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that there were difcovcred and kiiownc of them abovei2Q0oo in numher.Bywhbfe report alfo, (; 

 in a ccrcainccountrcy of India the women beare but once in their Hfcjandtheir infants prefent- 

 ly waxe grey fo loone as they are borne into the world. Likewifc^that there is a kind of people 

 named Monofcelli^that have but one leg apeece jbut they arc moft nimbkjand hop wonderous 

 fwifdy*The fame men are alfo called Sciopodes/or that in hoteft fcafon of the S urn mcr^they lie 

 along on theirhacke^ and defend themfelves with their feet againft the Sunnes heat: and thele 

 people as he faith arc notfarre from the Troglodites . Againe, beyond thefe Weflwardjfbmc 

 there bee without heads Handing upon their neckesjwho carcie eies in their flionlders. Among 

 the Wefternc mountaines of India the Satyres hauntj (the countrey wherein they are^is called 

 the region of the Cartaduli) creatures of all other moft fwift in footmanftiip : which one whiles 

 run with all foure ; odicrwhi les upon two feet onely like men : but fo light- footed they are^that j| 

 unlefle they be very oldorficke,they can never bee taken. T^/^r^wwricethsThat the Choroman- 

 dse arc a favage and wild people : diftind voice and fpeech they have none^ but in deed thereof, 

 theykeepe an horrible gnafhing and hideous noife; rough they are and hairie ail over their bo- 

 diesjCics they have red like the hoiiletSjand toothed they be like dogs.'Eudoxm faith^That in the 

 Southcrne parts of India^the msn kind have feet a cubitc long, but the women fo fliort & fmallj 

 that thereupon they bccalled Struthopodes/Zparrow footed . Megafihems is mine author, that 

 among the Indian Nomades there is a kind of people^ that in fleed of nofes have only two finall 

 holes^and after the manner of fnakes have their legs and feet limmer, wherewith they crawie and 

 creepCjand named they are Syri(^^e Jn the utmoft marches of IndiajEaftward^about the fourcc 

 & head of the river Gangesjthere is a nation called the Aftomes/or that they have no mouths : | 

 all hairie over the whole bodie, yet clothed widuhe lofc cotton and downe that come hom the 

 leaves of trees : they live onely by the aire, and llnelling to fweet odours^ which they draw in at 

 their nofethrils : No meat nor drinke they take, onely plcafant favours from divers and fundrie 

 roots, flouresj and wild fruits growing in the woods theyentcrtaine: andthofethey ufeto carrie 

 about with them when they take any tarre journey, becaufe tliey would not mifTe their iinelling. 

 And yet if the fsntbcany thing ftrong and flinkingjthey are foone therewith overconic,anddie 

 withall. Higher in the countrey ,and above ihefe,evcn in the edge and skirts of the mountaines, 

 the Pygmsei Spy thamei are reported to bee : called they are fo,tor that they are bur a ^cubite or 

 three*lliaftments(or fpanncs)high3ihat is to fay^three times nine inches.The clime wherin they 

 dwell is very holefomejthe aire healthie,and ever like to the temperature of the Spring: by rea- 

 fon that the mountaines are on the North fide of ihenijand beare off ail cold blafts. And thefe 

 pretie people Homer alfo hath reported to be much troubled and annoied by crancs.The (jjeech 

 goeth, ihatin the Springtime they fet oucall of them inbattell array, mountedupon the backe 

 of rammes and goatSjarmed with bowes and arrov^es, and fo downe to the fea fide they march, 

 where they make foule worke among the egges and young cranelings newly hatched,which they 

 deftroy without all piticThus for three moi:ieths this their journey and expedition continueth^ 

 and then they make an end of their valiant fervice rforotherwife if they fhould continue any 

 Ionger,they were never able to withft and the new flights of this foule, grownetofomeftrcngth 

 and bignefle. As for their houfes and cottagesjmade they are of clay or mud,{ouls fcathers,and 

 birds egge fbels. Howbeir, Ariptle writeth,That thefe Pygmasans live in hollow caves ^ holes £, 

 under the ground.For all other matters he reporteth the lame that all the reft.//%tf»/^^ faith,thac 

 eertaine hidians named Cyrni,Iive a hundred and fortie yeeres. The like he thinketh of the^E- 

 thyopianMacrobij,and die Seres:as alfo of them that dwel upon the mount Athos :and of thefe 

 laft rehearfedjthe reafon verily is rendered to be thusjbecaufe they feed of vipers fleili,and thcr- 

 fore is it that neither lice breed in their heads, nor other verminc in their cloths,for to hurt and 

 annoy their bodies. Om fieri: m affirmeth, That in ihofe parts of India where there are no ftiad- 

 dowes to be fecnCjthe men are five cubitcs of ftature, and two hand breadths over : that they live 

 I ^joyeeres : and never agefor all that and fceme old, but die then, as if they were in their middle 

 and fettled age. Cr4;V; of Pcrgamus nameth thofe Indians who live above an hundred yeere^ 

 Gymnctes -.but others there be,and thofe not a few,thatcall them Macrobij, Ctefm faith there ^ 

 is a race or kindred of the Indians named Pandore,inhabiting certain vallies,who live two hun- 

 dred yeeres: in their youthfull time the haire of their head is white,but as they grow to agc,wax- 

 cth blaGk€.Contrariwife,others there be neere neighbours to the Macrobij,who exceed not for- 

 tie ycercs^and their women beare but once in their life time. And this alfo is avouched by Aga-, 



