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embrace_v it_o i_o have_v not_o hear_v what_o mr._n gervaise_fw-fr report_n that_o it_o be_v needful_a to_o have_v a_o permission_n in_o write_v from_o ocya_a pra_fw-la sedet_fw-la to_o be_v receive_v a_o talapoin_n i_o see_v not_o likewise_o how_o this_o can_v be_v practicable_a in_o the_o whole_a extent_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o they_o have_v always_o assure_v i_o that_o it_o be_v free_a for_o every_o one_o to_o make_v himself_o a_o talapoin_n and_o that_o if_o any_o one_o do_v oppose_v the_o reception_n of_o another_o into_o this_o profession_n he_o will_v sin_v when_o any_o one_o therefore_o be_v to_o be_v admit_v his_o parent_n and_o his_o friend_n accompany_v he_o to_o this_o ceremony_n with_o instrument_n and_o dancer_n and_o they_o stop_v frequent_o by_o the_o way_n to_o see_v dance_v during_o the_o ceremony_n the_o demandant_n and_o the_o man_n that_o be_v of_o his_o retinue_n do_v enter_v into_o the_o temple_n where_o the_o sancrat_fw-mi be_v but_o the_o woman_n the_o instrument_n and_o the_o dancer_n enter_v not_o therein_o i_o know_v not_o who_o shave_v the_o head_n the_o eyebrow_n and_o the_o beard_n of_o the_o demandant_n or_o whether_o he_o shave_v it_o not_o himself_o the_o sancrat_n give_v the_o habit_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n and_o he_o clothes_v himself_o therewith_o let_v the_o secular_a habit_n fall_v underneath_o when_o he_o have_v put_v on_o the_o other_o mean_o while_o the_o sancrat_fw-mi pronounce_v several_a balie_n word_n and_o when_o the_o ceremony_n be_v end_v the_o new_a talapoin_n go_v to_o the_o convent_n where_o he_o must_v remain_v and_o his_o parent_n and_o friend_n accompany_v he_o thither_o but_o from_o this_o time_n he_o must_v no_o more_o hear_v any_o instrument_n nor_o behold_v any_o dance_n some_o day_n after_o the_o parent_n do_v give_v a_o entertainment_n to_o the_o convent_n and_o they_o exhibit_v a_o great_a many_o show_v before_o the_o temple_n which_o the_o talapoin_n be_v prohibit_v to_o see_v talapoin_n whether_o there_o be_v several_a degree_n of_o talapoin_n mr._n gervaise_fw-fr distinguish_v the_o talapoin_n into_o balovang_n tchaou-cou_a and_o pecou_n as_o for_o i_o i_o have_v always_o hear_v say_v that_o balovang_n which_o the_o siamese_n do_v write_v pat-lovang_a be_v only_o a_o title_n of_o respect_n the_o siamese_n give_v it_o to_o the_o jesuit_n as_o we_o do_v give_v they_o the_o title_n of_o reverence_n in_o this_o country_n i_o never_o hear_v speak_v of_o the_o word_n picou_n but_o only_o of_o tchaou-cou_a which_o i_o shall_v explain_v in_o the_o sequel_n and_o which_o some_o have_v inform_v i_o to_o be_v the_o siamese_n word_n which_o signify_v talapoin_v so_o that_o they_o say_v he_o be_v a_o tchaou-cou_a and_o i_o will_v be_v tchaou-cou_a to_o signify_v he_o be_v a_o talapoin_n and_o i_o will_v be_v a_o talapoin_n nevertheless_o as_o there_o may_v be_v some_o difference_n between_o the_o sancrats_n and_o talapoins_n which_o the_o person_n who_o i_o consult_v know_v not_o though_o otherwise_o expert_a it_o may_v well_o be_v that_o there_o be_v some_o likewise_o between_o the_o talapoin_v themselves_o some_o of_o which_o may_v be_v pat-lovang_a and_o other_o picou_n and_o that_o the_o general_a name_n of_o all_o may_v be_v tchaou-cou_a i_o refer_v myself_o to_o mr._n gervaise_fw-fr the_o talapoiness_n do_v call_v themselves_o nang_n tchii_n they_o be_v clad_v in_o white_a talapoiness_n of_o the_o talapoiness_n like_o the_o tapacaou_fw-la and_o be_v not_o esteem_v altogether_o