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Cooftitutlons of rhc Tar- 

 tars and Americans agree. 



Chap. II. AMERICA. 



mits above the Cheek-bone ; moft of thefe are of a middle ftature, having 

 downy Hair upon their Chiri, like the Callow Feathers of an unfledg'd Bird? 

 Laftly, zs the Tartars, they differ amongft themfelves in their Cuftpms, yet in 

 ieveral things they agree one with another , according as they arc governed by 

 others, and yet other Princes, fome powerful, and fome weaker, according as 

 every ones power be more or lefs. The Inhabitants of Lucaja bear fo great a 

 lefpecl:, and (land fo much in awe of their Governor j that if commanded to 

 leap from a Rock, and break their Necks, they inftantly obey. * 



The fame is obferv'd by the Tartan \ the firft King Canguifia Commanded 

 thefeven Princes of his Realm to Murder their Sons with their own Hands, 

 which they all readily perforrh'd. 



In <Popaina they live to this day like Come Tartars , without Laws or Law- 

 givers, who change their places by turns, from the great increafe of the T*r- 

 tars, the Americans no ways differ. 



Bartholomew de las Cdfas writ to Charles the Fifth, That the Spaniards in few 

 years, onely on the Iflands Cuba, Hifyaniola, Naco, Hondures, in Venezuela and 

 TSlew Spain, deftroy'd above 1600000. Men, befides the daughter that was made 

 in Peru, Brafil, %io de la Plata and other places, which far exceed the foremen- 

 tion'd numbers. f 



Polygamy is ft ill in ufe , both among the Tartars and Americans i both ac 

 knowledge the Immortality of the Soul, both like Cannibals, Eating and Sacri- 

 ficing Mans flefli. How famous amongft the Antients was the Altar of Diana 

 in Taurica Qierfonefus , where feveral Men were daily Sacrificed \ How deli- 

 cate, according to SabeUicus, did the Tartars account their Diflics , Sauc'd and 

 ferv'd with humane Gore ? 



Strabo relates, That the aritient People account it an honourable Death to be 

 chop d in pieces, and their flefli ferv'd up in Commons. Thofe that die by 

 Age, a natural death, are defpis'd like Malefactors, and as a punifrirricnt ac- 

 cording to their Demerits, left in the open Fields, a prey to Birds and Beafts : 

 lome delight in that loathfome gorging themfelves with Mens flefli, Others on 

 the contrary, not onely deteft humane, but all manner of flefli I And juft fo 

 the Americans are diftinguifli'd , for although the Caribes, (Brafilians, the Inhabi- ' 

 tants of Mnb Spain, £{ew Granada, St. Martha, and others, Sacrifice and eat Men, 

 yet as many abhor and deteft that odious Diet and abominable Cuftom. 



Giles Flejher Queen Elifabeths Agent in MufcW relates, That Anno 1588. IQnacb 

 Morfey, Grandfon to the Governor of the Chrim Tartars, made his entrance there 

 with a Retinue of three hundred Noblemen, and two Ladies, of which one was 

 the^idow of his deccafed Brother. The great Prince informed of their com- 

 ing, fent him two ilaughter'd Horfes, whofe fides and Hanches they feaftcd on, , 

 as we on Fallow Deer. 



Moft of the Tartars ufe no manner of Letters or Characters ; in the Voyage 

 made into <Perfia, they firft learnd to make Letters- juft fo it is in America ; 

 their bemoaning of the dead ends in one Moneth, both by the Tartars and Jmt- 

 ricans ; with a Perfon of Quality , the Tartars bury a live Servant^ the fame 

 Cuftom is obferv'd by fome of the Americans • and fo much do they agree in a. 

 ialvage and rude life , that Merchandizing and Mechanicks are little regarded., 

 Ayfon the American acknowledges the Tartars for a rude People in their Religion, 

 Habits, and Dwellings, and yet in all thefe the Americans dirTer but very little. 

 Laftly, How common is it amongft them to worfliip the Devil ? Along the .^a-worftup in dm* 

 River .Sag.tdaboc, the Inhabitants are every new Moon miferably tormented by 



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