whether_o she_o have_v not_o yet_o experience_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o creature_n or_o do_v admire_v so_o strange_a a_o accident_n and_o will_v satisfy_v her_o curious_a mind_n in_o the_o further_a trial_n entertain_v discourse_n and_o be_v present_o snare_v for_o though_o she_o hold_v she_o to_o the_o commandment_n yet_o the_o threaten_v annex_v she_o do_v somewhat_o mince_v and_o extenuate_v what_o she_o seem_v to_o lessen_v he_o fear_v not_o to_o annihilate_v and_o whole_o disannul_v propound_v not_o only_a impunity_n but_o advantage_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v as_o god_n in_o the_o enrich_n of_o their_o mind_n with_o further_a knowledge_n this_o he_o persuade_v by_o the_o equivocate_a in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o tree_n the_o first_o equivocation_n we_o read_v of_o parent_n otherwhere_o plain_o term_v a_o lie_n charge_v god_n with_o falsehood_n and_o malignity_n thus_o he_o that_o abide_v not_o in_o the_o truth_n himself_o but_o be_v a_o manslayer_n from_o the_o beginning_n and_o the_o father_n of_o lie_v which_o he_o no_o where_o else_o borrow_v but_o have_v of_o his_o own_o persuade_v she_o by_o his_o great_a subtlety_n first_o to_o doubt_v of_o god_n truth_n in_o his_o word_n the_o first_o particular_a sin_n that_o ever_o man_n heart_n entertain_v for_o the_o other_o be_v but_o occasion_n and_o inducement_n disobedience_n and_o unthankfulness_n be_v more_o general_a after_o that_o she_o unlawful_o lust_v after_o this_o new_a knowledge_n bewitch_v with_o the_o pleasantness_n of_o the_o fruit_n to_o the_o taste_n and_o sight_n she_o take_v and_o do_v eat_v and_o give_v to_o her_o husband_n likewise_o the_o high_a power_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v first_o entrap_v the_o lust_a and_o sensible_a faculty_n follow_v after_o just_o plague_v by_o a_o correspondent_a inward_a rebellion_n that_o the_o sense_n now_o rule_v the_o appetite_n and_o this_o the_o reason_n in_o our_o corrupt_a estate_n which_o hence_o proceed_v thus_o pont._n unbelief_n bring_v forth_o unthankfulness_n unthankfulness_n pride_n from_o thence_o ambition_n and_o all_o that_o rabble_n of_o contempt_n of_o god_n truth_n believe_v the_o devil_n lie_n abuse_v of_o the_o creature_n to_o wanton_a lust_n sacrilegious_a usurp_a that_o which_o god_n have_v reserve_v scandalous_a provocation_n of_o her_o husband_n with_o the_o murder_n bodily_a and_o ghostly_a of_o he_o herself_o and_o their_o whole_a posterity_n for_o ever_o and_o whereas_o yet_o they_o have_v do_v so_o little_a service_n to_o god_n they_o offer_v almost_o their_o first_o fruit_n to_o the_o devil_n have_v possent_fw-la freewill_n to_o have_v resist_v if_o they_o will_v no_o marvel_n then_o if_o such_o a_o combination_n of_o so_o many_o sin_n in_o one_o wring_v from_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n such_o a_o multitude_n of_o judgement_n on_o they_o and_o they_o in_o the_o deface_a that_o goodly_a and_o glorious_a image_n of_o god_n subiect_v in_o stead_n thereof_o the_o body_n to_o sickness_n cold_a heat_n nakedness_n hunger_n thirst_v stripe_n wound_n death_n the_o mind_n to_o ignorance_n doubt_n vanity_n fancy_n frenzy_n the_o will_n to_o unstaidness_n passion_n perturbation_n the_o whole_a man_n be_v make_v a_o slave_n to_o sin_n within_o he_o to_o the_o devil_n without_o whence_o he_o must_v expect_v wage_n suitable_a to_o his_o work_n death_n spiritual_a natural_a and_o eternal_a a_o infinite_a punishment_n for_o offend_v a_o infinite_a majesty_n thus_o have_v they_o put_v out_o their_o light_n to_o obscure_a darkness_n and_o if_o they_o be_v not_o present_o cast_v into_o utter_a darkness_n it_o be_v god_n mercy_n not_o their_o merit_n which_o suspend_v the_o first_o and_o natural_a death_n to_o prevent_v that_o second_o and_o eternal_a but_o spiritual_o the_o be_v even_o already_o dead_a in_o sin_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o accusation_n of_o their_o conscience_n whereof_o moses_n say_v athan._n the_o eye_n of_o they_o both_o be_v open_v and_o they_o know_v that_o they_o be_v naked_a conscience_n before_o virtue_n keeper_n be_v now_o become_v hell_n harbinger_n than_o flash_a lightning_n in_o the_o face_n of_o their_o mind_n to_o show_v that_o their_o nakedness_n do_v now_o appear_v filthy_a in_o god_n sight_n lightning_n indeed_o which_o can_v only_o lighten_v to_o terrify_v not_o enlighten_v with_o instruction_n and_o comfort_n which_o spark_n remain_v after_o the_o fire_n of_o god_n image_n extinct_a by_o the_o merciful_a providence_n of_o god_n in_o some_o renovans_fw-la to_o be_v a_o bridle_n of_o nature_n lest_o they_o shall_v run_v into_o all_o excess_n of_o villainy_n and_o not_o leave_v a_o face_n of_o the_o world_n in_o the_o world_n and_o to_o be_v to_o other_o by_o disposition_n and_o work_n of_o a_o high_a and_o supernatural_a light_n a_o preparative_n to_o and_o a_o preservative_n in_o that_o light_n of_o life_n so_o much_o the_o great_a be_v their_o sin_n that_o seek_v to_o flash_v out_o these_o flashing_n and_o whereas_o they_o can_v read_v the_o book_n of_o scripture_n and_o will_v not_o read_v the_o book_n of_o the_o creature_n labour_v to_o extinguish_v also_o this_o light_n of_o nature_n that_o with_o sear_a conscience_n they_o may_v more_o free_o in_o darkness_n commit_v the_o work_n of_o darkness_n and_o even_o this_o do_v adam_n seek_v if_o god_n have_v not_o bring_v he_o out_o of_o his_o owl_n nest_n for_o what_o can_v a_o figleaf_n hide_v from_o god_n and_o do_v they_o think_v the_o innocent_a tree_n will_v conspire_v with_o they_o to_o conceal_v traitor_n be_v there_o any_o darkness_n which_o be_v not_o light_a to_o he_o or_o can_v breeches_n and_o tree_n cover_v their_o soul_n which_o receive_v the_o first_o and_o worst_a nakedness_n till_o which_o nakedness_n to_o the_o body_n be_v a_o clothe_n of_o beauty_n a_o livery_n of_o bounty_n a_o ensign_n of_o majesty_n such_o 2.13_o break_a pit_n seek_v they_o that_o forsake_v the_o fountain_n of_o live_a water_n and_o yet_o when_o god_n come_v into_o judgement_n and_o 3.8_o make_v the_o wind_n to_o usher_v he_o unto_o his_o private_a session_n in_o paradise_n to_o those_o shiftless_a shift_n they_o add_v worse_o impious_o accuse_v god_n uncharitable_o charge_v one_o another_o to_o put_v from_o themselves_o that_o blame_n which_o thus_o cleave_v fast_o to_o they_o a_o medicine_n worse_o than_o the_o disease_n or_o a_o disease_n in_o stead_n of_o a_o medicine_n be_v hypocrisy_n that_o will_v not_o see_v she_o own_o sickness_n and_o seek_v rather_o to_o cover_v then_o to_o cure_v to_o cover_v by_o charge_v other_o then_o recover_v by_o discharge_v and_o discover_v itself_o as_o if_o hieron_n equity_n pretend_v be_v not_o iniquity_n double_v god_n proceed_v to_o sentence_n a_o sentence_n worthy_a of_o god_n show_v at_o once_o his_o infinite_a justice_n in_o the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n and_o no_o less_o infinite_a mercy_n to_o provide_v a_o infinite_a price_n to_o redeem_v we_o by_o his_o infinite_a power_n bring_v good_a out_o of_o evil_a and_o by_o his_o manifold_a wisdom_n take_v that_o wise_a one_o in_o his_o craftiness_n who_o in_o the_o destruction_n of_o man_n have_v seek_v god_n dishonour_n so_o good_a be_v it_o that_o evil_a shall_v be_v when_o this_o sovereign_a goodness_n purpose_v to_o effect_v his_o good_a will_n by_o wicked_a instrument_n out_o aug._n of_o their_o darkness_n produce_v his_o own_o marvelous_a light_n as_o appear_v in_o this_o work_n of_o satan_n a_o adversary_n intend_v to_o his_o despite_n in_o and_o by_o the_o promise_a seed_n dispose_v to_o his_o glory_n 3.14_o the_o serpent_n have_v a_o bodily_a curse_n in_o his_o future_a bodily_a difficulty_n which_o still_o continue_v for_o his_o instrumental_a and_o bodily_a employment_n the_o 15._o old_a serpent_n and_o spiritual_a enemy_n have_v a_o spiritual_a and_o eternal_a curse_n the_o break_n of_o his_o head_n by_o that_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n that_o shall_v once_o lead_v captivity_n captive_a our_o parent_n be_v curse_v yet_o so_o as_o their_o curse_n be_v turn_v into_o a_o blessing_n all_o thing_n work_v to_o the_o best_a in_o sorrow_n shall_v be_v the_o woman_n conception_n but_o recompense_v with_o the_o joy_n which_o follow_v and_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o midwife_n in_o their_o travel_n because_o of_o 16.21_o fruit_n bear_v into_o the_o world_n and_o more_o than_o recompense_v in_o that_o they_o be_v ult._n save_v by_o bear_v of_o child_n if_o they_o continue_v in_o the_o faith_n and_o live_v in_o holiness_n with_o modesty_n adam_n be_v set_v to_o labour_n not_o as_o before_o with_o delight_n but_o with_o pain_n and_o difficulty_n the_o earth_n also_o be_v curse_v for_o his_o sake_n yet_o by_o this_o narrow_a way_n by_o this_o crossway_n he_o be_v guide_v to_o heaven_n the_o hope_n whereof_o be_v give_v he_o before_o paradise_n be_v take_v from_o he_o so_o true_a be_v it_o that_o in_o judgement_n he_o remember_v mercy_n if_o we_o can_v learn_v to_o live_v
and_o beside_o they_o come_v in_o no_o company_n of_o man_n nor_o do_v they_o speak_v with_o a_o man_n or_o in_o any_o part_n of_o their_o body_n be_v see_v of_o any_o man_n because_o they_o think_v sight_n especial_o where_o beauty_n or_o comeliness_n be_v can_v be_v without_o sin_n only_o the_o brother_n may_v be_v permit_v to_o see_v the_o sister_n but_o not_o the_o husband_n brother_n yea_o their_o son_n when_o they_o come_v to_o growth_n be_v separate_v from_o they_o for_o this_o cause_n that_o sex_n be_v not_o suffer_v to_o buy_v and_o sell_v but_o be_v close_o mew_v save_o that_o their_o law_n allow_v they_o to_o frequent_v the_o public_a bath_n the_o wife_n and_o concubine_n differ_v in_o the_o right_n to_o a_o dowry_n which_o the_o late_a want_v but_o the_o wife_n must_v cause_v the_o other_o to_o be_v her_o husband_n bedfellow_n when_o he_o command_v without_o gainsay_v except_o on_o their_o sabbath_n or_o friday_n night_n which_o be_v the_o wife_n peculiar_a yet_o be_v the_o turk_n give_v in_o both_o sex_n to_o unnatural_a lust_n in_o these_o time_n even_o the_o woman_n in_o public_a bath_n sometime_o be_v so_o inflame_v in_o that_o filthiness_n as_o be_v intolerable_a busbequius_fw-la tell_v of_o one_o woman_n which_o fall_v in_o love_n with_o a_o young_a maid_n and_o no_o way_n else_o prevail_a clothe_v herself_o in_o man_n apparel_n and_o hire_v a_o house_n near_o procure_v the_o father_n good_a will_n to_o have_v that_o his_o daughter_n in_o marriage_n which_o be_v solemnize_v between_o they_o and_o the_o truth_n discover_v which_o the_o black_a mantle_n of_o night_n can_v not_o cover_v from_o hymaeneus_n complaint_n be_v make_v and_o the_o governor_n quench_v the_o hot_a flame_n of_o this_o new_a bridegroom_n cause_v she_o to_o be_v drown_v for_o that_o offence_n if_o the_o man_n abuse_v the_o wife_n to_o unnatural_a lust_n she_o may_v have_v her_o remedy_n by_o divorce_n if_o she_o accuse_v her_o husband_n which_o modesty_n forbid_v to_o be_v do_v in_o word_n and_o therefore_o she_o put_v off_o her_o shoe_n and_o by_o invert_v the_o same_o accuse_v she_o to_o her_o husband_n perverseness_n one_o master_n simons_n which_o live_v among_o they_o tell_v i_o that_o there_o be_v some_o which_o keep_v boy_n gallant_o array_v to_o serve_v for_o the_o worse_a than_o beastly_a lust_n of_o such_o as_o will_v hire_v they_o he_o affirm_v also_o that_o they_o have_v this_o loathsome_a punishment_n for_o that_o loathsome_a sin_n of_o whoredom_n to_o take_v the_o paunch_n of_o a_o beast_n new_o kill_v and_o cut_v a_o hole_n through_o to_o thrust_v the_o adulterer_n head_n in_o this_o dung-wallet_n and_o so_o carry_v he_o in_o pomp_n through_o the_o street_n it_o be_v death_n either_o to_o the_o body_n by_o judicial_a sentence_n ep._n or_o the_o soul_n by_o turn_v turk_n for_o a_o christian_n to_o have_v carnal_a deal_n with_o any_o of_o their_o woman_n a_o jew_n which_o have_v deal_v with_o a_o turk_n wife_n with_o her_o husband_n consent_n can_v not_o escape_v hang_v therefore_o this_o indeed_o be_v a_o favour_n for_o he_o shall_v have_v be_v burn_v notwithstanding_o his_o rich_a countryman_n offer_v 2000_o ducat_n to_o save_v he_o constantinop_n her_o husband_n be_v hang_v for_o his_o wittoldly_a permission_n and_o she_o herself_o drown_v george_n dousa_n report_v the_o like_a danger_n which_o a_o armenian_a hardly_o escape_v but_o for_o talk_v with_o a_o turkish_a woman_n both_o of_o they_o be_v therefore_o imprison_v and_o thence_o deliver_v at_o a_o dear_a rate_n he_o tell_v of_o their_o pederasty_n that_o they_o buy_v boy_n at_o a_o hundred_o or_o two_o hundred_o ducat_n and_o mew_v they_o up_o for_o their_o filthy_a lust_n till_o they_o prove_v beard_v they_o will_v also_o steal_v boy_n for_o that_o villainy_n as_o he_o instance_v of_o one_o which_o come_v with_o the_o polonian_a ambassador_n so_o steal_v and_o never_o can_v after_o be_v hear_v of_o murder_n prohibit_v in_o their_o eight_o commandment_n they_o hold_v unpardonable_a if_o it_o be_v do_v wilful_o often_o will_v the_o turk_n brawl_n but_o never_o in_o private_a quarrel_n strike_v one_o another_o for_o fear_n of_o this_o law_n and_o the_o severity_n of_o the_o magistrate_n and_o if_o one_o be_v find_v dead_a in_o street_n or_o house_n the_o master_n of_o the_o house_n or_o the_o parish_n must_v find_v out_o the_o murderer_n otherwise_o he_o himself_o shall_v be_v accuse_v of_o it_o and_o the_o whole_a contado_n shall_v be_v fine_v and_o likewise_o in_o case_n of_o robbery_n during_o the_o time_n that_o i_o remain_v among_o they_o you_o hear_v mr._n sandys_n it_o be_v above_o three_o quarter_n of_o a_o year_n i_o never_o see_v mahometan_n offer_v violence_n to_o a_o mahometan_a nor_o break_v into_o ill_a language_n if_o any_o give_v a_o blow_n he_o have_v many_o gash_n make_v in_o his_o flesh_n and_o be_v lead_v about_o for_o a_o terror_n but_o the_o manslayer_n be_v deliver_v to_o the_o friend_n of_o the_o slay_v to_o be_v by_o they_o torture_v to_o death_n for_o public_a punishment_n to_o mention_v that_o here_o they_o have_v impal_v on_o stake_n thrust_v in_o at_o their_o fundament_n ganch_v on_o hook_n on_o which_o they_o be_v cast_v from_o some_o high_a place_n there_o to_o hang_v till_o famine_n if_o some_o more_o gentle_a cruelty_n have_v not_o make_v a_o sudden_a dispatch_n consume_v they_o they_o also_o have_v another_o invention_n to_o twitch_v the_o offender_n about_o the_o waste_n with_o a_o towel_n enforce_v he_o by_o often_o pricking_n to_o draw_v up_o his_o breath_n till_o they_o have_v draw_v he_o within_o the_o compass_n of_o a_o span_n then_o tie_v it_o hard_o they_o cut_v he_o off_o in_o the_o middle_n and_o set_v the_o body_n on_o a_o hot_a plate_n of_o copper_n which_o sear_v the_o vein_n up-propping_a he_o during_o their_o cruel_a pleasure_n who_o not_o only_o retain_v sense_n but_o discourse_n also_o till_o he_o be_v take_v down_o and_o then_o depart_v in_o a_o instant_n little_a fault_n be_v chastise_v by_o blow_n on_o the_o sole_n of_o their_o foot_n by_o hundred_o at_o a_o time_n parent_n correct_v their_o child_n by_o stripe_n on_o their_o belly_n §._o ii_o of_o other_o their_o opinion_n and_o practice_n in_o religion_n menaninus_n reckon_v seven_o mortal_a sin_n pride_n avarice_n lechery_n wrath_n envy_n sloth_n and_o gluttony_n the_o first_o they_o say_v cast_v lucifer_n out_o of_o heaven_n the_o second_o be_v the_o root_n of_o many_o other_o sin_n the_o three_o be_v most_o rise_v among_o they_o and_o that_o in_o the_o most_o filthy_a and_o unnatural_a kind_n of_o sodomy_n their_o law_n to_o the_o contrary_a notwithstanding_o their_o four_o make_v a_o man_n a_o beast_n the_o five_o shut_v man_n out_o of_o paradise_n and_o so_o forth_o of_o the_o rest_n wine_n forbear_v be_v also_o forbid_v they_o but_o yet_o they_o will_v be_v drink_v with_o it_o if_o they_o can_v get_v their_o fill_n of_o it_o and_o mahomet_n the_o three_o anno_fw-la 1601._o impute_v diverse_a insolence_n of_o the_o janissary_n to_o their_o excessive_a drink_n of_o wine_n by_o the_o mustie_n persuasion_n command_v on_o pain_n of_o death_n all_o such_o in_o constantinople_n and_o pera_n as_o have_v wine_n to_o bring_v it_o out_o and_o stave_v it_o except_o ambassador_n only_o so_o that_o the_o street_n run_v therewith_o one_o drink_v wine_n 1._o with_o busbequius_fw-la make_v great_a clamour_n be_v ask_v the_o cause_n he_o say_v he_o do_v it_o to_o warn_v his_o soul_n to_o flee_v into_o some_o corner_n of_o the_o body_n or_o else_o be_v quite_o go_v lest_o it_o shall_v be_v pollute_v with_o that_o sin_n yet_o in_o their_o fast_a or_o lent_n they_o abstain_v very_o religious_o villamont_n if_o it_o be_v prove_v against_o a_o priest_n that_o he_o have_v drink_v wine_n but_o once_o he_o shall_v never_o be_v believe_v as_o a_o witness_n after_o it_o swine_n flesh_n be_v prohibit_v too_o in_o abstain_v from_o which_o they_o be_v more_o obedient_a it_o be_v utter_o abhor_v the_o turk_n fashion-monger_n general_o hate_v say_v septemcastrensis_n that_o lightness_n in_o apparel_n speech_n gesture_z etc_n etc_n use_v of_o the_o christian_n who_o for_o this_o cause_n they_o call_v ape_n and_o goat_n likewise_o they_o be_v not_o sumptuous_a in_o their_o private_a building_n they_o go_v to_o the_o war_n as_o it_o be_v to_o a_o wedding_n esteem_v they_o bless_a which_o be_v therein_o slay_v the_o wife_n and_o women-servant_a agree_v in_o one_o house_n without_o jealousy_n and_o grudge_a they_o be_v in_o their_o habit_n and_o behaviour_n modest_a and_o where_o himself_o dwell_v the_o father-in-law_n have_v not_o see_v the_o face_n of_o his_o daughter-in-law_n live_v in_o the_o same_o house_n with_o he_o in_o twenty_o year_n space_n so_o religious_o do_v they_o veil_n themselves_o
