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they might difcover his Plot, wherefore he charg'd them that they fhouy not ftir a 

 foot from his Company, which they accordingly promised, and having march'd 

 three days through By-ways, they daily performed their Devotion in open view, 

 and Ardjfeutky defir'd that they would call him when their Devil appeared, which 

 they granted, on promife that he fhould not do him any hurt : On the third day 

 the Army being fufficiently refrefli'd, he being call'd, found the Tapuyans fitting in 

 a Semicircle, with their Feet fpread afunder 5 oppofite to them fat their Prieft 

 on the Ground, whom they ask'd concerning all manner of Affairs, and he quefti- 

 on'd them again, on which they gave their feveral Anfwcrs, but could not be un- 

 derftood for want of Interpreters,for thofe whom the Hollander s us'd fpake only two 

 Languages, one of which is us'd commonly by the BrafiUans along the Sea-Coaft, 

 and the other by tht&ortuguefe, in which they Interpreted to the Hollanders as much 

 as poffibly they could underftand of what the Tapuyans laid, whofe Language dif- 

 fers very much from the vulgar fBrafile- Tongue, becaufe they live up in the Inland, 

 and are divided into divers Tribes, fo that the Interpreters could not underftand 

 the Tapuyans, but judg'd their meaning more by nodding of the Head, and the like 

 figns : after the Aflembly had done fpeaking, the Prieft rofe up and went out of 

 their fights into the Wood, where with a loud voice he call'd three times upon the 

 Devil 5 but he not anfwering, the Prieft return'd to his Company, who began 

 their Queftions and Anfwers afrefh, which could not be undcrftood by the Inter- 

 preters . and foon after the Prieft (feeming to be commanded by the reft) went 

 again to the Wood, but calling ftill in vain, return'd 5 then going a third time, and 

 calling as before, was by a fmall, but flirill Voice, anfwer'd from the middle of 

 the Wood, from which the Tapuyans concluded that their Bufinefs would come to 

 perfection, and that the Devil would foon appear to them : The Prieft hereupon 

 going backwards and forwards three times one after another to his Company, 

 they began to talk as before ; at laft going into the Wood again, they all fpoke 

 louder, and with more vehemency than before, whileft the fore-mention'd flirill 

 Voice approached nearer and nearer, and at laft the fuppofed Daemon came forth with 

 the Prieft, who commanded him to fit oppofite to the Congregation, which had 

 a great deal of Difcourfe, and fometimes the Prieft fpeaking was anfwer'd by 

 the Devil in his flirill Voice ; but fome of the People calling aloud, catch'd up 

 their Arms, and threatned to beat the Devil, as they often us'd to do upon the like 

 occafions. At the departure of the D*mon } the Multitude conducted by the Prieft 

 into the Wood, cry'd out in fo terrible a manner, that they affrighted the Hollan- 

 ders, who judg'd it rather to be Lyons and Tygers thatroar'd than Men. During 

 thefe Transactions, a German Soldier in the Rere quitted his Arms and fled, but 

 being mifs'd was purfu'd, found in a Hedge, and laid Hold on as a Perfon fufpetted 

 to carry Advice to the Spaniards, and being brought before Arcijfeutky and Exami- 

 ned, ^ave fuch ridiculous Anfwcrs as increas'd the fufpicion, infomuch that he 

 was led to a Tree to be tortur'd $ where as he flood ty'd he folemnly declar'd, That 

 the rcafon of his running away, was becaufe he had not Pray 'd in ten years, fo that 

 he was exceedingly afraid, left when he faw the Devil amongft the Tapuyans, he 

 would have known him, and carry'd him away to the Place prepar'd for all fuch 

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The Learned Gerard Vofiius made a particulat Enquiry after this Story, whether JJj^ 1 **^ 

 the Spirit's appearance were a Reality, or an Irnpofture ; and the truth is it was no 

 better than a fubtile Cheat, and fo it was apprehended by Arciffettsky, who not long 

 after, on a convenient time, ask'd the Tapuyans why they feign'd him to be a Devil 

 that was a Man, whom he had often feen before ? which they denying, affirm'd 







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