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many other things forc'd to make that honorable Peace with the Hfytberhnds, con- 

 cluded on in Munjler, Anno i 648 ; That their Lofles, computed and deliver'd in 

 to the States General, amounted to fixty fix Tun of Gold, and forty three thou- 

 fand two hundred and ninety Guilders, which forc'd them to take up Money to 

 pay Intereft for what they had before, yet that they ft ill kept fifty great Ships ac 

 Sea, and were refolv'd to profecute their Trade with frefli vigor, as foon as Satis- 

 faction fliould be given from the Vortuguefe Crown, as was promis'd them in the 

 Articles of Agreement, and they could obtain of their Lordfhips, to have their 

 Patent prolong'd for a confiderable time ; That they were ftill indebted to thofe 

 Orphans and Widows who fiirnifli'd them with Money to fet out their Forces 

 which in the firft twelve years did the Spaniard Co much hurt, that the Damage is 

 reckon'd to amount to one thoufand one hundred and eighty Tun of Gold. 



Thefe things being taken into confederation by the States General, they granted 

 the Company their Requeft, and gave them a new Patent, by virtue of which they 

 now Trade to Africa and the (jribbee-Iflands, fince they were forc'd to quit all they 

 had poffefs'd in Brafele. 



Sect. XII. 



The Journey of Rodulphus Baron, mth the Vefcription of the 

 Cujloms and Manners of the Tapuyans. 



ROMphus Baron, to make a Difcwery of the Countrey, upon the Encourage- 

 ment of Grave Maurice, whoallow'd him to that purpofe a yearly Rcve- 

 nuc, undertook a remarkable Journey, accompany'd with three Tapuyans . 

 who going out of the Village Caneri without any ftore of Provifions, left the Moun- 

 tains Qupaeva on the right-hand, and went feventy Leagues into the Countrey, 

 without meeting with any People, onely he found one Mountain oCFo/Iile Glafs • 

 from whence he went Southward to the Villages of thzWaripebares and Caripati, who 

 having courteoufly Entertain'd him, appointed certain Perfons to accompany him 

 from one Village to another, with Orders to Complement Grave Maurice, who fent 

 them home with feveral Gifts. 



The Waripebares and Caripati inhabit fourteen Villages on the Mountains which 

 Bound Brafde Weftward, live by Hunting and Fifliing, eat wild Honey and all 

 manner of Fruit, and maintain continual Wars againfra mighty People which in. 

 habit the Weftern Plains. 



As for the Tapuyans, they range up and down between the Rivers Grande, Quoau- TheCuiw 

 guho, Ocioro, Upameoma, and Voiroguo t without having any fetlcd Abodes ; they are a oftheaap*-. 

 ftrong People, ftern of Countenance, and black Hair'd : In ftead of Circumcifing'""' 

 their Children, they cut them, which is done after this manner : The Priefts (land 

 on a row, Dancingand Singing, whileft one of them fwings the Child round about 

 his Head before all the Multitude, and then runs away with it ; at laft returning, 

 fets it in his Lap, whileft another Prieft cutting a Hole in the Ears and Lips 

 thereof, puts little Bones into the fame, and the Mother cries and howls after a 

 terrible manner. At thefe Ceremonies, which end with Dancing and Singing, 

 their King is always prcfent. 



The Virgins are kept by their Parents till the Mothers perceive them to have 

 their Monethly Courfes, which they immediately reveal to the Priefts, who ac- 

 quaint the King therewith, before whom the Maid, being Painted red, is brought j 

 whom having fmoak'd with Tobacco, he throws an Arrow at a Garland, which 



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