Countries of the INDIE S. 
c about, an Hermit, and the molt of the common People 
are of this Se£t. He taught his Followers the Tranfmi- 
gration of Souls, and enjoined thefe ten Commands, 
viz. i. That they fhould not kill. 2. That they fhould 
not fteal. 3, That they fhould not defile their Bodies. 
4. That they fhould not lye. 5. That they fhould not he 
unfaithful to their Words. 6. That they fhould reftrain 
their inordinate Defires. 7. That they fhould do no In- 
jury to any Man. 8. That they fhould not be great Talk- 
ers. 9. That they fhould not give Way to their Anger. 
20. That they fhould labour to their utmoft to acquire 
Knowledge. 
As for fuch as defign to lead a religious Life, they 
muff: renounce the Delights of this Life, be charitable to 
the Poor, overcome their Paffions, arid give themfelves 
up to Meditation. He taught alfo, that, after this Life, 
there were ten diftindt Places of Joy and Tormentj and 
that the Contemners of his Law fhould feel Torments pro- 
portionable to their Offences, without any End. That if 
they endeavoured to fulfil his Law, and failed in any Point, 
they fhould wander in divers Bodies for 3000 Years, be- 
fore they entered into Happinefs but fuch as had per- 
fectly fulfilled his Law, fhould be rewarded without fuf- 
fering any Change of Body. He fays of hirrifelf, that he 
was born ten Times before he came to Blifs, becaufe, in 
his Youth, he, for want of Knowledge, had finned. This 
Impoftor’s Opinions are fpread all over the Kingdom of 
Siam, feveral Provinces of Japan, and all Tunquin , where 
he died. The third Sedt is that of Lanthu * a great Ma- 
gician : He gave out, that his Mother carried him. in her 
Womb feventy Years without lofing her Virginity. That 
by this Miracle, he might gain Credit to his Impoftures, 
he taught molt of ChacabauB s Doctrine ; and, to gain the 
Peoples Hearts, enjoined the Grandees to build Hofpitais 
in all Cities where there were none before to look after 
the Sick in them. The funquinefe adore three Things in 
their Houfes, viz. the Hearth of their Chimneys, made 
of three Stones, 2. The Idol Ticufa , who is the Patro- 
nefs of all Handicrafts-Men ; and £0 her they facrifice 
when they put a Child to any Trade, that fhe may infufe 
an Aptnefs to learn it. 3. The Idol Buabin , to which 
they pray, and facrifice when they build an Houfe, that 
lie may not fuffer any Misfortune to befal the Houfe they 
are going to build $ but they fend for the Bonzes, and they 
flay to offer it, for whom they make great Preparations. 
There are fome among them that adore the Heavens, 
others the Moon, and others the Stars. Some adore the 
Earth in five Parts, and that in five feveral Colours, viz. 
the Northern in black, the Southern in red, the Eaftern in 
green, the Weft in white, and Middle in yellow •, and 
others facrifice to! Trees, Elephants, Horfes, Cows, and 
Hmoft all other forts of Animals. They that ftudy the 
Chinefe Characters, facrifice every fiveMoriths to the Souls 
of the Dead that were never buried, believing that their 
Underftanding fliall be more enlrghtned to apprehend 
Things. At the Beginning of every Year they have a 
great Solemnity in Honour of the Dead, who were in 
their Lives renowned for their noble Actions and Valour, 
reckoning Rebels among them. They fet up feveral Al- 
tars, fome for Sacrifices, others for the Names of the Per- 
fons they defign to honour •, and the King, Princes, arid 
Mandarins, are prefent at them, and make three profound 
Reverences to the Altars when the Sacrifices are finifhed ; 
but the King flioots five Times againft the Altars where 
the Rebels Names are ; then the great Guns are let off, 
and the Soldiers give Vollies of fmall Shot, to put the 
Souls to Flight. The Altars’ and Papers made ufe of at 
the Sacrifices are burnt, and the Bonzes and Sages go to eat 
the Meat made ufe of at the Sacrifice. 
