above
           three
           handfuls
           in
           length
           ,
           which
           they
           worship
           ;
           as
           their
           houshould
           Gods
           ,
           mending
           them
           with
           fear
           and
           reverence
           when
           they
           call
           them
           out
           to
           their
           repasts
           ;
           and
           if
           any
           mischance
           do
           happen
           ;
           to
           any
           of
           their
           Family
           ,
           it
           is
           imputed
           presently
           to
           some
           want
           of
           due
           
           observations
           of
           these
           ugly
           Creatures
           ,
           naturally
           inclined
           to
           Divinations
           ,
           Charms
           ,
           and
           Sorceries
           ,
           frequently
           abused
           (
           as
           for
           the
           most
           part
           such
           People
           are
           )
           by
           Diabolical
           Illusions
           .
           They
           have
           some
           customes
           also
           as
           unprofitable
           ,
           as
           these
           are
           heathenish
           ;
           breaking
           up
           their
           Grounds
           as
           they
           do
           in
           Muscovy
           ,
           with
           Spades
           or
           Stocks
           ;
           and
           when
           one
           of
           their
           Governours
           observing
           the
           Husbandry
           of
           other
           Countries
           ,
           had
           brought
           them
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Plough
           .
           It
           fortuned
           that
           for
           two
           or
           three
           years
           either
           by
           the
           Indisposition
           of
           the
           Weather
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           accident
           ,
           they
           had
           not
           so
           much
           Corn
           ,
           as
           they
           used
           to
           have
           ,
           which
           want
           the
           People
           attributed
           to
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Plough
           ,
           and
           not
           believing
           that
           there
           was
           any
           other
           cause
           of
           it
           ,
           grew
           so
           much
           incensed
           ;
           that
           the
           Governour
           fearing
           some
           Sedition
           like
           to
           follow
           on
           it
           ,
           was
           forced
           to
           leave
           them
           to
           the
           old
           way
           ,
           which
           before
           they
           went.
           An
           humour
           like
           
           to
           that
           of
           the
           present
           Irish
           ,
           in
           plowing
           with
           their
           Horses
           tails
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XXVIII
           .
        
         
           LIVONIA
           .
        
         
           IN
           some
           part
           of
           Livonia
           ,
           are
           a
           sort
           of
           People
           ,
           so
           simple
           in
           point
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           that
           when
           they
           bury
           any
           of
           their
           Dead
           ,
           every
           one
           drinks
           one
           health
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           poureth
           his
           part
           upon
           him
           ,
           when
           his
           trun
           comes
           to
           drink
           ;
           putting
           into
           the
           grave
           with
           him
           an
           Hatchet
           ,
           Wine
           ,
           Meat
           ,
           and
           some
           Money
           for
           his
           Voyage
           :
           And
           yet
           they
           are
           great
           lovers
           of
           Confession
           ,
           esteemers
           of
           Holy
           Water
           ,
           and
           diligent
           Frequenters
           of
           their
           Churches
           ;
           but
           so
           Ignorant
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           hardly
           one
           in
           a
           Village
           ,
           can
           say
           his
           
             Pater
             Noster
          
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           XXIX
           .
        
         
           SODOM
           .
        
         
           THe
           Country
           ,
           where
           the
           Cities
           of
           Sodom
           and
           Gomorra
           once
           stood
           ,
           was
           called
           the
           valley
           of
           Sidim
           ,
           which
           was
           exceeding
           fruitful
           ;
           Insomuch
           that
           't
           was
           compared
           to
           an
           Earthly
           Paradise
           ;
           but
           this
           place
           ,
           so
           beautified
           and
           adorned
           with
           such
           a
           wonderful
           Richness
           of
           Soil
           ,
           and
           other
           pleasures
           ,
           that
           might
           make
           glad
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           ;
           through
           the
           sinfulness
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           ,
           is
           so
           changed
           ;
           that
           after
           the
           Cities
           and
           Fields
           were
           destroyed
           by
           Fire
           and
           Brimstone
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           the
           whole
           Country
           was
           turned
           into
           a
           most
           horrid
           stinking
           Lake
           ,
           called
           
             Mare
             mortuum
          
           ,
           or
           the
           
             dead
             Sea.
          
           
        
         
           The
           Waters
           whereof
           most
           thick
           ,
           stinking
           ,
           bitter
           ,
           and
           salt
           ,
           beyond
           any
           Sea-water
           ;
           whatsoever
           ,
           wherein
           no
           
           Creature
           liveth
           or
           can
           live
           ,
           therefore
           called
           the
           dead
           Sea.
           The
           River
           Iordan
           runs
           into
           it
           ,
           and
           is
           infected
           by
           it
           ;
           Insomuch
           that
           the
           Fish
           of
           that
           River
           shun
           the
           Lake
           as
           a
           deadly
           Poyson
           ,
           and
           if
           at
           any
           time
           by
           the
           swiftness
           of
           the
           River
           ,
           they
           are
           driven
           into
           it
           ,
           they
           immediately
           die
           .
        
         
           No
           living
           thing
           can
           be
           drowned
           in
           it
           ;
           which
           Vespasian
           being
           desirous
           to
           make
           trial
           of
           ,
           came
           in
           person
           to
           see
           it
           ;
           and
           caused
           some
           Persons
           altogether
           Ignorant
           in
           swimming
           ,
           to
           be
           bound
           with
           their
           hands
           behind
           them
           ,
           and
           thrown
           into
           the
           Lake
           ,
           but
           was
           as
           it
           were
           repulsed
           ,
           by
           a
           certain
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Water
           ;
           and
           like
           a
           Rock
           they
           floated
           upon
           the
           superficies
           of
           the
           Water
           .
        
         
           Every
           fair
           Sun-shiny
           day
           ,
           it
           changeth
           the
           colour
           thrice
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Sun
           Beams
           falling
           either
           .
           Rightly
           or
           Oblickly
           upon
           it
           ,
           as
           at
           Morning
           Noon
           and
           Sun
           set
           ,
           according
           to
           which
           it
           varieth
           the
           colour
           ,
           and
           yields
           
           a
           certain
           Pitchy
           substance
           ,
           called
           in
           Latin
           Bitumen
           ,
           which
           swims
           upon
           the
           top
           of
           the
           Lake
           ,
           in
           great
           abundance
           ,
           some
           pieces
           as
           big
           as
           an
           Ox
           ;
           and
           is
           of
           such
           a
           Nature
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           small
           Ships
           come
           near
           to
           fetch
           it
           away
           ,
           they
           are
           caught
           and
           drawn
           away
           by
           the
           Tenacity
           ,
           or
           Limy
           catching
           hold
           thereof
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           loosed
           again
           ,
           but
           by
           application
           of
           Urine
           .
           
             Tui
             menses
             mulierbres
             permixti
             sunt
          
           ,
           saith
           mine
           Author
           ,
           and
           with
           this
           only
           the
           Bitumen
           is
           dissolved
           .
           It
           sendeth
           up
           a
           most
           Pestilent
           Air
           ,
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           one
           would
           think
           the
           very
           stream
           of
           Hell
           fire
           were
           beneath
           it
           ;
           hereupon
           the
           Banks
           ,
           and
           Neighbouring
           ;
           Mountains
           are
           quite
           barren
           :
           if
           but
           an
           Aple
           grow
           near
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           by
           Nature
           such
           ,
           that
           it
           speaks
           the
           Anger
           of
           God
           ;
           for
           without
           ,
           't
           is
           beautiful
           and
           Red
           ;
           but
           within
           nothing
           but
           dusty
           Smoak
           and
           Cinders
           ,
           the
           like
           saith
           Tacitus
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           XXX
           :
        
         
           ANATOLIA
           :
        
         
           IN
           ANATOLIA
           ,
           stands
           the
           Mountain
           Taurus
           ;
           a
           Branch
           whereof
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Chimaera
           ,
           vomiting
           flames
           of
           fire
           like
           
             Sicilian
             Aetna
          
           ;
           the
           bottom
           whereof
           infested
           with
           Serpents
           ,
           the
           middle
           part
           grazed
           upon
           with
           Goats
           ,
           and
           the
           higher
           parts
           made
           dangerous
           by
           the
           dens
           of
           Lyons
           ;
           hence
           by
           the
           Poets
           made
           a
           Monster
           ,
           having
           the
           head
           of
           a
           Lyon
           ,
           the
           Body
           of
           a
           Goat
           ,
           and
           the
           Tail
           of
           a
           Serpent
           .
        
         
           The
           City
           Cyzieus
           in
           this
           Countrey
           ,
           famous
           in
           its
           time
           for
           having
           a
           Glorious
           Temple
           in
           it
           ;
           the
           Pillars
           whereof
           being
           Four
           Cubits
           thick
           ,
           and
           50
           Cubits
           high
           ,
           were
           each
           of
           an
           Intire
           Stone
           only
           ;
           the
           whole
           Fabrick
           all
           of
           polished
           Marble
           ;
           every
           Stone
           joyned
           
           to
           the
           other
           with
           a
           line
           of
           Gold
           ;
           but
           at
           last
           ruined
           by
           an
           Earth-quake
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XXXI
           .
        
         
           SCHELINK
           in
           Sevenwolden
           .
        
         
           IN
           the
           Isle
           SCHELINK
           ,
           in
           the
           Province
           of
           
             Sevenwolden
             in
          
           West
           Friezland
           ,
           the
           Shores
           ,
           and
           said
           to
           be
           well
           stored
           with
           Dogg-Fish
           ,
           which
           the
           Inhabitants
           take
           after
           this
           manner
           ;
           the
           Men
           attire
           themselves
           with
           the
           Skins
           of
           Beasts
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           made
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           then
           going
           to
           the
           Sea
           side
           ,
           fall
           a
           Dancing
           ,
           with
           which
           sport
           ,
           the
           silly
           Fish
           being
           much
           delighted
           ,
           presently
           make
           out
           of
           the
           water
           towards
           them
           ,
           and
           Nets
           are
           immediately
           pitched
           betwixt
           them
           and
           the
           water
           :
           which
           done
           ,
           the
           men
           put
           off
           their
           disguises
           ,
           which
           when
           the
           affrighted
           Fishes
           see
           ,
           Post
           towards
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           caught
           in
           the
           Coyles
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           XXXII
           .
        
         
           BEGORRE
        
         
           IN
           the
           Earldom
           of
           BEGORRE
           near
           the
           Pyrenaean
           Mountains
           ,
           are
           said
           to
           live
           a
           Leprous
           ,
           and
           Infectious
           sort
           of
           People
           ,
           of
           noisom
           Breaths
           ,
           deformed
           Bodies
           ,
           and
           gastly
           Visages
           :
           in
           which
           regard
           not
           suffered
           to
           have
           commerce
           with
           other
           People
           ,
           nor
           to
           Inherit
           any
           Lands
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           apply
           themselves
           to
           drudgery
           ,
           and
           the
           basest
           of
           Mechanick
           Trades
           ,
           from
           their
           great
           mis-shapen
           heads
           called
           Capets
           or
           Gabets
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           XXXIII
           .
        
         
           CASCAR
           .
        
         
           CASCAR
           ,
           a
           Province
           in
           Altay
           in
           Tartaria
           ,
           the
           People
           thereof
           Generally
           Rude
           and
           Barbarious
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           in
           some
           parts
           ,
           both
           Sexes
           Indulge
           themselves
           this
           mutual
           Priviledge
           ;
           that
           if
           the
           Husband
           or
           Wife
           be
           absent
           twenty
           dayes
           ,
           the
           other
           party
           is
           at
           Liberty
           again
           to
           Marry
           .
        
         
           
             Chesmur
             ,
             Lopp
          
           ,
           and
           Camull
           ,
           three
           other
           Provinces
           in
           the
           said
           Countrey
           ,
           whereof
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           first
           ,
           are
           generally
           both
           Idolaters
           and
           Inchanters
           ,
           causing
           the
           dumb
           Idols
           to
           speak
           ,
           the
           Winds
           to
           rise
           ;
           and
           the
           Sun
           to
           be
           darkened
           ;
           for
           studying
           which
           Black-Art
           (
           if
           it
           comes
           to
           them
           by
           Study
           )
           they
           have
           many
           Monasteries
           ,
           in
           which
           their
           Hermits
           ,
           or
           Monasticks
           live
           a
           strickt
           kind
           of
           life
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Province
           of
           Lopp
           ,
           memorable
           for
           having
           a
           great
           Desart
           of
           30
           days
           Journey
           in
           it
           ,
           so
           true
           a
           Desart
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           means
           not
           to
           starve
           himself
           ,
           must
           carry
           all
           his
           victuals
           with
           him
           ;
           dangerous
           to
           Travellers
           ,
           if
           not
           before-hand
           made
           acquainted
           with
           their
           danger
           ;
           the
           evil
           Spirits
           calling
           Men
           by
           their
           names
           ,
           and
           so
           make
           them
           stray
           from
           their
           Company
           ;
           where
           they
           either
           perish
           with
           Famine
           ,
           or
           are
           devoured
           with
           wild
           Beasts
           .
        
