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4. Laftly, they invocate thofe fpirits by the means of their 

 Boyez,, to obtain of them that they would drive away Maboya^ 

 or the evil Spirit : But they never invocate Maboya himfelf, as 

 fome have imagined. 



Every Boye hath his particular God, or rather his familiar 

 Devil, which he invocates by the tinging of certain words, ac- 

 companied with the fmoke of Tobacco, which they caufe to be 

 burnt before that Devil, as a perfume which is very delight- 

 ful to him, and the fcent whereof is able to make him ap- 

 pear. 



When the Boyez, invocate their familiar Devil, it is alwaies 

 done in the night-time, and great caremuft betaken that there 

 be no light neer, nor any fire in the place where they exercife 

 their abominations, for thefe fpirits of darknefs perfectly ab- 

 hor all light : And when feveral Boyez invocate their Gods at 

 the fame time, as they fpeak, thofe Gods, or Tather Devils, 

 rail one at another, and quarrel, attributing to one another the 

 caufes of every ones evil, and they feem to fight. 



Thefe Demons fhelter themfelves fometimes in the bones of 

 dead men taken out of their graves and wrapt in Cotton, and 

 thereby give Oracles, faying it is the foul of the deceafed per- 

 fbn : They make ufe of them to bewitch their Enemies, and 

 to that end the Sorcerers wrap up thofe bones together with 

 fomething that belongs to their Enemy. Thefe Devils do al£b 

 fometimes enter into the bodies of Women, and /peak by them: 

 When the Boye or Magician hath by his Charms obliged his fa- 

 milar Spirit to appear , he bids him appear under different 

 fhapes, and thofe who are about the place where he exercifes 

 his damnable fuperftitions, fay, that he clearly anfwers the que- 

 ftions made to him, that he foretels the event of a war ordif- 

 eafe, and after the Boye is retired, that the Devil ftirs the 

 VefTels, and makes a noife with his jaws, as if he were eating 

 and drinking the prefents prepared for him : but the next day 

 they find he hath not meddled with any thing .* Thefe profane 

 offerings which have been defiled by thefe unhappy Spirits, are 

 accounted fo holy by the Magicians and the poor people whom 

 they have abufed, that only the moft ancient and moft confi- 

 derable perfons among them, have the liberty totafteof them 5 

 nay they durft not do that, unlefsthey have that cleannefs of 

 body which they fay is requifitein all thofe that are to be ad- 

 mited thereto. 



AfTbon as thefe poor Savages are troubled with any ficknefs 

 or pain, they believe that they are fent upon them by the 

 Gods of fome of their Enemies i arid then they make their ap- 

 plications to the Boye\ who confulting his Dasmon, tells them 

 it is the God of fuch a one, or fuch a one, who hath caus'd 

 thofe mifchiefs to them : And this raifes in thofe whoeonfult, 

 enmity and a defire to be revenged of thofe whofe Gods have 

 treated them in that manner. Be* 