sacrifice_n of_o man_n whereof_o they_o now_o sacrifice_v more_o than_o at_o other_o time_n for_o this_o be_v their_o solemne_v festival_n the_o sacrifice_n be_v end_v all_o the_o young_a man_n and_o maid_n come_v out_o of_o the_o temple_n attire_v as_o before_o and_o be_v place_v in_o order_n and_o rank_n one_o direct_o against_o another_o they_o dance_v by_o drum_n which_o sound_v in_o praise_n of_o the_o feast_n and_o of_o their_o god_n to_o which_o song_n all_o the_o ancient_a and_o great_a man_n do_v answer_v dance_v about_o they_o make_v a_o great_a circle_n as_o the_o manner_n be_v the_o young_a man_n and_o maid_n remain_v always_o in_o the_o midst_n all_o the_o city_n come_v to_o this_o spectacle_n and_o throughout_o the_o whole_a land_n on_o this_o day_n of_o vitziliputzli_n his_o feast_n no_o man_n may_v eat_v any_o other_o meat_n but_o this_o paste_n with_o honey_n whereof_o the_o idol_n be_v make_v and_o this_o shall_v be_v eat_v at_o the_o point_n of_o day_n not_o drink_v till_o the_o afternoon_n the_o contrary_a be_v sacrilegious_a after_o the_o ceremony_n end_v it_o be_v lawful_a for_o they_o to_o eat_v any_o thing_n during_o the_o time_n of_o this_o ceremony_n they_o hide_v the_o water_n from_o their_o little_a child_n admonish_v such_o as_o have_v the_o use_n of_o reason_n to_o abstain_v the_o ceremony_n dance_n and_o sacrifice_n end_v they_o go_v to_o unclothe_v themselves_o and_o the_o priest_n and_o ancient_n of_o the_o temple_n take_v the_o image_n of_o paste_n and_o spoil_v it_o of_o all_o the_o ornament_n make_v many_o piece_n of_o it_o and_o of_o the_o consecrate_a roll_n which_o they_o minister_v in_o a_o kind_n of_o communion_n begin_v with_o the_o great_a and_o continue_v unto_o the_o rest_n both_o man_n woman_n and_o child_n who_o receive_v it_o with_o tear_n fear_v reverence_n and_o other_o both_o affect_n and_o effect_n of_o devotion_n say_v that_o they_o do_v eat_v the_o flesh_n and_o bone_n of_o their_o god_n such_o as_o have_v sick_a folly_n demand_v thereof_o for_o they_o and_o carry_v it_o with_o great_a reverence_n and_o veneration_n all_o such_o as_o do_v communicate_v be_v bind_v to_o give_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o this_o seed_n whereof_o the_o idol_n be_v make_v the_o solemnity_n of_o the_o idol_n be_v end_v a_o old_a man_n of_o great_a authority_n step_v up_o into_o a_o high_a place_n and_o with_o a_o loud_a voice_n preach_v their_o law_n and_o ceremony_n this_o history_n deserve_v the_o long_a relation_n because_o it_o so_o superstition_n much_o resemble_v the_o popish_a chimara_n and_o monstrous_a conception_n of_o transubstantiation_n and_o of_o their_o corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la feast_n with_o other_o their_o rite_n to_o which_o acosta_n also_o the_o relater_n compare_v it_o blame_v the_o devil_n for_o usurp_a the_o service_n and_o imitate_v the_o rite_n of_o their_o church_n whereas_o their_o church_n deserve_v blame_v for_o imitate_v the_o devil_n and_o these_o his_o idolatrous_a disciple_n in_o their_o stupendous_a monster_n of_o opinion_n and_o ridiculous_a office_n of_o superstition_n but_o you_o shall_v yet_o see_v a_o further_a resemblance_n next_o to_o this_o principal_a feast_n of_o vitziliputzli_n 2._o be_v that_o of_o tezcalipuca_n of_o chief_a estimation_n this_o fall_v on_o the_o nineteenth_o day_n of_o may_n and_o be_v call_v tozcolt_n it_o fall_v every_o four_o year_n with_o the_o feast_n of_o penance_n where_o there_o be_v give_v jubilee_n full_a indulgence_n and_o remission_n of_o sin_n in_o this_o day_n they_o do_v sacrifice_v a_o captive_n which_o resemble_v the_o idol_n tezcalipuca_n upon_o the_o even_o of_o this_o solemnity_n the_o nobleman_n come_v to_o the_o temple_n bring_v a_o new_a garment_n like_v to_o that_o of_o the_o idol_n which_o the_o priest_n put_v upon_o he_o have_v first_o take_v off_o his_o other_o garment_n which_o they_o keep_v with_o great_a reverence_n there_o be_v in_o the_o coffer_n of_o the_o idol_n relic_n many_o ornament_n jewel_n earring_n and_o other_o riches_n as_o bracelet_n and_o precious_a feather_n which_o serve_v to_o no_o use_n and_o be_v worship_v as_o the_o god_n himself_o beside_o that_o garment_n they_o put_v upon_o he_o certain_a ensign_n of_o feather_n with_o fan_n shadow_n and_o other_o thing_n be_v thus_o attire_v they_o draw_v the_o curtain_n from_o before_o the_o door_n that_o all_o man_n may_v see_v then_o come_v forth_o one_o of_o the_o chief_a of_o the_o temple_n attire_v like_o to_o the_o idol_n carry_v flower_n in_o his_o hand_n and_o a_o flute_n of_o earth_n have_v a_o very_a sharp_a sound_n and_o turn_v towards_o the_o east_n he_o sound_v it_o and_o after_o that_o to_o the_o west_n north_n and_o south_n he_o do_v the_o like_a this_o do_v he_o put_v his_o finger_n into_o the_o air_n and_o then_o gather_v up_o the_o earth_n dust_n which_o he_o put_v in_o his_o mouth_n eat_v it_o in_o sign_n of_o adoration_n the_o like_a do_v all_o that_o be_v present_a weep_v and_o fall_v flat_a to_o the_o ground_n invocate_a the_o darkness_n of_o the_o night_n and_o the_o wind_n not_o to_o forsake_v they_o or_o else_o to_o take_v away_o their_o life_n and_o free_v they_o from_o the_o labour_n they_o endure_v therein_o thief_n adulterer_n murderer_n and_o all_o other_o offender_n have_v great_a fear_n and_o heaviness_n while_o the_o flute_n sound_v so_o as_o some_o can_v not_o hide_v nor_o dissemble_v their_o offence_n by_o this_o mean_n they_o all_o demand_v no_o other_o thing_n of_o their_o god_n but_o to_o have_v their_o offence_n conceal_v pour_v forth_o many_o tear_n with_o great_a repentance_n and_o sorrow_n offer_v great_a store_n of_o incense_n to_o appease_v their_o go_n all_o the_o martialist_n and_o resolute_a spirit_n addict_v to_o the_o war_n desire_v with_o great_a devotion_n of_o god_n the_o creator_n of_o the_o lord_n for_o who_o we_o live_v of_o the_o sun_n and_o of_o other_o their_o god_n that_o they_o will_v give_v they_o victory_n against_o their_o enemy_n and_o strength_n to_o take_v many_o captive_n for_o sacrifice_n this_o ceremonious_a sound_v of_o the_o flute_n by_o the_o priest_n continue_v ten_o day_n from_o the_o nine_o of_o may_n to_o the_o nineteenth_o with_o eat_v of_o earth_n pray_v everyday_n with_o eye_n lift_v up_o to_o heaven_n sigh_n and_o groan_n as_o of_o man_n grieve_v for_o their_o sin_n yet_o do_v not_o they_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v chapter_n any_o punishment_n in_o the_o other_o life_n but_o do_v these_o thing_n to_o avert_v temporal_a punishment_n they_o account_v death_n a_o assure_a rest_n and_o therefore_o voluntary_o offer_v themselves_o thereto_o the_o last_o day_n of_o the_o feast_n the_o priest_n draw_v forth_o a_o litter_n well_o furnish_v with_o curtain_n and_o pendant_n of_o diverse_a fashion_n this_o litter_n have_v so_o many_o arm_n to_o hold_v by_o as_o there_o be_v minister_n to_o carry_v it_o all_o which_o come_v forth_o besmear_v with_o black_a and_o long_a hair_n half_a in_o tress_n with_o white_a string_n and_o attire_v in_o the_o idol_n livery_n upon_o this_o litter_n they_o set_v the_o image_n of_o tezcalipuca_n and_o take_v it_o on_o their_o shoulder_n bring_v it_o to_o the_o foot_n of_o the_o stair_n then_o come_v forth_o the_o young_a man_n and_o maiden_n of_o the_o temple_n carry_v a_o great_a cord_n wreathe_v of_o chain_n of_o roast_a maiz_n with_o which_o they_o environ_v the_o litter_n and_o put_v a_o chain_n of_o the_o same_o about_o the_o idol_n neck_n and_o a_o garland_n thereof_o on_o his_o head_n the_o young_a man_n and_o maid_n wear_v chain_n of_o roast_a maiz_n and_o the_o man_n garland_n the_o maid_n mitre_n make_v of_o rod_n cover_v with_o the_o maiz_n their_o foot_n cover_v with_o feather_n and_o their_o arm_n and_o cheek_n paint_v the_o image_n be_v place_v in_o the_o litter_n they_o strew_v round_o about_o store_n of_o the_o bough_n of_o manguey_n the_o leaf_n whereof_o be_v prick_v they_o carry_v procession_n it_o on_o procession_n two_o priest_n go_v before_o with_o incense_n in_o the_o circuit_n of_o the_o court_n and_o every_o time_n the_o priest_n give_v incense_n they_o lift_v up_o their_o arm_n as_o high_a as_o they_o can_v to_o the_o idol_n and_o the_o sun_n all_o the_o people_n in_o the_o court_n turn_v round_o to_o the_o place_n whither_o the_o idol_n go_v every_o one_o carry_v in_o his_o hand_n new_a cord_n of_o the_o thread_n of_o manguey_n a_o fathom_n long_o with_o a_o knot_n at_o the_o end_n wherewith_o they_o whip_v themselves_o on_o the_o shoulder_n even_o as_o they_o do_v here_o say_v acosta_n on_o holy_a thursday_n the_o people_n bring_v bough_n and_o flower_n to_o beautify_v the_o court_n and_o temple_n this_o do_v every_o one_o bring_v their_o offering_n jewel_n incense_n sweet_a wood_n grape_n maiz_n quailes_n and_o the_o rest_n quail_n be_v the_o
therefore_o enjoin_v thou_o to_o desist_v from_o these_o attempt_n otherwise_o be_v thou_o cast_v out_o from_o all_o israel_n but_o he_o proceed_v nevertheless_o till_o zinaldin_n a_o turkish_a king_n subject_a to_o the_o persian_a corrupt_v his_o father_n in_o law_n with_o ten_o thousand_o piece_n of_o gold_n who_o according_o with_o a_o sword_n slay_v he_o in_o his_o bed_n and_o thus_o end_v david_n but_o not_o his_o design_n for_o the_o jew_n in_o persia_n be_v force_v by_o many_o talent_n of_o gold_n to_o buy_v their_o peace_n with_o the_o king_n marsil._o about_o the_o same_o time_n rambam_n tell_v of_o another_o which_o take_v he_o to_o be_v the_o messenger_n of_o the_o messiah_n which_o shall_v direct_v his_o way_n before_o he_o preach_v that_o the_o messiah_n will_v appear_v in_o the_o south_n to_o he_o resort_v many_o jew_n and_o arabian_n who_o he_o lead_v alongst_o the_o mountain_n profess_v to_o go_v meet_v the_o messiah_n who_o have_v send_v he_o our_o brethren_n in_o the_o south_n country_n write_v to_o i_o a_o long_a letter_n hereof_o declare_v the_o innovation_n he_o make_v in_o their_o prayer_n and_o his_o preach_n among_o they_o ask_v my_o advice_n and_o i_o write_v a_o book_n say_v rambam_n for_o their_o sake_n touch_v the_o sign_n of_o the_o come_n of_o the_o messiah_n this_o seducer_n be_v take_v after_o a_o year_n space_n and_o bring_v before_o one_o of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o arabian_n which_o examine_v he_o of_o his_o course_n who_o answer_v that_o he_o have_v so_o do_v at_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n in_o witness_n whereof_o he_o bid_v he_o cut_v off_o his_o head_n and_o he_o will_v rise_v again_o and_o revive_v which_o the_o king_n cause_v to_o be_v do_v without_o any_o such_o miraculous_a effect_n ensue_v the_o like_a tell_v isaac_n levita_fw-la sup_v of_o one_o lemlen_n a_o jew_n in_o the_o year_n 1500._o as_o also_o of_o r._n david_n which_o about_o the_o same_o time_n be_v burn_v for_o like_a cause_n the_o jew_n have_v legend_n as_o that_o of_o eldad_n clausis_fw-la translate_v by_o genebrard_n of_o multitude_n of_o jew_n in_o aethiopia_n who_o when_o we_o come_v thither_o we_o will_v visit_v but_o alas_o it_o be_v small_a comfort_n be_v burn_v in_o the_o fire_n to_o make_v themselves_o merry_a with_o smoke_n of_o their_o misery_n sustain_v in_o all_o place_n of_o their_o abode_n all_o history_n make_v mention_v and_o yet_o their_o superstition_n be_v more_o lamentable_a than_o their_o dispersion_n as_o also_o their_o pertinacy_n and_o stubbornness_n in_o their_o superstition_n and_o certain_o i_o think_v that_o even_o to_o he_o that_o will_v walk_v by_o sight_n and_o not_o by_o faith_n not_o obliege_v his_o credit_n to_o meet_v authority_n as_o the_o case_n stand_v betwixt_o we_o and_o the_o scripture_n but_o will_v be_v draw_v by_o the_o cord_n of_o reason_n only_o and_o sense_n even_o to_o such_o a_o one_o i_o think_v this_o history_n of_o the_o jew_n may_v be_v a_o visible_a demonstration_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o christian_a religion_n not_o only_o because_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o prophecy_n of_o 49._o jaacob_n of_o 28._o moses_n of_o 6._o esay_n and_o other_o the_o prophet_n be_v fulfil_v in_o they_o and_o because_o god_n justice_n still_o exact_v the_o punishment_n of_o the_o betray_n and_o murder_v that_o just_a one_o but_o especial_o in_o this_o that_o the_o bitter_a enemy_n cruel_a persecutor_n and_o wilful_a hater_n that_o ever_o be_v of_o the_o christian_a truth_n be_v disperse_v into_o so_o many_o part_n of_o the_o world_n as_o witness_n of_o the_o same_o truth_n hold_v and_o maintain_v to_o death_n the_o scripture_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n than_o which_o even_o reason_n be_v judge_n as_o be_v say_v before_o we_o will_v not_o desire_v sound_a and_o full_a proof_n of_o our_o profession_n neither_o be_v our_o gospel_n wherein_o we_o differ_v from_o they_o any_o other_o than_o the_o fulfil_n of_o their_o law_n and_o christ_n come_v not_o to_o destroy_v the_o law_n but_o to_o fulfil_v the_o same_o the_o same_o truth_n be_v deliver_v in_o both_o veil_v in_o the_o one_o and_o reveal_v in_o the_o other_o in_o he_o the_o promise_n in_o he_o the_o figure_n in_o he_o the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o law_n righteousness_n in_o doctrine_n righteousness_n in_o practice_n righteousness_n of_o do_v