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Wives of the Mandarins, come to kifs the King’s Hand, 
and congratulate him upon his Advancement to the Throne ; 
which done, the Lords return to a noble Feafc prepared for 
them after the Manner of the Country. Colt’s Flefhy and 
Dogs, are in moft Efteem with them ; and the Bird’s Neffs, 
which gives their Meat a Tafte of almoft all forts of Spices, 
is their chief Sauce. The Feftival is concluded with Co- 
medies, and Fire-works, which laftall Night. 
The next Day the .30,000 -Soldiers, are drawn up in the 
Field, and the King appearing on his War Elephant, in the 
midft of his Troops, takes an Oath of Fidelity of all the 
Officers, and then beftows his Gifts upon them, viz. to 
every Colonel two Panes of Gold, and forty Bars of Silver ; 
to every Captain half as much, and to every Soldier a 
Month’s Pay, which being received, the whole Army dif- 
charge three Vollies, and then they retreat to their Huts, 
where they have a Feaft prepared, as the King has alfo, in 
a wooden Palace ereded for the fame Purpofe ; and fo they 
fpend the Night in Feafting, Dancing, and letting off 
.Fire-works. This Ceremony being ended, they fet on 
Fire the Palace and Huts, and the King returning to his 
Palace, beftows his Liberality on the Comedians and Dan- 
cers ; then he gives Accefs to all his People by their Com- 
miffioners, viz. to the Merchants and Traders, People of 
Checo , who affure him that their City acknowledge him for 
their King, and will be faithful to him unto Death ; and 
he gives fifty Panes of Gold, and three hundred Bars of 
Silver, to the Tradefmen, and then to the Commonalty of 
the whole Kingdom, whom he difcharges from Taxes a 
whole Year, if they have never taken up Arms againft their 
King, and but fix Months, if they have •, all Prifoners 
for Debt, after they have compounded with the Creditors 
for half, he freely paying the reft. 
’Tis faid, that the King upon this Occafion fends above 
100,000 Beafts to the Temples of the falfe Gods to be facri- 
ficed for him, befides the Value of one Million of Panes of 
Gold in Tiffues and Silks to adorn the Idols, orange- 
coloured Calicuts for the Bonzes, and blue Galicuts for the 
Poor that are kept in the Pagods, as Hofpitals. Sometimes 
after the Ceremony is over, the King, at the New of the 
Moon, goes to give his Deities Thanks for his coming to 
the Crown, and remains for a Week with the Bonzes, 
living in common with them, vifiting the Hofpitals, to fee 
how the Poor, and efpecially the Antient, are ufed •, and to 
them he gives new Alms, and orders the building of a new 
Pagod in fome fair Situation, which he dedicates to fome 
Idol. The fecond Part of the Moon is fpent in feeing the 
Gallies row one againft another, the King and Court having 
Houfes built on the Plains by the River for that Purpofe j 
which Diverfions being over, the Captains come afhore to 
kifs the King’s Hand, and they that have behaved moft 
ftourfy and nimbly, receive the Marks of his Bounty, and 
lie gives all the Soldiers two Months Pay extraordinary. Du- 
ring feven Days, there are fuch vaft Numbers of Fire- 
works thrown about, that you would think the Air and 
Water all on Fire. Then the King returns to his Palace, 
and fpends the other half of the Month with his Princeffes, 
diverting himfelf and his Ladies with Fire-works, Come- 
dies, and Mummeries. 
