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A07871	A briefe collection and compendious extract of the strau[n]ge and memorable things, gathered oute of the cosmographye of Sebastian Munster. Where in is made a playne descrypsion of diuerse and straunge lavves rites, manners, and properties of sundry nacio[n]s, and a short reporte of straunge histories of diuerse men, and of the nature and properties of certayne fovvles, fishes, beastes, monsters, and sundrie countries and places; Cosmographia. English. Abridgments	Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552.; Eden, Richard, 1521?-1576, attributed name.	1572 (1572)	STC 18242; ESTC S107531	75,351	206

Turkes are wonte to faste one moneth and one weeke euery yere bu● they do not alwayes keepe one prefixe● tyme for if this yeare they faste in ●●mmary the next yeare they will doo it i● Fe●ruarye● the third in Marche and so orderly of the rest and when they doe fa●●● they taste and eate nothinge all the whole day not so much as bread or water 〈◊〉 when ●●errs appeare it is lawfull for them to eate al thinges sauinge thinges which are suffocate and swynes fleshe They haue vineyardes the fruite and cōmoditie wherof they vse diuerslye The Christians make wine and the Turkes do so prepare honye raysons that they appeare alwayes freshe both in tas●e and sight they haue three maner of drinkes the first of Sugar or hony mixte with water The seconde of raysons sod in water the stones castaway and then rose water is added vnto them and a little of the best ●ony The third is made of wine wel sodden and representeth a kynde of honnye both in tast and sighte this is tempered withe water and geeuen to seruaunts to drinke When they should eat any thing they strewe their floores and groundes with matts and other thinges then they lay carpets and tapestrye worke or rushines a●d some sit downe vpon the naked earth their table is of some skinne as I s●ide before● it is drawē at large and shit ●●g●ther agayn as a purse they sitte not downe after oure manner nor yet as the people of olde were wonte to do leaninge on their elbowes but with their feet folde● together in the formes of this letter X. lyke vnto the maner of bo●●hers and before they take take any meat they hau● their prayers or thankes geuinge The●●●te gredelye and hastelye with greate silence but al their wiues ●epeth the in ●elues in secret Those whiche are captiue 〈◊〉 neuer go abrode nor can get lycence but with other Turkishe women when they go to washe them in bathes ●r in any other place ou● of the cittie for recreation sake into gardens or vineyar●●● ●●t alwayes keepe hoome at their worke and it is not lawfull for other women 〈…〉 sant wit● their captiues Of th● 〈◊〉 of the Turkes THe 〈…〉 not in 〈…〉 the manner 〈…〉 as the 〈…〉 eyght yeares and can speake the 〈◊〉 ●ell the whiche 〈…〉 them for y 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 whiche are 〈◊〉 before 〈…〉 and 〈…〉 for thys 〈…〉 in to the ●●●ple but is circumcised at home in his parents house There be assembled at this notable feast al their frendes and commonly amongst the richer sort they kil an Oxe and therin they include and put in a Sheepe exenterate and readye dressed in the whiche Sheepe there is a Hen in the which hen there is an Egge which are all rosted together for the solempnitie of that daye then at supper time in their banquet the child which must be circūcised is brought in whose yearde and priuie member the phisician openeth and apprehendethe the folded skinn with a fine payre of pinsons then to take al feare from the childe hee ●aith that he will make the circumcision the next day and whileste hee vseth those wordes he sodeyn●ye cutteth the prepuce whiche is the skin that couereth the head of the yearde layinge a little salt on the wound They do not geue names to their children in the day of circumcision but in the day of their natiuitie after thre days space he that is circumcised is led withe great pompe vnto the hath when he commeth home agayne he is led throughout all the gestes whiche offer vnto him their prepared gifts some geue silke garmēts some siluer cups others present him monye or horses If any christian man of his owne accorde confessing Mahumet wyll suffer himselfe to be circumcised whyche thing chaunceth often times for the greuouse exaction and burden of the tribute such one is ●e● throughout all the stretes and lanes of the cittie with greate honor and triumphe of the people for ioye playinge on the drummes and to him manye giftes are presented and afterward he is made fre from their payment and tribute Yet the Turkes compel no man to the denial of his religion although they be cōmaunded in the booke of Alcoran to expulse the aduersaries and gainsayers wherof it commeth to passe that so many and diuerse sectes of people are found amongest the Turkes al whiche do reuerrence and honour God after their peculier rites and customes Their priestes do little differ from the laitie and ther is no great learning to be required in them it is ynoughe if they can reade the booke of Alcoran but those which can interprete the booke according to the texte are estemed as most cunning because