         
           Camull
           ,
           an
           Idolatrous
           Countrey
           ,
           the
           People
           whereof
           account
           it
           a
           great
           honour
           to
           them
           ,
           to
           have
           their
           Wives
           and
           Sisters
           at
           the
           pleasures
           of
           such
           ,
           as
           they
           entertain
           ;
           from
           which
           Bruitish
           Custom
           ,
           when
           restrained
           by
           
             Mango
             Cham
          
           ,
           they
           Petitioned
           at
           the
           three
           years
           end
           ,
           to
           be
           restored
           again
           to
           their
           former
           Liberty
           ;
           protesting
           they
           could
           never
           thrive
           since
           they
           left
           that
           Custom
           ;
           which
           desire
           of
           theirs
           was
           at
           last
           granted
           ,
           and
           is
           still
           in
           use
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           XXXIV
           .
        
         
           MORAVIA
           .
        
         
           IN
           MORAVIA
           ,
           amongst
           other
           things
           ,
           is
           said
           to
           grow
           great
           store
           of
           Frankincense
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           the
           Nature
           of
           it
           ;
           not
           on
           Trees
           ,
           but
           on
           the
           ground
           :
           and
           that
           too
           (
           which
           adds
           much
           to
           the
           Miracle
           )
           in
           the
           shape
           and
           figure
           of
           those
           parts
           ,
           which
           Men
           and
           Women
           must
           endeavour
           to
           conceal
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           same
           Countrey
           ,
           is
           a
           Town
           called
           Massa
           ,
           or
           Messa
           ,
           famous
           in
           Ancient
           time
           ,
           for
           having
           a
           Temple
           in
           it
           ;
           whose
           Beams
           and
           Rafters
           are
           of
           the
           Bones
           of
           Whales
           ,
           which
           usually
           are
           left
           dead
           on
           the
           Sea-shores
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           XXXV
           .
        
         
           HASCORA
           in
           Morrocca
           .
        
         
           IN
           the
           Province
           of
           HASCORA
           in
           Moroocca
           ,
           are
           said
           to
           grow
           a
           sort
           of
           Grapes
           ,
           as
           large
           as
           Pullets
           Eggs.
           And
           not
           far
           from
           a
           Town
           called
           Tedza
           ,
           in
           the
           said
           Countrey
           stands
           the
           hill
           Anchisa
           ,
           where
           't
           is
           said
           that
           it
           Snoweth
           at
           all
           seasons
           of
           the
           year
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Inhabitants
           go
           extreamly
           thin
           clad
           in
           the
           sharpest
           Winters
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           XXXVI
           .
        
         
           TVNIS
           .
        
         
           T
           Is
           reported
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           TVNIS
           ,
           Corn
           hath
           in
           former
           time
           been
           so
           plentiful
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           Augustus
           ,
           were
           400
           Ears
           growing
           upon
           one
           stalk
           .
           And
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Domitius
             Nero
          
           ,
           were
           360
           more
           growing
           upon
           another
           ;
           and
           both
           sent
           to
           Rome
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XXXVI
           .
        
         
           GREECE
           .
        
         
           IN
           GREECE
           ,
           are
           said
           to
           be
           two
           Rivers
           by
           name
           Cireus
           ,
           and
           Nileus
           ,
           both
           of
           that
           strange
           Nature
           ,
           that
           if
           a
           Sheep
           drink
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           his
           
           Wool
           turneth
           white
           ;
           and
           if
           of
           the
           latter
           ,
           it
           turns
           cole-black
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           also
           a
           Stone
           called
           Aminthus
           ,
           which
           is
           drawn
           into
           Thread
           like
           Hemp
           and
           Cloth
           made
           thereof
           ;
           which
           when
           't
           is
           foul
           ,
           instead
           of
           being
           cleansed
           with
           water
           ,
           as
           other
           Cloth
           is
           ,
           't
           is
           thrown
           into
           the
           fire
           ,
           and
           so
           cleansed
           by
           burning
           it
           ▪
           But
           more
           of
           this
           hereafter
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XXXVIII
           .
        
         
           IANGOMA
           .
        
         
           IANGOMA
           ,
           in
           the
           Countrey
           of
           Laos
           ,
           is
           a
           mighty
           Nation
           ,
           and
           a
           stout
           sort
           of
           People
           ;
           by
           Religion
           Gentiles
           ,
           naked
           from
           the
           Wast
           upward
           ,
           russing
           up
           their
           Hair
           like
           Caps
           ;
           their
           Countrey
           very
           Rich
           and
           Level
           ,
           but
           very
           ill
           Neighboured
           ,
           by
           the
           Gneons
           ,
           who
           possess
           the
           Mountains
           ,
           whence
           falling
           into
           great
           Companies
           ,
           
           they
           hunt
           for
           men
           ,
           whom
           if
           they
           take
           ,
           they
           Kill
           ,
           and
           Eat
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           any
           sort
           of
           our
           Game
           with
           us
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XXXIX
           .
        
         
           CHALDAEA
           .
        
         
           IN
           some
           part
           of
           CHALDAEA
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           ;
           't
           is
           said
           that
           for
           Communicating
           the
           Success
           of
           their
           Affairs
           from
           Town
           to
           Town
           ,
           and
           Stage
           to
           Stage
           ;
           they
           make
           use
           of
           Pigeons
           as
           the
           speediest
           Messengers
           ;
           which
           is
           done
           after
           this
           manner
           :
           When
           the
           Hen
           Pigeon
           sitteth
           ,
           or
           hath
           any
           young
           ,
           they
           take
           the
           Cock
           ,
           and
           set
           him
           in
           an
           open
           Cage
           :
           whom
           when
           they
           have
           Travelled
           a
           days
           Journey
           ,
           they
           let
           go
           at
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           he
           straight
           flyeth
           home
           to
           his
           Mate
           ;
           when
           they
           have
           trained
           them
           thus
           from
           one
           place
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           be
           occasion
           to
           send
           any
           advertisements
           ;
           they
           tye
           
           a
           Letter
           about
           one
           of
           their
           Necks
           ,
           which
           at
           their
           return
           is
           taken
           off
           ,
           by
           some
           of
           the
           house
           ;
           advertised
           thereby
           of
           the
           State
           of
           other
           places
           ,
           the
           like
           is
           also
           used
           betwixt
           Ormius
           and
           Balfora
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XL.
           
        
         
           Of
           Locusts
           ,
           and
           other
           strange
           Meats
           .
        
         
           MOSES
           .
        
         
           WE
           Read
           in
           the
           Law
           of
           
             MOSES
             ,
             Levit
          
           ,
           the
           11.
           ver
           .
           22.
           
           That
           Locusts
           were
           allowed
           of
           to
           be
           eaten
           ,
           which
           surely
           had
           not
           been
           done
           ,
           had
           they
           not
           been
           good
           and
           fitting
           to
           eat
           .
           Plinie
           tell
           us
           ,
           the
           Parthians
           fed
           upon
           them
           as
           dainties
           ;
           Strabo
           also
           affirm
           ▪
           that
           the
           Aethiopians
           lived
           most
           upon
           them
           :
           And
           Galon
           tell
           us
           that
           the
           Egyptians
           ,
           did
           use
           to
           eat
           Vipers
           and
           Adders
           ,
           as
           familiarly
           as
           we
           do
           
           Eels
           ,
           Besides
           St.
           Hierome
           affirmeth
           ,
           that
           in
           Pontus
           and
           Phrygia
           ,
           they
           usually
           eat
           those
           white
           Worms
           with
           black
           heads
           that
           lye
           in
           wood
           ,
           and
           between
           the
           bark
           of
           Trees
           ;
           And
           that
           by
           Tenants
           they
           were
           presented
           to
           Landlords
           ,
           as
           special
           dainties
           ;
           and
           some
           took
           them
           in
           Lieu
           of
           Rent
           .
           The
           Assyrians
           were
           wont
           to
           eat
           Land
           Crocodiles
           ;
           and
           the
           Affricans
           Green
           Lizards
           :
           Among
           others
           ,
           Dormise
           were
           accounted
           the
           daintiest
           meat
           .
           In
           Cozumela
           ,
           and
           Iucatana
           ,
           Islands
           of
           the
           East-Indies
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           there-abouts
           ,
           they
           fat
           a
           king
           of
           Dog
           ,
           which
           cannot
           bark
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           Swine
           ,
           and
           eat
           them
           ;
           the
           Ancients
           also
           supposed
           sucking
           Whelps
           to
           be
           so
           clean
           and
           pure
           ,
           that
           they
           offered
           them
           their
           Gods
           in
           Sacrifice
           ;
           The
           
             Parian
             Indians
          
           ,
           did
           not
           only
           eat
           mans
           flesh
           ,
           but
           also
           (
           as
           Apes
           do
           )
           Lice
           ,
           Froggs
           ,
           Worms
           ,
           and
           such
           filthy
           things
           :
           The
           Tartarians
           eat
           the
           Carrion
           Carcasses
           of
           dead
           Horses
           ,
           Camels
           ,
           Asses
           ,
           Cats
           ,
           
           and
           Dogs
           ,
           even
           when
           they
           stink
           and
           are
           full
           of
           Maggots
           ;
           and
           hold
           them
           as
           dainty
           as
           we
           do
           Venison
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XLI
           .
        
         
           GALEN
           .
        
         
           GALEN
           tell
           us
           of
           a
           certain
           man
           ,
           that
           was
           extreamly
           sick
           of
           a
           Leprosie
           ,
           kept
           company
           a
           good
           time
           with
           some
           Companions
           of
           his
           ;
           till
           one
           above
           the
           rest
           was
           infected
           with
           the
           contagion
           of
           the
           Disease
           :
           for
           he
           was
           not
           to
           be
           endured
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           loathsom
           stench
           that
           proceed
           from
           his
           unclean
           Body
           :
           wherefore
           a
           Cottage
           was
           Built
           for
           him
           near
           a
           Town
           ,
           upon
           a
           Hill
           remote
           from
           People
           ,
           a
           fair
           spring
           running
           hard
           by
           ;
           and
           herein
           the
           Leaper
           was
           placed
           ,
           with
           a
           man
           attending
           him
           ,
           to
           carry
           him
           Victuals
           ,
           and
           other
           necessaries
           :
           It
           happened
           that
           about
           the
           Dogg-days
           ,
           sweet
           Wine
           being
           
           brought
           in
           an
           Earthen
           Vessel
           into
           the
           Field
           to
           the
           Mowers
           ,
           near
           the
           place
           where
           this
           Leaper
           was
           placed
           ;
           he
           that
           brought
           it
           ,
           set
           it
           not
           far
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           went
           his
           way
           ;
           being
           gon
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           them
           being
           thirsty
           ,
           came
           and
           took
           up
           the
           Pitcher
           to
           pour
           out
           some
           Wine
           into
           a
           Bowl
           half
           full
           of
           Water
           ;
           which
           they
           mixed
           with
           their
           Wine
           ,
           and
           out
           falls
           a
           drowned
           Viper
           from
           the
           Pitcher
           into
           the
           Bowl
           ;
           hereupon
           the
           men
           being
           amazed
           ,
           let
           the
           Wine
           alone
           ,
           and
           drank
           ,
           and
           contented
           themselves
           with
           Water
           :
           but
           when
           they
           had
           finished
           their
           days
           work
           ,
           and
           were
           to
           go
           out
           of
           the
           Field
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           out
           of
           pity
           ,
           they
           gave
           to
           the
           Leprous
           man
           the
           Wine
           ;
           wherein
           the
           Viper
           was
           drowned
           ,
           supposing
           it
           better
           for
           him
           to
           dye
           ,
           than
           to
           live
           in
           that
           misery
           ;
           but
           he
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           drank
           it
           ,
           was
           as
           it
           were
           miraculously
           cured
           :
           for
           all
           that
           thick
           and
           most
           loathsom
           scabby
           swelling
           of
           the
           Disease
           ,
           that
           covered
           him
           over
           ,
           fell
           a-away
           
           from
           him
           ,
           like
           the
           hard
           outside
           of
           a
           Crab-Fish
           ,
           and
           new
           skin
           and
           flesh
           succeeding
           underneath
           in
           the
           place
           ,
           another
           example
           hereof
           though
           upon
           an
           unlike
           occasion
           ,
           happened
           in
           Mysia
           ,
           a
           Town
           of
           Asia
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XLII
           .
        
