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ce rable people, when they are not fo forward as he would 

 cc have them to engage themfelves in wars $ fo that when they 

 "are reproached with that over-eager paffion which hurries 

 ec them to the fhedding of mans blood, their anfwer is, that 

 cc they are forced thereto againft their wills by the Ma- 

 ec boya. 



But thefe are not the only people whom that implacable 

 Enemy of Mankind treats as his flaves : There are feveral other 

 barbarous Nations who can alwaies (how on their bodies the 

 blouHy marks of his cruelties .* For it is reported, that the 

 Brafltans (hake and fweat with horrour at the remembrance 

 of his apparitions, and many times out of the pure apprehen- 

 fion they have of the cruel treatment they are wont to receive 

 from him : Thence it proceeds that fome of thofe Nations flat- 

 ter that old Dragon, and by adorations, offerings, and facrifi- 

 ces, endeavour to abate his rage and appeafe his fury *, as among 

 others, not to mention the people of the Eaftern part of the 

 World, fome of the Inhabitants of Florida and Canada: For 

 that is the only reafon they can give for the fervice ihey do 

 him: Nay it is affirmed that the Nation of the Jews was here- 

 tofore inclin'd to make offerings to that Devil^ to be delivered 

 out of his temptations and fnares : And one of their own Au- 

 EUe earn fon thors cites this Proverb as ufed among them 5 Make a prefentto 

 Thisby. Hamael, on the day of expiation. 



But how great (never the apprehenfions which the Caribbians 

 have of their Maboya may be, and how ill fbever they may 

 be treated by him, yet do they not honour him with any offer- 

 ings, prayers, adorations, or facrifices : All the remedy they 

 ufe againft his ctuel vexations, is, the beft they can, to make 

 little Images of wood, or fome other folid matter, in imitau- 

 on of the fhape under which that wicked fpiiit harh appeared 

 to them.* Thefe Images they hang about their necks, and fay 

 they find eafe thereby, and that Mabeya does not torment them 

 fo much when they have thole about them : Sometimes alfo in 

 imitation of the Caribbians of the Continent, they make ufe of 

 the mediation of the Boyez> to appeafe him, and they there- 

 upon confult their Gods, as, upon the like occafions thofe of 

 the Continent have recourfe to their Sorcerers, who are highly 

 efteemed among them. 



For though the Caribbians of thofe parts are all generally 

 fobtle enough, yet have they among them a fort of crafty 

 companions, who to gain greater authority and reputation 

 among the refr, make them believe that they hold a fecret 

 correfpondence with the evil Spirits whom they call Maboya y 

 as our Iflanders do, whereby they are tormented, md that they 

 learn of them things abfolutely unknown to others.* Thefe 

 Impoftors are looked upon among this poor people that have 

 no knowledge of God, as Oracles, and they confult them in 