Mahumet gaue his precepts not in the vulgar turkishe tonge but in the Arabicall tonge they thinke it a wicked vnlawful thing to haue them interpreted or set forthe in the vulgar tongue these ministers haue their stipende and rewarde of the prince for their paynes they haue wiues and apparell euen as secular men if the stipend be not sufficient for the multitude number of their children then may they practise and vse al maner of artes crafts and trades that other men doe but yet they are free from exactions and other imposicions and are greatly estemed of the cōmon sorte They haue diuers liuing solitarye like vnto monkes which vnder the colour of religion inhabite the woodes desert places vtterly renounsinge mens company and som of them haue nothing of their owne but they go almoste naked sauing that their priuy partes be couered with Sheepe skinnes they traueyle and wander through oute countries askinge almes as well of the Christians as of the Turkes Some of theym goe seldome abroade but continue in temples hauinge in the corners of churches litle cottages their heades vncouered their feete without shoes their bodies without garmēts bearing nothing about thē but one shirt they fast many dayes and praye that God would reueale vnto them things to com and the prince of the Turkes is wonte to aske counsell of them when soeuer he goeth about any warres VVhat execution of Iustice the Turk● haue what kinde of mariages what maner of apparell and liuinge THe Turkes do execute iustice mo●● exquisitely for hee that is giltie of slaughter or bloudshed is alwayes punished with like vexacion and torment He that is taken withe a woman in adultrye is stoned to death without mercy or ●arying There is also a punishmente appointed for those whiche are taken in fornication for who so euer is apprehended for it he must suffer eight hundred lashes with a whip a thiefe for the firste and second tyme is so manye times scourged also but if he be taken the third tyme he loseth his hand at the fowerth tyme hys foote Hee that doth any damage to anye bodye ●s compelled to make satisfaction according to the estimate of the losse They admit no witnesses but very mete and allowable persons and such as may be

beleued withoute anye othe It is not lawfull for anye man that is of ful age to liue out of matrimonye they may be maryed to f●ure lawfull wiues those whosoeuer they wil chose except their mother and sist●rs hauing no respect at all to the propinquitie of bloud they maye haue as many illegitimate and vnlawfull wiues as they please and bee able to keepe the children both of lawefull and vnlawefull wiues are equally heyres in their fathers goodes so that they obserue this order that two daughters shall but matche and bee equall with one sonne They kepe not .ii. or moore wiues in one house or in one cittie for feare of often contention and vnquietinge but in euery citie they keepe one the husbandes haue this libertie to putte them away thre times and to take theim agayne thrise those wiues which are put ●way may if it please them continue and abyde ●ith such men as receiueth them The women are very descent and honeste in their apparell they vse on their heads a kinde of linnen like vnto youg damsels and they haue veyles ouer the same the folding wherof is decent that the topp of it hangeth ouer the left or righte side wherwith if they goe from home or come into their h●●bāds sight they may quicklye couer all their face ●auing the eyes the woman may neuer be sene in the company of men nor to go to market nor to bye or sell anye thinge in the churches they haue their places seperate from the men so closely that no man may peepe into thē nor by any meanes enter into theim and yet it is not lawfull for euerye woman to enter in thither but for noble mēs wiues and neuer els but on Friday at xii of the clocke onely they vse their prayers the which is a solempne time with them the talkinge of man and woman together openly is so rare and against common cu●tome that if you should tary a whole ye●re with thē you could scantly se it once It is thought a monstrous thinge that a man should openly talke with a woman or ryde in the company of any They that are maried together do neuer vse any wā●on toys in the sight of others they neuer brawle nor chide because the men do neuer omit their grauitie towards women nor wiues their reuerence towards their husbands great Lordes that cannot alwayes be with their wiues haue Eunuches deputed to the custody of them which do so diligently obserue marke and watche them that it is vnpossible for anye other then their husbandes to speake with thē or for theym to do a misse and otherwyse then wel They contract mariage without any othe they take no sommes of monye with their wiues but are almoste enforced to bye theim contrarye to the Romaines fashion where the sonne in Lawe was wont to be bought and not the sonns wife The wife hathe no ornamente nor decking vpon her body but that she is driuen to gette of her father A cause of deuorce with them is eyther barrennes or intollerable manners their iudge is pryuie to these things The women vse most simple apparell shewinge no kinde of excesse in the