         
           ANZIEHANA
           in
           Aethiopia
           :
        
         
           ANziehana
           in
           Aethiopia
           ,
           hath
           on
           the
           west
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           Songo
           and
           Loango
           ;
           extended
           thence
           to
           the
           East
           ,
           as
           far
           almost
           as
           the
           Lake
           of
           Zembre
           ;
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           cruellest
           Canibals
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           for
           they
           do
           not
           only
           eat
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           but
           their
           Friends
           ,
           and
           Kinds-folk
           also
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           may
           be
           sure
           not
           to
           want
           these
           Dainties
           ,
           they
           have
           shambles
           of
           mans
           Flesh
           ,
           as
           in
           other
           places
           of
           Beef
           ,
           and
           Mutton
           ,
           so
           covetous
           with
           all
           ,
           that
           if
           their
           Slaves
           will
           but
           yield
           a
           penny
           more
           ,
           when
           
           fold
           joynt
           by
           joynt
           ,
           then
           if
           sold
           alive
           ,
           they
           will
           kill
           and
           cut
           them
           out
           in
           pieces
           ,
           and
           sell
           them
           so
           upon
           their
           Shambles
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XLIII
           .
        
         
           SYRIA
           .
        
         
           IN
           Syria
           ,
           are
           said
           to
           be
           a
           choice
           of
           Religions
           ,
           as
           a
           
             Christian
             ,
             Mahometan
             ,
             Pagan
          
           ,
           and
           one
           Compound
           out
           of
           them
           all
           ;
           which
           is
           that
           of
           the
           Drusians
           .
           The
           Mahometans
           embraced
           by
           the
           generality
           of
           the
           People
           throughout
           the
           whole
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           that
           are
           in
           Office
           or
           Authority
           ,
           is
           only
           countenanced
           and
           approved
           ;
           though
           all
           the
           rest
           be
           tollerated
           :
           The
           Pagan
           entertained
           only
           in
           the
           mountanous
           Country
           ,
           bordering
           on
           America
           ,
           Inhabited
           by
           a
           sort
           of
           People
           ,
           whom
           they
           call
           Curdi
           ,
           or
           the
           Curdens
           ,
           supposed
           to
           be
           so
           descended
           from
           the
           
           Ancient
           Parthians
           ,
           as
           being
           very
           expert
           in
           Bows
           and
           Arrows
           ,
           their
           most
           usual
           Armes
           :
           A
           Race
           of
           People
           ,
           who
           are
           said
           to
           worship
           alike
           ,
           both
           God
           and
           the
           Devil
           ;
           the
           one
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           receive
           Benefits
           from
           him
           ;
           the
           other
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           not
           hurt
           them
           :
           but
           their
           principal
           Devotions
           are
           addressed
           to
           the
           Devil
           only
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           good
           reasons
           ,
           as
           themselves
           conceive
           ;
           for
           God
           they
           say
           ,
           is
           a
           good
           man
           ,
           and
           will
           do
           no
           Body
           harm
           ,
           but
           the
           Devil
           is
           a
           mischievious
           fellow
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           pleased
           with
           Sacrifices
           ,
           that
           he
           do
           not
           hurt
           them
           ,
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           XLIIII
           .
        
         
           THEBET
           .
        
         
           THebet
           ,
           is
           a
           fenny
           Region
           of
           Tartaria
           ,
           full
           of
           Woods
           ,
           rich
           in
           Corral
           ;
           which
           they
           find
           on
           the
           Sea-shores
           ,
           and
           use
           it
           instead
           of
           Money
           ,
           so
           named
           from
           the
           chief
           City
           of
           it
           ;
           the
           ordinary
           seat
           of
           the
           Abassi
           ,
           or
           Pope
           of
           this
           Idolatrous
           People
           ,
           much
           reverenced
           ,
           and
           having
           in
           his
           power
           the
           disposing
           of
           all
           Affairs
           which
           concern
           the
           Service
           of
           their
           Idols
           :
           They
           have
           also
           good
           store
           of
           Musick
           ,
           and
           abundance
           of
           wild
           Beasts
           bred
           in
           their
           Forersts
           ;
           but
           no
           Beast
           wilder
           then
           the
           People
           ,
           who
           in
           times
           past
           (
           if
           not
           at
           present
           )
           use
           to
           bury
           their
           Parents
           in
           their
           own
           bowels
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           drinking
           cups
           of
           their
           skuls
           ,
           for
           fear
           least
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           their
           Jollity
           ,
           they
           should
           forget
           their
           Progenitors
           .
           Yet
           not
           more
           barbarous
           
           then
           Immodest
           ,
           it
           being
           contrary
           to
           their
           Custom
           to
           take
           a
           Wife
           that
           is
           a
           Virgin
           :
           and
           therefore
           the
           mothers
           use
           to
           prostitute
           their
           Daughters
           to
           the
           Merchant-strangers
           ,
           who
           having
           had
           their
           pleasures
           of
           them
           ,
           gratifie
           them
           with
           a
           Jewel
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           present
           ,
           which
           they
           wear
           on
           their
           Wedding-day
           ,
           she
           being
           the
           most
           acceptable
           Bride
           to
           her
           Husband
           ,
           who
           bringeth
           the
           greatest
           Dowry
           with
           her
           of
           these
           base
           rewards
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XLV
           .
        
         
           PATAVIVM
           in
           Italy
           .
        
         
           THere
           was
           found
           in
           the
           Territory
           of
           Patavium
           in
           Italy
           ,
           in
           former
           Ages
           ,
           a
           very
           antient
           Monument
           ,
           wherein
           were
           two
           Urnes
           ,
           a
           greater
           and
           a
           less
           ,
           both
           made
           of
           Earth
           ,
           the
           bigger
           contained
           the
           less
           :
           now
           in
           the
           less
           was
           found
           a
           Lamp
           burning
           
           between
           two
           Viols
           ,
           the
           one
           of
           Gold
           ,
           the
           other
           of
           Silver
           ,
           and
           both
           full
           of
           a
           most
           excellent
           Liquor
           ;
           by
           the
           Benefit
           of
           which
           ,
           it
           was
           supposed
           to
           have
           burned
           many
           years
           .
           The
           learned
           coming
           to
           the
           Monument
           ,
           affirmed
           it
           to
           be
           that
           perpetual
           Fire
           ,
           invented
           by
           the
           wonderful
           Industry
           of
           the
           antient
           Phylosophers
           ,
           which
           would
           endure
           so
           many
           years
           :
           In
           which
           opinion
           they
           were
           confirmed
           ,
           by
           verses
           written
           on
           both
           Urnes
           ,
           which
           seemed
           to
           be
           of
           great
           Antiquity
           .
           The
           like
           
             Ludovicus
             Vives
          
           reports
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           found
           in
           antient
           Graves
           ,
           which
           by
           Inscription
           had
           burnt
           above
           five
           hundred
           years
           .
           St.
           Augustine
           likewise
           affirms
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Temple
           of
           Venus
           ,
           was
           a
           Lamp
           that
           never
           went
           out
           ;
           which
           he
           supposed
           to
           have
           been
           done
           either
           by
           Art
           Magical
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           Industry
           of
           some
           man
           ,
           who
           had
           put
           
             Lapidem
             Asbestum
          
           ,
           or
           the
           unchangeable
           burning
           stone
           within
           the
           said
           Lamp
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Pope
           Paulus
           the
           
           Third
           ,
           the
           Grave
           of
           Tullio
           ,
           Cicero's
           Daughter
           was
           found
           ,
           wherein
           was
           the
           like
           Lamp
           burning
           ;
           but
           as
           soon
           as
           't
           was
           opened
           ,
           that
           the
           Air
           came
           to
           it
           ,
           it
           presently
           went
           out
           ;
           This
           Lamp
           had
           burnt
           there
           15
           hundred
           years
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XLVI
           .
        
         
           CRETE
           .
        
         
           T
           Is
           observable
           ,
           that
           in
           CRETE
           ,
           there
           is
           bred
           no
           Serpents
           ,
           or
           Venomous
           Beasts
           ,
           or
           Worms
           ,
           Ravenous
           or
           hurtful
           Creatures
           ;
           so
           that
           their
           Sheep
           Graze
           very
           securely
           without
           any
           Shepheard
           ;
           yet
           if
           a
           Woman
           happen
           to
           bite
           a
           Man
           any
           thing
           hard
           ,
           he
           will
           hardly
           be
           cured
           of
           it
           ;
           which
           if
           true
           ,
           then
           the
           last
           part
           of
           the
           Priviledge
           foregoing
           (
           of
           breeding
           no
           hurtful
           Creature
           )
           must
           needs
           be
           false
           .
           They
           have
           an
           Herb
           called
           Alimos
           ,
           which
           if
           one
           chew
           in
           his
           mouth
           ,
           he
           shall
           feel
           
           no
           hunger
           for
           that
           day
           ;
           Here
           is
           (
           besides
           many
           Medicinal
           Herbs
           )
           that
           is
           called
           Dictamnum
           ,
           or
           Dictamnas
           ,
           of
           special
           virtue
           against
           Poyson
           ,
           either
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Prevention
           ,
           or
           present
           Cure
           ;
           peculiar
           only
           to
           this
           Island
           :
           It
           affordeth
           great
           store
           of
           Laudanum
           ,
           a
           Juice
           or
           Gum
           ,
           forced
           with
           incredible
           labour
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           certain
           Tree
           Cisto
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Mountains
           yield
           abundance
           ;
           good
           to
           cause
           sleep
           ,
           if
           immoderately
           taken
           ,
           but
           if
           not
           very
           well
           prepared
           ,
           and
           taken
           with
           moderation
           ,
           it
           brings
           the
           last
           sleep
           upon
           a
           man
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           not
           to
           be
           awakened
           ,
           till
           the
           sound
           of
           the
           last
           Trumpet
           raise
           him
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           XLVII
           .
        
         
           HVNGARIA
           .
        
         
           IN
           HVNGARIA
           ,
           are
           said
           to
           be
           many
           Medicinal
           Waters
           ,
           and
           more
           hot
           Baths
           then
           in
           any
           one
           Countrey
           in
           Europe
           ;
           some
           Waters
           also
           of
           a
           strange
           Nature
           ,
           whereof
           some
           falling
           on
           the
           ground
           is
           turned
           into
           a
           Stone
           ;
           others
           about
           the
           Town
           of
           Smalnice
           ,
           which
           falling
           into
           Ditches
           makes
           up
           a
           kind
           of
           mud
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           tried
           ,
           and
           melted
           ,
           they
           make
           an
           excellent
           Copper
           ;
           and
           some
           again
           which
           flow
           in
           Winter
           ,
           and
           freeze
           in
           Summer
           ;
           and
           near
           to
           ●ristice
           ,
           or
           Mensoll
           ,
           is
           a
           Spring
           or
           Fountain
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           cometh
           a
           green
           Water
           ,
           whereof
           they
           make
           a
           Soder
           for
           their
           Gold.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           XLVIII
           .
        
         
           ARMAGH
           .
        
         
           IN
           the
           County
           ARMAGH
           ,
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           is
           a
           Lake
           ;
           into
           which
           if
           one
           thrust
           a
           piece
           of
           Wood
           ,
           he
           shall
           find
           that
           part
           of
           it
           which
           remaineth
           in
           the
           mud
           to
           be
           turned
           into
           Iron
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           the
           Water
           to
           be
           turned
           into
           a
           Whetstone
           .
           'T
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           their
           Kine
           will
           give
           no
           Milk
           ,
           if
           their
           Calves
           be
           not
           by
           them
           ;
           or
           at
           least
           their
           Calf-skins
           stuffed
           out
           with
           Straw
           or
           Hay
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           XLIX
           .
        