The firft and fifteenth Days of every Month, are more 
efpecially Holy-days for the Worfhip of their Gods, and 
the Bonzes and Sages redouble their Prayers, and repeat a 
kind of Charm fix Times. The People on thefe Days 
bring Meat and Drink to the Sepulchres of their Kindred, 
to facrifice for the Good of their Souls to eat. The Bon- 
zes, when they have paid their Worfhip, fall to, and what 
they cannot eat give the Poor 5 for this Greedinefs the 
King and Mandarins make no Account of the Bonzes and 
Sages, though they lead auftere Lives, and fo they are in 
Credit only with the common People. In 1'unpuin the 
great Cities have feveral Pagods, and every Village and 
Town almoft have one : Every Paged has, at leaft, two 
Bonzes and tWoSays ; but fome maintain forty Pagods, and 
as many Says, or Sages, who live in common under a Superi- 
or, and keep to the Doftrine of CVacobout, and a Goat is the 
Idol which they adore. They wear about their Necks a 
Necklace of an hundred great Beads made of Wood : 
They beg for their Living with great Modefty and Humi- 
lity, taking no more than is needful ; and if they have 
any thing to fpare, they give it to the poor Widows and 
Orphans that cannot get their Living. Their Orders 
permit them to marry, but then they muff: leave their Mo- 
naftery. They aflift at the Funerals of great Men, where 
they make a kind of Oration, founding their Trumpets 
and Cornets, while the Bells at their Pagods go at the 
fame time. They have a great Veneration for two Magi- 
cians and one Witch. 
The firft Magician is called fay-bow , who pretends to 
kndw the Events of all Things to come fo that when any 
is about to marry their Children, build an Houfe, buy 
Land, or undertake any Bufinefs of Confequence, they 
confult him,- who, infpedting his Book, mdkes them be- 
lieve what he pleafes. The cither is Phay-P du-Phouy , to 
whom they have Recourfe in their Sicknefs : When he is 
confulted, after feveral apifh Tricks which he ads before 
the fick Perfon, to amufe him, he fometimes affirms that, 
the Diftemper comes from the Devil, and then He himfelf 
and the fick Perfon, and his Friends that brought him, do 
Homage to the Devil ; but, if he does not recover, all 
the Friends and Kindred of the fick Party, with as many 
Soldiers as they can get, furrouhd the fick Perfon ’s Houfe, 
and fhoot off their Mufkets three Tirnes to drive the Devil 
away. If the fick Perfon be a Water- man, or other Per- 
fori belonging to the Water, then he tells them it is the 
God of the Waters that is the Caufe of the Diftemper, 
and then he orders him to fpread Carpets, and furniffi 
Tables in Huts, with all forts of Meat, on the Banks of the 
next River, to invite him to his Habitation. 
If thefe Things fail, he fends him fo fhey-bou , the chief 
Magician, to enquire if the Souls of the Dead have caufed 
the Diftemper, and if he anfwers Yes, then the Magician 
employs his Tricks to get the mifehievous Soul into a Bot- 
tle, where he keeps it till the Party is cured. The Ma- 
gicianefs is called Baceti \ fhe keeps a great Correfpondence 
with the Devil, and, to oblige him, offers her own Daugh- 
ter, if flie has one, as foon as fhe is born. Mothers who 
have loft their Children, and defire to know the Condi- 
tion of the Soul, confult her, and thereupon the, by beat- 
ing of a Drum, pretends to fummon the Soul before her, 
and caufes it to tell her theCondition of it. She generally tells 
them, that the Soul is happy, and bids them be of good 
Cheer. They have innumerable Su'perftitions, but the 
moft remarkable are thefe : The more ftudious People 
foretel Things that are to come, by looking in a Mirrour. 
Others fprinkle the Afhes of their dead Anceftors with 
Aqua Vita , and beg of them Health, Horiour, and 
Riches. Others, upon their New-Year’s Day; make di- 
vers Figures upon their Steps and Threfttolds of their. 
Doors to drive away evil Spirits. Others, in travelling, if 
they fneeze but once will return back, and if they freeze 
twice, purfue their Journey without Fear of Danger. 
Some, if at going out of their Houfes they meet a Wo- 
man, retire again for two or three Hours ; but, if a 
Man, it is a good Omen. The, firft Fruit which they ga- 
ther in the Beginning of the Year, is the Araguer, and 
they poifon one, and give it to a Child, believing, that in 
taking away the Child’s Life,' they frail thrive the better 
all the Year after. 
When- the Moon is eclipfed, they fay a certain Drawoff 
endeavours to devour her, and, therefore, to affift ^he 
Moon, and put the Dragon to Flight, they difeharge their 
Mufkets, ring their Bells, beat all their Drums, and make 
a prodigious Noife till the Eclipfe be over, and then they 
think they have refeued the Moon, and rejoice as much as 
if they had obtained a great Victory. They divide the na- 
tural Day into twelve Hours, and give them the Name of 
fome Beaft, as a Tyger, Lion, Bear, Horfe, FJc. and fo the 
Months and Days have their particular Names. When a'" 