worlde they neuer come with open face into the sight of their husbands or other men The Turkes deteste oure hose and great breches with their Cod-pieces because they do to liuely expresse and shewe the priuie partes Their heads be couered with linnen hauing a top like vnto a turret and commeth neare vnto a pyramidate forme They vse bread not of the worst sort both blacke white bread sauing they cast a certayne kynde of seede vpon newe bread which bringeth a great plesātnes i● eating They haue diuers artificious wais in preparing meates varietie of sauces a solempne kinde of meat with them is a kinde of pottage made with ●yce so thicke that it can hardelye be deuided with handes frō fishe they absteyn merueilously they vse all kinde of fleshe sauing swines fleshe There be no cōmon tauerns nor Innes for gestes and straungers nor common vitaling houses but in the stretes diuers kindes of meats are to be solde and other thynges necessarie for lyfe● The townesmen cause theyr fieldes to be tylled by theyr seruaunts and they paye tythe to theyr Emperour and ruler Crafts men mayntayn them wyth their sciences they that do loue idlenes do perish with famine they exercise marchandise most diligentlye they passe and trauel into Asia the lesse Arabia Egipte and they haue their peregrinations also to the Uenecians If they make water they wash their yard after it if they emptye their bellies the make al cleane afterwarde in like manner doo the women whom their seruaunts and bond men do follow bearing vessells ful of water the man seruaunt folowing the maister the mayde the mistres They haue one kinde of Iudge as well Christians as Turkes And this iudge is boūd to minister equallye right to euery body Of dame Flora. THe Lady which the Poets call dame Flora was a notable and common harlot who when shee had gotten great riches by common ribaudrie made the people of Rome her heire and left a certayne somme of monye with the yearlye vse where of the daye of her natiuitie should be celebrate in the setting forth of goodly playes the which thinge because it seemed detestable to attribute a certain solempne dignitie to a dishoneste thinge they fayned and surmised her to be a goddesse that had the rule and gouernance o● flowers and that it was meete she should be reconciled with cerimonies that through her helpe fruites and trees myght florish and prosper Of the Ieate stone IN some parte of Englande and Scotlande there is greate store of the beste kynde of Ieat stone If any body drinketh the powder of this stoone in water if the same partie be contaminate with lybidiouse actes the same body out of hand shal bee enforced to make vrine and shall haue no habilitie to kepe it backe But if a virgin drinketh of it there is no power to make vryne folowe Munster in the● 2 booke fol. 45. Of the Burialles of the Turkes and of diuerse obseruacions and customes VVHan any dyeth amongest the Turkes they washe his carcasse and couer it in very fair linnen clothes Afterward they cary the bodye out of the citie into some place for they thinke it an heynouse thing to burye one in the Temple Their monkes go before the herse with candels the priests folowe singing vntil they come vnto his sepulture and graue if it be a poore man that is dead they gather monye in euery stret for the laboures and paines of the religiouse and that they offer vnto him The frendes of the dead commeth often times to the graue weeping and bewaylinge they set the sacrifice of their meates for y dead vpon the monument as bread fleshe these egs milke and the feast is of nyne dayes space after the manner of the Ethnickes and all this is eaten for the soule of the dead

fyndinge the glasse thinkinge her selfe to haue found her yong taryeth so longe in vewing the glasse that he which toke her yong hath time ynough to escape ¶ The condicions and nature of the Parthians THE Parthians haue their armies commonly of the greater number of seruaunts and bondemen as euerye man is more wealthy so dothe hee fynde a greater number of horsemen to the kinge for his warre They haue mauye wyues for the auoydinge of lecherye and they punishe no fault more greuously thē adulterye wherfore the women may not come to the Feastes of men nor in their sight They eate no other fleshe then such as they get by hunting they be alwayes on horsebacke they ride to their bankets and to warre they do marchandize they common together they do all common priuate affayres sittinge on Horse backe their deade bodies are open Prayes for fowles or dogs they haue a speciall care of worshipping the Gods they haue fear full wits sediciouse pratling and disceitful Florus writethe that the thirde bat●ayle that the Romaines made against the Parthians they sent a notable strong armye whereof M. Crassus Consul was lieutenant a man of wonderfull auarice and vnsaturable cupiditie of Golde who warring vnfortunately against the Parthians losing .xi. legions as hee was flyinge was taken and slayne his heade and right hande was cut of and broughte to the kinge of the Parthians where in contēpt and mockerye gold was melted into his mouth because hee beinge so desirous of booties and prayes refused peace beinge