righteousness_n of_o suffer_v to_o satisfy_v the_o debt_n to_o merit_v the_o inheritance_n be_v the_o witness_n that_o in_o he_o they_o be_v all_o yea_o and_o amen_o have_v receive_v their_o perfect_a be_v and_o accomplishment_n but_o 3.15_o the_o veil_n be_v over_o their_o heart_n eye_n they_o have_v and_o see_v not_o ear_n and_o hear_v not_o they_o hold_v out_o to_o we_o the_o light_n of_o scripture_n themselves_o walk_v in_o darkness_n and_o reserve_v to_o darkness_n like_v to_o a_o lamp_n lanthorne_n or_o candlestick_n communicate_v light_n to_o other_o whereof_o themselves_o be_v not_o capable_a nor_o can_v make_v any_o use_n §._o four_o of_o the_o miserable_a dispersion_n of_o the_o jew_n we_o have_v show_v how_o they_o be_v utter_o cast_v out_o of_o their_o country_n and_o italy_n and_o the_o empire_n be_v fill_v with_o jewish_a slave_n nor_o be_v this_o their_o first_o dispersion_n but_o as_o the_o assyrian_n have_v carry_v away_o the_o other_o ten_o tribe_n so_o the_o babylonian_n carry_v away_o the_o two_o tribe_n remain_v which_o may_v have_v return_v under_o the_o persian_a monarchy_n but_o many_o remain_v in_o those_o country_n till_o the_o dissolution_n of_o that_o jewish_a state_n and_o after_o they_o have_v there_o diverse_a famous_a university_n and_o that_o at_o bagdet_n endure_v till_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n one_o thousand_o three_o hundred_o so_o write_v bagdet_n boterus_n at_o which_o time_n they_o flee_v the_o persecution_n of_o the_o arabian_n disperse_v themselves_o into_o 7._o india_n where_o many_o be_v find_v at_o this_o day_n these_o through_o continual_a converse_v with_o the_o gentile_n and_o christian_n have_v small_a knowledge_n of_o the_o law_n and_o less_o will_v have_v but_o for_o other_o jew_n that_o resort_v thither_o out_o of_o egypt_n before_o that_o time_n also_o if_o we_o believe_v the_o ethiopian_a history_n twelve_o thousand_o carretus_fw-la jew_n of_o each_o tribe_n a_o thousand_o go_v with_o the_o queen_n of_o saba_n son_n which_o they_o say_v she_o have_v by_o solomon_n into_o that_o country_n and_o there_o remain_v their_o posterity_n to_o this_o day_n thus_o be_v asia_n and_o africa_n fraught_v with_o they_o but_o europe_n much_o more_o adrian_n ibid._n banish_v five_o hundred_o thousand_o into_o spain_n where_o they_o multiply_v infinite_o and_o found_v a_o university_n at_o corduba_n about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n one_o thousand_o and_o at_o toledo_n be_v a_o school_n of_o twelve_o thousand_o jew_n about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n one_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o six_o as_o write_v 1._o rabbi_n mosche_n mikkatzi_n from_o hence_o it_o seem_v they_o swarm_v into_o england_n and_o france_n anno_fw-la 37._o 1096._o innumerable_a number_n of_o man_n and_o woman_n of_o diverse_a nation_n according_a to_o the_o zeal_n of_o those_o time_n travel_v to_o jerusalem_n compel_v the_o jew_n in_o place_n whereby_o they_o pass_v to_o be_v baptize_v every_o where_o make_v terrible_a massacre_n and_o slaughter_n of_o such_o as_o refuse_v may_v of_o the_o jew_n also_o kill_v themselves_o in_o zeal_n of_o their_o law_n at_o mentz_n they_o slay_v of_o they_o 1014._o of_o both_o sex_n and_o fire_v the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o city_n the_o rest_n rest_v not_o long_o in_o their_o impose_v christianity_n but_o leave_v willing_o renounce_v that_o which_o against_o their_o will_n they_o have_v accept_v auentinus_n number_v 12000._o jew_n slay_v in_o germany_n in_o this_o irreligious_a quarrel_n otto_n frisingensis_n attribute_n these_o jewish_a slaughter_n to_o the_o zealous_a preach_n of_o rodolph_n a_o monk_n which_o fury_n be_v appease_v by_o the_o preach_n and_o authority_n of_o saint_n bernard_n these_o pilgrim_n say_v albertus_n aquensis_n which_o then_o live_v be_v a_o gallimaufry_n of_o all_o nation_n in_o pretence_n of_o this_o holy_a quarrel_n against_o the_o turk_n give_v themselves_o to_o all_o unholy_a and_o filthy_a course_n among_o themselves_o and_o against_o the_o christian_n where_o they_o pass_v may_v whore_n attend_v and_o follow_v the_o camp_n to_o which_o they_o add_v excess_n in_o diet_n robbery_n especial_o all_o cruelty_n against_o the_o jew_n chief_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o lorraine_n thus_o begin_v the_o rudiment_n of_o that_o war_n against_o the_o enemy_n of_o the_o faith_n first_o they_o destroy_v they_o and_o their_o synagogue_n in_o collen_n and_o take_v two_o hundred_o of_o they_o fly_v by_o night_n to_o nuis_n they_o slay_v and_o rob_v they_o all_o at_o mentz_n the_o jew_n commit_v
it_o with_o they_o and_o to_o pray_v god_n for_o health_n and_o pardon_n of_o sin_n to_o this_o building_n be_v add_v a_o noble_a school_n or_o university_n a._n h._n 949._o by_o solyman_n who_o adorn_v it_o by_o his_o cost_n by_o marvelous_a structure_n and_o endow_v it_o with_o revenue_n after_o these_o visitation_n all_o the_o pilgrim_n go_v to_o a_o certain_a temple_n on_o a_o hill_n ten_o mile_n from_o the_o city_n and_o flock_v in_o great_a number_n buy_v according_a to_o their_o ability_n one_o or_o more_o ram_n for_o sacrifice_n and_o because_o some_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o mohamedan_n have_v no_o sacrifice_n we_o will_v relate_v what_o jacub_n ben-sidi_n aali_n have_v write_v of_o their_o ceremony_n sacrifice_n dhahhla_n so_o the_o arab_n call_v a_o sacrifice_n be_v a_o kill_n of_o beast_n in_o the_o worship_n and_o for_o the_o offering_n of_o god_n and_o they_o be_v lamb_n of_o six_o or_o seven_o month_n at_o least_o camel_n of_o five_o year_n bullock_n of_o two_o year_n the_o male_n be_v to_o be_v choose_v before_o female_n and_o those_o clean_a white_a infect_v by_o no_o natural_a or_o violent_a defect_n fat_a corpulent_a horn_a every_o man_n must_v kill_v his_o own_o sacrifice_n and_o rip_v they_o with_o his_o own_o hand_n except_o in_o urgent_a necessity_n and_o then_o he_o may_v substitute_v other_o to_o do_v it_o for_o he_o for_o every_o one_o before_o they_o eat_v any_o thing_n be_v bind_v to_o eat_v some_o peace_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n the_o rest_n if_o they_o can_v to_o give_v cheerful_o to_o the_o poor_a they_o which_o be_v admit_v to_o these_o oblation_n let_v they_o offer_v one_o ram_n for_o themselves_o another_o for_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o dead_a another_o for_o mahomed_n that_o in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n he_o deliver_v they_o from_o calamity_n these_o sacrifice_n be_v offer_v to_o god_n in_o imitation_n of_o abraham_n tradition_n which_o will_v have_v offer_v his_o son_n ishmael_n to_o god_n who_o go_v out_o of_o the_o city_n with_o he_o to_o a_o certain_a hill_n call_v mena_n where_o he_o will_v have_v offer_v he_o to_o god_n but_o when_o the_o sword_n can_v not_o cut_v his_o neck_n a_o white_a ram_n appear_v betwixt_o his_o hand_n fat_a and_o horn_a which_o he_o sacrifice_v to_o god_n in_o stead_n of_o his_o son_n mecca_n while_o the_o pilgrim_n be_v here_o busy_v in_o their_o sacrifice_n beduin_a arab_n assault_v the_o caravans_n and_o rob_v they_o flee_v to_o the_o hill_n and_o inaccessible_a refuge_n so_o swift_a as_o if_o they_o do_v fly_v and_o although_o all_o arm_n be_v forbid_v in_o the_o territory_n of_o mecca_n which_o contain_v on_o the_o east_n six_o mile_n on_o the_o north_n twelve_o on_o the_o west_n eighteen_o on_o the_o south_n four_o and_o twenty_o in_o which_o respect_n mecca_n &_o medina_n be_v call_v atharamain_n yet_o they_o cease_v not_o to_o infest_v &_o pilgrim_n be_v here_o force_v to_o arm_n this_o territory_n be_v barren_a for_o want_v of_o water_n and_o rain_n have_v very_o few_o herb_n and_o plant_n or_o other_o pleasure_n of_o grove_n garden_n vine_n or_o green_a object_n but_o be_v roast_v with_o the_o sun_n both_o land_n and_o people_n and_o this_o haply_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o no_o man_n may_v break_v a_o bough_n if_o they_o find_v any_o tree_n mecca_n only_o the_o shrub_n of_o balsam_n bring_v hither_o from_o cairo_n thrive_v well_o and_o be_v now_o so_o propagate_v that_o all_o the_o sweet_a liquor_n of_o balsam_n be_v carry_v only_o from_o this_o city_n through_o all_o region_n in_o great_a plenty_n here_o be_v store_n of_o pigeon_n which_o because_o they_o be_v of_o the_o stock_n of_o that_o which_o come_v to_o mahomed_n ear_n as_o the_o mosleman_n fable_n no_o man_n may_v take_v or_o scare_v they_o a_o certain_a scerif_n enjoy_v the_o dominion_n of_o this_o city_n and_o all_o the_o land_n of_o medina_n by_o inheritance_n call_v alamam-alhascemi_n that_o be_v the_o captain_n or_o chief_a hascemee_n mecca_n descend_v of_o hascem_fw-la great_a grandfather_n of_o mohamed_n who_o be_v never_o deprive_v of_o their_o dominion_n by_o the_o ottoman_a or_o sultan_n yea_o the_o ottoman_a call_v not_o himself_o the_o lord_n of_o mecca_n and_o medina_n but_o the_o humble_a servant_n yet_o this_o scerif_n notwithstanding_o his_o revenue_n and_o gift_n by_o pilgrim_n and_o prince_n through_o the_o beduine_n spoil_n and_o his_o kindred_n quarrel_n seek_v the_o sovereignty_n be_v always_o poor_a therefore_o do_v the_o ottoman_a bestow_v the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o revenue_n of_o egypt_n and_o to_o protect_v the_o pilgrim_n from_o the_o invasion_n of_o the_o arab_n medina_n medina_n be_v call_v the_o city_n by_o antonomasia_fw-la and_o medina_n alnabi_n that_o be_v the_o city_n of_o the_o prophet_n life_n because_o mohamed_n when_o he_o be_v force_v to_o forsake_v his_o country_n mecca_n betake_v himself_o to_o this_o city_n then_o call_v jathreb_n and_o be_v make_v lord_n thereof_o it_o be_v a_o error_n that_o he_o be_v bear_v here_o for_o he_o be_v bear_v and_o bring_v up_o at_o mecca_n chap._n vii_o of_o the_o successor_n of_o mahomet_n of_o their_o different_a sect_n and_o of_o the_o disperse_v of_o that_o religion_n through_o the_o world_n mahomet_n have_v with_o word_n and_o sword_n publish_v his_o alcoran_n as_o you_o have_v hear_v his_o follower_n after_o his_o death_n succeed_v in_o his_o place_n succeed_v he_o in_o tyranny_n eubocar_n surname_v abdalla_n undertake_v the_o defence_n of_o that_o faithless_a faith_n and_o kingdom_n and_o that_o as_o his_o predecessor_n have_v do_v partly_o by_o subtlety_n partly_o by_o force_n for_o when_o as_o mahomet_n disciple_n have_v bury_v their_o new_a religion_n with_o their_o old_a master_n except_o a_o few_o of_o his_o kindred_n he_o apply_v his_o wit_n to_o recall_v they_o and_o whereas_o ref_o hali_n mahomet_n near_a kinsman_n and_o son-in-law_n disagree_v from_o he_o and_o be_v persuade_v by_o the_o jew_n to_o profess_v himself_o a_o prophet_n with_o promise_n of_o their_o best_a aid_n and_o assistance_n eubocar_n or_o ebuber_n reconcile_v he_o and_o as_o the_o arabian_a chronicle_n witness_v convert_v many_o infidel_n and_o slay_v the_o gainsayers_a he_o reign_v one_o year_n and_o three_o month_n and_o thirteen_o day_n the_o next_o successor_n aomar_n say_v the_o same_o author_n leo_n 1._o term_v he_o homar_n ordain_v their_o prayer_n in_o the_o month_n ramazan_n and_o that_o the_o alcoran_n shall_v be_v read_v through_o which_o he_o cause_v to_o be_v write_v out_o and_o unite_v in_o one_o book_n he_o conquer_v egypt_n by_o hanir_n his_o captain_n after_o that_o damascus_n jerusalem_n gaza_n and_o a_o great_a part_n of_o syria_n be_v subdue_v he_o reign_v ten_o year_n and_o six_o month_n punishment_n odman_n or_o oziman_n succeed_v and_o reign_v twelve_o year_n and_o after_o he_o hali_n and_o next_o to_o he_o his_o son_n alhacem_fw-la and_o than_o moavi_n the_o great_a conqueror_n etc_n etc_n these_o four_o eubocar_n aomar_n ozimen_n and_o hali_n be_v the_o four_o great_a doctor_n of_o the_o mahometan_a law_n and_o mahomet_n before_o his_o death_n prophesy_v that_o they_o shall_v succeed_v he_o and_o of_o their_o worthiness_n but_o as_o mahomet_n have_v pretend_v the_o name_n of_o gabriel_n to_o the_o dream_n of_o sergius_n and_o other_o apostata_n of_o the_o christian_n and_o jew_n disagree_v both_o with_o the_o truth_n and_o themselves_o so_o it_o be_v not_o long_o that_o this_o untempered_a mortar_n will_v hold_v together_o these_o building_n for_o the_o nob._n alcoran_n be_v according_a to_o diverse_a copy_n thereof_o read_v diverse_o be_v cause_n of_o different_a sect_n among_o they_o oziman_n to_o prevent_v the_o danger_n hereof_o command_v that_o all_o the_o copy_n of_o their_o law_n shall_v be_v bring_v and_o deliver_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o zeidi_n and_o abdalla_n who_o confer_v their_o copy_n shall_v make_v one_o book_n and_o where_o they_o dissent_v shall_v read_v according_a to_o the_o copy_n of_o corais_n thus_o these_o two_o according_a to_o the_o king_n edict_n to_o establish_v a_o uniformity_n in_o the_o read_n of_o the_o alcoran_n have_v out_o of_o all_o those_o copy_n frame_v one_o to_o be_v athentical_a burn_v all_o other_o yet_o be_v they_o deceive_v of_o their_o hope_n partly_o because_o hali_n abitalib_n and_o ibenmuzod_n will_v not_o bring_v in_o their_o book_n of_o which_o that_o of_o hali_n be_v the_o same_o which_o mahumet_n have_v leave_v and_o be_v after_o by_o the_o jew_n alter_v put_v out_o and_o in_o at_o their_o pleasure_n &_o partly_o because_o that_o book_n which_o they_o have_v thus_o cull_v out_o of_o the_o rest_n to_o remain_v canonical_a be_v lose_v &_o of_o the_o four_o copy_n which_o they_o have_v write_v thereof_o by_o fire_n &_o negligence_n all_o perish_a eletragig_n will_v have_v use_v the_o like_a