         
           MADAGASCAR
           .
        
         
           MADAGASCAR
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Affrican
           Islands
           ,
           is
           a
           Countrey
           plentiful
           of
           all
           things
           necessary
           for
           the
           life
           of
           Man
           ;
           particularly
           of
           
             Mill
             ,
             Rice
             ,
             Honey
             ,
             Wax
             ,
             Cotton
             ,
             Wooll
             ,
             Sugars
             ,
             Stags
             ,
             Goats
             ,
             Dear
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Creatures
           both
           Wild
           and
           Tame
           ;
           Lemons
           ,
           and
           other
           cooling
           Fruits
           ,
           Red
           
             Sanders
             ,
             Saffron
             ,
             Amber
          
           ,
           and
           some
           Mines
           of
           
             Gold
             ,
             Silver
             ,
             Iron
          
           ,
           and
           Copper
           :
           Their
           Beefs
           and
           Mutton
           so
           good
           and
           cheap
           ,
           that
           for
           a
           two
           peny
           Bead
           ,
           or
           some
           such
           trifle
           ,
           they
           will
           sell
           Beefs
           and
           Sheep
           of
           good
           taste
           and
           bigness
           ▪
           great
           store
           of
           Elephants
           &
           rare
           Fruits
           ,
           and
           amongst
           the
           rest
           they
           have
           plenty
           of
           those
           they
           call
           Coco's
           ,
           or
           Cocon-uts
           ;
           a
           kind
           of
           Date
           as
           bigg
           as
           a
           Cabbage
           ;
           the
           Liquor
           in
           it
           about
           the
           quantity
           of
           
           a
           Pint
           ,
           in
           taste
           like
           Wine
           and
           Sugar
           ;
           the
           Kernel
           bigg
           enough
           to
           content
           two
           Men
           :
           and
           like
           good
           Ale
           ,
           it
           affords
           not
           only
           Meat
           and
           Drink
           ,
           but
           Clothing
           two
           ;
           as
           also
           Furniture
           for
           their
           Houses
           ,
           Tackle
           for
           their
           Ships
           ,
           Fewel
           for
           their
           Fire
           ,
           and
           Timber
           for
           their
           Building
           ;
           A
           Country
           far
           too
           good
           for
           so
           bad
           a
           People
           .
        
         
           For
           as
           Travellers
           report
           they
           are
           Treacherous
           ,
           Inhospitable
           ,
           Ignorant
           both
           of
           Prayers
           and
           Festivals
           ;
           destitute
           of
           the
           distinction
           of
           Time
           ,
           into
           Years
           and
           Months
           ;
           not
           knowing
           any
           proper
           names
           for
           the
           days
           in
           the
           week
           ,
           nor
           able
           to
           reckon
           above
           10
           ;
           naked
           except
           their
           privities
           ,
           which
           they
           cover
           with
           a
           Cotten
           ;
           Idolaters
           in
           the
           Midland
           parts
           ,
           and
           Mahometans
           on
           the
           Shores
           ;
           commendable
           only
           for
           their
           hate
           to
           Poligamy
           ,
           and
           restravning
           themselves
           to
           one
           wife
           ;
           the
           defiling
           of
           the
           Marriage
           Bed
           severely
           punished
           :
           but
           otherwise
           so
           eager
           upon
           Copulation
           ,
           that
           their
           Boys
           at
           the
           
           Age
           of
           12
           years
           ,
           and
           the
           Girls
           at
           Ten
           ,
           think
           they
           stay
           too
           long
           if
           they
           keep
           their
           Virginity
           any
           longer
           ;
           some
           of
           them
           like
           Quartilla
           in
           
             Petronius
             Arbiter
          
           ,
           begin
           so
           early
           ,
           
             ut
             nunquam
             meminerint
             se
             Virgines
             fuisse
             ,
          
           that
           they
           remember
           not
           the
           time
           when
           they
           lost
           their
           Maiden-heads
           .
           Of
           colour
           they
           are
           Black
           ,
           and
           of
           strong
           complexion
           ;
           their
           Breasts
           and
           Faces
           Cut
           and
           Pinct
           ,
           to
           appear
           more
           beautiful
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           L.
           
        
         
           Isle
           of
           CVBA
           in
           America
           .
        
         
           AMongst
           the
           Rarities
           of
           the
           Isle
           of
           Cuba
           in
           America
           ,
           they
           mention
           a
           Fountain
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           floweth
           a
           Pitchey
           substance
           ,
           which
           is
           found
           frequently
           on
           the
           Seas
           ,
           into
           which
           it
           falleth
           ;
           excellent
           for
           the
           calking
           of
           Ships
           :
           Secondly
           a
           navigable
           River
           ,
           (
           but
           the
           name
           not
           told
           us
           )
           the
           Waters
           
           whereof
           are
           so
           hot
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           cannot
           hold
           his
           hand
           in
           it
           withont
           scalding
           ;
           they
           tell
           us
           also
           of
           a
           Valley
           fifteen
           Leagues
           from
           St.
           Iago
           ,
           which
           produceth
           Stones
           exactly
           round
           ,
           as
           if
           made
           for
           pleasure
           ;
           but
           yet
           meerly
           natural
           ,
           but
           these
           no
           greater
           Rarities
           then
           in
           other
           places
           ,
           nor
           altogether
           so
           great
           as
           in
           Hispaniola
           :
           Of
           which
           they
           tell
           us
           of
           a
           fair
           River
           ,
           whose
           Waters
           are
           salt
           ,
           and
           yet
           none
           but
           fresh
           streames
           fall
           into
           it
           :
           Of
           another
           Lake
           (
           three
           Leagues
           in
           compass
           )
           on
           the
           top
           of
           the
           Mountains
           ,
           into
           which
           many
           Rivers
           were
           known
           to
           run
           without
           any
           exit
           ;
           yet
           neither
           of
           these
           so
           rare
           or
           strange
           as
           the
           Cucugo
           ,
           a
           kind
           of
           a
           Beetle
           ,
           the
           eyes
           and
           wings
           whereof
           when
           opened
           ,
           give
           so
           great
           a
           light
           in
           the
           darkest
           night
           ,
           or
           places
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           may
           see
           to
           read
           or
           write
           by
           it
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           by
           a
           Candle
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           LI.
           
        
         
           TIBERIVS
           .
        
         
           'T
           Is
           reported
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Tiberius
           the
           Roman
           Emperour
           ,
           there
           was
           invented
           Glass
           of
           that
           temper
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           abide
           the
           hamer
           ,
           and
           be
           beaten
           in
           length
           or
           breadth
           like
           lead
           ,
           and
           pliable
           to
           bend
           every
           way
           like
           Paper
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Inventor
           was
           put
           to
           death
           upon
           this
           occasion
           :
           He
           having
           built
           a
           magnificent
           Palace
           in
           Rome
           ,
           which
           after
           the
           building
           began
           to
           sink
           ,
           and
           was
           likely
           to
           fall
           ,
           which
           Tiberius
           seeing
           ,
           and
           having
           before-hand
           paid
           him
           for
           the
           building
           of
           it
           ;
           commanded
           him
           to
           depart
           ,
           and
           never
           to
           see
           him
           in
           the
           face
           again
           .
           He
           afterward
           having
           invented
           the
           way
           of
           making
           Glass
           malyable
           ,
           or
           to
           abide
           the
           hamer
           ,
           came
           to
           shew
           the
           same
           to
           Tiberius
           ,
           in
           hopes
           of
           obtaining
           a
           reward
           for
           his
           
           nvention
           ,
           but
           instead
           thereof
           ,
           his
           whole
           Shop
           was
           pulled
           down
           and
           laid
           waste
           ,
           least
           Brass
           ,
           Gold
           ,
           and
           Silver
           ,
           should
           be
           undervalued
           in
           their
           price
           and
           esteem
           ,
           Some
           report
           that
           Tiberius
           did
           it
           out
           of
           malice
           and
           envy
           ,
           because
           he
           naturally
           hated
           learning
           ,
           and
           all
           Ingenious
           men
           :
           Petronius
           relates
           the
           matter
           after
           this
           manner
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             that
             there
             was
             a
             skilful
             Crafts-man
             ,
             who
             made
             Cups
             ,
             and
             Vessels
             of
             Glass
             ,
             of
             that
             firmness
             that
             they
             would
             no
             more
             break
             their
             Pots
             of
             Silver
             or
             Gold.
             
          
        
         
           Now
           when
           he
           had
           made
           a
           Viol
           of
           this
           Glass
           ,
           and
           thought
           it
           worthy
           to
           be
           given
           to
           Tiberius
           ,
           he
           was
           brought
           with
           his
           present
           before
           him
           ;
           Tiberius
           received
           the
           Viol
           ,
           and
           much
           commended
           the
           workmanship
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           workman
           more
           to
           amaze
           the
           beholders
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           might
           make
           himself
           a
           further
           way
           into
           Tiberius
           favour
           ;
           took
           the
           Glass-viol
           again
           into
           his
           hand
           ,
           and
           threw
           it
           down
           upon
           the
           pavement
           with
           so
           great
           a
           force
           ,
           that
           had
           it
           been
           
           made
           of
           Gold
           or
           Silver
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           either
           broke
           or
           bruised
           .
           Tiberius
           was
           hereat
           astonished
           ,
           but
           the
           maker
           took
           up
           his
           Glass
           again
           ,
           which
           was
           only
           a
           little
           bruised
           ,
           but
           no
           where
           broken
           ;
           then
           taking
           a
           hamer
           out
           of
           his
           pocket
           ,
           he
           beat
           out
           the
           bruise
           again
           ,
           and
           brought
           it
           to
           '
           its
           right
           fashion
           ;
           which
           being
           done
           ,
           he
           thought
           he
           had
           purchased
           Heaven
           ,
           gaining
           at
           once
           
           Tiberius's
           Favour
           and
           Admiration
           ;
           But
           it
           fell
           out
           otherwise
           ,
           for
           Tiberius
           demanded
           ,
           if
           any
           knew
           that
           Art
           but
           himself
           ?
           
             He
             answered
          
           ,
           none
           that
           he
           knew
           ;
           whereupon
           Tiberius
           commanded
           ,
           he
           should
           be
           beheaded
           ;
           For
           ,
           (
           
             says
             he
          
           )
           If
           this
           Art
           were
           publickly
           known
           ,
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           would
           be
           no
           more
           esteemed
           of
           then
           Clay
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           LII
           .
        
         
           HENRY
           the
           third
           Emperour
           .
        
         
           THere
           was
           a
           Lady
           lived
           iu
           the
           time
           of
           Henry
           the
           third
           ,
           Emperour
           ,
           who
           brought
           forth
           at
           one
           Birth
           365
           Children
           ,
           the
           just
           nnmber
           of
           days
           in
           the
           year
           ;
           In
           memory
           whereof
           ,
           not
           far
           from
           Leiden
           in
           Holland
           ,
           in
           a
           Village
           called
           Lansdunen
           ,
           there
           is
           to
           be
           seen
           a
           Table
           of
           Marble
           ,
           which
           contains
           the
           whole
           story
           of
           this
           stupendious
           accident
           .
           These
           two
           Verses
           were
           Ingraven
           uppermost
           being
           her
           Epitaph
           .
        
         
           En
           tibi
           monstrosum
           nimis
           ,
           memorabile
           factum
        
         
           Quale
           nec
           a
           mundi
           conditione
           datum
           .
        
         
           Margaret
           ,
           the
           Wife
           of
           Herman
           Earl
           of
           Henenberge
           ,
           and
           Daughter
           of
           Florence
           ,
           the
           4
           th
           Earl
           of
           Holland
           ,
           and
           Zealand
           ,
           Sister
           of
           William
           King
           of
           the
           
           Romans
           ,
           and
           after
           Caesar
           ,
           or
           Governour
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           &c.
           