intreated Some say the Parthians whē they poured in the melted golde into hys mouthe sayde Nowe drinke golde thou that hast alwayes thirsted for Golde and as yet couldest neuer be filled with gold The whiche sayinge is also rehearsed of Tomyris the queene of the Massagets in Scythia who warringe with Cyrus the mightye kinge of the Persians depriued him of lyfe in the reuenging of her sonns death whom he disceitfully kylled being sent afore hand Wherfore shee being in a wonderful rage after the victory had against Cy●us caused his head to be cut of and putt in a vessel ful of bloud sayinge these wordes Thou hast sucked the blud of my sonne and also thirsted after mine Cyrus but I will fyl the wyche bloud Drinke nowe and fill thy selfe therwith Of the people of Carmania and those which are called Icthiophagi IN Carmania no man may haue a wife before he hath brought the head of his enemie cut of to the kinge The kinge cutteth the tong therof into small partes and mingleth it with bread afterward geueth it to be eaten to him that brought it and to his familiers and he is a notable felowe that bringeth many heades The Icthiophagi be so called because they eate fishe most commonly and so doe their cattell and they drincke raynie and wel water They feede their Fyshe with beasts fleshe They make their houses of whales boones and oyster shels of theyr fishe being dryed they make breade putting a little wheate vnto it for they haue small store of wheate It is read of this nacion that many of them goynge naked al their liues haue their wiues and children in common like vnto beastes that haue no difference of honesty and dishonestye Of the propertie of suudrie Nacions THE Tauroscithes be contenciouse people inhabiting the woods doinge sacrifice to the Deuill Suche enemies as they take they cut of their heades and set theim vppon an highe pole in the tops of their houses There be also in this parte of Asia certayne people that haue their women in common ●and some so rude and beastlye that they eate mans fleshe obeying no lawes There be others called Agrippaei whiche are balde from their natiuitie aswell men as women And another kinde of people also ●alled Issedones with whome the vse is when any mans father dyeth al his kinsfolkes bringeth cattel and killeth them and cutteth and mingleth the fleshe of theym with the fleshe of the father of hym that receyueth them to this banket so they make a feast with these sundrye kindes of fleshe together they scowre aud make cleane the head of him that is dead and vse it as an ymage offringe sacrifice and ceremonies vnto it yearly this doth the son to the father and the father to the son Of the Tartarians THE Tartarians are moste deforme● of al men their bodies are but smal their eyes be grosse and bolstringe oute their faces be broade and without heare sauing that in their ouer lyp and the chin they haue thin and moisye heare they be commonly smal in the middle they shaue theyr heads from one eare to another by the top of the crowne to the hinder parte and in the other parte keping long heare lyke vnto a woman wherof they make ii foldes and windinges and bynde theym both behind the eares and so be al other shauen that tary amongest them They be good horsemen and il fotemen therfore none goeth on fote but rydes either on horsebacke or vpon some oxe They haue a glorye to hang good sounding bels about their horse necks When they drink they powre it in vntil they be drunken the which is is a great prayse amongest thē They haue no bread nor vse any baking nor table clothes nor towels they vse no handkirchiefs nor neuer wash their handes body nor apparel They eate no pot-herbes nor pulse but onelye the fleshe of al kinde of liuing thinges as cats dogs horse and al kynde of great myce They roste the bodies of suche as they take in war to showe their crueltie and desyre of reuenging and where many metes together at the eating of them they teare thē with their teeth lyke wolues and drinke the bloud therof whiche they reserued afore in cups otherwise they drinke cowes mylke One of thē eateth the lyce from anothers head saying thus wil we doo to our enemies It is an heynous thinge with them to suffer any drinke to be loste or any meate and therefore they caūe no bones to dogs before that the marie bee taken away and many other things are reported of them which Munster setteth forth more at large In warre they haue swordes of a yarde in length their horsemen are very skilful in shoting their princes neuer enter into war but standinge a ●ar of they crye vnto their own company and exhort thē if they se any thing needeful They carrye their wiues and their children because their wiues bee attired like to men aud also ymages of men on horsbacke to their warrs that they might seme a great number and more terrible to their enemies They thinke no shame nor ignominie in flying if it be necessary and expedient so to do If they gette the victorie they spare none neither women nor children nor olde folkes they slea all sauing craftes men and artificers whom they reserue to their vses They are very incontinēt and therfore they take as many wiues as they wil and may sustayne and they