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that he can neither ftir otic way nor other 5 then they give him Stones in his Hands, 

 and lay others at his Feet, faying, Now take Revenge for your Death before you die : then 

 he immediately throws at thofe who are neareft him ; and when Stones are want- 

 ing, he throws with Earth : at laft comes the Executioner, adorn'd with Feathers, 

 with a black Club in his Hand, and asks, HaVernotyou at feveral times' eaten of our Re- 

 lations * to which the Prifoner undauntedly anfwers, Fade tan tan , apnea } atoupaVe, 

 that is, Yes, lam be that have eaten feVeral of jour People, and laying his Hands upon 

 his Head, cries out, bow Valiantly did 1 behave my felf therein ! The Executioner re- 

 plies, And therefore Jh&U you be kill'd by me, and ferVe for Food for thefe SpeHators : Then 

 the Prifoner anfwers again, What care I, fince I know my Death vill be reVeng'd : which 

 faid, his Brains are dafli'd out, and falling on the Ground, he is carry'd away by 

 his Wife (for the Conqueror commonly betroths his Sifter or Daughter to the Pri* 

 foner,) who feemingly bemoans the Body, of which (lie hath the firft Cut when 

 it is Drefs'd 5 then the old Women put the Corps into fcalding Water, in which 

 they let it lie till the Skin comes off; then the Owner of the Prifoner quartering 

 the Body, diftributes it amongft the Guefts . the pieces laid on their Gridirons 

 call'd toucans, are turn'd by the old Women, who lick up the Dripping, defiring 

 the By«ftanders to bring mare fuch Food, and with the Blood anoint the Childrens 

 Faces • the Meat being broyl'd every one takes a piece, and eats it up to the Bones, 

 which are kept as Trophies. 



The Brafilians do not onely thus plague one another, but they are likewife tor* Jjjjjjft 

 mented by an evil Spirit, which they call Aygnan and Caagerrel, if credit maybe gi- an evii$?int. 

 ven to John Leerius a (Burgwidian , who relates, that he hath often feen them fweat 

 out of fear, and ftriking their Hands upon their Thighs, cry out, Mair autourajfap, 

 acecjuerey, Jygnan atoupaVe, that is, my Fool, my Companion, I fear the Devil above all Evils. 



Amongft feveral Difeafes to which Srafile is fubject, there is .one calPd Tians, DUeafc* pe- 

 being as malignant as the French POX, proceeding from libinoufnefs, the whole p*" 

 Body being full of Carbuncles, each about the bignefs of a Man's Thumb. 



Strangers in Brafile are alfo much troubled with a Giddinefs, occafion'd by the 

 ectream Cold in the Night ; as alfo with with fore Eyes, which they get by going 

 abroad before Sun-rifing, or after Sun»fctting. 



The Palfie is alfo very common there, taking People fo fuddenly, that falling 

 down ftiffon the Ground, they are often in danger of lofing their Breath. 



Bcfides thefe there are feveral other Diftempcrs that very much infeft Unfile, as 

 the Bloody*flux, Dropfie, Riling of the Gall, Worms, Meazles, and St. Anthonys 

 Fire. 



The aged !Braflians have for th,e moft part great skill in Herbs, which they ga*jM&w 

 ther in the Woods, and apply them to the Sick both inwardly and outwardly ; wring of fej 

 .and chiefly they know how to expel Poyfon\ None can perfwadc them againft the tempers by 

 Medicines which they have learn'd from their Predeceffors 5 nay, they will rather icd gs i* 

 chufe to lofe their Lives than ufc any other : and indeed they do not always fucceed 

 amifs, but often manifeflthat they underftand the Vertue of Herbs better than our 

 European Phyficians. The Learned Guilielmus Vtfo relates, That he hath feen feveral 

 times in the Army which Grave Maurice fent againft the fortuguefe in <Brafde, that the 

 !Brafitians in a flhort time cur'd thofe Wounds with frefli Gums and healing Herbs, 

 which the Netherland Chirurgeons judging paft Cure, prcfently advis'd the cutting 

 off either the Arm or Leg of the wounded Perfon. fifo adds moreover, That he 

 himfelf us'd fome of Hippocratcs's and Galen's Prefcriptions in Wine, for the curing 

 of Cancers and Swellings, which the Brafdians have made well onely with the Juice 

 of Tobacco. They alfo in a moment rccover'd a Perfon given over by all European 



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