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make them drink and dance, with a great deal 

 of Bravery all the begining of the Day, and 

 towards Night cut off their Heads, but whe- 

 ther by that they mean the common way of 

 their Executions I am yet to feek- 

 ^' After the Kings Funeral, the next thing 

 was to chufe a Succeflbr j Co the People was 

 called together at Femi., (I fuppofe by the 

 Authority of the Dy) without inquiring any 

 thing of their Freehold ; they pitched upon 

 Mr. Dy\, though he was not of the Blood- 

 Royal the Reafon was, as they faid, be- 

 caufe he had Power enough to do what he 

 pleasM, and they could do nothing againfb 

 him-, but he refufed the Honour becaufe of 

 the Charge 'twould put him to, and proposed 

 the Brother of the deceafed King: So the 

 Bufinefs ftuck fome time, but at la ft 'twas 

 accorded, and he CKing Ajhriveh^ Brother] 

 declared King, Nov. 18. his Name is ^hepaco, 

 'Tis Wonder how they could dilpatch fuch 

 a Bufinefs, with fo little Difturbance ; but I 

 fuppofe there was no confiderable Number 

 that dilFented; otherwife it would fcarce 

 fiave been determined without Bloodtflied ; 

 for it would fcarce have been poffible for them 

 to have taken any Pole. 



I faid it was doubt whether thefe Sacrifices 

 died after the rate of their ordinary Execu- 

 tions v if you would know that, thul it is, 

 the Creature that is/ condemned, is made to 

 drink, abundanc^of Pal ni^ 

 every Body that will, in the mean time ftrikr 

 ingor puffiing hjjm,, when that is over, as is 

 faid, he is thrown dovyn, his Face into the 

 Sand, which whether if ftifle him or not, I 



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