to_o his_o sceptre_n the_o people_n he_o remove_v into_o other_o part_n of_o his_o dominion_n send_v the_o former_a inhabitant_n into_o cheylan_n and_o mazandran_n not_o long_o after_o the_o brother_n of_o that_o king_n of_o corassan_n which_o have_v be_v tutor_n to_o abas_n rebel_v against_o his_o brother_n and_o slay_v he_o and_o all_o his_o child_n except_o one_o with_o who_o his_o tutor_n flee_v into_o the_o mountain_n this_o occasion_n abas_n apprehend_v for_o the_o subdue_a of_o that_o country_n in_o the_o infant_n right_a which_o notwithstanding_o the_o treason_n of_o ferrat_fw-la now_o weary_a of_o his_o former_a loyalty_n and_o conspire_v with_o the_o turk_n and_o tartar_n to_o betray_v his_o master_n to_o they_o he_o effect_v these_o thing_n with_o large_a circumstance_n abas_n himself_o relate_v to_o sir_n anthony_n and_o sir_n robert_n as_o for_o his_o government_n the_o same_o be_v there_o also_o describe_v but_o i_o have_v be_v too_o long_o in_o the_o former_a he_o have_v post_n once_o a_o week_n from_o all_o part_n the_o visire_n sit_v in_o counsel_n with_o the_o king_n counsel_n every_o morning_n and_o the_o king_n himself_o every_o wednesday_n the_o poor_a may_v offer_v he_o any_o supplication_n which_o he_o read_v register_v order_v one_o example_n of_o justice_n be_v admirable_a which_o he_o sentence_v on_o the_o governor_n of_o casbin_n convict_v of_o many_o extortion_n bribery_n and_o other_o crime_n that_o all_o his_o good_n and_o land_n shall_v be_v sell_v for_o satisfaction_n to_o those_o who_o he_o have_v spoil_v and_o if_o any_o thing_n want_v since_o the_o king_n by_o give_v he_o that_o authority_n be_v partly_o the_o cause_n of_o those_o excess_n he_o condemn_v himself_o to_o pay_v the_o residue_n out_o of_o his_o treasury_n if_o any_o thing_n advance_v it_o shall_v be_v give_v to_o his_o child_n with_o a_o grievous_a edict_n that_o no_o succour_n shall_v be_v minister_v to_o himself_o neither_o shall_v he_o at_o once_o end_v his_o punishment_n by_o death_n etc_n but_o during_o his_o life_n wear_v a_o yoke_n like_o a_o hogs-yoke_n and_o have_v his_o ear_n and_o nose_n cut_v off_o nor_o may_v any_o relieve_v he_o but_o he_o shall_v get_v his_o live_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n that_o he_o may_v feel_v in_o himself_o the_o misery_n of_o poverty_n this_o make_v the_o turk_n ambassador_n there_o present_a swear_v that_o such_o fortune_n &_o such_o virtue_n must_v needs_o be_v his_o master_n ruin_n his_o bounty_n to_o our_o author_n his_o magnificence_n otherwise_o let_v the_o reader_n there_o learn_v as_o likewise_o his_o private_a disport_n and_o exercise_n at_o his_o entrance_n into_o hisphaan_n the_o way_n be_v cover_v two_o english_a mile_n with_o velvet_n satin_n and_o cloth_n of_o gold_n where_o his_o horse_n shall_v pass_v he_o feast_v sir_n anthony_n before_o his_o employment_n in_o that_o honourable_a embassage_n to_o the_o prince_n christian_n after_o the_o manner_n great_a of_o the_o ancient_a feast_v use_v by_o the_o persian_n thirty_o day_n together_o in_o a_o garden_n of_o two_o mile_n compass_n under_o tent_n pitch_v by_o small_a ril_n of_o water_n where_o every_o man_n that_o will_v come_v be_v place_v according_a to_o his_o degree_n under_o one_o or_o other_o tent_n provide_v abundant_o with_o meat_n fruit_n and_o wine_n drink_v as_o they_o will_v without_o compulsion_n the_o joy_n of_o which_o feast_n be_v augment_v by_o the_o tartar_n of_o bogharre_n buckhawrd_n yield_v themselves_o to_o his_o subjection_n and_o by_o the_o great_a mogor_n great_a offer_n with_o his_o elder_a son_n daughter_n to_o the_o young_a son_n of_o king_n abas_n in_o marriage_n but_o i_o refer_v the_o more_o desirous_a to_o sir_n anthony_n own_o book_n have_v thence_o gather_v this_o because_o it_o differ_v so_o much_o in_o some_o thing_n from_o other_o then_o who_o he_o have_v far_o better_a mean_n of_o intelligence_n chap._n ix_o of_o the_o sophian_a sect_n or_o persian_a religion_n as_o it_o be_v at_o this_o present_a §._o i._o the_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o turk_n and_o persian_a with_o the_o zeal_n of_o both_o part_n it_o have_v be_v already_o show_v how_o the_o saracen_n have_v one_o calyfa_n or_o caliph_n who_o they_o esteem_v the_o head_n of_o their_o religion_n and_o empire_n in_o right_a unto_o both_o succeed_a their_o grand_a seducer_n mahomet_n and_o how_o the_o four_o captain_n or_o doctor_n each_o aim_v under_o colour_n of_o religion_n to_o further_a his_o ambitious_a project_n make_v way_n to_o difference_n of_o sect_n in_o the_o beginning_n and_o in_o succeed_a age_n the_o sword_n decide_v who_o be_v rightful_a successor_n the_o posterity_n of_o each_o challenge_v to_o himself_o that_o right_n according_a as_o they_o be_v able_a in_o the_o field_n to_o maintain_v it_o these_o persian_n affect_v hali_n as_o true_a interpreter_n of_o their_o law_n and_o lord_n of_o the_o state_n to_o who_o mahomet_n give_v his_o daughter_n in_o his_o life_n time_n and_o his_o alcoran_n at_o his_o death_n be_v his_o kinsman_n also_o by_o birth_n and_o although_o by_o the_o violence_n of_o the_o contradict_a caliph_n they_o do_v not_o always_o make_v hereof_o open_a profession_n yet_o ever_o and_o anon_o as_o occasion_n be_v offer_v this_o fire_n break_v out_o yet_o never_o into_o so_o great_a a_o flame_n as_o after_o the_o year_n 1369._o by_o sophi_n guine_a aidar_n ishmael_n and_o their_o successor_n unto_o this_o day_n their_o sect_n be_v that_o only_a of_o the_o seventy_o two_o saracenicall_a so_o many_o some_o 6._o account_n which_o shall_v in_o the_o persian_a estimation_n have_v admission_n into_o paradise_n all_o the_o rest_n and_o why_o not_o this_o also_o lead_v to_o hell_n from_o that_o division_n betwixt_o the_o persian_n and_o arabian_n about_o the_o successor_n of_o mahomet_n it_o be_v barrius_n his_o relation_n in_o which_o the_o persian_n call_v themselves_o siam_n which_o signify_v the_o union_n of_o one_o body_n but_o the_o arabian_n call_v they_o raffadin_n that_o be_v unreasonable_a and_o themselves_o cunin_n proceed_v other_o sect_n among_o the_o mahometans_n and_o among_o the_o persian_n two_o call_v camarata_n and_o mutazeli_n which_o follow_v little_a the_o say_n of_o the_o prophet_n but_o will_v have_v all_o prove_v to_o they_o by_o natural_a reason_n not_o allow_v moses_n or_o mahomet_n any_o further_a there_o be_v one_o sect_n among_o they_o call_v malaheda_n which_o subiect_v all_o thing_n to_o chance_n and_o to_o the_o star_n not_o to_o divine_a providence_n there_o be_v other_o call_v emozaidi_n which_o reject_v many_o thing_n in_o the_o alcoran_n and_o follow_v the_o doctrine_n of_o zaidi_n the_o nephew_n of_o hocem_fw-la second_o son_n of_o ali_n caviller_n these_o inhabit_v on_o the_o confine_n of_o prester_n john_n and_o in_o melinde_n but_o to_o come_v to_o the_o common_a persian_n and_o to_o observe_v out_o of_o barrius_n the_o diversity_n of_o opinion_n betwixt_o they_o and_o the_o arabian_n their_o doctor_n reduce_v these_o difference_n into_o seventeen_o conclusion_n the_o persian_n say_v that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n and_o worker_n of_o every_o good_a and_o that_o evil_a come_v from_o the_o devil_n the_o arabian_n say_v that_o will_v bring_v in_o two_o god_n one_o of_o good_a the_o other_o of_o evil_n the_o persian_n say_v that_o god_n be_v eternal_a and_o that_o the_o law_n and_o creation_n of_o man_n have_v a_o beginning_n the_o arabian_n answer_n that_o all_o the_o word_n of_o the_o law_n be_v praise_n of_o the_o work_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o eternal_a like_o himself_o the_o persian_n say_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o bless_a in_o the_o other_o world_n can_v see_v the_o essence_n of_o god_n because_o he_o be_v a_o spirit_n of_o divinity_n only_o they_o shall_v see_v his_o greatness_n mercy_n pity_n &_o all_o other_o good_a thing_n which_o he_o work_v in_o the_o creature_n the_o arabian_n answer_n that_o they_o shall_v see_v he_o with_o their_o eye_n even_o as_o he_o be_v the_o persian_n say_v that_o when_o mahomet_n receive_v the_o law_n his_o soul_n be_v carry_v by_o the_o angel_n gabriel_n into_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n the_o arabian_n affirm_v it_o of_o his_o body_n also_o the_o persian_n say_v that_o the_o child_n of_o ali_n or_o awl_n and_o fatema_n and_o their_o twelve_o nephew_n have_v pre-eminence_n above_o all_o prophet_n the_o arabian_n grant_v it_o above_o all_o other_o man_n but_o not_o above_o the_o prophet_n the_o persian_n say_v that_o it_o be_v sufficient_a to_o pray_v thrice_o a_o day_n unto_o god_n in_o the_o morning_n when_o the_o sun_n rise_v which_o be_v call_v sob_v the_o second_o dor_n at_o noon_n the_o three_o magareb_n before_o sunset_n because_o these_o three_o contain_v all_o the_o part_n of_o the_o day_n the_o arabian_n require_v twice_o beside_o according_a to_o their_o law_n call_v hacer_n and_o assa_n the_o rest_n of_o
hunt_v and_o hawk_v if_o one_o have_v bury_v a_o male-child_n and_o another_o a_o female_a the_o parent_n contract_v a_o marriage_n betwixt_o those_o two_o and_o paint_v in_o paper_n servant_n horse_n clothes_n and_o household_n and_o make_v writing_n for_o the_o confirmation_n of_o the_o dower_n burn_v these_o thing_n in_o the_o fire_n by_o the_o smoke_n whereof_o they_o in_o their_o smoky_a conceit_n imagine_v all_o these_o thing_n to_o be_v carry_v and_o confirm_v to_o their_o child_n in_o the_o other_o world_n and_o the_o parent_n of_o the_o two_o dead_a party_n claim_v kindred_n each_o of_o other_o as_o if_o they_o indeed_o have_v marry_v their_o child_n while_o they_o live_v in_o xamdu_n do_v cublai_n can_v build_v a_o stately_a palace_n encompass_v sixteen_o mile_n of_o plain_a ground_n with_o a_o wall_n wherein_o be_v fertile_a meadow_n pleasant_a spring_n delightful_a stream_n and_o all_o sort_n of_o beast_n of_o chase_n and_o game_n and_o in_o the_o midst_n thereof_o a_o sumptuous_a house_n of_o pleasure_n which_o may_v be_v remove_v from_o place_n to_o place_n here_o he_o do_v abide_v in_o the_o month_n of_o june_n july_n and_o august_n on_o the_o eight_o and_o twenty_o day_n whereof_o he_o depart_v thence_o to_o another_o place_n to_o do_v sacrifice_n on_o this_o manner_n he_o have_v a_o herd_n or_o drive_v of_o horse_n and_o mare_n about_o ten_o thousand_o as_o white_a as_o snow_n of_o the_o milk_n whereof_o none_o may_v taste_v except_o he_o be_v of_o the_o blood_n of_o cingis_n can._n yea_o the_o tartar_n do_v these_o beast_n great_a reverence_n nor_o dare_v any_o cross_v their_o way_n or_o go_v before_o they_o according_a to_o the_o direction_n of_o his_o astrologer_n or_o magician_n he_o on_o the_o eight_o and_o twenty_o of_o august_n aforesaid_a spend_v and_o pour_v forth_o with_o his_o own_o hand_n the_o milk_n of_o these_o mare_n in_o the_o air_n and_o on_o the_o earth_n to_o give_v drink_n to_o the_o spirit_n and_o idol_n which_o they_o worship_v that_o they_o may_v preserve_v the_o man_n woman_n beast_n bird_n corn_n and_o other_o thing_n grow_v on_o the_o earth_n order_n these_o astrologer_n or_o necromancer_n be_v in_o their_o art_n marvelous_a when_o the_o sky_n be_v cloudy_a and_o threaten_v rain_n they_o will_v ascend_v the_o roof_n of_o the_o palace_n of_o the_o grand_a can_v and_o cause_v the_o rain_n and_o tempest_n to_o fall_v round_o about_o without_o touch_v the_o say_a palace_n these_o which_o thus_o do_v be_v call_v tebeth_n and_o chesmir_n chesmir_n two_o sort_n of_o idolater_n which_o delude_v the_o people_n with_o opinion_n of_o their_o sanctity_n impute_v these_o work_n to_o their_o dissemble_a holiness_n and_o for_o this_o cause_n they_o go_v in_o filthy_a and_o beastly_a manner_n not_o care_v who_o see_v they_o with_o dirt_n on_o their_o face_n never_o wash_v nor_o comb_v themselves_o and_o if_o any_o be_v condemn_v to_o death_n they_o take_v dress_v and_o eat_v he_o which_o they_o do_v not_o if_o any_o die_v natural_o they_o be_v also_o call_v bachsi_n bachsi_fw-la that_o be_v of_o such_o a_o religion_n or_o order_n as_o if_o one_o shall_v say_v a_o frier-preacher_n or_o minor_n and_o be_v exceed_o expert_a in_o their_o devilish_a art_n they_o cause_n that_o the_o bottle_n in_o the_o hall_n of_o the_o great_a can_v do_v fill_v the_o bowl_n of_o their_o own_o accord_n which_o also_o without_o man_n help_n pass_v ten_o pace_n through_o the_o air_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o say_a can_n and_o when_o he_o have_v drink_v in_o like_a sort_n return_v to_o their_o place_n these_o bachsi_n sometime_o resort_v unto_o the_o officer_n and_o threaten_v plague_n or_o other_o misfortune_n from_o their_o idol_n which_o to_o prevent_v they_o desire_v so_o many_o mutton_n with_o black_a head_n and_o so_o many_o pound_n of_o incense_n and_o lignum_fw-la aloei_fw-la to_o perform_v their_o due_a sacrifice_n which_o they_o according_o receive_v and_o offer_v on_o their_o feast-day_n sprinkle_v broth_n before_o their_o idol_n there_o be_v of_o these_o great_a monastery_n which_o seem_v like_o a_o small_a city_n in_o some_o whereof_o be_v two_o thousand_o monk_n which_o shave_v their_o head_n and_o beard_n and_o wear_v a_o religious_a habit_n and_o hallow_v their_o idol_n feast_n with_o great_a solemnity_n of_o hymn_n and_o light_n some_o of_o these_o may_v be_v marry_v other_o there_o be_v call_v sensim_fw-la sensim_fw-la a_o order_n which_o observe_v great_a abstinence_n and_o strictness_n of_o life_n in_o all_o their_o life_n eat_v nothing_o but_o bran_n which_o they_o put_v in_o hot_a water_n and_o let_v it_o stand_v till_o all_o the_o white_a of_o the_o meal_n be_v take_v away_o and_o then_o eat_v it_o be_v thus_o wash_v these_o worship_n the_o fire_n and_o be_v condemn_v of_o the_o other_o for_o heretic_n because_o they_o worship_v not_o their_o idol_n and_o will_v not_o marry_v in_o any_o case_n they_o be_v shave_v and_o wear_v hempen-garment_n of_o black_a or_o bright_a yellow_a and_o although_o they_o be_v silk_n yet_o will_v they_o not_o alter_v the_o colour_n they_o sleep_v on_o great_a mat_n and_o live_v the_o austere_a life_n in_o the_o world_n of_o their_o astrologer_n in_o cambalu_n be_v not_o few_o than_o five_o thousand_o christian_n catayan_o and_o saracen_n maintain_v with_o food_n and_o raiment_n at_o the_o great_a can_n charge_n these_o by_o their_o astrolabe_n foretell_v of_o the_o change_n of_o weather_n mortality_n war_n disease_n etc_n etc_n and_o if_o any_o enterprise_n any_o great_a work_n he_o resort_v unto_o they_o and_o tell_v the_o hour_n of_o his_o nativity_n by_o their_o art_n be_v inform_v of_o the_o success_n they_o hold_v the_o soul_n to_o be_v immortal_a and_o according_a to_o every_o man_n merit_n in_o his_o life_n to_o pass_v into_o a_o more_o noble_a creature_n till_o it_o be_v deify_v or_o ignoble_a as_o to_o a_o peasant_n and_o then_o to_o a_o dog_n and_o so_o by_o degree_n to_o the_o vile_a they_o show_v much_o reverence_n to_o their_o parent_n to_o who_o if_o any_o be_v ungrateful_a in_o their_o necessity_n there_o be_v a_o office_n and_o officer_n appoint_v to_o try_v and_o punish_v the_o offence_n in_o the_o emperor_n hall_n none_o dare_v spit_v but_o for_o that_o purpose_n carry_v a_o little_a vessel_n to_o spit_v in_o nor_o dare_v any_o there_o make_v any_o noise_n or_o loud_a talk_n the_o tartar_n be_v at_o first_o very_o uncharitable_a to_o the_o poor_a and_o will_v curse_v they_o say_v that_o if_o god_n have_v love_v they_o he_o will_v have_v provide_v for_o they_o but_o after_o the_o idolatrous_a bachsi_n have_v commend_v alm_n for_o a_o good_a work_n there_o be_v great_a provision_n make_v for_o they_o and_o every_o day_n at_o least_o twenty_o thousand_o dish_n of_o rice_n mill_n and_o panike_n by_o certain_a officer_n distribute_v among_o they_o and_o for_o this_o liberality_n they_o adore_v he_o as_o a_o god_n cingis_fw-la among_o his_o first_o law_n enact_v as_o say_v vincentius_n the_o punishment_n of_o death_n to_o be_v inflict_v upon_o offender_n in_o those_o three_o vice_n 70._o which_o before_o time_n have_v be_v most_o rife_o among_o they_o namely_o lie_v adultery_n and_o theft_n of_o which_o yet_o towards_o other_o man_n that_o be_v not_o tartar_n they_o make_v no_o conscience_n they_o be_v great_a usurer_n take_v ten_o in_o the_o hundred_o for_o a_o month_n beside_o use_n upon_o use_n 75._o insomuch_o that_o a_o soldier_n in_o georgia_n which_o have_v borrow_v five_o hundred_o piece_n of_o coin_n call_v yperpera_n retain_v the_o same_o five_o year_n be_v constrain_v to_o repay_v seven_o thousand_o and_o a_o tartarian_a lady_n for_o seven_o year_n use_n of_o fifty_o sheep_n demand_v seven_o thousand_o yperpera_fw-la they_o be_v so_o covetous_a that_o though_o they_o abound_v in_o cattle_n they_o will_v scarce_o allow_v any_o to_o their_o own_o expense_n while_o it_o be_v sound_a and_o good_a but_o if_o it_o die_v or_o be_v sick_a they_o be_v addict_v to_o sodomy_n or_o buggery_n they_o eat_v sometime_o for_o necessity_n man_n flesh_n sometime_o to_o delight_v themselves_o and_o sometime_o to_o terrify_v other_o reckon_v it_o a_o great_a glory_n to_o have_v slay_v many_o 77._o and_o that_o by_o variety_n of_o cruelty_n their_o head_n they_o shave_v from_o ear_n to_o ear_n in_o manner_n of_o a_o horse-shoe_n wear_v long_o lock_n at_o their_o ear_n and_o neck_n there_o be_v some_o of_o the_o tartar_n which_o when_o they_o see_v their_o father_n grow_v old_a and_o disease_a they_o give_v they_o fat_a meat_n which_o may_v choke_v they_o and_o when_o they_o be_v thus_o dead_a they_o burn_v their_o body_n 26._o reserve_v the_o ash_n as_o a_o precious_a jewel_n sprinkle_v their_o meat_n with_o that_o powder_n but_o if_o any_o think_v not_o this_o enough_o which_o i_o be_o