           This
           noble
           Countess
           being
           about
           forty
           years
           of
           age
           ,
           upon
           Easter
           day
           about
           nine
           of
           the
           clock
           in
           the
           year
           of
           our
           Lord
           God
           ,
           1276.
           was
           brought
           to
           bed
           of
           365
           Children
           ,
           half
           Males
           ;
           and
           half
           Females
           ,
           the
           odd
           one
           an
           Fermophradite
           ,
           all
           which
           were
           baptized
           ,
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Laudunen
           aforesaid
           by
           the
           names
           of
           Iohn
           and
           Elizabeth
           ,
           who
           together
           with
           their
           mother
           ,
           dyed
           the
           same
           day
           ,
           and
           lye
           buried
           in
           the
           said
           Church
           .
           This
           happened
           by
           the
           meanes
           of
           a
           poor
           Woman
           ,
           who
           carried
           in
           her
           Arms
           two
           Children
           ,
           who
           were
           Twins
           ,
           and
           both
           of
           them
           Males
           ,
           which
           the
           Countess
           admiring
           ,
           said
           ,
           that
           she
           could
           not
           have
           them
           by
           one
           Father
           ,
           and
           so
           shook
           her
           off
           with
           Contempt
           and
           Scorn
           :
           Whereupon
           the
           poor
           woman
           being
           much
           perplexed
           ,
           presently
           prayed
           to
           God
           to
           send
           her
           as
           many
           Children
           ,
           as
           there
           was
           days
           in
           the
           year
           ,
           which
           thing
           beyond
           the
           course
           of
           nature
           ,
           
           in
           a
           stupendious
           manner
           ;
           came
           to
           pass
           ,
           as
           is
           before
           related
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           LIII
           .
        
         
           LINVM
           VIVVM
           .
        
         
           'T
           Is
           reported
           ,
           that
           in
           ancient
           times
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           certain
           kind
           of
           Flax
           ,
           which
           the
           Latins
           called
           
             Linum
             vivum
          
           ,
           whereof
           were
           made
           whole
           pieces
           of
           Linnen-cloth
           ,
           and
           Garments
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           be
           consumed
           by
           Fire
           ,
           not
           only
           so
           ,
           but
           being
           cast
           into
           the
           Fire
           ,
           the
           Soil
           and
           Dirtiness
           of
           it
           would
           be
           burnt
           away
           ,
           and
           taken
           out
           again
           ;
           it
           became
           more
           white
           then
           any
           water
           could
           wash
           it
           .
           The
           Bodies
           of
           Emperours
           and
           Kings
           were
           burnt
           in
           sheets
           of
           this
           Linnen
           ,
           least
           the
           Ashes
           of
           their
           Bodies
           should
           mingle
           with
           the
           Ashes
           of
           the
           Wood
           :
           This
           Flax
           is
           hard
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           and
           as
           difficult
           to
           be
           woven
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           shortness
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           
           being
           found
           ,
           't
           is
           equalled
           in
           price
           to
           the
           most
           excellent
           Pearls
           Nero
           is
           reported
           to
           have
           had
           a
           linnen
           Garment
           of
           it
           ,
           'T
           is
           also
           reported
           ,
           that
           Podocatarus
           a
           Knight
           of
           Cyprius
           ,
           brought
           some
           of
           it
           to
           Venice
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           a
           sort
           of
           Flax
           that
           could
           not
           be
           consumed
           by
           Fire
           .
           Now
           the
           Flax
           of
           Cyprus
           proceedeth
           from
           no
           Plant
           ,
           as
           our
           Flax
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           stone
           of
           Amiantus
           ,
           which
           being
           found
           in
           Cyprus
           ,
           and
           Broken
           ,
           the
           earthy
           dross
           being
           purged
           away
           ,
           there
           remains
           fine
           hair
           threads
           ,
           like
           to
           Flax
           which
           is
           woven
           into
           Cloth
           ;
           this
           Flax
           was
           seen
           in
           the
           house
           of
           the
           said
           Padocatarus
           by
           many
           men
           of
           worth
           and
           credit
           ;
           wherefore
           Lime
           being
           made
           of
           this
           stone
           ,
           and
           
             Incombustible
             ;
             Constantine
          
           the
           Emperour
           ordained
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           always
           burn
           in
           Lamps
           in
           his
           Chappel
           at
           Rome
           :
           The
           same
           reports
           Damasus
           in
           the
           life
           of
           Pope
           Silvester
           .
           St.
           Augustine
           saith
           also
           ,
           that
           he
           saw
           Lamps
           at
           Paris
           ,
           whose
           lights
           never
           consumed
           .
           Also
           at
           Lovain
           ,
           a
           
           Napkin
           taken
           from
           the
           table
           at
           a
           Feast
           ,
           and
           thrown
           into
           the
           Fire
           ;
           and
           being
           red
           as
           a
           Coal
           ,
           was
           taken
           out
           again
           ,
           cooled
           ,
           and
           restored
           to
           the
           owner
           more
           white
           then
           if
           it
           had
           been
           washed
           with
           all
           the
           water
           and
           Soap
           in
           the
           Town
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           LIV.
           
        
         
           CHILE
           .
        
         
           IN
           CHILE
           ,
           are
           said
           to
           be
           several
           fine
           Rivers
           ;
           but
           there
           is
           one
           more
           Famous
           then
           the
           rest
           ,
           though
           nameless
           ;
           which
           in
           the
           day
           time
           runneth
           with
           a
           violent
           stream
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Night
           hath
           no
           Water
           at
           all
           :
           The
           reason
           of
           it
           is
           ,
           because
           this
           River
           hath
           no
           constant
           Fountain
           ,
           but
           is
           ,
           both
           begun
           and
           continued
           by
           the
           Snow
           falling
           from
           the
           Mountains
           ;
           which
           in
           the
           heat
           of
           the
           day
           is
           melted
           into
           water
           ,
           and
           precipitately
           carried
           into
           the
           Sea
           ;
           but
           
           congealed
           in
           the
           coldness
           of
           the
           night
           ,
           yields
           no
           water
           at
           all
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Channel
           becometh
           empty
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           LV.
           
        
         
           IAPAN
           .
        
         
           IAPAN
           ,
           is
           a
           Country
           Mountanous
           and
           barren
           ,
           but
           of
           a
           very
           healthy
           Air
           ,
           if
           not
           too
           much
           subject
           to
           cold
           :
           yet
           in
           some
           places
           they
           have
           Wheat
           in
           the
           Month
           of
           May
           ;
           but
           their
           Rice
           ,
           which
           is
           their
           Principal
           sustenance
           ,
           they
           gather
           not
           before
           September
           .
           The
           surface
           of
           the
           Earth
           clothed
           with
           Woods
           and
           Forrests
           ,
           in
           which
           are
           some
           Cedars
           of
           so
           tall
           and
           large
           a
           body
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           them
           only
           is
           sufficient
           to
           make
           a
           Pillar
           for
           a
           Church
           :
           the
           Bowels
           of
           it
           stored
           with
           divers
           Mettals
           ;
           and
           amongst
           others
           such
           inexhaustible
           Mines
           of
           Gold
           ,
           
             Paulus
             Venetus
          
           reporteth
           some
           of
           their
           
           Pallaces
           of
           their
           Kings
           ,
           to
           be
           covered
           with
           sheets
           of
           Gold
           ,
           as
           ours
           in
           Europe
           are
           with
           Lead
           Their
           fields
           and
           Meadows
           ,
           full
           of
           Cattel
           ,
           but
           hitherto
           not
           made
           acquainted
           with
           making
           of
           Butter
           ,
           their
           Fens
           much
           visited
           with
           wild
           Ducks
           ,
           as
           their
           yards
           with
           Pigeons
           ,
           Turtle
           ,
           Quailes
           ,
           and
           Putten
           .
           The
           People
           for
           the
           most
           part
           of
           a
           good
           understanding
           ,
           apt
           to
           learn
           ,
           and
           of
           able
           memories
           ;
           cunning
           and
           subtile
           in
           their
           dealings
           ,
           of
           Body
           vigorous
           and
           strong
           ,
           accustomed
           to
           bear
           Arms
           till
           sixty
           years
           old
           ,
           their
           Complexion
           of
           an
           Olive-colour
           ,
           their
           Beards
           thin
           ,
           and
           the
           one
           half
           of
           their
           hair
           of
           their
           Heads
           shaved
           off
           ,
           patient
           they
           are
           of
           pain
           ,
           ambitious
           of
           Glory
           ,
           uncapable
           of
           suffering
           wrong
           ,
           but
           can
           withall
           dissemble
           their
           resentments
           of
           it
           ,
           till
           opportunity
           of
           Revenge
           .
        
         
           They
           reproach
           no
           man
           for
           his
           poverty
           ,
           so
           it
           come
           not
           by
           his
           own
           thriftness
           ,
           for
           which
           cause
           they
           detest
           all
           kind
           of
           Gaming
           ,
           as
           the
           wayes
           or
           
           ill
           Husbandry
           ;
           and
           Generally
           abhor
           Slandering
           ,
           Swearing
           ,
           and
           Theft
           .
           Their
           Mourning
           commonly
           is
           in
           White
           ,
           as
           their
           Feasts
           in
           Black
           ;
           their
           Teeth
           they
           colour
           black
           also
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           more
           beautiful
           ;
           they
           mount
           on
           the
           Right
           side
           of
           the
           Horse
           ,
           and
           sit
           (
           as
           we
           use
           to
           rise
           )
           when
           they
           entertain
           .
           In
           Physiek
           they
           eat
           salt
           things
           ,
           sharp
           and
           raw
           ;
           and
           in
           their
           Salutations
           ,
           they
           put
           off
           their
           shooes
           ;
           The
           very
           Antipodes
           of
           our
           World
           in
           Custom
           ,
           though
           not
           in
           sight
           ;
           In
           other
           things
           they
           much
           resemble
           those
           of
           China
           ,
           if
           not
           the
           more
           Ceremonious
           of
           the
           two
           :
           washing
           their
           Infant
           children
           in
           the
           nearest
           River
           as
           soon
           as
           born
           ,
           and
           putting
           on
           shooes
           when
           they
           go
           to
           meat
           .
        
         
           The
           People
           have
           but
           one
           Language
           ,
           but
           that
           so
           intermingled
           with
           the
           words
           of
           other
           Nations
           ,
           that
           it
           seems
           rather
           to
           be
           many
           then
           one
           :
           they
           have
           long
           used
           the
           Art
           of
           Printing
           ,
           which
           probably
           they
           might
           have
           
           from
           China
           :
           the
           Characters
           whereof
           are
           a
           kind
           of
           Burchigraphy
           ,
           and
           signifie
           not
           only
           Letters
           ,
           but
           some
           whole
           Words
           also
           ;
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           Gentiles
           ,
           Adorning
           Anciently
           the
           Sun
           ,
           Moon
           ,
           and
           Stars
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           giving
           Divine
           honour
           to
           wild
           Beasts
           ,
           and
           the
           Staggs
           of
           the
           Forrests
           :
           but
           specially
           worshipping
           some
           of
           their
           Deceased
           Priests
           and
           Princes
           ,
           by
           the
           names
           of
           Fotoques
           ,
           and
           Cames
           ;
           to
           the
           first
           of
           which
           ,
           they
           use
           to
           pray
           for
           Goods
           of
           the
           other
           World
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           last
           for
           Temporal
           Blessings
           ;
           Two
           Famous
           Mountains
           there
           are
           ,
           one
           of
           which
           called
           Figenojama
           ,
           is
           said
           to
           Transcend
           the
           Clouds
           in
           height
           ,
           the
           other
           (
           but
           without
           a
           Name
           ,
           )
           useth
           to
           cast
           forth
           dreadful
           Flames
           like
           
             Corsican
             Aetna
          
           :
           on
           the
           top
           whereof
           the
           Devil
           environed
           with
           a
           white
           shining
           cloud
           ,
           doth
           sometimes
           shew
           himself
           to
           such
           of
           his
           Votaries
           ,
           as
           live
           about
           this
           hill
           an
           abstemious
           life
           ,
           like
           the
           Ancient
           Hermits
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           LVI
           .
        
         
           GILOLO
           .
        
