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A16279	The discription of the contrey of Aphrique the fyrst part of the worlde, with the cituation of al the countreys together, with the perticuler maners lawes, and ceremonies, of dyuers people inhabityng in the same part. Translated out of Frenche into Englyshe by Wyllyam Prat of London, the fyrst daye of the newe yere, M.CCCCC.LIIII. Rede it dylygently, marke it perfectly, reuolue it thorowly, beare it equally, beholde the auctours simplicitie, and prayse God almyghty.; Omnium gentium mores. Book 1. English	Joannes, ca. 1485-1535.; Prat, William.	1554 (1554)	STC 3196.5; ESTC S112745	45,413	174

we cal Africa And on the other side Europe vnto Nilus Africa vnto Tanais Europe And al that euer is beyond is called Asia The discripcion of the Conntreye of Ethiope and the aunciente maners of the Ethiopiens p Ca. iiii EThiope is a region deuyded into two partes Thone parte is called Asie thother is Aphricke The same which at this day is called the Indes towarde the sonne rysynge is enuironned with the rede see and with the see of Barbaria towardes the North it is bordynge on the countrey of Libie and Egepte towardes Occidente and doth ioyne to the forthest Lible of the parte restynge the whiche is set on the syde of Midy and ioyned to the other Ethiope and was so called by a name Athiopes sonne of Vulcaiue whiche first raygned as sayth Plinie of a Greke digestion Atho whiche signifieth burne and Oph which signifieth take hede that because of the approchynge nyghe to the soone The countreye is continually hote the same being vnder the region of the Midy This countrey draweth towardes the west and the desert towardes the East Many sortes of people dwell there of dyuers figures kyndes Some do thynke that they were the fyrst created of almortall creatures and the true Inhabitoures of the earthe They knowe not what bondage meaneth They haue alwayes ben at lybertie It is sayde that religion and the ceremoneyes for theyr Goddes were fyrst by them inuented They haue doble vsaunce of letters The letters which be called holye are for the pristes of lawes vsage to thē onely knowne the other be for the common people The fygures of their letters were not such that of them myghte be lykened two selables but moore lyker to the outeward parts of men and creatures and to be compared to some instrumentes that artificers occupy Euerye one of the fygures had thre proper significations As for example The figure of Milan by the whiche was sygnyfyed celeritie or quiknes By the fygure of one Crocodile was signified euyll By the fygure of Locil was signified take hede and preseruation and so consequently of all other figures euerye one to his proprietie signified sondrye thynges They which presented the signe of Incence amongeste the pristes were holden most holy and therefore they were axcepted with the kynge and worshypped of all the people as men endued wyth deuinitie which was reputed to be sente by the deuyne prouydence The kynge was bounde to lyu● acordynge to the ordinaunce of their lawes and in al his affayres to be ruled as the fashion of the contrey he coulde punishe no malefactours nor rewarded good doers but wolde sende one of his offycers to hym whiche is ordeyned to be punyshed geuynge him charge to signifye to him death As soone as he shulde cease spekynge to the malefactour incontinently after he shal go into his house and kyl him with out remedy or other question to be axed There is much honour attribtted by them to the kynge for as often as they shall perceyue him to be sycke in any part of his body or what cause so euer it may be they of the court wyll in good grey take the lyke decease in the sawe parte where the kinge is sicke of for they iudge if to be health full for theim that if so be it the kynge shuld lose either his legge or arme that they myght also be pertycypent of the lyke calamytie Also they say that they which be seruantes with the kynge after they knowe that he is deade do seke also theyr owne deathes and that is in wytnesse or temonial of the true amyte betwene theyr kynge and them The same death sayth they doth tourne them to greeate honour The most part of the people of that countrey do commonly go naked because it is so hote onely they do couer theyr members with shepes skynnes and other some of theym haue couerynges hangynge frome theyr heare with the whiche they be interlaced vnto the myddle of theyr bodyes They haue no frute nor grayne but of lyttle Palmes and yet there is but a small quantitie some of the people lyue with hearbes and lyttle rootes of trees together with fleshe and mylke Meroe was the capitall towne in that realme