terrible_a cruelty_n that_o a_o few_o blow_n may_v either_o lame_a or_o kill_v the_o party_n and_o therefore_o no_o king_n be_v more_o fear_v than_o these_o mandarine_n or_o magistrate_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o their_o city_n be_v palace_n of_o the_o king_n for_o these_o officer_n to_o reside_v in_o in_o paquin_n and_o nanquin_n the_o multitude_n of_o these_o magistrate_n be_v incredible_a one_o of_o these_o city_n contain_v more_o than_o two_o thousand_o and_o five_o hundred_o as_o many_o as_o somewhere_o be_v of_o citizen_n these_o all_o twice_o a_o day_n hear_v cause_n and_o execute_v justice_n these_o magistrate_n be_v no_o way_n comparable_a in_o wealth_n to_o the_o noble_n in_o europe_n their_o sentence_n against_o guilty_a person_n be_v without_o solemn_a furniture_n of_o word_n as_o let_v he_o have_v twenty_o stroke_n more_o or_o less_o which_o by_o those_o canine_a cane-man_n be_v sudden_o execute_v the_o party_n lie_v grovel_v on_o the_o ground_n these_o cane_n be_v cleave_v in_o the_o midst_n three_o or_o four_o finger_n broad_a twenty_o or_o thirty_o blow_n will_v spoil_v the_o flesh_n fifty_o or_o threescore_o will_v ask_v long_a time_n to_o be_v heal_v a_o hundred_o be_v uncurable_a they_o use_v also_o the_o strappado_n hoist_v they_o up_o and_o down_o by_o the_o arm_n with_o a_o cord_n they_o be_v above_o measure_n patient_a in_o hear_v cause_n and_o their_o examination_n be_v public_a condemn_a person_n have_v a_o pillory-board_n fasten_v about_o their_o neck_n and_o hang_v down_o before_o they_o to_o the_o knee_n in_o which_o his_o felony_n or_o treason_n be_v express_v which_o board_n neither_o suffer_v they_o well_o to_o sit_v or_o lie_v to_o eat_v or_o sleep_v and_o in_o fine_a kill_v they_o there_o be_v in_o every_o metropolitan_a city_n four_o principal_a house_n for_o those_o chief_a officer_n before_o mention_v the_o four_o for_o the_o taissu_n wherein_o be_v the_o principal_a gaol_n or_o prison_n wall_v about_o high_a and_o strong_a with_o a_o gate_n of_o no_o less_o force_n within_o the_o same_o be_v three_o other_o gate_n before_o you_o come_v where_o the_o prisoner_n lie_v in_o the_o mean_a space_n be_v such_o as_o watch_v and_o ward_v day_n and_o night_n the_o prison_n within_o be_v so_o great_a that_o in_o it_o be_v street_n and_o market-place_n and_o never_o void_a of_o seven_o or_o eight_o hundred_o man_n that_o go_v at_o liberty_n in_o canton_n alone_o be_v say_v to_o be_v 15000._o prisoner_n and_o in_o this_o and_o every_o other_o metropolitan_a city_n thirteen_o prison_n six_o of_o which_o be_v always_o possess_v or_o do_v possess_v rather_o those_o which_o be_v condemn_v to_o death_n in_o every_o of_o they_o be_v a_o hundred_o soldier_n with_o their_o captain_n to_o keep_v they_o the_o offender_n be_v allow_v to_o work_v in_o the_o daytime_n for_o their_o live_n for_o little_a alm_n be_v give_v in_o china_n and_o but_o a_o little_a rice_n allow_v they_o by_o the_o king_n such_o prisoner_n as_o be_v in_o for_o debt_n have_v a_o 〈◊〉 _o appoint_v for_o payment_n at_o which_o if_o they_o fail_v they_o be_v whip_v and_o a_o new_a time_n assign_v and_o so_o they_o proceed_v till_o the_o debt_n be_v pay_v or_o the_o debtor_n dead_a if_o any_o man_n remove_v his_o dwell_n from_o one_o place_n to_o another_o the_o neighbour_n cause_n a_o crier_n to_o proclaim_v it_o with_o ring_v of_o a_o basin_n that_o his_o creditor_n if_o he_o have_v any_o may_v come_v to_o demand_v their_o debt_n which_o the_o neighbour_n if_o they_o neglect_v this_o duty_n be_v charge_v with_o execution_n of_o deadly_a sentence_n be_v seldom_o and_o that_o with_o many_o ceremony_n thus_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o of_o whip_n and_o imprisonment_n there_o die_v thousand_o yearly_a thief_n be_v slight_o punish_v the_o first_o time_n the_o second_o they_o be_v burn_v with_o two_o character_n on_o the_o arm_n the_o three_o receive_v the_o same_o punishment_n on_o the_o face_n if_o he_o steal_v often_o he_o be_v whip_v more_o or_o less_o or_o condemn_v for_o a_o certain_a time_n to_o the_o galley_n this_o make_v pilfery_n common_a for_o they_o be_v never_o do_v to_o death_n for_o the_o every_o many_o extraordinary_a crime_n have_v new_o devise_v extraordinary_a punishment_n as_o after_o in_o this_o history_n follow_v one_o have_v so_o free_o libel_v against_o the_o king_n tyranny_n that_o many_o be_v cruel_o torment_v be_v thereof_o suspect_v and_o one_o by_o torment_n confess_v the_o fact_n and_o be_v therefore_o a_o diudge_v to_o have_v 1600._o piece_n of_o his_o flesh_n cut_v from_o he_o his_o head_n untouched_a that_o his_o eye_n may_v see_v this_o mangle_n and_o last_o his_o head_n cut_v off_o which_o among_o they_o be_v a_o great_a abomination_n other_o accuse_v of_o treason_n at_o nanquin_n be_v force_v to_o stand_v in_o those_o pillory_n board_v till_o they_o rot_v some_o continue_a fifteen_o day_n in_o torment_n those_o which_o overlive_v their_o beat_n must_v pass_v under_o the_o surgeon_n hand_n for_o cure_n which_o ordinary_o prove_v new_a tormentor_n except_o money_n make_v they_o propitious_a and_o this_o the_o jesuit_n report_n of_o their_o own_o favour_n among_o they_o in_o all_o difficulty_n money_n have_v be_v their_o best_a friend_n without_o which_o be_v no_o friendship_n in_o china_n no_o faith_n no_o love_n no_o hope_n of_o they_o but_o by_o follow_v perera_n sometime_o a_o prisoner_n there_o into_o his_o prison_n &_o other_o i_o find_v myself_o almost_o imprison_v and_o therefore_o will_v flee_v hence_o into_o their_o temple_n &_o there_o take_v sanctuary_n here_o they_o deal_v as_o mad_o with_o their_o god_n as_o there_o with_o their_o man_n yet_o first_o let_v we_o take_v view_n of_o some_o rare_a work_n of_o divine_a providence_n in_o this_o country_n ludovicus_fw-la georgius_n in_o his_o map_n of_o china_n ortelius_n describe_v a_o huge_a lake_n in_o the_o province_n of_o sancij_n make_v by_o inundation_n in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1557_o ._o wherein_o be_v swallow_v seven_o city_n beside_o town_n and_o village_n and_o innumerable_a multitude_n of_o people_n one_o only_a child_n in_o a_o hollow_a tree_n escape_v so_o great_a a_o destruction_n such_o as_o escape_v drown_v be_v as_o boterus_n add_v destroy_v with_o fire_n from_o heaven_n gasper_n de_fw-fr cruz_n recite_v a_o letter_n of_o the_o mandarine_n to_o the_o king_n 1556._o contain_v news_n of_o a_o terrible_a earthquake_n in_o the_o province_n of_o sanxi_n and_o santon_n wherein_o the_o day_n wax_v darke_v the_o earth_n open_v the_o year_n before_o in_o many_o place_n under_o which_o be_v hear_v the_o noise_n as_o it_o be_v of_o bell_n there_o follow_v wind_n and_o rain_n the_o wind_n which_o they_o call_v tufan_n be_v so_o violent_a that_o it_o drive_v ship_n on_o the_o land_n overthrow_v man_n and_o house_n it_o come_v almost_o every_o year_n once_o last_v four_o and_o twenty_o hour_n in_o which_o space_n it_o compass_v the_o compass_n in_o vinyanfu_n the_o earthquake_n cause_v a_o fire_n to_o break_v out_o which_o consume_v all_o the_o city_n and_o innumerable_a people_n the_o like_a happen_v to_o another_o city_n near_o it_o where_o none_o escape_v it_o cause_v the_o river_n at_o leuchiman_n to_o increase_v and_o drown_v multitude_n at_o hien_n the_o fall_n of_o the_o house_n slay_v eight_o thousand_o in_o puchio_n the_o house_n of_o the_o king_n kinsman_n fall_v and_o slay_v all_o therein_o but_o a_o child_n cochu_n with_o fire_n from_o above_o and_o water_n from_o beneath_o be_v leave_v desolate_a at_o enchinoen_n almost_o a_o hundred_o thousand_o perish_v at_o inchumen_n the_o river_n ebb_v and_o flow_v ten_o time_n in_o a_o day_n and_o night_n this_o perhaps_o be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o which_o georgius_n and_o boterus_n mention_n boterus_n ascribe_v unto_o china_n seventie_o million_o of_o people_n whereas_o he_o allow_v to_o italy_n scarce_o nine_o and_o to_o spain_n less_o to_o england_n three_o to_o all_o germany_n with_o the_o swisser_n and_o low-countries_n but_o fifteen_o and_o as_o many_o to_o all_o france_n lamentable_a it_o be_v that_o the_o devil_n shall_v have_v so_o great_a a_o tribute_n in_o this_o one_o kingdom_n gonsales_n in_o his_o discourse_n of_o china_n mendoza_n translate_v by_o park_n reckon_v i_o know_v not_o how_o true_o almost_o seven_o million_o of_o soldier_n in_o continual_a pay_n dalmeida_n number_v seventie_o million_o and_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o thousand_o inhabitant_n beside_o soldier_n and_o reckon_v but_o the_o principal_a in_o each_o family_n oftentime_o not_o above_o three_o of_o ten_o as_o their_o book_n testify_v i_o think_v it_o not_o impertinent_a here_o to_o add_v the_o catalogue_n of_o the_o king_n of_o this_o country_n according_a china_n to_o their_o own_o story_n which_o although_o it_o be_v in_o part_n fabulous_a as_o what_o ancient_a profane_a
serve_v one_o thousand_o of_o they_o a_o day_n when_o the_o worm_n by_o reason_n of_o that_o chain_n breed_v in_o his_o flesh_n fall_v off_o he_o will_v place_v it_o there_o again_o and_o ask_v if_o it_o have_v nothing_o to_o gnaw_v his_o carcase_n be_v still_o keep_v there_o to_o which_o be_v pilgrimage_n out_o of_o all_o the_o kingdom_n and_o this_o temple_n build_v to_o his_o honour_n the_o regulars_n be_v divide_v into_o twelve_o station_n and_o each_o have_v a_o superior_a beside_o one_o supreme_a over_o all_o the_o rest_n they_o profess_v chastity_n but_o their_o house_n be_v both_o a_o stew_n for_o whoredom_n and_o a_o den_n of_o thief_n and_o robber_n here_o be_v many_o huge_a idol_n of_o brass_n and_o other_o metal_n and_o of_o wood_n gild_a in_o one_o station_n five_o hundred_o they_o have_v diverse_a steeple_n and_o bell_n in_o they_o one_o so_o great_a that_o they_o have_v never_o see_v so_o great_a a_o bell_n in_o europe_n the_o corpse_n of_o lusu_fw-la be_v show_v they_o which_o they_o worship_n but_o many_o doubt_n whether_o it_o be_v the_o true_a for_o can_v it_o escape_v the_o worm_n which_o have_v seize_v on_o it_o alive_a keep_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o temple_n in_o a_o high_a place_n where_o hang_v fifty_o lamp_n which_o burn_v at_o appoint_a time_n the_o abbot_n of_o this_o monastery_n confess_v that_o in_o ancient_a time_n the_o chinois_n have_v worship_v no_o idol_n but_o that_o they_o be_v political_o appoint_v by_o magistrate_n lest_o the_o vulgar_a shall_v be_v without_o all_o religion_n they_o have_v their_o chapel_n in_o great_a man_n house_n but_o we_o will_v take_v view_n only_o of_o the_o king_n temple_n at_o nanquin_n and_o so_o end_n this_o be_v a_o royal_a one_o indeed_o for_o greatness_n and_o stateliness_n it_o be_v build_v in_o a_o grove_n of_o pine-tree_n near_o the_o city_n which_o be_v compass_v with_o a_o wall_n twelve_o mile_n in_o circuit_n the_o temple_n after_o the_o china_n manner_n of_o building_n be_v most_o of_o timber_n the_o wall_n of_o brick_n divide_v into_o five_o isle_n with_o row_n of_o pillar_n on_o both_o side_n which_o be_v of_o round_a timber_n as_o big_a as_o two_o man_n can_v fathom_n the_o roof_n be_v carve_v and_o guild_v very_o fair_a have_v lose_v nothing_o of_o the_o beauty_n though_o not_o use_v by_o the_o king_n for_o sacrifice_n in_o this_o their_o two_o hundred_o year_n absence_n in_o the_o midst_n be_v a_o eminent_a place_n of_o precious_a marble_n in_o which_o be_v two_o throne_n of_o marble_n one_o for_o the_o king_n to_o sacrifice_v in_o the_o other_o leave_v empty_a for_o he_o to_o who_o he_o do_v sacrifice_n the_o cloister_n without_o the_o temple_n be_v beautify_v with_o elegant_a turn_n and_o all_o the_o window_n net_v with_o iron_n to_o keep_v out_o bird_n which_o be_v use_v also_o in_o all_o the_o palace_n all_o the_o door_n of_o the_o temple_n be_v cover_v with_o plate_n of_o brass_n guild_v and_o rich_o carve_v without_o the_o temple_n be_v many_o altar_n of_o red_a marble_n which_o represent_v the_o sun_n moon_n star_n and_o china_n mountain_n whereby_o they_o infer_v that_o the_o god_n there_o worship_v create_v all_o thing_n which_o be_v therefore_o set_v without_o the_o temple_n as_o acknowledge_v not_o to_o be_v god_n no_o man_n under_o grievous_a penalty_n may_v cut_v a_o bough_n off_o any_o of_o the_o tree_n in_o that_o grove_n which_o make_v they_o great_a and_o old_a about_o the_o temple_n be_v many_o cell_n which_o be_v bath_n in_o which_o the_o king_n and_o minister_n wash_v before_o sacrifice_n there_o altar_n be_v of_o the_o dutch_a fashion_n that_o one_o may_v go_v round_o about_o they_o §._o ix_o of_o their_o funeral_n the_o chinois_n be_v very_o superstitious_o conceit_v of_o death_n and_o be_v exceed_o loath_a to_o have_v any_o die_n in_o their_o house_n linschoten_n 23._o write_v that_o when_o a_o man_n lie_v on_o his_o deathbed_n they_o present_v unto_o he_o the_o picture_n of_o the_o devil_n with_o the_o sun_n in_o his_o right_a hand_n and_o a_o poniard_n in_o his_o left_a bid_v the_o sick_a man_n look_v well_o on_o he_o that_o he_o may_v be_v his_o friend_n in_o the_o other_o world_n how_o ever_o the_o sick_a be_v visit_v let_v we_o now_o perform_v our_o last_o office_n to_o these_o chinois_n and_o follow_v they_o to_o their_o grave_n pantogia_fw-la many_o be_v the_o ceremony_n which_o they_o there_o observe_v in_o funeral_n as_o they_o honour_v their_o parent_n in_o their_o life_n time_n be_v otherwise_o liable_a to_o grievous_a punishment_n dignity_n yea_o some_o of_o their_o chief_a mandarine_n will_v sue_v for_o the_o king_n licence_n to_o leave_v their_o public_a function_n to_o give_v private_a and_o more_o diligent_a attendance_n to_o their_o parent_n so_o after_o their_o death_n they_o mourn_v three_o year_n in_o white_a hat_n and_o garment_n although_o they_o bear_v the_o high_a magistracy_n in_o the_o kingdom_n as_o the_o colai_n etc_n etc_n the_o military_a magistrate_n except_v the_o first_o month_n they_o gird_v unto_o they_o a_o rough_a vesture_n with_o a_o rope_n like_o the_o barefoot_a friar_n this_o be_v not_o only_o observe_v of_o the_o mean_a sort_n but_o the_o mighty_a mandarine_n after_o news_n of_o their_o father_n death_n leave_v their_o function_n and_o in_o their_o private_a house_n bewail_v their_o loss_n the_o wealthy_a sort_n keep_v they_o above_o ground_n two_o or_o three_o year_n not_o in_o a_o parlour_n fit_v for_o that_o purpose_n whither_o they_o daily_a resort_n unto_o they_o to_o salute_v they_o and_o to_o burn_v incense_n and_o set_v meat_n before_o they_o sometime_o also_o the_o bonzij_n or_o priest_n resort_v thither_o with_o their_o dirge_n and_o holy_a thing_n their_o wife_n child_n and_o neighbour_n come_v likewise_o to_o bewail_v they_o be_v admonish_v of_o the_o death_n by_o the_o son_n or_o near_a of_o the_o kindred_n in_o a_o solemn_a libel_n mournful_o compose_v the_o hall_n be_v spread_v with_o white_a clothes_n or_o mat_n in_o the_o midst_n thereof_o be_v a_o altar_n and_o thereon_o the_o coffin_n and_o image_n of_o the_o dead_a to_o that_o hall_n within_o four_o or_o five_o day_n all_o the_o kindred_n come_v in_o mourn_a attire_n one_o after_o another_o every_o hour_n of_o the_o day_n and_o burn_v odour_n and_o set_v two_o wax-light_n to_o the_o dead_a make_v four_o bowing_n and_o kneel_n after_o their_o fashion_n before_o deliver_v