         
           GILOLO
           ,
           called
           also
           Batachina
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           
             Oriental
             Islands
          
           ,
           which
           our
           Navigators
           include
           under
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Del
             Moro
          
           ,
           of
           large
           extent
           ,
           conceived
           to
           be
           half
           as
           big
           as
           Italy
           ,
           by
           that
           account
           (
           the
           truth
           thereof
           is
           very
           much
           doubled
           )
           greater
           than
           Zelan
           is
           in
           Compass
           ,
           though
           of
           less
           Reputation
           ;
           that
           being
           Governed
           by
           its
           own
           Princes
           ,
           this
           is
           Subject
           for
           the
           most
           part
           to
           the
           King
           of
           Ternate
           .
           Scituate
           East
           of
           the
           Mollucoes
           ,
           exceeding
           plentiful
           of
           Rice
           ,
           well
           stored
           with
           Wild
           Hens
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           shores
           provided
           of
           a
           kind
           of
           Shell-Fish
           ,
           which
           in
           tast
           much
           resembleth
           Mutton
           ;
           a
           Tree
           they
           have
           which
           they
           call
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           Sagu
           ,
           of
           the
           pith
           thereof
           they
           make
           their
           Bread
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           
           Sap
           or
           Juice
           of
           it
           ,
           they
           compose
           a
           pleasing
           Drink
           ,
           which
           serveth
           them
           instead
           of
           Wine
           ;
           the
           Air
           Intemperately
           hot
           ;
           the
           People
           well
           proportioned
           ,
           but
           Rude
           and
           Salvage
           ;
           some
           of
           them
           Gentiles
           ,
           some
           Mahometans
           ;
           of
           which
           last
           Religion
           is
           their
           King
           ;
           the
           chief
           Town
           of
           it
           is
           Batchane
           or
           Batachina
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Hollanders
           have
           a
           Fort
           to
           defend
           their
           Factory
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           LVII
           .
        
         
           CALEBS
           or
           Gilolo
           .
        
         
           WEst
           of
           the
           CALEBS
           or
           Gilolo
           ,
           lyeth
           the
           Isle
           of
           Borneo
           ,
           of
           more
           Note
           and
           Greatness
           than
           any
           of
           the
           Oriental
           Islands
           ;
           the
           Country
           said
           to
           be
           provided
           of
           all
           things
           necessary
           ,
           the
           People
           generally
           more
           White
           the
           then
           rest
           of
           the
           Indians
           ,
           of
           good
           Wits
           ,
           and
           approved
           Integrity
           ;
           though
           all
           Mahometans
           ,
           or
           Gentiles
           ,
           divided
           
           
           
           
           
           betwixt
           two
           Kings
           ,
           and
           two
           Religions
           ;
           the
           Kings
           of
           Borneo
           and
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           being
           all
           Mahometans
           ;
           those
           of
           Laus
           still
           remaining
           in
           their
           Ancient
           Gentilism
           .
           These
           think
           the
           Sun
           and
           Moon
           to
           be
           Man
           and
           Wife
           ,
           and
           the
           Stars
           their
           children
           ,
           ascribing
           to
           each
           of
           them
           Divine
           honour
           ,
           to
           the
           Sun
           especially
           ,
           whom
           they
           Salute
           at
           first
           Rising
           with
           great
           Reverence
           ,
           saying
           certain
           Verses
           ;
           their
           publick
           business
           are
           Treated
           on
           in
           the
           Night
           ,
           at
           which
           time
           the
           Counsellers
           of
           State
           meet
           and
           Assend
           some
           Tree
           ,
           viewing
           the
           Heavens
           till
           the
           Moon
           rise
           ,
           and
           then
           go
           to
           their
           Senate
           House
           ,
           the
           same
           Apparrel
           ,
           Generally
           of
           both
           Religions
           ;
           but
           thin
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           great
           heat
           of
           the
           Air
           :
           a
           Shirt
           of
           Calico
           ,
           or
           some
           such
           light
           stuff
           ,
           worne
           more
           for
           modesty
           then
           for
           warmth
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           LVIII
           .
        
         
           BORNEO
           .
        
         
           OPposite
           to
           Borneo
           ,
           towards
           the
           South
           lyeth
           the
           Isles
           of
           Iava
           ,
           two
           in
           number
           ,
           distinguished
           by
           
             Iava
             Major
          
           ,
           and
           
             Iava
             Minor
             ;
             Iava
             Major
          
           the
           more
           Northward
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           and
           much
           the
           bigger
           ,
           said
           to
           be
           in
           Compass
           3000
           Miles
           ,
           the
           Country
           Rich
           and
           Fertile
           ,
           yielding
           great
           plenty
           of
           Fruit
           ,
           Corn
           and
           Rice
           especially
           ,
           the
           People
           of
           a
           middle
           Stature
           ,
           Corpulent
           ,
           and
           broad
           Faces
           ,
           most
           of
           them
           naked
           ,
           or
           covered
           only
           with
           a
           thin
           Silk
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           lower
           then
           the
           knee
           :
           accounted
           the
           most
           civillest
           People
           of
           all
           the
           Indians
           ,
           as
           fetching
           their
           Deseent
           from
           China
           :
           but
           withall
           Treacherous
           ,
           very
           Proud
           ,
           much
           given
           to
           lying
           ,
           and
           very
           careless
           of
           their
           words
           ,
           to
           which
           so
           used
           ,
           that
           they
           count
           it
           
           not
           amongst
           their
           faults
           ;
           Cruel
           they
           are
           also
           said
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           implacable
           ,
           if
           once
           offended
           :
           accustomed
           of
           old
           to
           eat
           the
           Bodies
           of
           their
           Friend
           ,
           accounting
           no
           Burial
           so
           honourable
           ,
           nor
           Obsequie
           so
           applausive
           .
           This
           is
           also
           a
           Custom
           amongst
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Indians
           ,
           and
           so
           hath
           been
           ever
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Persian
           Monarchy
           ;
           Herodotus
           reporteth
           how
           
             Darius
             Hystaspes
          
           ,
           understanding
           of
           this
           custom
           ,
           and
           withall
           knowing
           how
           the
           Grecians
           use
           to
           burn
           their
           dead
           ;
           sent
           to
           the
           Greeks
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           his
           pleasure
           they
           should
           eat
           the
           Bodies
           of
           their
           dead
           ;
           but
           they
           used
           all
           manner
           of
           perswasion
           ,
           and
           intreaty
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           forced
           to
           so
           Bruitish
           and
           Barbarous
           a
           Custom
           ;
           then
           commanding
           the
           Indians
           to
           comform
           themselves
           to
           the
           fashion
           of
           the
           Grecians
           ;
           but
           they
           all
           more
           abhorred
           to
           burn
           their
           dead
           ,
           then
           the
           Greeks
           did
           to
           eat
           them
           ;
           so
           impossible
           is
           it
           for
           a
           Custom
           ,
           either
           to
           be
           suddenly
           left
           off
           ,
           or
           to
           seem
           undecent
           
           and
           inconvenient
           ,
           if
           once
           throughly
           settled
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           LIX
           .
        
         
           FESSE
           in
           Barbary
           .
        
         
           THe
           Province
           of
           Fesse
           in
           Barbary
           ,
           is
           a
           Countrey
           very
           Fruitful
           ,
           well
           stored
           with
           Cattel
           ,
           and
           exceeding
           Populous
           ;
           the
           Villages
           whereof
           as
           bigg
           as
           the
           better
           sort
           of
           Towns
           ,
           in
           other
           places
           ;
           but
           contrary
           to
           the
           Customs
           of
           other
           Countreys
           ,
           better
           Inhabited
           on
           the
           Hills
           ,
           then
           amongst
           the
           Villages
           ,
           the
           People
           making
           use
           of
           the
           Mountains
           ,
           for
           their
           Habitations
           as
           places
           of
           defence
           and
           safety
           ,
           but
           Husbanding
           the
           Villages
           which
           lie
           nearest
           to
           them
           ,
           In
           this
           Province
           't
           is
           said
           they
           have
           Lyons
           so
           tame
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           gather
           up
           Bones
           in
           the
           Street
           like
           Dogs
           ,
           without
           hurting
           any
           Body
           ;
           and
           other
           Lyons
           that
           are
           
           of
           so
           cowardly
           a
           Nature
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           run
           away
           at
           the
           Voice
           of
           the
           least
           child
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           LX.
           
        
         
           PARIA
           in
           America
           .
        
         
           PARIA
           in
           America
           ,
           is
           a
           County
           for
           so
           much
           as
           hath
           been
           discovered
           ,
           neither
           Rich
           nor
           Pleasant
           ,
           and
           consequently
           ,
           the
           less
           lookt
           after
           ;
           covered
           with
           Shrubs
           and
           Bushes
           ,
           and
           such
           unprofitable
           things
           ,
           heretofore
           famed
           for
           pearl
           ,
           Fishing
           all
           along
           the
           Coast
           ,
           from
           the
           Gulf
           of
           Paria
           ,
           to
           that
           of
           Venezuela
           ,
           called
           therefore
           
             Costos
             de
             las
             perlas
          
           ;
           but
           that
           gainful
           Trade
           hath
           long
           since
           failed
           it
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           esteem
           for
           a
           vein
           of
           excellent
           Salt
           ,
           found
           near
           Promontory
           of
           Araya
           ,
           and
           the
           Bay
           of
           Cariaco
           ;
           gathered
           and
           digged
           up
           thereabout
           in
           great
           abundance
           ,
           and
           yet
           never
           diminishing
           ;
           
           there
           are
           some
           strange
           Creatures
           in
           this
           Country
           ,
           as
           the
           Beast
           called
           Capa
           ,
           the
           soles
           of
           whose
           feet
           are
           like
           a
           shooe
           ,
           a
           kind
           of
           Hog
           which
           lives
           altogether
           upon
           Ants
           ,
           or
           Pismires
           ;
           Parrots
           and
           Bats
           ,
           of
           more
           then
           ordinary
           greatness
           ;
           of
           the
           People
           there
           is
           nothing
           singullers
           except
           it
           be
           ,
           that
           having
           plenty
           of
           good
           Fruits
           ,
           Fish
           ,
           and
           Flesh
           ,
           they
           use
           themselves
           to
           a
           far
           worse
           diet
           ,
           feeding
           on
           Horse-leeches
           ,
           Bats
           ,
           spiders
           ,
           Grashoppers
           ,
           Worms
           ,
           Lice
           ,
           and
           such
           other
           vermine
           .
           In
           other
           things
           they
           seem
           to
           have
           ,
           a
           mixture
           of
           all
           ill
           Customs
           ,
           used
           amongst
           the
           Salvages
           of
           
             Asia
             ,
             Affrick
          
           ,
           and
           America
           ;
           as
           multitudes
           of
           Wives
           ,
           prostituting
           these
           Wives
           for
           the
           first
           Nights
           lodging
           ,
           to
           the
           Piacos
           ,
           or
           Priests
           ;
           and
           after
           to
           their
           Guests
           ,
           taking
           great
           pains
           to
           black
           their
           Teeth
           ,
           and
           putting
           strange
           colours
           on
           their
           Bodies
           instead
           of
           Garments
           ,
           high
           minded
           they
           are
           ,
           Treacherous
           and
           revengeful
           ,
           accustomed
           
           to
           the
           use
           of
           poysoned
           Arrows
           ,
           which
           they
           Invenom
           with
           the
           blood
           of
           Snakes
           ,
           and
           other
           mixtures
           .
           In
           one
           thing
           only
           different
           from
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           fencing
           of
           their
           grounds
           ,
           Orchards
           ,
           with
           a
           Cotton
           thread
           ,
           as
           high
           as
           ones
           wast
           ,
           and
           an
           opinion
           which
           they
           have
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           breaketh
           it
           ,
           or
           goes
           over
           ,
           or
           under
           it
           ,
           shall
           die
           immediately
           ;
           more
           safe
           in
           that
           opinion
           then
           by
           Brazen
           Walls
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           LXI
           .
        
         
           NVMIDIA
           .
        
         
           THe
           natural
           Inhabitants
           of
           Numidia
           ,
           are
           said
           to
           be
           a
           base
           vile
           People
           ,
           Thieves
           ,
           Murderers
           ,
           Treacherous
           ,
           and
           Ignorant
           of
           all
           things
           ;
           feeding
           most
           commonly
           on
           Dates
           ,
           Barley
           ,
           and
           Carrion
           ;
           accounting
           Bread
           a
           diet
           for
           their
           Festival-days
           .
           But
           the
           Arrabians
           ,
           who
           are
           intermingled
           with
           them
           ,
           in
           
           most
           part
           of
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           affirmed
           to
           be
           (
           comparatively
           with
           the
           Nations
           )
           Ingenious
           ,
           liberal
           ,
           and
           civil
           .
           The
           Garments
           of
           the
           Numidians
           ,
           of
           the
           coursest
           Cloth
           ,
           so
           short
           that
           they
           cover
           not
           half
           the
           Body
           :
           The
           Richer
           sort
           distinguished
           by
           a
           Jacket
           of
           blew
           Cotton
           with
           wide
           Sleeves
           ;
           their
           Steeds
           are
           Camels
           ,
           which
           they
           ride
           without
           a
           Stirrup
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           a
           Sadle
           :
           A
           leather
           Thrust
           through
           an
           hole
           made
           in
           the
           Nose
           of
           the
           Camel
           ,
           serves
           them
           for
           a
           Bridle
           ;
           and
           to
           save
           the
           charge
           of
           Spurs
           ,
           they
           make
           use
           of
           a
           Goad
           ;
           their
           Religion
           Mahometism
           ,
           to
           which
           perverted
           (
           Christianity
           having
           once
           had
           footing
           here
           )
           in
           the
           year
           710.
           