and is an Ilonde in forme of a tryangle within the ryuer of Nylo and dothe extende almost thre thousand Stades It was inhabited at the beginning by shepherdes giuen holly to the chase and by laboures who had in theyr possessions the myndes of golde Herodote doth resyte that the Macrobiens whiche be people in Ethiope do moore esteme tynne and lether then golde in so muche that the Imbassadours which kynge Cambises sent into that countrey came home cheyned together lyke prisoners in great cheynes of gold they haue in that countrey great plenty of golde and Evene wodde They kyl the Olyphantes and eate them They haue Lyons Leopardes Vnycornes Dragons the which by the nomber of knottes they make of theyr tayles do kyl the Olyphantes There is found in that countrey certeyne kynde of stones as the H●acinthe and the Christop●rast they do gather Peper there Theyr bowes belonge and burnt at the ende The women of that countrey vse to go a warfare them selues all lyke to the men And they haue for the most part theyr lyppe persed or thruste thorowe with a knyfe and thorowe the same passeth a ring of copper Some of thē do worshyp the son rysynge other some the sonne going downe some vse to cast the dead bodies into the ryuers other some do enclose them in vessels of earth and kepe them a hole yere in theyr houses and so do worshyp the deade bodyes with great seremonie maketh offerynge of the fyrst fruite gathered Some wrytethe that they vse of custome to chose him kyng which doth passe all other in the science of bryngyng vp beastes and stronge of bodye Theyr kyng had this prerogatyue of an olde and auncient custome ouer the priestes of the cytie of Memphis that he myght by his officer commaund which of them he wold to kyll them selues and to apoynte in theyr steade and place whom he please They do beleue that there is an euerlastyng God and he whiche made all thynges and gouerneth the whole world Ageyne they do beleue there shulde be an other mortal the which god as they say they knowe not They haue theyr kynge in suche reuerence that they lyken hym to theyr God for they say he hath merited more praise for a publyke cause and worthyer of honour then theyr God This lyke hath ben from the beginnynge also the estate of Ethiope Suche hath ben theyr ceremonies and maner of lyuynge Neuer the lesse Marc Anthony Sabellique out of whom we haue takē the most part which we haue and wyll rehearse dothe say that he dyd vnderstande of the true and ryght men of the countrey that the kynge of Ethiope whiche we call pretian or prest Iohn whō they cal Gian that is to say stronge is of so great a personage and blud that

those partes of the bodye whiche had done the offence shoulde beare the payne and punyshment were suffred notwithstandynge to lyue for others examples They haue also a greuous punishmēt for the mā whiche occupyeth parforce the free women that is shall haue his mēbers cut of By that one euyll acte say they he commyteth thre crymes Fyrst he hath defiled the woman Secondly he hath commytted force and vyolence Thyrdly he let increase of chylder or at the lest staynned the parentage and blode He whiche is taken in adulterye shall suffre great tourmentes and in the syght of the woman his nose shal be cut of by that meanes they wyll depreue him of part of his visage the whiche lost in contynent loseth his beutye We fynd in aucters that Bocchoris was the inuēture of the lawes obserued among the Egyptiens concernyng worldly matters This amongst alother was ordeyned the money lent without a byll or recognisence the borower without fraude to repaye agayne to the Apprester for they holde this oppinion That the promesse and fayth is of great efficacy and vertue They dyd defende that any vnreasonable vserars should be had in theyr countrey Also they woulde that no man shoulde haue theyr bodies bounde for any dette Thynkyng it is suffyciente to haue theyr goodes bounde and not their bodyes to be subiecte to no other thynges but to the prefermente of all publyke like matters They thē selues dyd fynd this to be repungnāt against reason that the mē of warre which put theym selues forth in infinitte dangers for the cause of the comē weale to be caryed to pryson as they were oftymes by reason of suche dettes as they toke vp at vsarye The lyke to this lawe there was traunsported by Solon to the Athenes and was called Sisatee By the which they wold not suffre that the bodye of a Citiziner shuld be kept in pryson for moneye taken vp at vserye Moreouer the sayde lawes the Ethiopiens obserue one particular law as cōcerning theues by the whiche it was establyshed that all they whiche had stolne any thynge shulde brynge the stolne