the_o son_n mean_v while_n stand_v by_o and_o modest_o lament_v behind_o the_o coffin_n be_v the_o woman_n of_o the_o house_n hide_v behind_o a_o curtain_n in_o mourn_a weed_n and_o howl_a behaviour_n they_o burn_v paper_n and_o white_a silk_n so_o think_v to_o minister_v apparel_n to_o the_o dead_a they_o will_v not_o use_v their_o wont_a lodging_n diet_n and_o delight_n but_o lie_v on_o straw_n mattress_n on_o the_o bare_a ground_n near_o the_o coffin_n eat_v no_o flesh_n or_o dainty_n drink_v no_o wine_n bath_n not_o company_n not_o with_o their_o wife_n come_v not_o at_o feast_n nor_o for_o certain_a month_n space_n abroad_o always_o remit_v more_o of_o this_o austerity_n as_o the_o three_o year_n grow_v near_o a_o end_n they_o use_v not_o the_o same_o apparel_n household_n furniture_n salutation_n they_o colour_n part_n of_o the_o paper_n in_o which_o they_o write_v with_o another_o colour_n they_o observe_v not_o their_o wont_a proper_a name_n but_o call_v themselves_o otherwise_o as_o disobedient_a or_o such_o like_a music_n be_v banish_v their_o diet_n be_v hard_a when_o the_o corpse_n be_v to_o be_v bury_v all_o the_o kindred_n come_v together_o be_v re-invited_a with_o another_o libel_n in_o mourn_a habit_n the_o pomp_n be_v in_o manner_n of_o procession_n divers_a statue_n of_o man_n and_o woman_n elephant_n tiger_n and_o lion_n all_o of_o paper_n diverse-coloured_a and_o gild_a go_v before_o which_o at_o the_o grave_n be_v burn_v a_o long_a rank_n of_o priest_n also_o attend_v which_o perform_v many_o rite_n by_o the_o way_n patter_z their_o prayer_n and_o play_v on_o timbrel_n pipe_n cymbal_n bell_n and_o other_o instrument_n likewise_o huge_a censer_n of_o bell-metal_n be_v carry_v on_o man_n shoulder_n then_o follow_v the_o coffin_n adorn_v sumptuous_o carry_v of_o forty_o or_o fifty_o bearer_n under_o a_o great_a canopy_n of_o silk_n the_o child_n come_v after_o on_o foot_n lean_v on_o their_o staff_n as_o faint_v then_o than_o the_o woman_n unseen_a under_o a_o white_a curtain_n and_o then_o other_o woman_n further_o in_o blood_n carry_v in_o mourn_a chair_n they_o assemble_v as_o many_o priest_n as_o they_o can_v which_o on_o musical_a instrument_n and_o with_o their_o voice_n tune_v their_o mournful_a ditty_n the_o place_n whither_o the_o corpse_n be_v carry_v be_v adorn_v with_o diverse_a image_n the_o coffin_n be_v very_o large_a the_o
the_o mountain_n which_o happy_o they_o achieve_v yea_o the_o portugal_n weary_v with_o the_o war_n which_o they_o be_v force_v to_o maintain_v in_o defence_n of_o those_o place_n they_o hold_v in_o africa_n the_o expense_n so_o much_o surmount_v the_o revenue_n abandon_v they_o to_o the_o seriff_n and_o now_o the_o want_n of_o enemy_n procure_v enmity_n betwixt_o the_o brethren_n who_o try_v that_o valour_n against_o each_o other_o which_o before_o they_o have_v exercise_v joint_o against_o their_o enemy_n the_o issue_n be_v that_o the_o young_a in_o two_o battle_n have_v overcome_v the_o elder_a and_o at_o the_o second_o which_o be_v anno_fw-la 1544._o have_v take_v he_o prisoner_n confine_v he_o to_o tafilete_n he_o now_o sole_a monarch_n of_o morocco_n convert_v his_o force_n against_o the_o king_n of_o fez_n to_o try_v if_o he_o can_v be_v his_o master_n in_o the_o field_n as_o he_o sometime_o have_v be_v in_o the_o school_n and_o fail_v not_o of_o his_o attempt_n but_o have_v once_o take_v and_o free_v he_o the_o second_o time_n because_o he_o have_v break_v promise_n he_o deprive_v he_o and_o his_o son_n of_o estate_n and_o marin_n life_n he_o also_o by_o mean_n of_o his_o son_n take_v tremizen_n which_o soon_o after_o be_v recover_v from_o they_o by_o sal_fw-la araes_n viceroy_n of_o algiers_n and_o fez_n also_o add_v by_o a_o overthrow_n of_o the_o seriff_n to_o the_o turk_n conquest_n who_o give_v the_o government_n of_o fez_n to_o buasson_n prince_n of_o veles_n but_o he_o in_o a_o unfortunate_a battle_n with_o the_o seriff_n lose_v his_o life_n and_o state_n mahomet_n go_v after_o to_o taradant_n be_v by_o the_o way_n slay_v in_o his_o pavilion_n by_o the_o treason_n of_o some_o turk_n suborn_v thereunto_o by_o the_o king_n of_o algiers_n of_o who_o all_o but_o five_o in_o their_o return_n be_v slay_v by_o the_o people_n anno_fw-la 1559._o mulley_n abdala_n the_o seriff_n son_n be_v proclaim_v king_n some_o 1._o write_v that_o by_o occasion_n of_o a_o rebellion_n in_o sus_n he_o send_v to_o the_o border_a turk_n for_o aid_n who_o first_o help_v after_o murder_v he_o and_o have_v sack_v taradant_n and_o overrun_v the_o country_n two_o month_n together_o be_v in_o their_o return_n by_o the_o mountainer_n cut_v off_o mulai_n abdala_n have_v reign_v fifteen_o year_n die_v leave_v behind_o he_o thirteen_o son_n the_o elder_a abdala_n command_v the_o rest_n to_o be_v kill_v but_o abdelmelech_n the_o second_o brother_n escape_v into_o honiger_n turkey_n and_o muley_n hamet_n the_o three_o brother_n esteem_v of_o a_o simple_a and_o quiet_a spirit_n not_o any_o way_n dangerous_a to_o the_o state_n be_v spare_v the_o other_o ten_o be_v put_v to_o death_n in_o one_o day_n at_o taradant_n where_o they_o have_v be_v bring_v up_o this_o abdela_n die_v leave_v behind_o he_o three_o son_n muley_n mahomet_n muley_n sheck_n muley_n nassar_n the_o two_o young_a escape_v into_o spain_n where_o sheck_n be_v yet_o live_v and_o turn_v christian_a nassar_n return_v in_o the_o fourteen_o year_n of_o muley_n hamet_n reign_n and_o have_v almost_o drive_v muley_n sheck_n than_o governor_n of_o fez_n under_o his_o father_n to_o his_o heel_n have_v not_o superstition_n more_o prevail_v with_o nassar_n follower_n than_o allegiance_n for_o when_o lent_n come_v his_o soldier_n will_v needs_o home_n to_o keep_v their_o easter_n at_o their_o own_o house_n for_o fear_v whereof_o nassar_n hasty_o give_v bat_a be_v there_o slay_v abdelmelech_n before_o flee_v into_o turkey_n now_o come_v back_o with_o turkish_a force_n and_o get_v the_o kingdom_n from_o mahomet_n who_o flee_v or_o as_o other_o write_v send_v for_o succour_v to_o sebastian_n king_n of_o portugal_n obtain_v it_o in_o the_o year_n 1578._o 1578._o five_o thousand_o german_n be_v entertain_v in_o the_o portugal_n pay_v for_o the_o expedition_n and_o great_a force_n be_v levy_v the_o pope_n send_v stukely_n that_o english_a traitor_n false_o term_v marquess_n of_o ireland_n with_o fix_v hundred_o italian_n to_o sebastian_n sebast_n who_o the_o four_o and_o twenty_o of_o june_n take_v sea_n and_o the_o next_o day_n with_o a_o fleet_n of_o one_o thousand_o and_o three_o hundred_o sail_n or_o as_o doglioni_n 6._o have_v it_o set_v in_o order_n his_o armada_n of_o five_o hundred_o sail_n and_o blessing_n his_o royal_a standard_n with_o thirty_o six_o thousand_o footman_n and_o four_o thousand_o horse_n set_v forth_o towards_o africa_n where_o abdelmelech_n be_v sickly_a have_v assemble_v a_o army_n of_o fifteen_o thousand_o footman_n and_o four_o and_o forty_o thousand_o horse_n man_n on_o the_o four_o day_n of_o august_n they_o join_v battle_n and_o the_o duke_n of_o avero_n with_o his_o portugal_n make_v a_o great_a impression_n into_o the_o moor_n host_n which_o abdelmelich_n labour_v beyond_o his_o natural_a force_n to_o withstand_v save_v his_o people_n but_o lose_v his_o life_n not_o by_o the_o sword_n of_o the_o enemy_n but_o by_o the_o weakness_n of_o his_o body_n deliver_v up_o to_o death_n his_o brother_n hamet_n mahomet_n rule_v the_o army_n as_o yet_o ignorant_a of_o what_o have_v befall_v and_o make_v such_o slaughter_n of_o the_o portugal_n that_o the_o duke_n of_o avero_n the_o king_n of_o portugal_n and_o other_o great_a personage_n there_o fall_v and_o mahomet_n himself_o be_v drown_v in_o flee_v over_o a_o river_n thus_o remain_v hamet_n victorious_a and_o at_o one_o time_n have_v the_o dead_a corpse_n of_o three_o king_n in_o his_o tent_n such_o be_v the_o fury_n of_o waire_z the_o force_n of_o death_n trample_v under_o foot_n the_o mean_a and_o triumph_v over_o the_o great_a stukely_n among_o the_o rest_n receive_v due_a wage_n for_o his_o treachery_n and_o disloyalty_n to_o his_o country_n slay_v out_o of_o his_o country_n by_o the_o barbarous_a barbarian_a to_o abadelmelech_n 2._o be_v master_n edmund_n hogan_n employ_v in_o embassage_n by_o the_o majesty_n of_o our_o late_a sovereign_n anno_fw-la one_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o seventie_o seven_o and_o with_o all_o good_a office_n entertain_v to_o hament_n his_o successor_n be_v from_o the_o same_o sacred_a majesty_n send_v ambassador_n 119._o master_n henry_n roberts_n anno_fw-la one_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o eighty_o five_o who_o be_v there_o lieger_n three_o year_n this_o muley_n hamet_n in_o a_o letter_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o leicester_n thus_o begin_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o merciful_a and_o pitiful_a god_n the_o blessing_n of_o god_n light_n upon_o our_o lord_n and_o prophet_n mahomet_n and_o those_o that_o be_v obedient_a unto_o he_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n both_o mighty_a in_o war_n and_o mighty_o exalt_v by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n myra_n momanyn_n the_o son_n of_o myra_n momanyn_n the_o jarif_n the_o hozeni_n who_o kingdom_n god_n maintain_v unto_o the_o right_n famous_a etc_n etc_n in_o a_o edict_n publish_v in_o behalf_n of_o the_o english_a he_o style_v himself_o the_o servant_n of_o the_o supreme_a god_n the_o conqueror_n in_o his_o cause_n the_o successor_n advance_v by_o god_n etc_n etc_n he_o flay_v off_o the_o skin_n from_o the_o carcase_n of_o mahomet_n drown_v in_o the_o battle_n as_o be_v say_v and_o fill_v it_o full_a of_o straw_n and_o send_v it_o through_o all_o province_n of_o his_o kingdom_n for_o a_o spectacle_n he_o reign_v seven_o and_o twenty_o year_n he_o send_v a_o embassage_n into_o england_n barb._n anno_fw-la a_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o and_o one_o perform_v by_o abdala_n waecad_n anowne_n his_o people_n do_v so_o fear_v he_o that_o abdala_n w._n creme_n his_o customer_n have_v one_o only_a son_n who_o in_o a_o idle_a business_n and_o busy_a idleness_n will_v needs_o feed_v his_o curious_a eye_n with_o the_o light_n of_o the_o palace_n where_o the_o king_n concubine_n be_v cause_v he_o to_o be_v strangle_v before_o his_o face_n he_o govern_v the_o alarbe_n which_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v of_o arabian_a race_n and_o say_v to_o use_v the_o arabic_a language_n inhabitant_n of_o the_o plain_a and_o champain_n country_n of_o morocco_n fez_n and_o sus_n in_o peace_n and_o subjection_n receive_v their_o tent_n due_o pay_v the_o berber_n or_o mountainer_n be_v the_o native_n and_o ancient_a inhabitant_n chase_v by_o the_o former_a into_o strong_a city_n and_o the_o natural_a fort_n of_o hill_n as_o our_o progenitor_n serve_v the_o britain_n force_v they_o to_o the_o mountain_n of_o wales_n and_o cornwall_n a_o people_n of_o another_o language_n call_v tamaset_n and_o disposition_n who_o he_o can_v not_o so_o easy_o tame_a and_o therefore_o in_o policy_n he_o draw_v they_o into_o foreign_a expedition_n especial_o against_o the_o negro_n thereby_o extend_v his_o empire_n so_o far_o that_o way_n as_o by_o camel_n it_o be_v six_o month_n journey_n from_o morocco_n to_o the_o extreme_a bound_n likewise_o he_o use_v they_o to_o go_v with_o the_o beast_n caravans_n
of_o the_o election_n they_o have_v be_v enclose_v to_o kiss_v his_o hand_n and_o swear_v fidelity_n clothe_v in_o the_o habit_n of_o the_o knight_n of_o st_n anthony_n the_o same_o oath_n be_v give_v also_o by_o the_o king_n his_o vassal_n four_o of_o which_o be_v present_a at_o the_o election_n the_o counsellor_n prelate_n and_o other_o according_a to_o their_o place_n after_o this_o fire_n be_v make_v on_o the_o tower_n of_o the_o mount_n to_o give_v notice_n of_o this_o election_n which_o be_v see_v by_o the_o near_a city_n they_o also_o by_o the_o like_a fire_n as_o it_o be_v proclaim_v the_o same_o in_o a_o moment_n through_o all_o the_o empire_n which_o be_v confirm_v by_o post_n send_v thence_o on_o dromedary_n by_o the_o abbot_n of_o the_o abbey_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n one_o of_o the_o elector_n and_o the_o council_n unto_o the_o city_n of_o saba_n and_o the_o mother_n of_o the_o new-elect_a if_o she_o be_v live_v and_o to_o his_o near_a kindred_n to_o come_v and_o rejoice_v with_o he_o the_o next_o day_n the_o emperor_n go_v in_o black_a habit_n to_o the_o palace_n where_o the_o prince_n be_v and_o salute_v they_o with_o kind_a embracement_n one_o by_o one_o with_o his_o bonnet_n in_o his_o hand_n which_o be_v do_v in_o the_o next_o place_n by_o the_o prelate_n who_o in_o honour_n of_o their_o ecclesiastical_a dignity_n the_o prince_n resalute_a stand_n with_o their_o head_n uncover_v the_o tributary_n king_n follow_v not_o with_o embracement_n but_o kiss_v their_o hand_n render_v their_o salutation_n and_o after_o they_o the_o ambassador_n the_o emperor_n have_v remain_v sometime_o in_o private_a talk_n with_o they_o go_v to_o the_o abbey_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o put_v off_o his_o black_a habit_n be_v clothe_v in_o scarlet_a and_o be_v on_o horseback_n attend_v with_o his_o family_n the_o abbot_n and_o counsellor_n pass_v to_o the_o abbot_n of_o the_o holy-cross_n where_o the_o two_o abbot_n of_o that_o abbey_n meet_v he_o and_o after_o oath_n give_v to_o preserve_v the_o ancient_a custom_n present_v he_o with_o the_o key_n of_o the_o treasury_n and_o library_n the_o emperor_n bestow_v as_o much_o of_o the_o say_a treasure_n as_o he_o please_v after_o all_o other_o ceremony_n the_o counsellor_n of_o the_o court_n come_v to_o the_o hill_n with_o 12000_o knight_n of_o saint_n anthony_n order_n which_o be_v the_o emperor_n guard_n and_o the_o elder_a son_n of_o the_o king_n to_o convey_v he_o solemn_o to_o zambra_n the_o city_n where_o court_n and_o council_n reside_v where_o with_o all_o solemnity_n and_o magnificence_n he_o be_v likewise_o receive_v and_o conduct_v into_o the_o palace_n and_o place_v on_o his_o throne_n of_o twelve_o step_n with_o acclamation_n of_o long_a life_n and_o happiness_n on_o all_o hand_n five_o day_n festival_n be_v here_o pass_v in_o all_o public_a reioycing_n he_o go_v to_o saba_n to_o take_v the_o oath_n of_o all_o his_o subject_a king_n in_o person_n whereof_o only_o four_o have_v be_v present_a at_o the_o election_n and_o one_o hold_v the_o crown_n another_o the_o scutcheon_n of_o the_o arm_n of_o that_o tributary_n king_n he_o swear_v on_o the_o sceptre_n which_o be_v a_o golden_a cross_n true_a fidelity_n and_o obedience_n and_o the_o emperor_n put_v on_o the_o crown_n again_o on_o his_o head_n and_o the_o say_a scutcheon_n with_o his_o arm_n he_o give_v into_o his_o hand_n and_o licence_v he_o to_o depart_v to_o his_o pavilion_n without_o the_o city_n these_o king_n be_v true_o king_n and_o succeed_v in_o the_o inheritance_n of_o their_o father_n receive_v the_o tribute_n of_o the_o subject_n of_o their_o several_a kingdom_n and_o be_v not_o deputy_n or_o viceroy_n at_o the_o mere_a pleasure_n of_o the_o emperor_n but_o if_o one_o be_v upon_o just_a cause_n displace_v his_o son_n succee_v and_o therefore_o the_o prete_n be_v call_v king_n of_o king_n the_o elder_a son_n of_o every_o of_o the_o king_n attend_v always_o on_o the_o emperor_n and_o have_v attend_v on_o they_o ten_o servant_n of_o the_o son_n of_o the_o noble_n of_o their_o kingdom_n the_o emperor_n be_v bind_v by_o ancient_a custom_n to_o