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drew divers Perfons of principal note into Confpiracy with hi*, and was advan- 

 cing to a formidable Power, had not the Bifliop given continual Intelligence of 

 their Proceedings to the King's Lieutenant, who thereupon employ'd Agents to 

 the chief Accomplices of the Faction, and what with fair Means and threonines 

 fo wrought with them, that they return'd to their Obedience, and forfook Todde 

 infomuch that he flying with a fmall Party, betook himfclf to a faftnefs at the 

 Foot of Heckeheld, where being hemm'd in, thofe about him were flain, and he 

 Jumfelf taken Prifoner . and becaufe no Man to whofefafe cuftody he was offer'd 

 durft receive him, fo much dreaded was his Power, one Jonas, a bold courageous 

 Fellow, flew him with his own Hand, and thereby put an end to all farther Tu- 

 mults and Seditions. 



So much have the People of this Ifland been ever addided to Sorcerie and Su- *• P wpI e 

 perft.t.on, that notwithstanding the Profeffion of Chriftiamty, and the frequent «&it 

 Preaching againft thofe Sins, efpecially fince the Reformation, the generality o^^ 

 them arc ftill wedded to many of thofe old diabolical Cuftoms, which were pra- 

 ftis'd there in time oiVaganifm • and amongft other thingsthey are faid to be ferv'd, 

 many of them, by Spirits, which constantly attend them, and (as OlaitsMagnm 

 writes of the Finlanders, they are oftentimes dealt with by Strangers, to fell them 

 profperous Winds for Money, and (doubtlefs by the help of the Devil) perform 

 the ftme ; as alfo on the contrary, they are faid by their Enchantments to flop the 

 Courfe of a Ship, and make it as it were immovable, though in the Stream of ne- 

 ver fo profperous a Gale. They are a proud, haughty People, and for the moft 

 partendu'd with vaft ftrength of Body ; their Habit fo promifcuous, that neither 

 Sex can be diftinguifii'd by it. They are not onely forward to proftitute their 

 Daughters to thofe Germans that Trade with them at Hafnefords, but that Virgin 

 who hath had to do with a German, (hall be fure to be fo much the more efteem'd 

 and Courted. 



The onely Towns and Buildings of note here, and thofe erected but of late Ages, 

 are i. Hafnefords, a Haven Town, chiefly frequented by Dutch Merchants for 

 Traffick with the Natives . 



2. <Bedftede, the Refidence of the Lord Lieutenant or Governor for the King of 

 Denmark. 



3. The Bifiiops See of #«//<«•, having four Monafteries belonging to it, W<. 

 <Pingore, <t\emeftede, JModor, and Monkeniert. 



4. The Bifhops See of Sckalbolt, to which alfo doth belong four Monafteries, >i^. 

 Vede}, farnebar, Kjrkebar, and Scbirde. 



The Nobles oflfeland are call'd <Bonden ■ their Jujiiciaries or Judges, being twelve "«. Pb« 

 in number, Locbmaders, that is, Men of Law or Juftice, who are faid to meet once * j3££i 

 a year on the twenty ninth of Ju»e,to adminifter Juftice in a place ordain'd for that 

 purpofe in the midft of the Ifland, appearing like fome feigned Paradice, fo plea, 

 fant a place it is reprefented to be at that time of the year, being (as the Tradition 

 goes) from a high burning Mountain like Becla, confum'd to a Plain, and fo envi- 

 roned with Rocks, that there was left but a fmall Paflage for one at a time to enter. 

 Here the Governor having firft given the Charge, leaves the Trial of all Matters 

 to the Locbmaders, who having diligently heard every Caufe argued on both fides, 

 withdraw for a while to Confult together, and then proceed to Sentence, the fame 

 Perfons being both Jury and Judge ; but if any Cafe of difficulty or fcruple arife, 

 they confult the Governor. 



Angrmm Jonas's Relation ofJjeland differing much from what hath been deliver'd "•w*""*?* 

 by 'Blefkens , is not to be omitted. He faith it was firft difcover'd by one T^addccus, a "" rfJ **«"4 



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Towns and 

 Places of 

 note. 





