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Bohches living there are bloudye mynded 

 Yillaynes : Yet there are manye verye ho- 

 nefte Men of that Cafte, dwell in ge about 

 Guyferatt y but mofte of them aboute Jgra. 



I H A D allmofte forgOtte the The Manner and 



Cuftome of the Baman Marriage. mmMm^tles^" 



They marrye their Chilldren verye 

 younge, about the Age of three Yeares and 

 under 5 and fome tymes they make Promife 

 to one an other, that theire Children fliall 

 marrye together, before they bee borne ; as 

 in Example : If two Neighbours Wives be"e 

 with Childe, they make a Bargayne, that if 

 one bringe forthe a Sonne, and the other a 

 Daughter, they fliall marrye together. They 

 may not marrye but one of theire owne Cafte 

 and Religeon, and they mufte bee likewife 

 of one Occupation or Trade, as the Sonne of 

 a Baker ftiall marrye a Baker's Daughter, 

 provided they bee bothe of one Cafte and 

 Religeon ; and when theire Chilldren are 

 three or four Yeares ould, they make a greate 

 Feafte, and fett the two Children that are to 

 bee married, upon two Horfcs, with a Man 

 before eache of theni^ for feare of fallinge, 



havinge 



