tied with latchets over the foot, which they call . 

 And they fay, that it appeares by their Hiftories , as alfo 

 by their ancient pictures, which reprefent them in this 

 fafhion,that this attire was the ancient habite of the He- 

 brewes, and that thefe two kinds of garments, which 

 the Indians onely vfe, were vied by Samfon , which the 

 Scripture calleth T unlearn , and Sidonem : beeing the 

 fame which the Indians terme waft-coat and cloake. 

 But all thefe conie&ures are light, and rather againft 

 them then with them$ for wee know well, that the He- 

 brewes vfed letters, whereof there is no fliew among 

 the Indians - they were great lovers of filver,the/e make 

 no care of it : the Icwes, if they were not circumcifed, 

 held not themfelvcs for Iewes,and contrariwife the/#- 

 dians arc not at all, neyther did they ever vfe any cere- 

 monie neere it, as many in the Eaft have done. But 

 what reafbn of coniedure is there in this , feeing the 

 lewes are fo careful to preferve their language and An 

 tiquities, (basin all parts of the world they differ and 

 are known from others,andyet at the Indies alone, they 

 have forgotten their Linage, their Law,their Ceremo 

 nies , their <JA4tfias ; and finally , their whole ludaifmc. 

 And whereas they fay , the Indians are feareful cowards, 

 fu perditions, and fubtill in lying ^ for the firft, it is not 

 common to all, there arefbme nations among the Bar- 

 baruns free from thefc vices,there are fome valiant and 

 hardy, there are fome blunt and dull of vnderftanding. 

 As for ceremonies and fuperftitions,the Heathen have 

 alwayes vfed them much 5 thc manner of habitcs defcri- 

 bed which they vfe,being the plainefland inoft fimple 

 In the world; without Arte, the which hath been com 

 mon, not onely to the Hcbrewcs, but to all other Na 

 tions 3 feeing that theveryHiftoryof y?n*f (ifwec 



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