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A30860	The late travels of S. Giacomo Baratti, an Italian gentleman, into the remote countries of the Abissins, or of Ethiopia interior wherein you shall find an exact account of the laws, government, religion, discipline, customs, &c. of the Christian people that do inhabit there with many observations which some may improve to the advantage and increase of Trade with them : together with a confirmation of this relation drawn from the writings of Damianus de Goes and Jo. Scaliger, who agree with the author in many particulars / translated by G.D.	Baratti, Giacomo.; G. D.; Góis, Damião de, 1502-1574.; Scaliger, Joseph Juste, 1540-1609.	1670 (1670)	Wing B677; ESTC R11736	63,785	282

nothing memorable in this Kingdom but some places where the Inhabitants do pick up golden sand which they refine and sell to the Merchants of Melinde that bring hither their Camels This Country hath no Barley nor Wheat but instead of those grains they have Tafo Daguza seed with which they make a bread very pleasant to the taste but much more sweet than ours It grows in any ground the worst as well as the best nature hath thus provided for all Countries and people a means to supply themselves by their industry if they will make use of it This Country is extream hot and the most unfit for dwelling of any one that I have seen in the Territories of the Neguz the beams of the Sun beat against the sandy ground and meeting there with an obstinate resistance they return back into the face and uncovered part of the body so that it is not possible to walk here abroad about noon by reason of the excessive heat therefore the inhabitants do keep themselves within their Houses from ten of the clock until two In the Houses that are all thatcht and supported with posts it is very cool the Sun-beams have not the power to enter in through the Reeds Of Amara ALthough this Kingdom is directly under the Line there is not a more pleasant place to dwell in all over the world It is full of Mountains and Valleys about twenty leagues in circumference adorned with high Woods and Forrests the ground is extream fruitful the people very civil the Clergy devout the Nobles gallant and brave In the mountains are many little Villages planted in the low ground and in the midst of them is a strong Castle that looks like a Town for the outmost wall contain about two miles in circumference Here the Kings Children are kept with the Emperours as Hostages of their fidelity They are all trained up in several exercises the only inconveniency is that they are here confined to live which it may be to them is no inconveniency for they never see any thing else but these mountains and think the world hath no other place for a dwelling but here The Bishop of Amara a very grave man introduced us into the Castle where the Emperours Children were kept they were then but young the eldest was not above four years of age His countenance was promising we had a sight of the Gardens and Walks full of pleasant Fountains and Rivulets artificially brought into these high places The Walks were covered with a Tree not usual in our Country the branches were twisted one with another in such a manner that no Sun could penetrate them they were entertained always green for at the root of the Trees on both sides of the Walk a little Current of fresh water doth always run that refresheth the roots and preserveth them from the droughth of Summer It is as delicious a place as any I have seen in Europe the Children have the liberty to hunt and divert themselves out of the Walls of this Castle but they are never to go out of the mountains while their Father lives for that purpose a strict guard is kept at the passage where no man can go or come without leave It is both narrow and steepy made with the hand a few persons are able to keep it from all the world in the castle are places appointed for the exercise of the youth and over them they have Masters learned and experienced in all those Sciences and Disciplines that they are to know Here are excellent Astrologers for that is a Science unto which this Country people is addicted They have some here learned in the Arabian and Indian Tongues others that give themselves over to the study of Philosophy and Nature but very few do trouble their brains with Divinity this makes them less notional but more practical for they know no niceties in Cases of Conscience to excuse their actions and inclinations The other Kingdoms are less remarkable only that of Damut and Goiame are full of Mines of Gold The Emperour keeps them with above 6000 men in Arms continually Tegrai and Vangue are mountainous and peopled with wild beasts trees more than with men Xoa is rich and fruitful but in it nothing else remarkable Of the Religion of the Abyssins and of the manner of their Discipline THey do all profess the Christian faith with much zeal the Church of the Queen Candaces whose name they say was Indich first brought this Religion into their Country that was for the most part possessed with the Jewish St. Thomas afterwards went into that Country and there