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A16281 The fardle of facions conteining the aunciente maners, customes, and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affrike and Asia.; Omnium gentium mores. Book 1-2. English Joannes, ca. 1485-1535.; Josephus, Flavius. Antiquitates Judaicae.; Waterman, William, fl. 1555? 1555 (1555) STC 3197; ESTC S102775 133,143 358

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hillie places for the better pasture Thei make theim Tentes or elles rounde cotages of wickres or of Felte vndersette with smothe poles In the middes thei make a round windowe that giueth thē lighte letteth out the smoke In the middes of the Tēt is their fire aboute the whiche their wife and their children doe sitte The menne delight muche in dartyng shootyng and wrastelyng Thei are merueilous good hunters to the whiche thei go armed at all pieces And assone as thei espie the beaste thei come costing together rounde aboute and enclose her And when euery manne hath throwen his darte or shotte his arrowe whilest the beast is troubled amased with the stripes thei steppe in to her slea her Thei neither vse breade ne bakyng table clothe ne napkin Thei belieue that there is one GOD that made all thynges bodily ghostly sene or vnsene and hym thei honour but not with any maner of Sacrifice or ceremonie Thei make theim selues litle pupettes of silke or of felte or of thrumme like vnto menne whiche thei sette vp vpon eche side of their Tentes and do thē muche reuerence beseching them to take hede to their catteille To these thei offre the first milke of all their milche catteill of what kinde so euer thei be And before thei begin either to eate or drinke aught thei fette a porcion thereof before theim Looke what beaste thei kille to be eaten thei reserue the harte all nighte in some couered cuppe and the nexte mornynge seath it and eate it Thei worshippe also and Sacrifice to to the Sonne Moone and elementes fowre To C ham also their Lorde and Kyng thei do very deuoute honour and Sacrifice supposyng him to be the sonne of god and to haue no piere in the whole worlde neither can thei abide to heare any other manne name hym This people so despiseth al other men and thincke theim selues so farre to surmount them in wisedome and goodnes that thei abhorre to speake to theim or to compaignie with theim Thei calle the Pope and all christen menne Doggues and Idolatres beeause thei honour stones and blocques And thei theim selues beyng giuen to deuelishe supersticions are markers of dreames haue dreame readers emong theim as well to enterpreate their sweuens as to aske knoweledge of Idolles In whom thei are perswaded that God speaketh and therfore acordyng to their answeres frame them selues to do Thei marke many seasons and specially haue regarde to the chaunges of the Moone Yet make thei for no season ne chaunge any singuler holidaie or obseruaunce but ilike for them all indifferently Thei are of so gredie a coueitousenesse and desire that if any of them se aughte that he coueiteth to haue and cannot obtein with the good wille of the owner if it apperteigne to no Tartarre he will haue it by force And thei thincke through a certein ordenaunce that their Kyng made thei offende not therin For suche a commaundemente had thei of Canguista and Cham their firste Kynges That if it fortune any Tartarre or Tartarres sernaunt to finde in his waie horse man or womā without the kinges ●ettres or his saulfcōduite he should take it him her or them as his owne for euer To suche as lacke money thei lende but for shamefull gaines that is to saie two shillynges of the pounde for euery Monethe And if it fortune ye to faile to make paiemente at the daie ye shall also be forced to paie the enterest acording to the rate of the Vsurie That is to saie of euery tenth penie one Thei do so polle and oppresse their tributaries with subsidies taxes and tallages as neuer did people but thei that euer manne redde of It is beyonde belief to saie Thei euer coueite and as Lordes of all do rape and rende from other and neuer recompence aught No the begger that liueth on almose getteth not an aguelette of hym Yet haue thei this one praise worthie propretie that if he fortune to finde them at meate thei neither shutte the doore against hym ne thruste him out if he be disposed to eate but charitably bidde them and parte with them suche as thei haue But thei fiede the vnclenliest in the worlde as I haue saied without table clothe napkinne or towell to couer the horde or to wipe at meate or aftre For thei neither washe hande face ne body ne any garmēte that thei weare Thei nether eate bread nor