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traces, becaftfefbat all tfjetr feattcsc, plapes 
and fpitrtuall ceremonies are Done bp night, 
and then tbofe Grebes are placed full of lights 
and 2Eo?cbes, tobicb maketb a gco&lp fijefo. 
SCbeboitfcs commonlp banetb?eedaj?estQ 
goe in at, tobereof that in the middle is the 
greateff, the other fomefobat iefle, tbep are 
commonlp loin foitbout £>ellersbnaer grotto 
but toitbin berp large anD b?oad, forth great 
frames and fatre Cardens, full of all pleafure 
anD Delight. 2Cbc totonc Inhere the Bing is 
rcfidenMs called Xunn en o? Taybjin fobicb 
fome most call Quinzay ,tbis name Xuntien 
is as much to fap in Chinifh fpcacb,asbea? 
iicnlp Citlie, anD Ipetb in Itjt p?ourttce of 
Pagaia: of the greatuclfc tobereof tbep fo?fte 
fooriders, fo? ttjep affirme that toitbin the 
foaltes the Connie is as long, from the one 
end to the other as a man on bo?febache map 
ride Upon a Dap, lotto a tboufand other footi? 
hers fobicb fo?b?cuitie 3 omftjn tbtstoton 
the King hath his palace, forth all pleafures 
that map o? can bee DcuifeD, both fo? him 
fclfe,his foiucs, anD his Comte. pis forties 
little o? neuer goe ab?oad, fo that tbep are fel? 
Dome o? neuer fame, thcrebp to maintains 
their autbo?itie, ns alfo fearing that anp mif? 
chiefe fijottld happen onto tbemdbere are not 
in all the cotmrtle anp j£ oble men of nameu? 
tide, as Carles, S)ukcs, «ounts oj fuch 
like, no? that haue anphaffales, commandc? 
ments, Biuritoisttons/o? p?op?teftes to them? 
fclucs, other then fuch as are grtten bp the 
Bing, anD fohen tbepDte,it returnethagame 
Into the Bing, anD if hee foil, he map fake if 
from the chrtD?cn, but commonlp hee letteth 
them bmte it, fo tbep be fit fo? the place, anD 
that forth a uefo gift anD bonDto feme the 
Bing. Bin all the p?incipall tofones fohcrc the 
tHiiceropes o? Coucrnours holD their ffates, 
fehetshangeth a picture of theming, coucreD < 
forth a Curtaine of cloth of (0olDe,fohercun? 
to all Officers, CommaunDers, Loitias, 
Mandorj jns $c. Dapip refo?t anD Doe it all re? 
uerenccand honour, fuch asbelongethtoa 
Bing of fuchcitato, as if the Bing brtpfclfe 
foere there in perfonfoe Bings title is, king 
and Lord of the world, and Sonne ofhea? 
nen. 
$o man th?oughoat all China map bearc 
anp foeapons,uo? pet haue them in his houfe 
hut fuch as are appointed thereunto, anD re? 
ceiue the Bings pap, as foulDiers,fohofe chfl? 
foen fuccfto their fathers in their places.She 
men of china arc great anD cunning too?ke* 
tnen,as ntap foell hee feme bp the too?kman? 
(hip that commeth from thence. 'Chop make 
anD bfe foaggons o? Cartes forth faplcs(ltke 
Coates) a»D forth totfelcs fofubtillpmade, 
thatbefnginthefielDe tbep goe andarefot? 
Thci.booke. 
tien fo?foares bp the totnde 5 as rtfbepfoere m 
the foater, tbep are tone fofttie in buping 
anD felling, ail the traders that rtftpe (hops, 
• haue a Cable hanging at their dra?es fobere- 
in is fo?itten cuerp kins of foarc tbep haue to 
fell. $11 Officers o? handicrafts men haue zU 
therof them a ffrftte alone, anDdtoeilbp 
themfclucs, anD their chilD?en muff tsfethe 
like traDe after their ^Fathers deaths, fobe? 
tber tbep lucre fculdters, Bfofficcs o? Couer? 
nours, tahen anp man is fcerp rich, he is It? 
cenceD not to foo?k,nottortbffanding he muff 
kcepe footkmen, and Ifepe open fhoppe, the 
monepthatis hfedtfoaughouf all China is 
(Isolde anD Milner huff ampeD,bnt cut tnfmal 
p&ces to the halite of a penie, and fo receiueD 
bpfoaight, anD in iikcfo?tspaped . 3lfa all 
foares,offohat fo?t foetier tbep bee, notfo 
much as Rennes, Cfefe, jfifik anD fuch like, 
but are bought and folde bpfoaight. Chop 
haue one forte fohich tbep call their lafofwli 
foife, andasmanp other as tbep can foell 
maintains, the fonne of the iafofull foife in? 
heriteth msff part of their grads, and that 
tobicb rcmamethtsequaUp DeuiDeD among 
the ether ch!ld?cn, tbep marrie forth foboms 
tbep foill, except it be forth their differs, o? 
their Ancles chilD?em Che Brtdcgrqmebc? 
fo?e he fetcheth the H5?toc home to his haufe s 
muff indofoe her fotth ccrtaine goods,tohich 
he giucth to the B?iDe her felfe, and foee gi? 
noth them hnfo her ifather o? mother in re? 
compcnceof their charges fo? b?ingingher 
hp in her poirtfo tohtch Done (bee goeth home 
fotth the H5?tDcgrome, attD the parents map 
Do fobat tbep foil fotth that tohtch tbep haue 
forecciucDfo? their daughters SGfo?te, anD 
fpend it as thep fhinke good, andfohatre? 
maineth thereof after the parents aredeade, 
returned? againe tmto the Daughter, fohofe 
hufband gaue the fame fo? his foife, fo that he 
tohtch hath moff Daughters, is the richeff, 
as it is repo?ted,bp the pictures hccreafter 
follofoing pott map fee the fotme anD manner 
of thofe of C h m i, as foel men as foomett, as 
alfo ofthe^rtandori jns and mightie men o? 
Coucrnows , as thep are earned in the 
ffrartes, and goe to fporthppontherpuers, 
foherc thep refresh themfclucs fotth ail kinds 
of dainties. 
Che men of china haue mahtefpeeches, 1 
butinfo?itiugfhep UnDerffanseach otherrti 
eaerie place,fo? thep fo?ite euertc thing fotth 
figures and characters, fohereof their alpha? 
bets are funfote and innumerable: thefe figu? 
res forth their paper of Dtuers colours,as alfo 
penne and tnke,pou map feat D. Paluda- 
nus houfe, fo that men had n®D ofa gepd me- 
mo?te, and long erercife, befo?e thep can hit? 
derffand them all,and read fobat it is, fobich 
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