           The
           Azanaghi
           ,
           and
           other
           People
           of
           those
           parts
           then
           subdued
           by
           the
           Saracens
           ,
           who
           held
           them
           for
           a
           Nation
           of
           so
           little
           reckoning
           ,
           that
           no
           man
           of
           account
           amongst
           them
           would
           descend
           so
           low
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           their
           Prince
           ;
           but
           
           left
           them
           to
           be
           ruled
           as
           in
           former
           times
           ,
           by
           the
           Chiefs
           ,
           or
           Heads
           ,
           of
           their
           several
           Claris.
           
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           LXII
           .
        
         
           NIGRITARVM
           .
        
         
           THe
           Country
           of
           NIGRITARVM
           ,
           is
           said
           to
           be
           hot
           by
           reason
           of
           its
           Scituation
           under
           the
           torrid
           Zone
           ;
           yet
           very
           well
           Inhabited
           ,
           full
           of
           People
           ;
           and
           in
           some
           places
           always
           green
           ,
           well
           watered
           ,
           and
           exceeding
           fruitful
           ,
           Especially
           in
           those
           parts
           ,
           which
           lye
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           the
           overflowing
           of
           the
           River
           Niger
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           further
           side
           of
           the
           River
           Sanaga
           ,
           abundantly
           well
           stored
           both
           with
           Corn
           ,
           Cattel
           ,
           and
           Garden-ware
           for
           the
           use
           of
           their
           Kitchings
           ,
           well
           wooded
           ,
           and
           those
           Woods
           well
           furnished
           with
           Elephants
           ,
           and
           other
           Beasts
           ;
           both
           wild
           and
           tame
           .
           Their
           greatest
           
           want
           (
           but
           such
           a
           want
           as
           may
           be
           born
           with
           )
           is
           the
           want
           of
           Fruit-trees
           ,
           few
           of
           which
           they
           have
           ;
           and
           those
           they
           have
           ,
           bear
           one
           kind
           of
           Fruit
           only
           ;
           which
           is
           like
           the
           Chesnut
           ,
           but
           some
           what
           bitterer
           ;
           Rain
           here
           doth
           neither
           help
           nor
           hurt
           ;
           their
           greatest
           Welfare
           consisting
           in
           the
           Over-flowings
           of
           Niger
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           Egypt
           in
           the
           Innundations
           of
           Nile
           .
           In
           some
           parts
           very
           liberally
           enriched
           with
           Mines
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           ,
           very
           fine
           and
           pure
           .
        
         
           The
           Inhabitants
           ,
           till
           the
           coming
           of
           the
           Portugals
           thither
           ,
           were
           for
           the
           most
           part
           so
           rude
           and
           barbarous
           ,
           that
           they
           seem
           to
           want
           that
           use
           of
           Reason
           ,
           which
           is
           peculiar
           to
           man
           ;
           of
           little
           Wit
           ,
           and
           destitute
           of
           all
           Arts
           and
           Sciences
           ;
           prone
           to
           Luxury
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           greatest
           part
           Idolaters
           ,
           though
           not
           without
           some
           admixture
           of
           Mahometans
           .
           When
           the
           Portugals
           first
           failed
           into
           these
           parts
           ,
           the
           People
           took
           the
           Ships
           for
           great
           Birds
           with
           white
           wings
           ,
           and
           after
           upon
           better
           acquaintance
           ,
           
           they
           could
           not
           be
           brought
           to
           believe
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           eyes
           which
           were
           casually
           painted
           on
           the
           Beaks
           of
           the
           Ships
           ,
           were
           the
           eyes
           by
           which
           they
           saw
           how
           to
           direct
           themselves
           in
           their
           Course
           .
           Guns
           seemed
           to
           them
           for
           their
           hideous
           noise
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           Works
           of
           the
           Devil
           ;
           and
           for
           Bag-pipes
           they
           took
           them
           to
           be
           living
           Creatures
           ;
           neither
           when
           they
           had
           been
           permitted
           to
           touch
           them
           ,
           would
           they
           be
           perswaded
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           were
           the
           work
           of
           Gods
           own
           hands
           :
           The
           very
           Nobles
           (
           if
           so
           noble
           a
           Name
           may
           without
           offence
           be
           given
           to
           such
           blokish
           People
           )
           are
           so
           dull
           and
           stupid
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           Ignorant
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           which
           belong
           to
           civil
           Society
           ,
           and
           yet
           so
           reverent
           of
           their
           King
           ;
           that
           when
           they
           are
           in
           his
           presence
           ,
           they
           never
           look
           him
           in
           the
           face
           ,
           but
           still
           flat
           on
           their
           Buttock
           ,
           with
           their
           Elbows
           on
           their
           Knees
           ,
           and
           their
           hands
           on
           their
           faces
           ;
           they
           use
           to
           anoint
           their
           Hair
           with
           the
           Fat
           of
           Fishes
           ,
           which
           makes
           them
           stink
           more
           wretchedly
           
           then
           they
           would
           do
           otherwise
           .
           Of
           Complexion
           they
           are
           for
           the
           most
           part
           cole-black
           ,
           whence
           the
           name
           of
           Negroes
           ;
           but
           on
           the
           South-side
           of
           the
           River
           Senaga
           ,
           they
           are
           tawney
           :
           The
           Blacks
           so
           much
           in
           love
           with
           their
           own
           Complexion
           ,
           that
           they
           use
           to
           paint
           the
           Devil
           White
           ,
           which
           I
           find
           thus
           versified
           .
        
         
           The
           Land
           of
           Negroes
           is
           not
           far
           from
           thence
           ,
        
         
           Nearer
           extended
           to
           the
           Atlantick
           main
           ;
        
         
           Wherein
           the
           black
           Prince
           keeps
           his
           residence
           .
        
         
           Attended
           by
           his
           Ietty
           coloured
           Train
           :
        
         
           Who
           in
           their
           native
           Beauty
           most
           delight
           ,
        
         
           And
           in
           contempt
           do
           paint
           the
           Devil
           white
           ▪
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           LXIII
           .
        
         
           BENIN
           .
        
         
           BENIN
           ,
           a
           Province
           in
           the
           said
           Country
           ,
           Iyeth
           East
           of
           Gainea
           ,
           by
           the
           Portugals
           reckoned
           for
           a
           Province
           ,
           or
           Kingdom
           of
           it
           :
           The
           King
           whereof
           is
           said
           to
           have
           six
           hundred
           Wives
           ,
           withall
           which
           twice
           a
           year
           he
           goeth
           out
           in
           Pomp.
           The
           Gentlemen
           (
           if
           I
           abuse
           not
           the
           Name
           )
           have
           most
           of
           them
           eighty
           Wives
           ,
           some
           more
           ,
           he
           that
           is
           poorest
           ,
           Ten
           or
           Twelve
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           the
           merrier
           .
           The
           People
           thereof
           cut
           and
           raze
           their
           skin
           ,
           with
           three
           lines
           drawn
           to
           the
           Navel
           ;
           esteeming
           it
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           they
           use
           all
           ,
           both
           Men
           and
           Women
           ,
           to
           go
           naked
           ,
           till
           they
           are
           married
           ;
           and
           then
           to
           be
           cloathed
           only
           from
           the
           wast
           to
           the
           Knees
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           LXIV
           .
        
         
           BORNVM
           .
        
         
           BORNVM
           ,
           a
           large
           and
           opulent
           Province
           in
           the
           said
           County
           ,
           extending
           in
           length
           500
           Miles
           ,
           distinguished
           equally
           into
           Hills
           and
           Villages
           :
           the
           Hills
           Inhabited
           by
           neat
           herds
           ,
           and
           Sheep
           herds
           ,
           breeding
           great
           flocks
           of
           Sheep
           and
           Cattel
           ;
           the
           People
           are
           of
           no
           Religion
           ,
           but
           live
           like
           Beasts
           without
           propriety
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           in
           their
           Wives
           ,
           and
           Children
           :
           nor
           are
           they
           differenced
           by
           names
           ,
           as
           in
           other
           Countrys
           ,
           but
           by
           some
           mark
           upon
           their
           Bodies
           ;
           which
           though
           it
           seem
           strange
           to
           us
           of
           this
           present
           Age
           ,
           yet
           was
           it
           thus
           in
           part
           with
           our
           Saxon
           Ancestors
           ,
           whence
           have
           we
           else
           the
           names
           of
           White
           ,
           Black
           ,
           Brown
           ,
           Gray
           ,
           and
           Tawney
           ;
           or
           those
           of
           Long
           ,
           short
           ,
           Low
           ,
           Curle
           ,
           Crisp
           ,
           and
           others
           ;
           but
           
           from
           such
           Originals
           .
           The
           name
           of
           their
           chief
           City
           is
           Borneo
           ,
           where
           their
           King
           resideth
           ;
           A
           Potent
           Prince
           who
           keepeth
           in
           continual
           pay
           3000
           Horse
           ,
           and
           great
           numbers
           of
           Foot
           ,
           and
           yet
           is
           said
           to
           have
           no
           other
           Revenew
           ,
           then
           what
           he
           getteth
           by
           strong
           hand
           from
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           be
           true
           ,
           those
           Kings
           must
           needs
           be
           good
           Warriours
           ,
           and
           have
           great
           success
           also
           in
           undertakings
           :
           It
           being
           also
           said
           of
           those
           Kings
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Furniture
           of
           their
           Horse
           ,
           all
           the
           Dishes
           ,
           Cups
           ,
           and
           Plates
           ,
           which
           they
           eat
           or
           drink
           in
           ;
           nay
           the
           very
           Chains
           of
           their
           Dogs
           were
           of
           purest
           Gold.
           
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           LXV
           .
        
         
           NOVA
           ALBION
           .
        
         
           
             NOVA
             ALBION
          
           ,
           is
           a
           Country
           abundantly
           replenished
           heards
           of
           Deer
           ,
           grazing
           upon
           the
           Hills
           by
           
           thousands
           ,
           as
           also
           a
           with
           kind
           of
           Conies
           ,
           in
           their
           feet
           somewhat
           resembling
           a
           Want
           ,
           and
           on
           each
           side
           a
           Sack
           ,
           where
           they
           keep
           such
           Victuals
           they
           cannot
           eat
           ;
           the
           Flesh
           of
           them
           serving
           for
           Food
           ;
           and
           of
           their
           Skins
           ,
           the
           Kings
           ,
           or
           Chiefs
           of
           their
           several
           Tribes
           ,
           make
           their
           Royal
           Robes
           .
           Their
           Men
           quite
           naked
           ;
           the
           Women
           with
           a
           piece
           of
           Matt
           ,
           instead
           of
           an
           Apron
           ;
           Chast
           ,
           and
           Obedient
           to
           their
           Husbands
           :
           their
           Houses
           made
           of
           Turf
           and
           Oyer
           ,
           so
           wrought
           together
           ,
           as
           serves
           to
           keep
           them
           from
           the
           cold
           ;
           in
           the
           midst
           whereof
           they
           have
           a
           hearth
           ,
           where
           they
           make
           fire
           ;
           and
           about
           which
           they
           lye
           along
           upon
           Beds
           of
           Bull-rushes
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           LXVI
           .
        
         
           NOVA
           Hispania
           .
        