make bread nor sallottes nor potage nor any kinde of Pultz But no maner of flesshe cometh to them amisse Dogges Cattes Horses and rattes ▪ Yea sometime to shewe their crueltie and to satissie their vengeaunce the bodies of suche their enemies as thei haue taken thei vse to roste by a greate fire and when thei bee assembled a good nombre together thei teare theim of the spittes like Woulues with their tieche and deuoure thē And aftreward drincke vp the bloude whiche thei reserue afore hande for the nones Otherwise thei vse to drincke Milke Thei haue no wine of the coūtrie it self but suche as is brought into thē thei drincke very gredilie Thei vse to Lowse one anothers heade and euer as thei take a Lowce to eate her saieng thus wille I doe to our enemies It is compted a greate offence emong them to suffre drincke or a piece of meate to be loste Thei neuer therfore giue the bone to the Dogge till thei haue eaten out the marrowe Thei neuer eate beaste suche vile niggardes thei are as long as the same is soūde in good likyng but whē it fortuneth to be hurte sicke or febled by age then bewrie they it in their bealies Thei are greate sparers contente with smalle chaunge and litle foode Thei drincke in the mornyng a goblet full of Milke or twaine whiche serueth theim sometyme for their whole daies foode The men and the women moste communely are appareilled ylike The men weare vpon their heades shallowe copin tackes cōmyng out behinde with a taile of a handefull and a haulfe long and as muche in breadth whiche thei fasten vndre their chinnes for falling or blowing of with a couple of strynges of ribbande lace as we doe our nighte cappes Their maried Women weare on their heades fine wickre Basquettes of a foote and a haulf long round and flatte on the toppe like a barrelle Whiche are either garnished with chaūgeable silkes or the gaiest parte of the Pecockes feathers and sette with golde and stones of sondrie sortes As for the residue of their bodie thei wea● acording to their abilitie bothe men and women Skarlet or Veluet or other silkes Thei weare coates of a straunge facion open on the left side whiche thei put on acordingly and fasten with fowre or fiue Buttons Their Somer wiedes are all cōmunely blacke and those that thei weare in Wintre and foule weather white and neuer lower then the knee Wearing furres wherin thei muche delight thei weare not the furre inwarde as we communely doe but contrariwise the heare outwarde
and there to stande without And then the Priest should enquire before the childe be dieped in the Fonte whether it haue renounted Sathan and all his pompe and pride If it beleue certeinely and wholie all the Articles of the Christiane faithe And the Godfathers answeryng yea for it the Prieste breathyng thrise vpon his face exorciseth it and cathechiseth it Aftre that doeth he seuen thinges to the childe in ordre Firste he putteth into the mouth hallowed salt Secondely he mingleth earthe and his spattle toguether and smereth the eyes eares nosethrilles of the childe Thirdly giuyng it suche name as it shall euer aftre bee called by he marketh it on the breast and backe with holie oile aftre the facion of a crosse Fourthly he diepeth it thrise in the Watre or besprinckleth it with watre thrise in maner of a crosse in the name of the holie Trinitie the father the sonne and holie ghost In the whiche name also all thother Sacramentes are ministred Fiuethly weting his thumbe in the holie ointement he maketh therewith a Crosse on the childes foreheade Sixthly he putteth a white garment vppon it Seuenthly he taketh it in the hāde a Candle brennyng The Iewes before thei be Christened by the determinacion of the counsaile holden at Agathone are cathechised that is to saie are scholers as the enstruction of our beleue nine monethes And are boūd to fast fourtie daies to dispossesse them selues of all that euer thei haue and to make free their bonde men And looke whiche of their children thei haue Circumcised acording to Moses lawe hym are thei bounde to banishe their companie No merueile therfore if thei come so vnwillingly to christēdome Bishopping whiche the Latines calle Confirmacion a confirming a ratifieng establishyng aucthorisyng or allowyng of that went before is the second Sacramente And is giuē of the Bishoppe onely before the Aultare in the Churche to suche as are of growē yeres and fastyng if it maie be aftre this maner As many as shal be Confirmed come all together with euery one a godfather And the Bishoppe aftre he hath saied one oraison ouer thē all wetyng his thumbe in the holie oile maketh a crosse vpō eche of their foreheades In the name of the father