tfje IflatiD of 3 it* 4 < 
mens boufes , rift? baue tljeic Cumbers 
banged ant) floto?ed toff b Mattes, tobicb is 
fbetrbett bangings. Cbelapensatenotfe 
curious no? fo clean!? as the men cf china, 
but ace contentc toitb a meane, pet fo? the 
moff part tbep goe berie toell apparelled in 
gillie, aimoft liUe the Chinos. SDbe counfcic 
bath fome mines of filuer, tobicb from thence 
Is bp the ^ojtingals peace!? b?ougbt bnto 
china, ant) there barfereti fo? £>ilhe, and o* 
tbec Cbinffb toares.tobtcb the Blapeans bane 
nftdc of. Cbe countriemen ace berie ftulfull 
tofeard) fo? filuer, ants to fell tbeic toares. 
3 Dbep bane among tbembecie goob banot# 
crafts men, ano cunning too?Hemen m ail 
hint) of handle too?hes, tbep are fljarpe Suit* 
ted, and qaicHIp leacne an? thing the? foe, as 
bp erpericnce it is fount),in tbofe parts tobicb 
the |0o?ttnga!esbatieDtfcofterea. Cbe com¬ 
mon people of the landeare much Different 
fro other nations, fo? that tbep bauc among 
them as great curtefie andgajapolirie,asif 
tbep bat) lineti continually tn the Court, tbep 
are berie erpert in t heir toeapons as web re# 
quircth, although tbep baue little caufe to bfc 
Aem,fo?that if anpe of them begiimetbto 
&?atoleo?tod?atoebisftoo?de, beeisputto 
death,tbep bauc notanp pjifens, fo? that 
tuba foeuer oeferuetb t o be tmp?ifened,is p?e# 
fentlp punifheo, o? bamfbed the conntnc. 
When tbep meane to lap bolde bpon a man, 
tbep mutt Doc it bp ttealtb anD bp deceipt, fo? 
otbertoiftbetoouldrefiff anD Doe muebmif# 
cbiefe. 3ff it bee anp Gentleman o? man of 
great autbo?itie, thepbefetbts bsufe about 
toitb men, and together beeebaunce to flap 
bimfelfe o? not, tbep enter the boufe bp fo?ce", 
ana bill altbep Hud therm. ®mbtcb to audio, 
be ftiffcretb bimfelf often times to be hilled bp 
bis fernanfts. $nd if is often ftenc that tbep 
rip tbeir oftm bellies open.tobicb often times 
Is lihetoift Done bp tbeir feruants fo? the loue 
of tbeir patters, thereinto tt?eto tbetr Q&& 
tters the loue tbep beare bnto them, fo little 
eftftming tbeir otonc Hues, topleafureanD 
feme them. Che Ufee Doe poung Bopes in 
p?efence of tbeir parents, onelpfo? griefeo? 
fome fmall anger. Cbep are in all tbeir acti¬ 
ons Deep patient and bumble,fo? that in their 
ponthes thep learne to tndure hunger, colde, 
anD all manner of labour,to goe bareheaded, 
toitbfttocloatbes, as toell in Writer as in 
£>ummer,and not onelp the common people, 
but the pjincipall Gentlemen and Robles of 
the countrie.Cbep account it fo? great beau# 
fie to baue no bafte, tobicb toitb great care 
tbep doe pluche out, onelp heepe a bunch of 
baireontbe crotone oftbeirbeades, tobicb 
tbep tie together. Couching tbeir traffique, 
manners, fpeacb, and all their ceremonyies, 
The i.JBookc 
concerning lift and curft&e, tbep are cleans 
confrarie bnto all other nations, fpeciatlie 
from thofeof China, and till this dap obferue 
the fame as an inferable lato,tobicb groUsetb 
bpon this occafion. 
SI long time fince,tbere toas fn l China a 
great # mightie famflie,tobtcb together toitb 
all their friends and acquaintance Tecretlp 
confpired and agrftd forpfe bp againftlbe 
Eing of China, to D?iue him out cf his king* 
dome and to mil him, andhauing fodone,to 
place themfelues therein: but it could not fo 
fecretlp be contriued and to?ougbf ,butin the 
end it toas hnotohe:tobcrcupon the King pu* 
nifbed themmott grftuouflp, andcaufeddi# 
uersofthe p?incipall confpirato?sto be put 
to deatb,and all others be fonnd to be confer** 
ting tberunf o Ihoulo baue felt the like pains* 
tobicb grftucd the Counfell and other $oble 
men of the cotmtrie, fo? that diners of theft 
nftreff hinfmen toere of that confpiraric, fo 
that toitb humble and long petition fo the 
&ing,tbep befeugbf him to let them Hue, and) 
to punilh them toitb fome eafter punishment 
then death: but that tobicb tbep fought $ de¬ 
fied at the hing, all things considered, toas 
little better then death, tohich toas that he 
feould barn'll} them and their potterifiefoj 
euer out of the cotmtrie,tnto the glands of la.# 
pen, tobicb as then toerc not inhabited, and) 
this as tbep defired toas Done: toberehp there 
is fo great enure and hatred bettoftne them 
and the men of China, that thep hate each •* 
ther to the death, and doe all the mifchlcf one 
bnto the other that thep 5ammagineo?de* 
utfe,eucn bntill this time. Che men of Iapen 
haue Done much mifebief tsnto the men of 
Chma,and man? times fallen bpon theft 
coatts,and put all to fire and fto3?d,an.d not® 
at this p?efcnt bauc not anp conuerfation 
toitbtbem,but onelp theptraffiche toitbtbe 
j^o?tingales,andto Ibetoe themfelues tobol* 
he tbeir deaDUe enemies, in all tbeir actions 
tbep are cleane contrarp bnto the men of 
china,and to the fame end baue changed all 
tbeir cuttomes, ceremonies and manners of 
curtefie from the men of China. Co rerite 
the particulars tooulo be ouerlong, pet 3? 
toill in b?tefe fcf do ton feme fetoe examples of 
the cuttomes and manners therein. ;®nefe 
tobere the China bfetbtbe carfette offals 
tation f o a man toitb the bead and band, tobf 
tbepmft£togetber:tbe lapens to the contra# 
ric put off tbeir ffjQes,tobcrebp tbep Ihetoe 
them reuerence,and as the Chinaes Hand bp 
toben tbep minde to recepue anp man,and to 
doe bint reuerenee, tbep fo the confrariefef 
themfelues dotoft, accountingit a beriebn# 
fftmelp thing to recepue o?bid a man toel# 
come ttanding on their fftriand as toe put on 