religious_a a_o simple_a superior_n suffice_v to_o give_v they_o the_o habit_n as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o nen_n and_o although_o they_o can_v have_v any_o carnal_a commerce_n with_o man_n yet_o be_v they_o not_o burn_v upon_o this_o account_n as_o the_o talapoin_n be_v which_o be_v surprise_v in_o a_o fault_n with_o the_o woman_n they_o deliver_v they_o up_o to_o their_o parent_n to_o bastinado_v they_o because_o that_o neither_o the_o talapoin_n nor_o the_o talapoiness_n can_v strike_v any_o person_n chap._n xix_o concern_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o talapoin_n all_o the_o indies_n be_v full_a of_o talapoin_n indies_n divers_a kind_n of_o talapoin_n in_o the_o indies_n though_o they_o have_v not_o everywhere_o this_o name_n and_o live_v not_o everywhere_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n some_z marry_o and_o other_o strict_o observe_v celibacy_n some_o eat_v meat_n provide_v it_o be_v give_v they_o slay_v other_o never_o eat_v any_o some_o do_v kill_v animal_n other_o kill_v none_o at_o all_o and_o other_o do_v kill_v very_o rare_o and_o for_o some_o sacrifice_n their_o doctrine_n appear_v not_o more_o exact_o the_o same_o in_o all_o place_n though_o the_o foundation_n thereof_o be_v always_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o metempsychosis_n and_o their_o worship_n be_v also_o various_a though_o it_o always_o refer_v to_o the_o dead_a it_o seem_v that_o they_o believe_v all_o nature_n animate_v not_o only_o man_n animation_n how_o they_o believe_v the_o whole_a animate_v nature_n and_o what_o idea_n they_o have_v of_o the_o animation_n beast_n and_o plant_n but_o the_o heaven_n the_o planet_n the_o earth_n and_o the_o other_o element_n the_o river_n the_o mountain_n the_o city_n the_o house_n themselves_o and_o moreover_o as_o all_o soul_n appear_v to_o they_o of_o the_o same_o nature_n and_o indifferent_a to_o enter_v into_o all_o body_n of_o what_o kind_n soever_o they_o be_v it_o seem_v that_o they_o have_v not_o the_o idea_n of_o the_o animation_n as_o we_o have_v they_o believe_v that_o the_o soul_n be_v in_o the_o body_n and_o that_o it_o rule_v the_o body_n but_o it_o appear_v not_o that_o they_o believe_v like_o we_o that_o the_o soul_n be_v physical_o unite_v to_o the_o body_n to_o make_v one_o with_o it_o so_o far_o be_v they_o from_o think_v that_o the_o natural_a inclination_n of_o soul_n be_v to_o be_v in_o body_n that_o they_o believe_v it_o be_v a_o penance_n for_o they_o to_o extirpate_v their_o sin_n by_o their_o suffering_n because_o that_o indeed_o there_o be_v no_o kind_n of_o life_n which_o have_v not_o its_o trouble_n the_o supreme_a felicity_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o their_o opinion_n be_v not_o to_o be_v oblige_v to_o animate_v any_o body_n but_o to_o remain_v eternal_o in_o repose_n and_o the_o true_a hell_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v on_o the_o contrary_a according_a to_o they_o the_o perpetual_a necessity_n of_o animate_v body_n and_o of_o pass_v from_o one_o to_o another_o by_o continual_a transmigration_n it_o be_v say_v that_o among_o the_o talapoin_n there_o be_v some_o which_o bold_o assert_v that_o they_o remember_v their_o past_a transmigration_n and_o these_o testimony_n do_v doubtless_o suffice_v to_o confirm_v the_o people_n in_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o metempsychosis_n the_o european_n have_v sometime_o translate_v by_o the_o word_n tutelar_a genius_n the_o soul_n which_o the_o indian_n give_v to_o the_o body_n which_o we_o esteem_v