CAESAR FREDERICK ad. 



1563-81. 



in the square cave where the drie wood is, and when 



it is kindled, they come and certifie her thereof, then 



presently she leaveth the feast, and taketh the neerest 



kinseman of her husband by the hand, and they both 



goe together to the banke of the foresayd river, where 



shee putteth off all her jewels and all her clothes, and 



giveth them to her parents or kinsefolke, and covering 



herselfe with a cloth, because she will not be seene of 



the people being naked, she throweth herselfe into the 



river, saying : O wretches, wash away your sinnes. 



Comming out of the water, she rowleth herselfe into 



a yellow cloth of foureteene braces long : and againe 



she taketh her husbands kinseman by the hand, and 



they go both together up to the pinnacle of the square 



cave wherein the fire is made. When she is on the 



pinnacle, shee talketh and reasoneth with the people, 



recommending unto them her children and kindred. 



Before the pinnacle they use to set a mat, because they 



shall not see the fiercenesse of the fire, yet there are 



many that will have them plucked away, shewing therein 



an heart not fearefull, and that they are not affrayd of 



that sight. When this silly woman hath reasoned with 



the people a good while to her content, there is another 



woman that taketh a pot with oile, and sprinckleth it 



over her head, and with the same she anoynteth all her 



body, and afterwards throweth the pot into the fornace, 



and both the woman and the pot goe together into the 



fire, and presently the people that are round about the 



fornace throw after her into the cave great pieces of 



wood, so by this meanes, with the fire and with the 



blowes that she hath with the wood throwen after her, 



she is quickly dead, and after this there groweth such 



sorrow and such lamentation among the people, that 



all their mirth is turned into howling and weeping, in Mourning 



such wise, that a man could scarse beare the hearing "^henjhey 



of it. I have seene many burnt in this maner, because ^ ^^ ^C/^J^^- 



my house was neere to the gate where they goe out 



to the place of burning : and when there dieth any 



V 385 2B 



