«4 4Df t|)e^eatl)ens attfijnmansbeb,intones. 
The 3 3. Chapter* 
Of the heathens.Jndians and other Gran¬ 
gers dwelling in Goa* 
JjfHbefotoneanb 31la«D of Goa, 
lace refluent manp heathens, 
|Mores(tobtcb are Mahometans) 
Vetoes, anD all Grange nations 
holering thereabout, euerie one of them ti¬ 
ring feueraUcuGomcs , anD fupcrGitionstn 
l&eligion/Che bolD Mabomets lato, 
anD the Vetoes lato. ^bere are alfo 
manf^erfians, Arabians, anD Abexijns, 
fome of them CbriGians, anD fume of them 
McweS.Shere is in Goa manp Armenians 
that are Cb?tGtans,anD others that goe anD 
come to trafltque there, as Pcrfians, Arabia 
ans, Banianes, of Cambaia,Gufarates,anD 
Decani jns fc. She M®?eseate all things 
ercept Atonies flefb, anD Dptng are burieD 
lifce the Sletoes, but the heathens, as Dc* 
cani jns, Gufarates, anD Canaras,anD Other 
ilnDiaits being DeaD, are burnt to afljes, anD 
fome In omen being aliue are burneD tottb 
them, that is fuch as are Gentlemen 0 ? #o* 
hlemen, anDthe toiues of the Bramenes, 
inhich are their 3lDolatrous pr&Ges. &lfo 
fe? the spaobantes fome of them eate all 
things,ercept Cotoes 0 ? Baffles fieib>tobicb 
thep eGeeme to be bolp. others eate not anp 
thing tobatfoeuer, that hath either life 0 ? 
blouD in it, as thofe of Gufarata,anDtbe 
Banianes of Cambaia, tobitl) Obfctue Py¬ 
thagoras latoe: moG of them p?ap tinto the 
^>uhne anD M^ne, pet thep Doe all achnato* 
leDge a (25oD that maDe, createD anD ruleth 
allthtitgs, anD that after this life there is an 
other, toberein men ihall be retoarbeD acco?* 
Ding to tbeir toorfccs. But thep bane 35DoleS 
anD images, tohich tbep call Pagodes,cut 
anDfojmeD moG tiglp, anD like monGrous 
SDcutls, to tobome Daplp thep offer, anD Tap, 
that thofe bolp men baue borne liuing among 
them, tobereof thep tell fo manp miracles, 
as it is toanDerfull, anD fap that thep are in* 
tcrcefforsbcttoanc them anD <0oD.She 2>e* 
Gill often times anftoeretb them out of thofe 
Blmages, tobome thep Ufcetoife hnoto,anb 
Doe him great honour bp offering hnto him, 
to fiape frienbibippe tottb him, anD that bee 
f^ouID not hurt them. Chep haue a cuGome, 
toben anp maiDe is to bee marrieD, anD that 
thep twill honour their Pago d e, fo? the more 
{treDite to tbeBribegrome, tbep (bring the 
Bribe toith great triumph anD Muffle be¬ 
fore their Pagode, Inhich is maDe toith a 
inne ofBfuorie bone, fo tobome the ncereG 
’he $ $ Booke. 
frienDs anD hinftoomen of tbe35?iDe,f ogether 
toith the Bribe Doe goe, anD bp force malic 
the 3mage fo false the Bribes mapbenbeab, 
fo that the falouD remaineth Gill tipon the p 
mage, fo? a remembrance thereof, anD then 
after other Deuelilh fuperGifions anD eererno* 
nics.bautngmaDe their effrings, thep bring 
the Bribe home,tohere the is DelinereD to the 
BrtDgrome,be being herie iopfull anD prouD, 
that their Pagode hath bonoreD him fo much 
anD eafeD him of fo much labour. Sbep basis 
for the moG part a cuGome to prap tinto S'# 
firG thing thep mote toitbalin the morning, 
anD all that Dap after thep p?ap hnto if, fee it 
Ikogge, or anp other thing ,0nD if in the mo?* 
riing toben thep g oe out, thep channce at the 
firG fight to fie a Croto, (tobereof there are 
great numbers in India) thep twill not goe 
forth of their bores all that Dap, no not fo? aU 
the gobs in the toorlb, fo? thep eGame it an 
cuillfigne, anD an tinluchie Dap. 'Cbepprap 
Ithetoifefofbe neto M®ne, anD tohen fijee 
firG appeareth, thep fall hppon their femes, 
anD falute her toith great Deuotion, there art 
among them cerfaine people caUeD Io"os 2 
tohich are fnch as toe call permits,anD thofe 
Doe thep eGaraie for bolp men, thefe men liue 
a herie Grid life toith great abGinence,anh 
make the common people belieue manp 
Grange things. Sbep haue Ithetoifemanp 
^outhfapers anD Mttfcbes, tohich hfe31ug* 
ling, anD tranell throughout the cctmtrie,ba* 
utng about them manp line ^naftes, tohich 
tbephnoto bototo betoitefe, anD being (feuf 
hp in little bafkets, thep pull theme .anD 
tnahe them Daunce, turne, anD toinbe at the 
founb of a cerfaine 3nGrumenf,toberonfbep 
plap, anD fpeahe hnto them. ^beptotnOc 
them about their neefees, armes,anb legges, 
luffing them, toith a tboufanb other Deuifes, 
onelp f 0 getmonep.Chep are alfo? the moG 
part herie flulfull in preparing of popfons, 
toheretoffh thep Doe manp Grange things, 
anD eafilp popfon each other,their Dtoellings 
anD houfes are herie little anblotoe,couere8 
toith Grato,toithout toinbotoes, anD herie 
lotoanbnarroto bores, fo tbafamanmuG 
almoG crape tipon his hnas to goe in, their 
bouGjolb Guffe is Mats of Grato, both to fit 
anb he upon, them tables, 2Cable#clothes, 
anb papisms, are maDe of the great Indian 
ifigge leaues, thep lerue them not snelp fo? 
Sables, Abates, anb other linnen, but alfo 
fo?S>«hes, toherein thep put their meate, 
tohich pou ifeall lihetoife fa in the €>rocers, 
anb potfiecartes ihops, to put anD torap in 
all things tohaf foeuer thep haue toithin their 
(hops, (as toe Doe in paper ) Sbep lihetoife 
iopne them together in fuch fort’, that thep 
can put both feutfer ? ople 3 $ fuch bquto Guffes 
there 
