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behind the great one, being as it were chambers for their 

 maidens to dwel in. And unto every of the said houses 

 do belong 200. cartes. When they take their houses from 

 off the cartes, the principal wife placeth her court on the 

 West frontier, and so all the rest in their order : so that 

 the last wife dwelleth upon the East frontier : and one of 

 the said ladies courts is distant from another about a 

 stones cast. Whereupon the court of one rich Moal or 

 Tartar will appeare like unto a great village, very few 

 men abiding in the same. One woman will guide 20. or 

 30. cartes at once, for their countries are very plaine, and 

 they binde the cartes with camels or oxen, one behind 

 another. And there sittes a wench in the foremost carte 

 driving the oxen, and al the residue follow on a like pace. 

 When they chance to come at any bad passage, they let 

 them loose, and guide them over one by one : for they 

 goe a slowe pace, as fast as a lambe or an oxe can walke. 



Of their beds, and of their drinking pots. 

 Chap. 3. 



Aving taken downe their houses from off their cartes, 

 and turning the doores Southward, they place the 

 bed of the master of the house, at the North part thereof. 

 The womens place is alwaies on the East side, namely on 

 the left hand of the good man of the house sitting upon 

 his bed with his face Southwards : but the mens place is 

 upon ye West side, namely at the right hand of their 

 master. Men when they enter into the house, wil not in 

 [I. 96.] any case hang their quivers on the womens side. Over 

 the masters head there is alwayes an image, like a puppet, 

 made of felte, which they call the masters brother : and 

 another over the head of the good wife or mistresse, 

 which they call her brother being fastened to the wall : 

 and above betweene both of them, there is a little leane 

 one, which is, as it were the keeper of the whole house. 

 The good wife or mistresse of the house placeth aloft at 

 her beds feete, on the right hand, the skinne of a Kidde 

 stuffed with wooll or some other matter, and neare unto 



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