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*A M E %I C A. 



Chap. VII. 





The Religion 

 of the Taptt. 



Their fore- 

 telling of 

 things to 

 c>me. 



« nor dying a natural Death , by which they pretend to eiprefs their exceed,™ t*ii 

 'totheDeceafed, who elfe would, fay tify, be eaten 'by the W^ltl 

 "1^ ymhCrChUfCt0eatthem ' th "^-y-cive the nouri?;; 

 ■ The fame Author relates alfo, That he faw a T+gm yield up the Ghoft not fat 

 from the Caftle ^ Gran^ after which his neareft Relations'taking £ Bodj 

 wafh d the fame together with the Entrails, and cutting the Corps Into feverai 

 piece., roafted the fame on a Spit, preferring the Fat that dropt from it In Pan 

 and eatthe Flelh with agrcedy Appetite. None were admitfed toThi Fe" ft but' 

 h,s ch,ef Relanons ; and that which they could not eat, as the Hair, tJ^ 



^SSSS^ A{hes ' whkh gathcring * thcy mix ' d with ^ »& 



TheT^ acknowledge two Deities, the one good and the other bad - ro 

 the good they fhew no Reverence, becaufe, fay they, he'is bountiful of h mfe f 'and 

 doth them no hurt ; whereas on the contrary they zealoufly call upon theit DevU- 

 Deny becaufe they th.nk he deftroys all thofe who worfhip him not 



They never Travel nor go to War before they have confuked wit'h their angry 

 God, and that not wuhout great Ceremonies; whereupon they afcribe to S27 

 felves the knowledge of future things ; and indeed the/often fo'retel u Jfc 

 wh.ch are beyond humane apprehenfion , as a teftimony whereof that may frve 

 w ,ch 5> j mama aF „ W Gend fQUnd J fo ; h rkeeZ 



Guard Won £j* w„h ,a Troop of Horfe againft "the Venule, had fevenf ^ 



was confirmed by the ex.* ^^^^i^^^i 

 da,ly, and amongft many Arajfcusky relates one very remarkable AccSent S 

 He remov d a connderable number of Men out of the Garrifbn flfo Gw/to It 



than fecrecy . but fifty T^jans hav.ng joy^d with the Hollanders, Jrdjfe w ky fear'd 



they 