When the King of Tunquin dies, he is prefently em- 
balmed, and laid in State fixty-five Days; all which Time 
his Table is ferved as if he were alive ; and when the Meat 
is taken from before the Body, half is given to the Bonzes, 
and the other half given to the Poor. So foon as the King 
lias breathed out his laft Gafp, the Conftable gives Notice 
to the Governors of Provinces, and orders them how long 
they ffiall mourn. The military Mandarins mourn gene- 
rally three Years ; the King’s Houfhold nine Months ; the 
Nobility fix ; and meaner fort three •, and all the three 
Years there is a Deflation from Divertifements, except tho-fe 
that are ufed at the King’s Elevation to the Throne. All 
the Meats that are ferved up to the new King, are varnifhed 
with black, and his Train is cut off, and his Head covered 
with a Straw Bonnet, as are alfo the Heads of all his 
Princes and Counfellors of State nor do they leave this 
Habit till the deeeafed King’s Body is put into the Galley 
to be carried to the Interment, and the three Bells, which 
hang in one of the Towers of the Palace, never ceafe tolling 
all that Time. The third Day after his Deceafe all the 
Mandarins repair; to Court, to teftify their Sorrow for the 
deeeafed King ; and ten Days after all the People are al- 
lowed to fee the Body lie in State, till it be put into the 
Galley. During the fixty-five Days which the King’s Body 
lies in State, the Conftable prepares for the Funeral, which 
is thus performed : The King'and all the Court march on 
Foot to the Gallies, which they make feventeen Days 
March, though it is not really above two Days Journey, 
and all the Way is fpread with Violet-coloured Calicuts* 
which is the King’s Colour. The Order of their March is 
thus : Firft go the two Uihers of the King’s Bed-chamber 
with Maces of Arms, the Heads of them being full of Fire- 
works; thefe proclaim the Name of the deeeafed King; 
next go twelve. Officers of the Gallies drawing a Tomb* 
whereon the King’s Name is written ; then proceeded 
twelve Elephants, of which four carry the King’s Standards ; 
four fix-armed Men apiece in Turrets ; and four of thofe 
the King rode on in his Wars : After thefe rides the Matter 
of the Horfe, with two Pages after him on Horfeback ; 
then are led twelve Horfes richly harneffed, with Bits, Bri- 
dles and Saddles ; after follows the Moufoleum, or Hearfe 
drawn by eight Stags, trained up for that Service, every 
one of them being led by a Captain of the Guard; then 
goes the new King with his Brothers, if he have any, and 
the Princes of the Blood, all clad in white Satten* which i§ 
their Mourning Colour ; they are attended by Muficians, 
who play upon Hautboys, and other Inftruments : After 
them go fix Princeffes in white Satten, carrying Meat and 
Drink for the deeeafed King ; thefe are attended by as 
many Ladies of Honour in purple Garments ; then go efoht 
Princes of the Royal Blood in purple Garments, with Straw 
Hats ; next proceeded four Governors of the chief Pro- 
vinces of the Kingdom, carrying on their Shoulders certain 
Bags full of Gold, and Perfumes hung on Sticks, which 
are Prefen ts made by their Provinces to be buried with their 
King’s Body, for his Ufe in the other World ; then follow 
two Chariots drawn by eight Horfes apiece, led by a Groom 
each, in which are two Coffers full of Panes of Gold* Bars 
of Silver, rich Tiffues, and other Riches, to be buried with 
the King’s Body, for his Ufe in the other Life : Laftly* 
come a great Croud of the King’s Officers, and other No- 
bility, fome on Foot, others on Horfeback, according to 
their Offices and Qualities. When the deeeafed King’s 
Body is put into the Galley, the new King and the Com- 
pany return home, and the Calicut being taken up, is given 
to the Bonzes. 
The Galley, wherein is the King’s Body, is committed 
to fix of the chief Eunuchs, who are fworn never to reveal 
the Place where the King is buried. It is attended by 
three other Gallies ; one carries the Lords, and another the 
Ladies, who are to be buried alive with the King to attend 
him into the other World ; and the third carries the Trea- 
fure that is to be buried with the King, for his Ufe. The 
King is buried in inacceffible Mountains and Defarts. As 
for the ordinary Funerals of the Tunquinefe , they are more 
or lefs pompous, according to the Quality of the Perfori 
deeeafed. At their Interments they ufe great Store of arti- 
ficial Fire- works, which they ufe alfo in their Times of Joy, 
as well as Grief. They alfo fet upon the Tomb good Store 
of Viduals, and Sweet-meats, believing that the Dead are 
better for them ; and the Priefts, who train them up in 
the Error, difpofe of them before the next Morning. The 
Dutch Soldiers at Batavia robbed the Priefts of thefe Daim- 
ties feveral times, but at length paid dear for their Liquo- 
ricenefs ; for the Priefts finding no Redrefs by complaining 
to the Governor, poifoned the Meat and Drink, and fo 
deftroyed many of them. 
The Religion of the Tunquinefe is divided into three 
Seds ; the firft is derived from an ancient Philofopher, 
called CGnfutiuSy whole Memory is famous over all China 
and the neighbouring Countries. Their Dodrine is, that 
Men are compofed of two Parts, one fine and fubcle, and 
the other material and grofs. When a Man dies, the fob- 
tie Part vanifheth into the Aff, and the grofs returns to 
Earth- They ufe Sacrifices, and workup the feven Pla- 
nets. Their chief Idols are Rouma, Betolo , Ramon u, and 
Brama . The Women chiefly worfhip the Goddefs Sotif- 
hana ; and the King, Mandarins, and learned Men, adore 
the Efeavens. The fecond Sed : was founded by one Cha- 
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