did confirm them in the Christian Religion obliging all the inhabitants by the greatness and number of his Miracles to embrace it Some opposition he met with from the Grandees that had always retained the Pagan superstitions especially in the Kingdom of Damut where there is a mountain that bears yet his name The Heathens subject to the Emperour of Aethiopia had got him into their possession and were resolved to make him suffer for the destruction and neglect of their Idols they had often attempted upon his life but neither Sword nor Poison could injure his Person they sought therefore to drown him in a lake and when that could not procure his death they shut him up in a Tower built in the top of these unpleasant mountains where he remained prisoner until an Angel took him from thence leaving all his keepers dead on the ground and brought him again to the Imperial Court where he complained of the violence and unjustice that had been done unto him which the Emperor going about to revenge raised an Army to seize upon the King of Damut that had consented to the imprisonment of the Apostle He remained here many years until he departed into the Indies where he preached also the Gospel He left behind him many thousand Christians and as they say he brought unto them the two books Abelil and Menda and established here the Discipline that is used amongst them with all the Ceremonies practised They and the Capties of Egypt differ much in point of ceremony but in belief they are Eutycheans as for the most part Some there are that have true and Orthodox opinions of Christ Here is the form of their belief published in writing amongst them by which we may judge of them further WE believe in the Name of the Holy Trinity the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit who are but one Lord three names but one Divinity three faces but one similitude The conjunction of the persons is equal in the Divinity for there is but one Kingdom one Throne one Judge one Charity one Word and one Spirit The word of the Father of the Son and the word of the Holy Ghost and the Son is the same word The word with God and with the holy Spirit and with himself is the son of the Father and from the Father without the least deficiency or division without

〈…〉 y beginning he was the son of his Father without Mother no body can know the Mystery of his filiation unless it be the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit Now this Son was in the beginning the Word and this Word was the Word with God and the Word was God The spirit of the Father the holy Spirit the spirit of the Son is the ●ame divine Spirit the holy Spirit is without diminution or increase this Divine Spirit is called the Comforter a living God who proceeds from the Father and the Son he spake by the mouth of the Prophets he descended in a flame of fire upon the Apostles in Sion They published all over the world and preached the word of the Father and this word is the Son Besides the Father is not first because he is the Father nor the Son the last because he is Son so the Holy Ghost is neither the first nor the last They are three Persons and one God that sees all and is seen of no body he hath by his own counsel created all things afterwards the Son for our Salvation with the consent of the Father and of the divine Spirit descended from the highest Heavens ●● incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary who was adorned with a twofold Virginity with a spiritual and carnal He was born without an● corruption his Mother Mary remaining a Virgin after his Birth fo● by a great miracle she brought her Son Jesus Christ without effusion of bloud or pangs He was a just man without sin perfect God and perfect man having but one Person whe● he was a Child he grew up by degrees sucking the Milk of his Mother the Virgin Mary and when he came to be thirty years of age he was baptized in the River Jordan As other men he walked sweat hungred thirsted and was weary He suffered all things willingly and shewed many miracles By the power of his Divinity he restored sight to the blind he healed the lame cleansed the lepers raised the dead at last of his own accord he was taken prisoner whipt buffeted crucified he languished and dyed fo● our si●s by his death he did overcome death and the Devil by his sufferings he satisfied for our sins and bore our infirmities with the Baptism of his bloud which is that of his death he baptized the holy Patriarchs and Prophets he descended into Hell where were the Souls of Adam and of his Sons and of Christ himself which is of Adam This soul of Adam Christ did receive from the Holy Virgin Mary by the power and Authority of his Divinity and efficaciousness of his Cross he broke the strong gates of hell and of death he confined Satan to his chains and redeemed Adam and his Sons All this Christ did because he was filled with the Divinity and the Divinity itself was with his soul and with his most holy body which Divinity hath granted vertue to the Cross this Divinity he enjoys common with the Father as he ●● ways did At last he was buryed 〈…〉 the third day Jesus Christ the f 〈…〉 of the Resurrection our greatest delight the chief Priest Jesus Christ the great King of Israel rose ●● from the dead by his own strength and power And when all was accomplished that had been fore-told by the holy Prophets he ascended into Heaven with glory and is sate down at the right hand of the Father he shall come again with glory having before him a Cross and in his hand the Sword of Justice to judge both the quick and the dead of whose Kingdom there shall never be any end We believe one Catholick and Apostolick Church we believe one Baptism for the remission of sins we hope ●or the Resurrection of the dead and the life of the World to come Amen This is their Creed they often do repeat it in their Churches especially every new Moon with many gests which they have retained of their former Religions The Priest that officiates says it alone and three or four times the people do repeat these words This is our Faith Since they have had knowledge of the Roman Catholick Religion they have added something to their Creed by the consent of one of their general Assemblies for they were careful to hinder their people from receiving any other Opinions than those that they had formerly embraced for when they saw that our Priests and Jesuits were busie in drawing them to the faith of the Church of Rome they published a little addition to their Creed to inform every one of their judgments hinder them to receive any opinions which they do not approve of We believe that the Virgin Mary is a pure Virgin before and after the Birth of Christ as she is the Mother of God she ought to be loved and respected accordingly but we neither worship Her nor pray unto Her We believe that the Cross of Christ is a useful sign it was upon it that he suffered for our sins and purchased unto us Salvation with his own bloud His Cross is a scandal to the Jews and a folly to the Gentiles but to us Christians it is in much esteem and honour we believe that the Cross of Christ is sufficient to redeem us as S. Paul hath taught us but the outward sign and use of it we employ more for distinction than out of duty And that we may never think it a scorn to wear the badge of our Profession We believe that S. Peter was the first of the Apostles that the Stone that Christ mentions upon which his Church is built is his Law and Faith which Law is established upon the Prophets and Apostles unto them was granted the power of governing the Church of binding and loosing and to them was committed the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven But we do not acknowledge the Superiority that his Successors the Popes of Rome do derive from S. Peter nor do we believe that he ever had any priviledge which the others did not enjoy We believe that the holy Apostles Saints and Martyrs that are in glory did follow the foot-steps of our Saviour Christ and that they have received from him the pardon of their sins as we do We believe that we must honour them with the holy Angels but we do not approve of prayers made unto them nor of the sufficiency of their Merits to benefit us or the Church of Christ We believe that it is well done to confess our sins before the Ministers of the Church for by their prayers we may be assisted and comforted We receive all the books of the Old and New Testament as they were delivered unto us by S. Thomas without any addition or innovation We believe that our Clergy have liberty to Marry as the Apostles and Disciples of our Saviour were but that it is not lawful for a Priest to have two Wives or a Concubine We believe that we are bound to obey in Conscience cur Supream Lord ●iam Belul and under

honour walks Women are rarely seen amongst the men at Court they have a private place unto which none is admitted but the Abuna and some of the most Religious Persons They have Eunuchs that wait upon them usually Blacks they appear at the Churches but in a place separated from the rest Sometimes when the Emperour will shew his Grandeur and happiness to his Courtiers he sends for his Chief Queen who must appear in all the State and Glory that her Industry or Beauty can produce she is received by the Emperour with some expressions of kindness and then she is admitted to sit down on his right hand for the left is the place of honour in Abassia Once every year he hath a great Feast kept at Court with wonderful expressions of joy it is the day of the Emperours Birth It is the custom that the Neguz should give entertainment to all that will be pleased to accept of his kindness he is the next day after requited with Presents of the most considerable Persons of his Court. This Imperial Court is never fixed in any one place but Marches with the Emperour about 6000 Tents do always pitch about him in such an excellent order that in a moment from the farthermost tent one may come to that of the great Neguz where a strong guard watches about his Person day and night The Souldiers of the Kings guard are very neatly attired and well furnished with Bows and Guns they are mixed at present since the use of Powder was introduced amongst them by the Portugueses Of the Government