300 



Troops. 



§dmmrs. 



A Voyage to 



To fecure thefe Forts and the Town, the King of Por- 

 tugal maintains fix Companies of Regular Forces, uniform- 

 ly cloath'dj and not in brown Linnen, as Damper fays ; 

 that is alter'd; they are well ciifciplin'd and pay'd; thofe 

 Ifaw were in a very good Condition, well arm'd, and full 

 of fine Men ; they want nothing but the Reputation of be- 

 ing good Soldiers. 



The City of Bahia, as is well known, is the Capital and 

 Metropolis of Brafil, and the ufual Seat of a Viceroy ; 

 however, the Governor has not always that Title, Witnefs 

 he that was in our Time. 



The Inhabitants have an Out-fide good enough as to 

 Politenefs, Neatnefs, and the manner of giving themfelvcs 

 a good Air, much like the French. I mean the Men only, 

 for there are fo few Women to be feen, that but a very 

 imperfcdl Account can be given of them. The Portuguese 

 are fo jealous, that they fcarce allow them to go to Mafs 

 on Sunday* and Holidays ; neverthelefs, in Spight of all 

 their Precautions, they are almoft all of them Libertines, 

 and find Means to impbfe upon the Watchfulnefs of their 

 Fathers and Husbands, expofing themfelves to the Cruelty 

 of the latter, who kill them without Fear of Punifliment, 

 when they difcovtr their Intrigues. Infhnces hereof are 

 fo frequent, that they reck'ned above 3 0 Women murder' d 

 by their Husbands within a Year. Fathers fliew more Hu- 

 manity towards their Daughters; when they cannot hide 

 their Shame by marrying them off, they turn them out of 

 Doors, and then they are at Liberty to be common. A 

 fine Expedient ! 



Whether it be the Effe<5t of the Climate, or of our na- 

 tural Bent after that which others endeavour to keep from 

 us by Force, there is no need of any extraordinary Efforts 

 mit, Ovid. to be admitted to the laft Familiarity. The Mothers help 

 Matres om- the Daughters to keep out of the fight of their Fathers, ei- 

 nes filns in t | ier through CompafTion, or out of a Principle of the Law 

 ?riccs|°auxi- °* Nature, which enjoins us to do by another as we would 

 jjpitf paterna injuria folent efle* Tcr. Hunt. be 



Quod licet 

 ingratum 

 «ft,quodnon 

 iicetacrius 