inanimate_a but_o these_o genii_n be_v certain_o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o indian_n only_o real_a soul_n which_o they_o suppose_v equal_o to_o animate_v all_o the_o body_n wherein_o they_o be_v present_a but_o after_o a_o manner_n which_o correspond_v not_o to_o the_o physical_a union_n of_o our_o school_n the_o figure_n of_o the_o world_n according_a to_o their_o doctrine_n be_v eternal_a world_n what_o they_o think_v of_o the_o eternity_n of_o the_o world_n but_o the_o world_n which_o we_o see_v be_v not_o for_o whatever_o we_o see_v therein_o live_v in_o their_o opinion_n and_o must_v die_v and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n there_o will_v spring_v up_o other_o being_n of_o the_o same_o kind_n another_o heaven_n another_o earth_n and_o other_o star_n and_o this_o be_v the_o ground_n of_o what_o they_o say_v that_o they_o have_v see_v nature_n decay_n and_o revive_v again_o several_a time_n no_o opinion_n have_v be_v so_o general_o receive_v among_o man_n they_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o soul_n according_a to_o they_o as_o that_o of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n but_o that_o the_o soul_n be_v immaterial_a be_v a_o truth_n the_o knowledge_n of_o which_o be_v not_o so_o much_o propagate_v thus_o be_v it_o a_o very_a great_a difficulty_n to_o give_v unto_o a_o siamese_n the_o idea_n of_o a_o pure_a spirit_n and_o this_o be_v the_o testimony_n which_o the_o missionary_n give_v thereof_o that_o have_v be_v long_a among_o they_o all_o the_o pagan_n of_o the_o east_n do_v believe_v indeed_o that_o there_o remain_v something_o of_o man_n after_o his_o death_n which_o subsist_v separately_z and_o independant_o from_o its_o body_n but_o they_o give_v extent_n and_o figure_n to_o what_o ramain_v and_o in_o a_o word_n they_o attribute_v unto_o it_o all_o the_o same_o member_n and_o all_o the_o same_o solid_a and_o liquid_a substance_n whereof_o our_o body_n be_v compose_v they_o suppose_v only_o that_o the_o soul_n be_v of_o a_o matter_n subtle_a
mouth_n of_o their_o river_n when_o the_o sea_n be_v retire_v but_o as_o the_o fire_n never_o consume_v all_o and_o as_o it_o principal_o spare_v the_o bone_n the_o siamese_n and_o peguin_n do_v put_v these_o remains_o of_o their_o king_n under_o pyramid_n these_o pyramid_n be_v call_v pra_z tchiai_n di_fw-fr pra_fw-la be_v that_o baly_n term_n which_o i_o have_v frequent_o mention_v tchiai-di_a signify_v good_a heart_n that_o be_v to_o say_v contentment_n as_o i_o have_v explain_v it_o in_o the_o other_o part_n so_o that_o pra_z tchiai-di_a amount_n to_o these_o word_n sacred_a repose_n as_o much_o as_o those_o of_o repose_n and_o contentment_n do_v resemble_v tomb_n from_o whence_o come_v the_o fancy_n of_o pyramid_n for_o tomb_n a_o tomb_n quite_o flat_a like_o we_o will_v not_o in_o their_o opinion_n be_v honourable_a enough_o they_o must_v have_v something_o of_o eminence_n and_o this_o be_v the_o fancy_n of_o the_o pyramid_n of_o egypt_n and_o the_o mausolea_fw-la some_o people_n yet_o more_o vain_a have_v join_v epitaph_n thereto_o and_o because_o that_o time_n efface_v the_o inscription_n which_o be_v expose_v to_o view_v other_o have_v secret_o put_v their_o name_n on_o the_o principal_a stone_n of_o certain_a stately_a edifice_n so_o that_o when_o they_o be_v discover_v their_o work_n be_v already_o demolish_a to_o the_o foundation_n the_o siamese_n still_o keep_v to_o the_o first_o degree_n of_o vanity_n which_o be_v single_a pyramid_n without_o any_o epitaph_n and_o so_o slight_o erect_v that_o