THe Emperour hath several great Kingdoms that acknowledge his jurisdiction and seven or eight crowned heads that are under him His name is Giam Belul that is Precious Giam Or John a name of the same signification as Illustrious Serenus Excellent c. Titles that we give to our Princes When he writes this is his stile In the name of God the Father Almighty Creator of Heaven and Earth of things visible and invisible in the name of God the Son Jesus Christ who is the same with the Father from the beginning of the world Light of Light true God of true God and in the name of God the Holy Spirit who is also a living God proceeding from the Father This Letter you shall receive from a mighty King whose name the Lions do respect by the grace of God I am call'd Athani Tinghib that is the Incense of the Virgin the son of K. David the son of Solomon the Son of the King by the hand of Mary the Son of Naw according to the flesh the son of S. Peter S. Paul according to grace the beloved of God the Pillar of the Faith who hath taken upon him the name of Abraham Emperour of the Great and upper Ethiopia and of large Kingdoms and dominions King of Xoa of the Cafates of Fatigar of Angote of Baru of Baliganze of Adea of Vangue of Goiame where is Nilus source of Damaraa of Vaguemedri of Ambea of Vagne of Tigremahon of Sabaym the Country of the Queen of Saba of Bamagaes and Supream Lord as far as Nubia that confines upon Egypt c. Many Titles and Kingdoms are heapt together to express his Grandeur at present he enjoys but the Titles alone of many of those Kingdoms whiles others do eat up the reversion eleven or twelve of them do remain faithful to him sometimes the Inhabitants are disturbed by their war-like Neighbours but they could never be subdued by any other Prince for his sake they endure the loss of their Goods Estates Children and oft times they are driven into extream Poverty because they cannot leave their lawful Prince but they must also renounce Religion with him before they can be accepted of by their enemies This consideration ties them fast to the Neguz interest and obliges them to be most faithful unto him notwithstanding all their losses The Government of this Great Prince is partly Arbitrary and partly Subject to the written Laws that are contained in two Volums written as they say by the Apostles themselves The first they call Manida the other they name Abethilis they comprehend the Rules of Government relating to right or wrong they further observe much of the politick Law of Moses which he commanded the Jews In those other occasions of which these Books are silent the Emperours or the Judges pleasure and reason passeth for a Law The first Books called Manida and Abethil are full of most excellent Rules and Statutes Some wise man of that Empire composed them for to direct the Prince in the execution of his Office and that they might receive more credit he caused it to be bruited abroad that these books had been found in the ruines of the Church where St. Lycanon who was sent into Ethiopia by St. Philip the Apostle did teach and that they had been composed by the Disciples of our Saviour assembled together in a general Councel Assoon as this religious lye had been divulged every one was desirous to see and hear the Contents of this Book when they saw therefore that the matter was answerable to the fame of it they began really to credit it so that they do as religiously obey the commands of these Books as the Gospels and the word of God When the Emperour dines or sups some small portion of it is read before him after the Musick which in this country is very pleasant and grateful to the ear more than in any other place out of Italy although the instruments upon which they play be not like ours The Emperour hath one Judge called Bikir over all his dominions to judge of matters of right or wrong under him are the Sudh●drie's provincial Judges that are to give up an account of their actions to him they are often removed at the least complaint and others placed in their rooms It is a great disgrace to receive a bribe they all do follow the dictates of reason in pronouncing their sentences in proportioning the penalties according to the nature and hainousness of the offences These Judges have only a power over the people the Clergy and Monks have other Officers and Superintendants that do judge of their matters Besides these inferiour Judges every other year the grand Marshal or Supream Bikir sends men into several Provinces to hearken after the behaviour and examine the deportment of the Judges If any be found guilty of any crime he is severely punished and shamefully thrust out of his Office with a mark of Infamy that renders him incapable of having any publick employment in this Country Such seldom remain there long for the shame and obloquy of the people forces them to be gone and seek other habitations in a remote Country The Bikir hath also his Lieutenants like unto our Colonels disposed of in all the dominions of grand Neguz each Lieutenant gives him account of all the men he is able to provide for the service of the Prince in case of necessity