before the hygh Priest and to giue him their names in writynge In lykewyse he which had the robery done to must come before the high Priest and declare what he hathe lost the daye and tyme whan and how the robbery was committed so by that meanes the thynges lost be recouered Alwayes it was prouyded that the fourth parte of the stolne goodes the robber shulde haue To make this lawe ther was certeyne lawyers that consydered wyth them selues that it shulde be vnpossible to dryue out of the countrey all theues thought it therfore most expedient to fynde the wayes that suche gentyll men as had lost theyr goodes myght be restored to them agayne made this lawe that the fourthe parte shoulde be to the thefe and the rest to the howner The estate of mariage is not in the same vniforme amongst the Egyptiens as it was with thē For the pristes coulde take but one wyfe in maryage the other as manye as they wolde or coulde meynteyne They thynke the chyld is neuer Illigitemetly begotten I suppose they be ingendred of a woman slauesse for that the man doth iudge the chyld to be God the woman which bare him in her bely to serue for no other purpose but to nourse hī that he may lyue The hole charge the father is at with the chylde from his Infancye vntyll he come to age is not aboue .xx. Drachimes whiche is ten pens Englyshe The Priestes do instructe the chyldren with holye letters and good bookes They also teache them their scyences as Geometrie Arithimetique They do not study to learne the feites of warres neyther exercyse they mornynge nor the arte of musycke they haue this opinion That mournynge is pernetious for yonge Infantes musycke vnprofytable as to purchase vnto them great infamation The maners to heale malydies and disseases is to obserue a dyet or to prouoke to vomet for seynge as they do saye that all sycknesses cōmeth by the superfluitiē of meates they can fynde no better medycyne to helpe the sycke patient then to folow the aboue named rurle The men of warre do spende nothynge to haue Barbers or Phisicions for that at the sole and onely charge of the common weale there be Phisicions sounde which do heale theym whan they be hurt They haue cer tayne kynd of medycens left them in wrytyng by theyr predycessors whiche be regestred in bookes called holy If a man obseruynge the maner of the medycens conteynyng in theyr bookes had not holpen the sycke patient he was exempted by their lawe and put in fault but yf he hadde appoynted or other wyse ministred other medicene then in the sayde bokes were specified and that the patiente was not helped but dyed The Phisicion was also condempned to dye This law was instituted by the lawyers for they iudged it a straunge thyng and vnprofytable for the sycke man to inuente a newe maner of Phisycke whan he had ben a longe tyme visited with a desease vnder the coulour of a newe experiens to hassard the lyfe of the parson The Egygtiens aboue all other nations were subiectes to Idolytrye amongste other thynges they dyd not onelye worshyp the lyuynge beastes but also the deade as cattes dogges wolfes for they where not a shamed to be suche gret Idolyters but glorified therin and thought therby to purchase to them selues and to theyr Goddes great honour They wold go about the townes cyties with the Images of the sayde beastes showynge as they went what beastes they were and howe they honoured theim Whan that the sayd beastes be departed they wrappe them in a lynnen shete That done they bowe them selues downe and knocke their brestes They kepe theyr beastes dentily for they giue theym to eate whete flower myxte with mylke this they haue gyuen to them ordinerlye To the other beastes whyche eate nothynge but harde fleshe was gyuen byrdes large money spent vpon them After they be deade the people showe them selues so sorowful as though it were for the death of their owne chyldren Manye tymes they bestowe vpon the sumptuous buryynge of the sayde beastes more thē theyr owne substance draweth to In so much when kynge Ptolomee Lagus reigned it chanced that ther was an Oxe in the cytie of Mēphis which dyed for age A talent●… is .v. C.li ●arlynge Hebraitū talentun vulgariū is .ii. hundeth and poundes syxti mynes is a hundrel drachmes a drachm is .iii. shillyngs .iii pens The burienge of the sayde oxe coste his keper ouer and aboue the ordinarie expenses which he had spent vpon him al his lyfe tyme the some of fyfty talentes of syluer which he borowed of the sayde kynge Ptolome These thynges shuld seme meruelous yet not so meruelus as credible to some men to beholde the sumptuous buryenge of the dead beastes whiche the Egyptians vse So often as these thynges chaunce al the parentes and