A.D. 

 1330- 



Perhaps he 

 meaneth Co- 



mori. 



Sumatra. 



Java, 

 [11. i. 57.] 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



taketh one of his knives crying with a loud voice. For the 

 worship of my god do I cut this my flesh, and then he 

 casteth the morsel which is cut, at ye face of his idol : but 

 at the very last wound wherewith he murthereth him- 

 selfe, he utterth these words : Now do I yeeld my self to 

 death in the behalfe of my god, and being dead, his body 

 is burned, & is esteemed by al men to be holy. The 

 king of the said region is most rich in gold, silver, and 

 precious stones, & there be the fairest unions in al the 

 world. Traveling from thence by the Ocean sea 50. daies 

 journey southward, I came unto a certain land named 

 Lammori, where, in regard of extreeme heat, the people 

 both men and women go stark-naked from top to toe : 

 who seeing me apparelled scoffed at me, saying, that God 

 made Adam & Eve naked. In this countrey al women 

 are common, so that no man can say, this is my wife. 

 Also when any of the said women beareth a son or a 

 daughter, she bestowes it upon any one that hath lien 

 with her, whom she pleaseth. Likewise al the land of 

 that region is possessed in common, so that there is not 

 mine & thine, or any propriety of possession in the 

 division of lands : howbeit every man hath his owne 

 house peculiar unto himselfe. Mans flesh, if it be fat, 

 is eaten as ordinarily there, as beefe in our country. And 

 albeit the people are most lewd, yet the country is 

 exceeding good, abounding with al commodities, as 

 flesh, corne, rise, silver, gold, wood of aloes, Campheir, 

 and many other things. Marchants comming unto this 

 region for traflfique do usually bring w^ them fat men, 

 selling them unto the inhabitants as we sel hogs, who 

 immediatly kil & eat them. In this island towards the 

 south, there is another kingdome called Simoltra, where 

 both men and women marke themselves with red-hot 

 yron in 12. sundry spots of their faces : and this nation 

 is at continual warre with certaine naked people in 

 another region. Then I traveled further unto another 

 island called Java, the compasse whereof by sea is 3000. 

 miles. The king of this Hand hath 7. other crowned 



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