sonne and holie ghoste And giueth hym a blowe on the lefte chieke for a remembraunce of the Sacrament that he come not for it againe The godfathers to the ende the enoilyng should not droppe awaie or by negligence bee wiped awaie clappe on a faire filette on the foreheade whiche thei iudge to be vnlawfully takē awaie before the seuenth daie The holie fathers estemed this Sacrament so highly that if the name giuen to the childe at his Christendome f●●med not good the Bisshoppe at the giuyng hereof mighte thaunge it The thirde Sacramente is holie Ordres whiche in the firste Churche was giuen likewise of the Bishoppe onely in the monethe of Decembre But now at sixe seueralle tymes of the yere that is to saie the fowre Saturdaies in the embre wekes whiche ware purposely ordeined therefore vpon the Saturdaie whiche the Churche menne calle Sitientes because the office of the Masse for that daie appoincted beginneth with that woorde and vpon Easter euen This Sacrament was giuen onely to menne and but to those neither whose demeanour and life dispocisiō of bodie and qualitie of minde ware sufficiently tried and knowē Aftre the opinion of some there ware seuen ordres or degrees wherby the holy fathers would vs to beleue that there ware ●●uē speciall influences as it ware printed in the soule of the receiuer wherby eche one for eche ordre was to be compted an hallowed manne Aftre the mindes of other there ware nine That is to saie Musicens whiche encludeth singing and plaieng Doore kiepers Reders Exorcistes Acholites Subdeacon Deacon Prieste and Bishop And for all this it is cōpted but one Sacramente by the reason that all these tende to one ende that is to saie to consecrate the Lordes bodie To euery one of these did the Counsaile of Tolede in Spaine appoincte their seueralle liueries and offices in the Churche The Doorekepers had the office of our Common Sexceine to opē the churche dores to take hede to the churche and to shutte the dores And had therfore a keie giuen vnto theim when thei ware admitted to this ordre The Reader in signe and token of libertie to reade the Bible and holie stories had a greate booke giuen him The Exorcistes serued to commaunde euill spicices out of menne and in token therof had a lesse booke giuen them The Acholite had the bearyng and the orderyng of the Tapers Candelstickes and Cruetres at the Altare and therfore had a Candlesticke a Taper and two emptie Cruorettes deliuered hym The Subdeacon mighte take the offring and handle the Chalice and the Patine ca●ie theim to the Altare and fro the Altare and giue the Deacon Wine and water out of the Cruettes And therfore the Bishoppe deliuereth hym an emptie Chalice with a Patine and the Archedeacon one Cruet full of wine and another full of watre or Chaptres and those againe into Paroches and to set that goodly ordre that yet continueth aswell emong the clergie as the laietie That the parishe should obeie their lawfull Persone the Persone the Deane the Deane the Bishoppe the Bishoppe the Archebishoppe The Archbishoppe the Primate or Patriarche the Primate or Patriarche the Legate the Legate the Pope the Pope the generalle Counsaile the generalle Counsaile God alone For the fourthe Sacramente it is holden that euery prieste rightly priested acordyng to the keies of the Churche hauing an encente to consecrate and obseruynge the fourme of the woordes hathe power of wheaten breade to make the very bodie of Christe and of Wine to make his very bloude Christe our Lorde hym selfe the daye before he suffred kepte it solemply with his disciples and consecrated and ordeined it continually to be celebrated and eaten in the remembraunce of him selfe And about this mattier a man had nede of a great faythe Firste to beleue the breade to be chaunged into the body and the wine into the bloude of Christe Againe thoughe this be done euery daye that yet Christ for all that should growe neuer a whitte the bigger for the making nor the lesse for the eatinge Thirdely that the Sacrament being deuyded into many partes Christ should yet remaine whole in euery cromme Fourthly that thoughe the wicked eate it yet should not it be defiled Fiuethly that it bringeth to as many euyll as receius it death and to the good euerlasting life Sixthly that it tourneth not into the nature of the eater to his nourishemente as other meate dothe but turneth the eater contrariwise into the nature of it selfe And yet being eaten that it is rapte into heauen vnhurte or vntouched Seuenthly that in so smalle a syse of breade and wine the infinite and incomprehensible Christe God and manne shoulde be comprehended Then that one and the self same bodye of