take_v a_o wife_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o those_o three_o magi_n which_o adore_v christ_n in_o his_o infancy_n who_o the_o aethiopian_a and_o roman_a tradition_n call_v king_n by_o the_o name_n of_o gaspar_n melchior_n balthasar_n of_o which_o the_o aethiopian_n say_v that_o melchior_n be_v of_o arabia_n and_o balthasar_n of_o persia_n which_o be_v force_v by_o persecution_n of_o persia_n arrian_n come_v into_o aethiopia_n in_o the_o time_n of_o john_n the_o saint_n which_o reign_v after_o philip_n the_o 7_o and_o receive_v of_o his_o hand_n the_o kingdom_n of_o fatigar_n and_o soa_n the_o former_a give_v to_o the_o posterity_n of_o balthasar_n the_o other_o to_o the_o lineage_n of_o melchior_n the_o friar_n add_v that_o all_o the_o legitimate_a descendants_n of_o these_o three_o family_n be_v bear_v with_o a_o star_n on_o one_o of_o their_o side_n and_o that_o at_o the_o jubilee_n in_o the_o time_n of_o gregory_n the_o thirteen_o 1575._o there_o be_v three_o of_o those_o three_o family_n at_o rome_n with_o that_o natural_a ensign_n of_o the_o supernatural_a &_o miraculous_a star_n yea_o the_o legitimate_a mahometans_n in_o arabia_n &_o persia_n remain_v of_o those_o kindred_n have_v the_o same_o sign_n as_o don_n john_n swear_v to_o he_o that_o he_o have_v see_v the_o council_n govern_v according_a to_o the_o 127._o statute_n make_v by_o the_o first_o philips_n and_o john_n the_o saint_n nothing_o be_v punish_v with_o death_n but_o treason_n under_o which_o name_n they_o also_o comprehend_v murder_n &_o adultery_n of_o this_o mortal_a sentence_n the_o lion_n be_v the_o executioner_n which_o in_o every_o city_n be_v keep_v for_o that_o purpose_n some_o italian_n have_v be_v find_v guilty_a of_o the_o sin_n against_o nature_n a_o thing_n for_o which_o the_o aethiopian_n as_o some_o of_o the_o roscio_n ancient_n for_o parricide_n have_v no_o law_n as_o not_o think_v any_o will_v so_o far_o degenerate_a and_o therefore_o know_v not_o how_o to_o punish_v they_o but_o it_o be_v commit_v to_o the_o latin_a council_n which_o adjudge_v they_o to_o be_v burn_v a_o punishment_n not_o know_v before_o in_o those_o part_n yet_o fit_v to_o those_o unnatural_a burn_n the_o fault_n and_o punishment_n be_v of_o equal_a strangeness_n the_o emperor_n will_v not_o have_v it_o execute_v there_o but_o send_v they_o to_o goa_n to_o the_o portugal_n viceroy_n for_o that_o purpose_n heresy_n and_o apostasy_n be_v likewise_o punish_v with_o death_n that_o latin_a council_n be_v institute_v by_o alexander_n the_o three_o for_o cause_n and_o person_n of_o europe_n to_o be_v try_v and_o judge_v by_o judge_n of_o their_o own_o resident_a at_o the_o court_n as_o the_o grand_a council_n be_v and_o choose_v of_o each_o nation_n two_o of_o the_o venetian_n florentine_n and_o portugal_n the_o two_o former_a come_v thither_o by_o the_o way_n of_o cairo_n andrew_n ouiedo_n a_o jesuite_n send_v thither_o by_o the_o pope_n with_o the_o title_n of_o bishop_n of_o hierapolis_n and_o after_o barretus_n his_o death_n his_o successor_n in_o the_o patriarch-ship_n of_o aethiopia_n be_v author_n and_o counsellor_n to_o the_o emperor_n of_o this_o institution_n and_o by_o he_o make_v precedent_n of_o the_o same_o this_o man_n acosta_n botero_n maffaeus_n and_o other_o say_v have_v miserable_a entertainment_n with_o the_o residue_n of_o his_o society_n but_o by_o friar_n lewis_n from_o the_o relation_n of_o don_n john_n tell_v that_o he_o live_v and_o die_v in_o great_a honour_n among_o they_o as_o he_o do_v elsewhere_o magnify_v exceed_o their_o respect_n to_o the_o roman_a papacy_n and_o religion_n credat_fw-la judeus_n apela_n cui_fw-la bono_fw-mi milone_n be_v the_o rule_n of_o my_o faith_n to_o friar_n and_o jesuit_n in_o their_o relation_n in_o natural_a and_o moral_a history_n which_o serve_v not_o to_o the_o building_n of_o babylon_n tower_n i_o receive_v they_o with_o attention_n with_o thanks_o and_o if_o need_v be_v with_o admiration_n in_o some_o thing_n but_o when_o they_o come_v with_o slime_n in_o stead_n of_o mortar_n and_o will_v get_v rome_n a_o name_n i_o remember_v their_o vow_n and_o profession_n and_o yield_v no_o further_o attendance_n that_o claudius_n which_o be_v then_o emperor_n and_o his_o successor_n adamas_n be_v of_o scismatical_a and_o tyrannical_a quality_n as_o other_o historian_n affirm_v friar_n lewis_n not_o only_o deny_v but_o extoll_v their_o good_a part_n he_o which_o now_o be_v emperor_n be_v elect_v an._n 1606._o and_o call_v himself_o zaraschaureat_n a_o sprout_n or_o bud_n of_o the_o lineage_n of_o david_n assister_n of_o saint_n peter_n and_o saint_n paul_n he_o be_v a_o man_n haughty_a and_o valorous_a and_o be_v therefore_o choose_v
so_o many_o devil_n their_o foot_n always_o and_o only_o agree_v in_o one_o stroke_n land_v at_o kecoughtan_n the_o savage_n entertain_v they_o with_o a_o doleful_a noise_n lay_v their_o face_n to_o the_o ground_n and_o scratch_v the_o earth_n with_o their_o nail_n the_o werowance_n of_o rapahanna_n meet_v they_o play_v on_o a_o flute_n of_o a_o reed_n with_o a_o crown_n of_o deer_n hair_n colour_a red_a fashion_v like_o a_o rose_n with_o a_o chain_n of_o bead_n about_o his_o neck_n and_o bracelet_n of_o pearl_n hang_v at_o his_o ear_n in_o each_o ear_n a_o bird_n claw_v the_o woman_n be_v of_o a_o modest_a proud_a behaviour_n with_o a_o iron_n pounce_n and_o raze_v their_o body_n leg_n thigh_n and_o arm_n in_o curious_a knot_n and_o pourtrayture_n of_o fowl_n fish_n beast_n and_o rub_v a_o paint_n into_o the_o same_o which_o will_v never_o out_o the_o queen_n of_o apametica_fw-la be_v attire_v with_o a_o coronet_n beset_v with_o many_o white_a bone_n her_o ear_n hang_v with_o copper_n a_o chain_n thereof_o six_o time_n compass_v her_o neck_n the_o maid_n shave_v their_o head_n all_o but_o the_o hinder_a part_n the_o wife_n wear_v it_o all_o of_o a_o length_n the_o man_n wear_v the_o left_a lock_n long_o as_o be_v say_v already_o sometime_o a_o ell_n which_o they_o tie_v when_o they_o please_v in_o a_o artificial_a knot_n stick_v with_o feather_n the_o right_a side_n shave_v the_o king_n of_o paspahey_n be_v paint_v all_o black_a with_o horn_n on_o his_o head_n like_o a_o devil_n he_o testify_v of_o their_o hard_a fare_n watch_v every_o three_o night_n lie_v on_o the_o bare_a cold_a ground_n what_o weather_n soever_o come_v and_o ward_n the_o next_o day_n a_o small_a can_v of_o barley_n sod_v in_o water_n be_v the_o sustenance_n for_o five_o man_n a_o day_n their_o drink_n brackish_a and_o slimy_a water_n this_o continue_a five_o month_n the_o virginian_n smith_n be_v bear_v white_a their_o hair_n black_a few_o have_v beard_n and_o they_o pluck_v out_o the_o hair_n which_o will_v grow_v the_o woman_n with_o two_o shell_n be_v their_o barber_n they_o be_v strong_a nimble_a and_o hardy_a inconstant_a timorous_a quick_a of_o apprehension_n cautelous_a covetous_a of_o copper_n and_o bead_n they_o seldom_o forget_v a_o injury_n and_o seldom_o steal_v from_o each_o other_o lest_o the_o conjurer_n shall_v bewray_v they_o which_o it_o be_v sufficient_a that_o these_o think_v they_o can_v do_v they_o have_v their_o land_n and_o garden_n in_o proper_a and_o most_o of_o they_o live_v of_o their_o labour_n the_o cause_n of_o their_o blackness_n master_n rolph_n ascribe_v to_o their_o ointment_n which_o in_o their_o smoky_a house_n they_o use_v even_o as_o bacon_n with_o we_o be_v so_o colour_a this_o within_o door_n they_o use_v against_o the_o fire_n abroad_o against_o the_o sun_n master_n wingfield_n say_v wingfield_n they_o will_v be_v of_o good_a complexion_n if_o they_o will_v leave_v paint_v which_o they_o use_v on_o their_o face_n and_o shoulder_n he_o never_o see_v any_o of_o they_o gross_a such_o or_o bald_a they_o will_v have_v beard_n but_o that_o they_o pluck_v away_o the_o hair_n they_o have_v one_o wife_n many_o love_n and_o be_v also_o sodomite_n their_o elder_a woman_n be_v cook_n barber_n and_o for_o service_n the_o young_a for_o dalliance_n the_o woman_n hang_v their_o child_n at_o their_o back_n in_o summer_n naked_a in_o winter_n under_o a_o deer-skin_n they_o be_v of_o modest_a behaviour_n they_o seldom_o or_o never_o brawl_v in_o entertain_v a_o stranger_n they_o spread_v a_o mat_n for_o he_o to_o sit_v down_o and_o dance_v before_o he_o they_o wear_v their_o nail_n long_o to_o flay_v their_o deer_n they_o put_v bow_n and_o arrow_n into_o their_o child_n hand_n before_o they_o be_v six_o year_n old_a in_o each_o ear_n common_o they_o have_v three_o great_a hole_n whereat_o they_o hang_v chain_n bracelet_n or_o copper_n some_o wear_v in_o those_o hole_n a_o small_a snake_n colour_v green_a and_o yellow_a near_o half_a a_o yard_n long_o which_o crawl_v about_o his_o neck_n offer_v to_o kiss_v his_o lip_n other_o wear_v a_o dead_a rat_n tie_v by_o the_o tail_n their_o name_n be_v give_v they_o according_a to_o the_o humour_n of_o the_o parent_n their_o woman_n they_o say_v be_v easy_o deliver_v they_o wash_v in_o the_o river_n their_o young_a infant_n to_o make_v they_o hardy_a the_o woman_n and_o child_n do_v the_o household_n and_o field-work_n the_o man_n disdain_v the_o same_o and_o only_o delight_v in_o fish_v hunt_a war_n and_o such_o manlike_a exercise_n the_o woman_n plant_v reap_v bear_v burden_n pound_n their_o corn_n make_v basket_n pot_n bread_n and_o do_v their_o cookery_n and_o other_o business_n they_o easy_o kindle_v fire_n by_o chase_v a_o dry_a point_a stick_n in_o a_o hole_n of_o a_o little_a square_a piece_n of_o wood_n powhatan_n have_v above_o thirty_o commander_n or_o wirrowance_n under_o he_o all_o which_o be_v not_o in_o peace_n only_o but_o serviceable_a in_o captain_n smith_n presidency_n to_o the_o english_a and_o still_o as_o i_o have_v be_v tell_v by_o some_o that_o have_v since_o be_v there_o they_o do_v affect_v he_o and_o will_v ask_v of_o he_o powhatan_n have_v three_o brethren_n and_o two_o sister_n to_o who_o the_o inheritance_n belong_v successive_o and_o not_o to_o his_o or_o their_o son_n till_o after_o their_o death_n and_o then_o the_o elder_a sister_n son_n inherit_v he_o have_v his_o treasure_n of_o skin_n copper_n pearl_n bead_n and_o such_o like_a keep_v in_o a_o house_n for_o that_o purpose_n and_o there_o store_v against_o the_o time_n of_o his_o burial_n this_o house_n be_v fifty_o or_o threescore_o yard_n long_o frequent_v only_o by_o priest_n at_o the_o four_o corner_n of_o this_o house_n stand_v four_o image_n as_o sentinel_n one_o of_o a_o dragon_n another_o of_o a_o bear_n a_o three_o of_o a_o leopard_n and_o the_o four_o of_o a_o giant_n he_o have_v as_o many_o woman_n as_o he_o will_v which_o when_o he_o be_v weary_a of_o he_o bestow_v on_o who_o he_o best_o like_v his_o will_n and_o custom_n be_v the_o law_n he_o execute_v civil_a punishment_n on_o malefactor_n as_o broil_v to_o death_n be_v encompass_v with_o fire_n and_o other_o torture_n the_o other_o werowance_n or_o commander_n so_o the_o word_n signify_v have_v power_n of_o life_n and_o death_n and_o have_v some_o twenty_o man_n some_o forty_o some_o a_o hundred_o some_o many_o more_o under_o their_o command_n some_o be_v send_v to_o inquire_v for_o those_o which_o be_v leave_v of_o sir_n walter_n raleigh_n colony_n but_o they_o can_v learn_v nothing_o of_o they_o but_o that_o they_o be_v dead_a powhatan_n be_v go_v southwards_o when_o our_o man_n come_v last_o thence_o some_o thought_n for_o fear_n of_o opochancanough_n his_o young_a brother_n a_o man_n very_o gracious_a both_o with_o the_o people_n and_o the_o english_a jealous_a lest_o he_o and_o the_o english_a shall_v conspire_v against_o he_o think_v that_o he_o will_v not_o return_v but_o other_o think_v he_o will_v return_v again_o his_o second_o brother_n be_v decrepit_a and_o lame_a his_o age_n be_v not_o so_o great_a as_o some_o have_v reckon_v the_o error_n arise_v rolph_n from_o the_o virginian_a computation_n of_o year_n they_o reckon_v every_o spring_n and_o every_o fall_v several_a year_n so_o do_v tomocomo_n at_o his_o come_n into_o england_n mark_v up_o his_o time_n account_v each_o day_n and_o because_o they_o sail_v in_o the_o night_n when_o he_o think_v they_o will_v have_v anchor_v by_o the_o shore_n each_o night_n another_o day_n chap._n vii_o of_o florida_n §._o i._o of_o the_o act_n of_o the_o spanish_a and_o french_a in_o florida_n and_o of_o the_o soil_n and_o city_n next_o to_o virginia_n towards_o the_o south_n be_v situate_a florida_n theat_n so_o call_v because_o it_o be_v first_o discover_v by_o the_o spaniard_n on_o bry._n palm_n sunday_n or_o as_o the_o most_o etc_n interpret_v easter_n day_n which_o they_o call_v pasqua_n florida_n and_o not_o as_o thevet_n write_v for_o the_o flourish_a verdure_n thereof_o the_o 11._o first_o finder_n after_o their_o account_n be_v john_n ponce_n of_o leon_n in_o the_o year_n 1512._o but_o we_o have_v before_o show_v that_o sebastian_n cabota_n have_v discover_v it_o in_o the_o name_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o seven_o of_o england_n this_o region_n extend_v to_o the_o five_o and_o twenty_o degree_n it_o run_v out_o into_o the_o sea_n with_o a_o long_a point_n of_o land_n as_o if_o it_o will_v either_o set_v bar_n to_o that_o swift_a current_n which_o there_o run_v out_o or_o point_n out_o the_o danger_n of_o these_o coast_n to_o the_o hazardous_a mariner_n into_o the_o land_n it_o stretch_v westward_o unto_o the_o border_n of_o new_a spain_n and_o those_o other_o country_n