         
           AMongst
           the
           Rarities
           of
           
             Nova
             Hispania
          
           ,
           (
           though
           there
           be
           many
           Plants
           in
           it
           of
           singuler
           Nature
           )
           is
           mentioned
           that
           which
           they
           call
           Eagney
           or
           Meto
           ,
           said
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           Principal
           :
           a
           Tree
           which
           they
           both
           Plant
           and
           Dress
           as
           we
           do
           our
           Vines
           ;
           it
           hath
           on
           it
           40
           kind
           of
           leaves
           ,
           fit
           for
           several
           uses
           :
           for
           when
           they
           be
           tender
           ,
           they
           make
           of
           them
           Conserves
           ,
           Paper
           ,
           Flax
           ,
           Mantles
           ,
           Mats
           ,
           Shooes
           ,
           Girdles
           ,
           and
           Cordage
           ;
           upon
           them
           there
           grow
           certain
           prickles
           ,
           so
           strong
           and
           sharp
           ,
           that
           the
           People
           use
           them
           instead
           of
           Staws
           from
           the
           top
           of
           the
           Tree
           cometh
           a
           Juice
           like
           Syrrup
           ;
           which
           if
           you
           seeth
           it
           ,
           will
           become
           Honey
           ;
           if
           purified
           ,
           Sugar
           ;
           the
           Bark
           of
           it
           roasted
           maketh
           a
           good
           Plaister
           for
           sores
           ;
           and
           from
           
           the
           highest
           of
           the
           Boughs
           comes
           a
           kind
           of
           Gum
           ,
           a
           Soveraign
           Antidote
           against
           poysons
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           less
           a
           Rarity
           ,
           though
           less
           useful
           to
           the
           good
           of
           Man-kind
           ,
           (
           except
           it
           be
           to
           keep
           them
           in
           continual
           mind
           of
           the
           fires
           of
           Hell
           )
           that
           they
           have
           a
           Mountain
           in
           this
           Country
           ,
           called
           Propochampeche
           (
           Scituate
           in
           the
           Province
           of
           Mexico
           )
           which
           vomiteth
           flames
           of
           Fire
           like
           Aetna
           :
           and
           other
           in
           the
           Province
           of
           Guaxaca
           ,
           which
           sendeth
           forth
           two
           great
           streams
           ,
           the
           one
           of
           Red
           Pitch
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           of
           Black
           ;
           they
           have
           many
           other
           Mountains
           ,
           but
           these
           most
           memorable
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           LXVII
           .
        
         
           BRASIL
           .
        
         
           IN
           BRASIL
           ,
           amongst
           other
           things
           is
           said
           to
           be
           a
           Plant
           called
           Copiba
           ,
           the
           Bark
           of
           which
           being
           cut
           ,
           doth
           send
           forth
           a
           Balm
           ,
           the
           soveraign
           virtue
           so
           well
           known
           to
           the
           very
           Beasts
           ,
           that
           being
           bit
           by
           venomous
           Serpents
           ,
           they
           resort
           to
           it
           for
           their
           cure
           .
           2.
           
           The
           herb
           called
           Sentida
           ,
           or
           Viva
           ,
           which
           roughly
           touched
           will
           close
           the
           leaves
           ,
           and
           not
           open
           them
           again
           ,
           till
           the
           man
           that
           had
           offended
           it
           be
           gon
           out
           of
           sight
           .
           3.
           
           A
           kind
           of
           Wheat
           in
           the
           Valley
           near
           St.
           Sebastian
           ,
           which
           is
           continually
           growing
           ,
           and
           always
           ripe
           ;
           nor
           never
           wholly
           ripe
           ,
           because
           always
           growing
           ;
           for
           when
           one
           Ear
           doth
           Grain
           ,
           another
           doth
           Bloom
           ;
           when
           one
           is
           Ripe
           and
           Yellow
           ,
           and
           another
           is
           Green.
           4.
           
           
           The
           Ox
           ,
           Fish
           ,
           with
           Eyes
           and
           Eye-lids
           ,
           two
           Arms
           a
           Cubit
           long
           ,
           and
           at
           each
           and
           Hand
           with
           Five
           Fingers
           and
           Nailes
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           Man
           ;
           under
           the
           Arm
           two
           Teats
           ,
           inwards
           like
           a
           Cow
           ,
           in
           every
           Female
           .
           5.
           
           A
           Creature
           found
           of
           Cate
           in
           the
           Bay
           of
           
             All
             Saints
          
           ,
           which
           had
           the
           Face
           of
           an
           Ape
           ,
           the
           Foot
           of
           a
           Lyon
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           a
           Man
           ;
           a
           Beast
           of
           a
           most
           terrible
           aspect
           .
           6.
           
           Beasts
           of
           such
           strange
           shapes
           ,
           such
           several
           kinds
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           said
           of
           Brasill
           ,
           as
           once
           of
           
             Africk
             .
             Semper
             aliquid
             apportat
             novi
          
           ;
           every
           day
           some
           new
           Object
           of
           Admiration
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           LXVIII
           .
        
         
           ARABIA
           .
        
         
           'T
           Is
           said
           ,
           the
           People
           of
           ARABIA
           ,
           had
           anciently
           many
           strange
           and
           barbarous
           Customs
           amongst
           them
           ;
           Adultery
           was
           punished
           with
           Death
           ,
           as
           in
           other
           places
           ;
           but
           only
           he
           was
           held
           an
           Adulterer
           ,
           which
           enjoyed
           any
           that
           was
           not
           his
           own
           Kins-Woman
           ,
           be
           she
           Sister
           ,
           or
           Mother
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           kept
           themselves
           in
           their
           own
           Families
           .
           Community
           of
           Wives
           or
           Women
           was
           esteemed
           no
           Crime
           ;
           and
           of
           this
           there
           is
           a
           tale
           in
           Strabo
           ,
           that
           a
           King
           of
           this
           Country
           had
           fifteen
           Sons
           ,
           but
           one
           Daughter
           ,
           who
           according
           to
           the
           Customs
           hereof
           ,
           was
           the
           common
           Wife
           of
           all
           her
           Brethren
           ;
           every
           of
           which
           had
           a
           staff
           of
           like
           making
           ,
           which
           when
           he
           went
           in
           to
           his
           Sister
           ,
           he
           did
           leave
           at
           the
           Door
           ;
           and
           by
           so
           
           doing
           did
           forbid
           enterance
           to
           the
           rest
           ,
           till
           it
           were
           removed
           .
           The
           young
           Lady
           ,
           wearied
           with
           a
           continual
           supply
           of
           Dalliance
           ,
           secretly
           procured
           a
           staff
           like
           to
           the
           rest
           ;
           which
           when
           she
           was
           desirous
           to
           prohibit
           their
           accesses
           to
           her
           ,
           she
           left
           at
           her
           Chamber-Door
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           means
           did
           many
           times
           enjoy
           her
           desired
           privacy
           :
           At
           last
           it
           happened
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Brothers
           being
           together
           ,
           one
           of
           them
           departed
           towards
           his
           Sisters
           Lodging
           ;
           where
           finding
           a
           staff
           before
           the
           Door
           ,
           and
           knowing
           that
           he
           had
           left
           his
           Brethren
           in
           one
           place
           together
           ,
           he
           accused
           her
           of
           Adultery
           ;
           but
           the
           Truth
           being
           made
           known
           ,
           the
           Lady
           was
           quitted
           ,
           and
           their
           Visits
           afterward
           restrayned
           ,
           of
           dead
           Bodies
           they
           took
           no
           care
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           as
           of
           their
           Chiefs
           ,
           or
           Princes
           ;
           but
           left
           them
           to
           the
           custody
           of
           the
           next
           Dung-hill
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           LXIX
           .
        
         
           ALBANIA
           .
        
         
           THe
           Country
           ALBANIA
           in
           Turcomania
           ,
           is
           of
           so
           Rich
           a
           Soil
           ,
           that
           without
           the
           least
           labour
           of
           the
           Husbandman
           ,
           the
           Earth
           doth
           naturally
           and
           liberally
           afford
           her
           store
           ;
           and
           where
           it
           is
           but
           once
           sowen
           ,
           will
           yield
           two
           or
           three
           reapings
           :
           But
           being
           ill
           Husbands
           on
           it
           in
           former
           times
           ,
           they
           occasioned
           Strabo
           to
           give
           them
           this
           note
           for
           a
           Remembrance
           ,
           that
           they
           needed
           not
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           who
           knew
           no
           better
           how
           to
           make
           use
           of
           the
           Land
           :
           The
           People
           anciently
           so
           simple
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           not
           reckon
           above
           an
           hundred
           :
           Ignorant
           of
           Weights
           ,
           Measures
           ,
           and
           the
           use
           of
           Money
           .
           Old
           Age
           they
           had
           in
           high
           esteem
           ,
           but
           hold
           it
           utterly
           unlawful
           to
           make
           Speech
           of
           the
           dead
           .
           Pliny
           
           reports
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           gray-Headed
           from
           their
           very
           youth
           ,
           and
           could
           see
           as
           well
           by
           night
           as
           by
           day
           :
           But
           withall
           affirmed
           to
           be
           a
           stout
           and
           couragious
           People
           ,
           strong
           Bodies
           ,
           patient
           of
           Toil
           and
           Labour
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           at
           this
           day
           .
           And
           well
           the
           men
           may
           be
           couragious
           and
           stout
           ,
           where
           the
           Women
           are
           so
           truly
           masculine
           ;
           of
           whom
           it
           is
           affirmed
           by
           Authors
           of
           undoubted
           Credit
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           exercised
           in
           Arms
           ,
           and
           Martial
           Feats
           ,
           as
           if
           descended
           from
           the
           ancient
           Amazons
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           LXX
           .
        
         
           FLORIDA
           .
        
         
           THe
           People
           of
           FLORIDA
           ,
           are
           said
           to
           be
           of
           an
           Olive-coulour
           ,
           great
           stature
           ,
           and
           well
           proportioned
           ;
           naked
           except
           their
           Privities
           ,
           which
           they
           hide
           with
           the
           skins
           of
           
           Stags
           :
           Their
           Arms
           and
           Knees
           stained
           with
           divers
           paintings
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           washed
           off
           ;
           their
           Hair
           black
           ,
           and
           hanging
           down
           as
           low
           as
           their
           Thighs
           ,
           cunning
           they
           be
           ,
           and
           excellent
           in
           the
           Arts
           of
           dissimulation
           ;
           so
           stomackful
           ,
           that
           they
           naturally
           love
           War
           and
           Revenge
           :
           Insomuch
           that
           they
           are
           in
           continual
           War
           with
           themselves
           ;
           the
           Women
           ,
           when
           their
           Husbands
           are
           dead
           ,
           use
           to
           cut
           off
           their
           Hair
           close
           to
           the
           ears
           ,
           and
           strew
           it
           on
           his
           Sepulchre
           ;
           and
           cannot
           marry
           again
           ,
           till
           it
           be
           grown
           long
           enough
           to
           cover
           their
           shoulders
           .
           Hermophradites
           Hair
           are
           in
           great
           plenty
           ,
           whom
           they
           use
           as
           Beasts
           to
           carry
           their
           Luggage
           ,
           and
           put
           them
           to
           all
           kinds
           of
           Drudgery
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           LXXI
           .
        
         
           PERV
           .
        
         
           THe
           People
           of
           Peru
           ,
           are
           affirmed
           to
           be
           (
           for
           the
           most
           part
           )
           of
           great
           simplicity
           ;
           yet
           some
           of
           them
           (
           those
           especially
           which
           lie
           near
           the
           Equator
           )
           to
           be
           great
           dissemblers
           ,
           and
           never
           to
           discover
           their
           conceptions
           freely
           .
           Ignorant
           of
           Letters
           ,
           but
           of
           good
           Courage
           in
           the
           Wars
           ;
           well
           skilled
           in
           Managing
           such
           weapons
           they
           have
           been
           used
           too
           ,
           and
           fearless
           of
           death
           ;
           the
           rather
           prompted
           to
           this
           last
           by
           an
           old
           Opinion
           held
           among
           them
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           other
           World
           they
           shall
           Eat
           ,
           and
           Drink
           ,
           and
           make
           love
           to
           Women
           .
           And
           therefore
           commonly
           at
           the
           Funeral
           of
           any
           great
           Person
           ,
           who
           was
           attended
           on
           in
           his
           life
           ,
           they
           use
           to
           Kill
           and
           Bury
           with
           him
           one
           or
           more
           of
           his
           Servants
           ,
           to
           wait
           upon
           
           him
           after
           death
           ;
           The
           Women
           here
           less
           esteemed
           of
           then
           in
           other
           places
           ,
           treated
           as
           Slaves
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           cruelly
           beaten
           upon
           slight
           occasions
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .