^0(5 Phyfical and Mtfceltaneous 



They place great Faith and Confidence in Magicians and Sor= 

 andsorcery. ccrcrs ', as the Nations ' did, who in old Time were their 

 Neighbours : and upon fome extraordinary Occafions, particu- 

 larly in a lingring Diftemper, they ufe feveral fuperftitious 

 Cei'emonies in the facrificing of a Cock, a Sheep or a Goat, 

 by burying the whole Carcafs under Ground, or by drinking a 

 part of the Blood, or elfe by burning or difperfing the Feathers. 

 For it is a prevailing Opinion all over this Country, that a 

 great many Difeafes proceed from fome Offence or other that 

 hath been given to the [y^^'\ Jenoune, a Sort of Creatures,placed 

 by the Mahometans betwixt Angels and Devils. Thefe, like 

 the Fairies of our Forefathers, are fuppofed to frequent Shades 

 and Fountains , and to affume the Bodies of Toads, Worms, 

 and other little Animals, which, being always in our Way, 

 are liable every Moment to be hurt and molefted. When any 

 Perfon therefore is fickly or maimed, he fancies that he hath 

 injured one or other of thefe Beings, and immediately the 

 Women, who, like the antient Kenific^, are dextrous in thefe 

 Ceremonies, go, upon ?iU^ednefdaj>, with Frankincenfe and 

 other Perfumes, to fome neighbouringSpring,and there facrifice, 

 as I have already hinted, a Hen or a Cock, an Ewe or a Ram &c. 

 according to the Sex ^ and Quality of the Patient, and the Na- 

 ture of the Diftemper. 

 Their Marab- Th^Mahometatis have a greatVeneration for thciY Mar ahhutts, 



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efieemed. who arc generally Perfons of a rigid and aultere Life, conti- 

 nually employing themfelves either in counting over their 

 Beads*, or elfe in Meditation and Prayer. This Saintfhip 

 goes by Succeffion ; and the Son is entitled to the fame Reve- 

 rence and Efteem with the Father, provided he can keep up 

 and maintain the fame Gravity and "Decorum. Some of them 



I The feveral Claffes of which are enumerated in Deiit. i8. lo, ii ; viz. fuch as ufeD't^ 

 vinattony or is an Obferver of Times, or an Enchanter, or a Witch, or a Charmer, or a Confulter 

 with familiar Spirits, or a Wiz.ard, or a Necromancer. They pretend to have daily Inftances 

 in thefe Countries of the Power and Efficacy of one or other of thefe Perfons, particularly 

 in caufing or taking away the Influence of the MaleficimiLigaminis , or VinculumVeneris, which 

 fecms to have been well known in the Time of Auguflus. 



Nede tribits nodis terms Amarilll colores, 



Ne^e, Amarilli, «(;<iox ^ Veneris die vincuLi neHo. Virg. Eel. 8. 1. 77. 

 2 Viz.. the Egyptians, (V id. Aufon. Epift. 19. JofephV divining Cup. Gen. 44. ^ ) Moabites, 

 (Balaam wf«r Kor as at other Times to feek^for Enchantments. Numb. 24. r.) eff. &c. 5 Viz. 

 A Male being Sacrificed for the Female Sex &c. 4 In touching each Bead of their Chaplet, 

 confiding ufually of ninety nine, they either fay C^//»4»Mrfi//4/7^ God be praifed, (Allah Kibeer} 

 God is great, or [».JJl^^j,x^i Staffotir Allah] God forgive me. 



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