charm_n be_v the_o cause_n that_o make_v the_o earth_n bring_v forth_o her_o fruit_n part_n and_o that_o he_o may_v the_o easy_o persuade_v they_o he_o retire_v himself_o once_o or_o twice_o a_o year_n to_o a_o certain_a house_n accompany_v with_o two_o or_o three_o of_o his_o friend_n where_o he_o use_v enchantment_n if_o any_o man_n offer_v to_o see_v what_o he_o do_v it_o cost_v he_o his_o life_n every_o year_n he_o offer_v a_o man_n in_o the_o time_n of_o harvest_n which_o be_v keep_v for_o that_o purpose_n and_o take_v of_o such_o spaniard_n as_o have_v suffer_v shipwreck_n on_o that_o coast_n they_o which_o further_o desire_v to_o know_v the_o riches_n and_o commodity_n of_o these_o country_n may_v resort_v to_o the_o author_n in_o this_o chapter_n mention_v sir_n francis_n drake_n in_o the_o year_n 1586._o beside_o his_o worthy_a exploit_n in_o other_o place_n take_v the_o fort_n of_o s._n john_n and_o saint_n augustine_n whence_o he_o bring_v pedro_n morales_n and_o nicholas_n burgoignon_n who_o relation_n concern_v that_o country_n master_n hackluit_n have_v insert_v among_o other_o his_o painful_a labour_n david_n ingram_n 1._o report_v many_o strange_a thing_n which_o he_o say_v he_o see_v in_o these_o part_n elephant_n horse_n and_o beast_n twice_o as_o big_a as_o horse_n their_o hinder_a part_n resemble_v greyhound_n bull_n with_o ear_n like_o hound_n beast_n big_a than_o bear_n without_o head_n or_o neck_n but_o have_v their_o eye_n and_o mouth_n in_o their_o breast_n and_o another_o beast_n cerberus_n he_o call_v he_o colluchio_n which_o be_v say_v he_o the_o devil_n in_o likeness_n of_o a_o dog_n and_o sometime_o of_o a_o calf_n with_o many_o other_o matter_n wherein_o he_o must_v pardon_v i_o if_o i_o be_v not_o too_o prodigal_a of_o my_o faith_n he_o tell_v also_o of_o punishment_n of_o adultery_n by_o death_n the_o woman_n cut_v the_o adulterer_n throat_n and_o the_o near_a kinsman_n she_o after_o many_o prayer_n to_o the_o colluchio_n and_o a_o further_a punishment_n in_o that_o they_o have_v no_o quick_a body_n bury_v with_o they_o to_o attend_v they_o into_o the_o other_o world_n as_o all_o other_o have_v but_o they_o that_o listen_v to_o believe_v may_v consult_v with_o the_o author_n anthony_n goddard_n another_o of_o ingram_n company_n leave_v by_o sir_n john_n hawkins_n go_v another_o way_n at_o panuco_n yield_v himself_o to_o the_o spaniard_n with_o who_o be_v miles_n philip_n and_o job_n hortop_n who_o discourse_n of_o their_o disadventure_n with_o the_o spaniard_n and_o indian_n master_n hakluit_n have_v publish_v and_o have_v goddard_n also_o write_v chap._n viii_o of_o the_o country_n situate_a westward_n from_o florida_n and_o virginia_n towards_o the_o south-sea_n §._o i._o of_o cibola_n tigue_n quivira_n and_o noua_fw-la albion_n we_o have_v hitherto_o discover_v those_o part_n of_o this_o northern_a america_n which_o trend_a along_o the_o north_n sea_n which_o the_o english_a and_o french_a nation_n have_v most_o make_v know_v unto_o we_o further_o westward_o the_o midland_n country_n be_v not_o so_o well_o know_v yet_o follow_v our_o spanish_a guide_n we_o here_o present_v they_o from_o their_o relation_n to_o your_o view_n when_o as_o cortes_n have_v conquer_v mexico_n as_o after_o follow_v to_o be_v relate_v he_o be_v make_v admiral_n of_o the_o south-sea_n but_o the_o government_n of_o mexico_n and_o new_a spain_n be_v with_o the_o title_n of_o viceroy_n give_v to_o antonio_n de_fw-fr mendoza_n these_o two_o partly_o in_o emulation_n of_o each_o other_o glory_n partly_o in_o hope_n of_o enrich_v themselves_o seek_v to_o discover_v unknown_a land_n the_o one_o by_o sea_n the_o late_a both_o by_o sea_n &_o land_n the_o viceroy_n send_v ramus_n as_o he_o himself_o testify_v francis_n vasquez_n de_fw-fr coronado_n and_o friar_n marco_n de_fw-fr nisa_n with_o stephen_n a_o negro_n by_o land_n out_o of_o who_o relation_n we_o have_v insert_v that_o which_o concern_v our_o purpose_n mark_v relation_n the_o friar_n and_o stephen_n set_v forth_o with_o certain_a indian_n in_o this_o discovery_n and_o stephen_n go_v before_o come_v to_o cevola_n as_o mark_v relate_v where_o he_o be_v slay_v the_o friar_n follow_v with_o his_o indian_a guide_n and_o pass_v through_o one_o place_n where_o be_v small_a store_n of_o victual_v because_o it_o have_v not_o there_o rain_v as_o the_o inhabitant_n affirm_v in_o three_o year_n space_n the_o indian_n call_v he_o hayota_n that_o be_v a_o man_n come_v from_o heaven_n he_o pass_v on_o further_a lead_v by_o the_o same_o of_o cevola_n which_o with_o other_o six_o city_n be_v report_v to_o be_v under_o the_o government_n of_o one_o lord_n and_o to_o have_v house_n of_o stone_n consist_v of_o diverse_a story_n where_o be_v many_o turqueses_n with_o many_o other_o strange_a report_n of_o their_o market_n multitude_n and_o wealth_n but_o because_o the_o friar_n come_v not_o there_o for_o fear_v of_o the_o negro_n entertainment_n let_v we_o listen_v to_o relation_n francis_n vasquez_n who_o come_v see_v and_o overcome_v a_o 1540_o he_o go_v with_o his_o army_n from_o culiacan_n which_o be_v 200._o league_n from_o mexico_n and_o after_o a_o long_a and_o tedious_a journey_n he_o at_o last_o arrive_v in_o this_o province_n and_o conquer_v almost_o with_o the_o loss_n of_o himself_o the_o first_o city_n of_o the_o seven_o which_o he_o call_v granado_n twice_o he_o be_v strike_v down_o with_o stone_n from_o the_o wall_n as_o he_o offer_v to_o scale_v the_o same_o he_o say_v that_o their_o house_n be_v of_o four_o or_o five_o story_n or_o loft_n to_o which_o they_o ascend_v on_o ladder_n and_o that_o they_o have_v cellar_n under_o the_o ground_n good_a and_o pave_v but_o those_o seven_o city_n be_v small_a town_n all_o stand_n in_o the_o compass_n of_o four_o league_n all_o call_v by_o that_o general_a name_n of_o cevola_n or_o cibola_n and_o none_o of_o they_o particular_o so_o call_v but_o have_v other_o peculiar_a name_n they_o be_v of_o like_a building_n in_o this_o town_n which_o he_o conquer_v stand_v 200._o house_n wall_v about_o and_o 300._o other_o not_o wall_v the_o inhabitant_n have_v remove_v their_o wife_n and_o wealth_n to_o the_o hill_n he_o report_v of_o beast_n there_o bear_n tiger_n lion_n and_o sheep_n as_o big_a as_o horse_n with_o great_a horn_n and_o little_a tail_n ounce_n also_o and_o stag_n that_o which_o the_o indian_n worship_v as_o far_o as_o they_o can_v learn_v be_v the_o water_n which_o say_v they_o cause_v the_o corn_n to_o grow_v and_o maintain_v their_o life_n he_o find_v there_o a_o garment_n excellent_o embroider_v with_o needlework_n vasquez_n go_v hence_o to_o tiguez_n to_o cievic_n and_o to_o quivira_n as_o 214._o lopez_n de_fw-fr gomara_n report_v this_o way_n be_v full_a of_o crookbacked_n oxen._n quivira_n be_v in_o 40._o degree_n and_o the_o country_n be_v temperate_a they_o see_v ship_n in_o the_o sea_n which_o bare_a alcatoaze_n or_o pelican_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n in_o their_o prowess_n lade_v with_o merchandise_n which_o they_o take_v to_o be_v of_o china_n or_o cathay_n the_o man_n in_o these_o part_n cloth_n and_o shoe_n themselves_o with_o leather_n they_o have_v no_o bread_n of_o any_o kind_n of_o grain_n their_o chief_a food_n be_v flesh_n which_o they_o often_o eat_v raw_a either_o for_o custom_n or_o for_o lack_n of_o wood_n they_o eat_v the_o fat_a as_o they_o take_v it_o out_o of_o the_o ox_n and_o drink_v the_o blood_n hot_a which_o of_o our_o bull_n be_v count_v poison_n and_o the_o flesh_n they_o warm_v for_o they_o seethe_v it_o not_o at_o a_o fire_n of_o ox-dung_n they_o rather_o may_v be_v say_v to_o ravine_v then_o to_o eat_v it_o &_o hold_v the_o flesh_n with_o their_o tooth_n cut_v it_o with_o razor_n of_o stone_n they_o go_v in_o company_n as_o the_o scythian_a nomades_n tartarian_a floord_n and_o many_o other_o nation_n follow_v the_o season_n and_o best_a pasturing_n for_o their_o ox_n these_o ox_n quivera_n be_v of_o the_o bigness_n and_o colour_n of_o our_o bull_n but_o their_o horn_n be_v not_o so_o great_a they_o have_v a_o great_a bunch_n upon_o their_o shoulder_n and_o more_o hair_n on_o their_o forepart_n then_o on_o the_o hinder_a and_o it_o be_v like_a wool_n they_o have_v as_o it_o be_v a_o horsemane_n on_o their_o back_n bone_n and_o much_o hair_n and_o very_o long_o from_o their_o knee_n downward_o they_o have_v great_a tuft_n of_o hair_n on_o their_o forehead_n and_o have_v a_o kind_n of_o beard_n under_o their_o chin_n and_o throat_n the_o male_n have_v very_o long_a tail_n with_o a_o great_a knob_v or_o flock_v at_o the_o end_n so_o that_o in_o some_o respect_n they_o resemble_v a_o lion_n in_o other_o the_o camel_n horse_n ox_n sheep_n or_o goat_n they_o push_v with_o their_o horn_n and_o in_o their_o rage_n
mention_a wheel_n from_o the_o sun_n which_o be_v make_v in_o the_o centre_n upward_o to_o the_o circumference_n another_o manner_n of_o writing_n or_o sign_v they_o have_v in_o circlewise_a in_o the_o province_n of_o yucatan_n or_o honduras_n there_o be_v book_n of_o the_o leaf_n of_o tree_n fold_v and_o square_v which_o contain_v the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o planet_n of_o beast_n and_o other_o natural_a thing_n and_o of_o their_o antiquity_n which_o some_o blindly-zealous_a spaniard_n take_v for_o enchantment_n cause_v to_o be_v burn_v the_o 7._o indian_n of_o tescuco_n talla_fw-la and_o mexico_n show_v unto_o a_o jesuite_n their_o book_n history_n and_o kalendar_n which_o in_o figure_n and_o hieroglyphic_n represent_v thing_n after_o their_o manner_n such_o as_o have_v form_n or_o figure_n be_v represent_v by_o their_o proper_a image_n other_o thing_n be_v represent_v by_o character_n and_o i_o have_v see_v say_v acosta_n the_o pater_fw-la noster_fw-la aue_fw-la maria_fw-la and_o confession_n thus_o write_v as_o for_o these_o thing_n i_o a_o sinner_n do_v confess_v myself_o they_o paint_v a_o indian_a kneel_v on_o his_o knee_n at_o a_o religious_a man_n foot_n to_o god_n most_o mighty_a they_o paint_v three_o face_n with_o their_o crown_n according_a to_o that_o paint_a blasphemy_n of_o the_o popish_a image-monger_n and_o so_o they_o go_v on_o in_o that_o manner_n of_o picture_v the_o word_n of_o their_o popish_a confession_n where_o image_n fail_v set_v character_n their_o 69._o book_n for_o this_o cause_n be_v great_a which_o beside_o their_o engraving_n in_o stone_n wall_n or_o wood_n they_o make_v of_o cotton-wool_n wrought_v into_o a_o kind_n of_o paper_n and_o of_o leaf_n of_o metal_n fold_v up_o like_o our_o broad-cloth_n and_o write_v on_o both_o side_n likewise_o they_o 8._o make_v they_o of_o the_o thin_a inner_a rind_n of_o a_o tree_n grow_v under_o the_o upper_a bark_n as_o do_v also_o the_o ancient_a latin_n from_o whence_o the_o name_n of_o codex_fw-la and_o liber_fw-la for_o a_o book_n be_v derive_v by_o our_o grammarian_n they_o do_v bind_v they_o also_o into_o some_o form_n of_o book_n compact_v they_o with_o bitumen_n their_o character_n be_v of_o fishhook_n star_n snare_n file_n etc_n etc_n thus_o do_v they_o keep_v their_o private_a and_o public_a record_n there_o 5_o be_v some_o in_o mexico_n that_o understand_v each_o other_o by_o whistle_v which_o be_v ordinary_o use_v by_o lover_n and_o thief_n a_o language_n admirable_a even_o to_o our_o wit_n so_o high_o applaud_v by_o ourselves_o and_o as_o deep_o deiect_v these_o nation_n in_o term_n of_o silliness_n and_o simplicity_n yea_o in_o our_o virginia_n so_o i_o hope_v and_o desire_v captain_n smith_n tell_v i_o that_o there_o be_v some_o which_o the_o spacious_a divorce_n of_o the_o wide_a stream_n notwithstanding_o will_v by_o hallow_v and_o hoop_n understand_v each_o other_o and_o entertain_v conference_n the_o number_n of_o the_o mexican_n be_v simple_a till_o you_o come_v to_o six_o than_o they_o count_v six_o and_o one_o six_o and_o two_o six_o and_o three_o ten_o be_v a_o number_n by_o itself_o which_o in_o the_o ensue_a number_n be_v repeat_v as_o in_o other_o language_n till_o fifteen_o which_o they_o reckon_v in_o one_o term_n ten_o five_o and_o one_o and_o so_o the_o rest_n to_o twenty_o some_o write_v 3._o that_o the_o man_n in_o mexico_n sit_v down_o and_o the_o woman_n stand_v when_o they_o make_v water_n the_o mexican_n 312._o do_v believe_v concern_v the_o soul_n that_o it_o be_v immortal_a and_o that_o man_n receive_v either_o joy_n or_o pain_n according_a to_o their_o desert_n and_o live_n in_o this_o world_n they_o hold_v for_o a_o assure_a faith_n that_o there_o be_v nine_o place_n appoint_v for_o soul_n and_o the_o chief_a place_n of_o glory_n to_o be_v near_o unto_o the_o sun_n where_o the_o soul_n of_o good_a man_n slay_v in_o the_o war_n and_o those_o which_o be_v sacrifice_v be_v place_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o wicked_a man_n abide_v in_o the_o earth_n and_o be_v divide_v after_o this_o sort_n child_n which_o be_v dead-born_a go_v to_o one_o place_n those_o which_o die_v of_o age_n or_o other_o disease_n go_v to_o another_o those_o which_o die_v of_o wound_n or_o contagion_n to_o a_o three_o those_o which_o be_v execute_v by_o order_n of_o justice_n to_o a_o four_o but_o parricide_n which_o slay_v their_o parent_n or_o which_o slay_v their_o wife_n or_o child_n to_o a_o five_o another_o place_n be_v for_o such_o as_o slay_v their_o master_n or_o religious_a person_n 20_o acosta_n seem_v to_o deny_v that_o the_o indian_n believe_v any_o punishment_n after_o death_n and_o yet_o set_v down_o a_o oration_n make_v at_o mutezumas_n election_n wherein_o he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v pierce_v the_o nine_o vault_n of_o heaven_n which_o seem_v to_o allude_v to_o this_o of_o gomara_n their_o burial_n also_o be_v diverse_a as_o in_o show_v before_o and_o here_o may_v be_v add_v that_o he_o which_o die_v for_o adultery_n be_v shroud_v like_o unto_o their_o god_n of_o lechery_n call_v tlazoulterel_n he_o that_o be_v drown_v like_a to_o tlaloc_n he_o that_o die_v of_o drunkenness_n like_v to_o the_o god_n of_o wine_n ometochtli_n the_o soldier_n like_v to_o vitziliputzli_n but_o lest_o you_o wish_v i_o bury_v in_o like_a manner_n which_o trouble_n as_o much_o my_o english_a reader_n with_o new-spain_n tedious_a relation_n as_o old-spain_n fastidious_a insult_a spirit_n have_v sometime_o do_v our_o english_a nation_n i_o will_v adventure_v further_o into_o the_o adjoin_v province_n chap._n xiiii_o of_o other_o place_n betwixt_o new_a spain_n and_o the_o strait_n of_o dariene_n §._o i._o of_o jucatan_n acusamil_n guatimala_n and_o hondura_n jucatan_n 52._o be_v a_o point_n of_o land_n extend_v itself_o into_o the_o sea_n over_o against_o the_o isle_n cuba_n and_o be_v first_o discover_v by_o francis_n hernando_n de_fw-fr cordona_n in_o the_o year_n 1517._o at_o which_o time_n one_o ask_v a_o indian_a how_o this_o country_n be_v call_v he_o answer_v tectoten_n tectetan_n that_o be_v i_o understand_v you_o not_o which_o word_n the_o spaniard_n corrupt_v both_o in_o the_o sound_n and_o interpretation_n call_v it_o jucatan_n james_n velasques_n governor_n of_o cuba_n send_v his_o cousin_n john_n de_fw-fr grijalua_n the_o year_n after_o who_o there_o fight_v with_o the_o indian_n at_o campotan_n and_o be_v hurt_v the_o spaniard_n 1._o go_v to_o a_o city_n on_o the_o shore_n which_o for_o the_o greatness_n they_o call_v cayro_n of_o that_o great_a city_n in_o egypt_n here_o they_o find_v turrete_v house_n stately_a temple_n way_n pave_v and_o fair_a market-place_n the_o house_n be_v of_o stone_n or_o brick_n and_o lime_n very_o artificial_o compose_v to_o the_o square_a court_n or_o first_o habitation_n of_o their_o house_n they_o ascend_v by_o ten_o or_o twelve_o step_n the_o roof_n be_v of_o reed_n or_o stalk_n of_o herb_n the_o indian_n give_v the_o spaniard_n jewel_n of_o gold_n very_o fair_a and_o cunning_o wrought_v and_o be_v requite_v with_o vesture_n of_o silk_n and_o wool_n glass_n bead_n and_o little_a bels._n their_o apparel_n be_v of_o cotton_n in_o manifold_a fashion_n and_o colour_n they_o frequent_v their_o temple_n much_o cross_n to_o the_o which_o the_o better_a sort_n pave_v way_n with_o stone_n from_o their_o house_n they_o be_v great_a idolater_n and_o be_v circumcise_v but_o not_o all_o they_o live_v under_o law_n and_o traffike_v together_o with_o great_a fidelity_n by_o exchange_v commodity_n without_o money_n the_o spaniard_n see_v cross_n among_o they_o and_o demanmand_v whence_o they_o have_v they_o they_o say_v that_o a_o certain_a man_n of_o excellent_a beauty_n pass_v by_o that_o coast_n leave_v they_o that_o notable_a token_n to_o remember_v he_o other_o say_v a_o certain_a man_n bright_a than_o the_o sun_n die_v in_o the_o work_n thereof_o the_o spaniard_n sail_v thence_o to_o 1596._o campechium_n a_o town_n or_o three_o thousand_o house_n here_o they_o see_v a_o square_a stage_n or_o pulpit_n four_o cubit_n high_a partly_o of_o clammy_a bitumen_n and_o partly_o of_o small_a stone_n whereto_o the_o image_n of_o a_o man_n cut_v in_o marble_n be_v join_v two_o fourfooted_a unknown_a beast_n fasten_v upon_o upon_o he_o as_o if_o they_o will_v tear_v he_o in_o piece_n and_o by_o the_o image_n stand_v a_o serpent_n all_o besmear_v with_o blood_n devour_v a_o lion_n it_o be_v seven_o and_o forty_o foot_n long_o and_o as_o big_a as_o a_o ox_n these_o thing_n i_o mention_v as_o testimony_n of_o their_o art_n in_o these_o barbarous_a place_n and_o perhaps_o of_o their_o devotion_n also_o grijalua_n or_o grisalua_n see_v a_o tower_n far_o off_o at_o sea_n by_o direction_n thereof_o come_v to_o a_o island_n call_v cosumel_n agree_v in_o private_a and_o public_a manner_n of_o life_n with_o they_o