those_o which_o last_v long_a do_v never_o last_v a_o age._n temple_n why_o the_o siamese_n love_v to_o build_v temple_n those_o that_o have_v neither_o temple_n nor_o pyramid_n do_v sometime_o keep_v at_o their_o house_n the_o ill_n burn_v remain_v of_o their_o parent_n but_o there_o hardly_o be_v a_o siamese_n rich_a enough_o to_o build_v a_o temple_n who_o do_v it_o not_o and_o who_o bury_v not_o the_o riches_n he_o have_v remain_v the_o temple_n be_v 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talapoin_n who_o stir_v not_o without_o a_o gratuity_n those_o that_o have_v not_o wherewithal_o to_o pay_v the_o talapoin_n do_v think_v they_o do_v honour_n enough_o to_o their_o dead_a parent_n to_o expose_v they_o in_o the_o field_n on_o a_o eminent_a place_n that_o be_v to_o say_v on_o a_o scaffold_n where_o the_o praetor_n and_o the_o crow_n devour_v they_o i_o have_v already_o say_v retard_v funeral_n honour_v retard_v that_o in_o epidemical_a distemper_n they_o bury_v the_o body_n without_o burn_v they_o and_o that_o they_o dig_v they_o up_o and_o burn_v they_o some_o year_n after_o when_o they_o think_v all_o the_o danger_n of_o the_o infection_n be_v past_a but_o they_o never_o burn_v those_o that_o justice_n cut_v off_o nor_o infant_n dead-born_a honour_n those_o that_o be_v deprive_v of_o funeral_n honour_n nor_o woman_n that_o die_v in_o childbed_n nor_o those_o which_o drown_v themselves_o or_o which_o perish_v by_o any_o other_o extraordinary_a disaster_n as_o by_o a_o thunderbolt_n they_o rank_v these_o unfortunate_a person_n among_o the_o guilty_a because_o they_o believe_v that_o such_o misfortune_n never_o happen_v to_o innocent_a person_n mourn_v at_o china_n be_v prescirb_v by_o the_o law_n mourn_v mourn_v and_o that_o for_o the_o father_n and_o mother_n last_v three_o year_n and_o deprive_v or_o bereave_v the_o son_n during_o this_o time_n of_o all_o sort_n of_o public_a employment_n if_o it_o be_v not_o military_a though_o to_o i_o it_o seem_v that_o this_o exception_n as_o to_o military_a employment_n be_v a_o late_a establishment_n on_o the_o contrary_a the_o siamese_n have_v no_o force_a mourn_v they_o give_v mark_n of_o sorrow_n only_o as_o much_o as_o they_o be_v afflict_a so_o that_o it_o be_v more_o common_a at_o siam_n that_o the_o father_n and_o the_o mother_n put_v on_o mourn_v for_o their_o child_n than_o that_o the_o child_n wear_v it_o for_o their_o father_n and_o mother_n sometime_o the_o father_n turn_v talapoin_v and_o the_o mother_n talapoinesse_n or_o at_o least_o they_o shave_v the_o head_n one_o of_o the_o other_o but_o there_o be_v only_o the_o true_a talapoin_n that_o can_v likewise_o shave_v the_o eyebrow_n to_o i_o it_o appear_v not_o that_o the_o siamese_n invoke_v their_o dead_a parent_n dead_a whether_o the_o siamese_n pray_v to_o the_o dead_a what_o enquiry_n soever_o i_o have_v make_v upon_o it_o but_o they_o cease_v not_o to_o believe_v themselves_o frequent_o torment_v with_o their_o apparition_n and_o then_o they_o carry_v viand_n to_o their_o tomb_n which_o the_o beast_n do_v eat_v and_o they_o give_v alm_n for_o they_o to_o the_o talapoin_n because_o they_o think_v that_o charity_n be_v a_o ransom_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o dead_a as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o live_n beside_o this_o the_o siamese_n almost_o on_o all_o occasion_n do_v offer_v up_o prayer_n to_o the_o good_a genij_fw-la and_o imprecation_n against_o the_o bad_a of_o which_o i_o have_v already_o give_v some_o example_n 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