7 © ^tije^amencsbeitisttw'm'ftetsoftljepasotieif. 
arc fraigbted after the fame rate, f o? tbep lap 
a Cljippe o?fcute offojmanp Candiils o? fo 
tnanp Bhars. SDbcre is Hice, tobicb tbep fell 
Sip toe Fardcn: it is b?ogbt in round bundcls, 
tapped tii dratoe, and bounde about toith 
co?dcs: Cucrtc Far do is commonlp tb?ft 
Hands and a balfe. Ms ftice is better then 
that tohtch ccmmetb not m Fardcns, ana is 
callcD Girafall, Hpce, tobicb is the bed, and 
bearetb tbe btgbed p?tce:and there is another 
fo?te, tobicb is ofaleffepjice f (lighter called 
Chambafal, Cher are alfo bitters other fo?ts 
of fttce,of a leffc p?ice i flighter then the other 
3ftpce,and is called Bmc, anb is alntoff like 
Barlcp# hathbut little bulke. Cbts is com* 
monlp toe daplp fade of the countrepmenm 
the tillages called Canariins , $ of the com* 
eiton anb p®jer fo?t tobicb ttampe and beate 
it tbemfclues. 35 f ferueth alfo fo? Rennes and 
SDoues to eate in dead of Barlep. Sphere are 
dtuers particular fo?tes ofmonepes in manp 
places of India , and tntoardes in the lanbe a- 
mong the beatbens,tobicb are currant onelp 
among tbem,euerp coine in their feuetal pla¬ 
ces : Jfojbp Bengala thep baue in place ef 
Bazaracos a fmaU hinde of monep called A* 
mandeles ? fobcrefotth tbep get their linings, 
and bup and fell thereto^, and diners other 
fuel) like comes in fet^rali places of the 
entail countries, but the monep toatgbfs and 
meafures afojefaid, are thofe tobicb thep doe 
generallpand o?dinarilp bfc throughout all 
India, and p?inctpallp ui Goa, being the 
beadetetone and dapell of all the £)?ientall 
countries. 
The 36. Chapter, 
Of the Indians called Bramenes , whicli 
are the minifters of the Pngtoiesjk In¬ 
dian Idoles, and of their manner of 
life. 
I£e Bramenes are the boned* 
ett and mol! edeemed nation 
amonge afl the Indian bea* 
toens; fo? thep doe altoates 
feme in § chiefett places about 
the I&ing,as1ftecepuer0,£>tctoarDs, 3 mbaf* 
fado?s, and fuch like offices. Cbcp arelike- 
totfe the p?ieftcs and mtntders of the Pago- 
des, o? dineltlh Bfoolcs. Cbcp are of great 
autoojttte among the Sindian people,fo? that 
the Using doth nothing toitbout their counfcll 
and content, and that thep map be knotone 
from other men, thep tocare bppon their na¬ 
ked bodp, from tbe Gtoulder erode bnder the 
armc oner their bodp dotone to the girdle, o? 
the cloth that is to?apped about their middle, 
3, o? 4. firings likefealtng th?oede, bJherebp 
thep are hnotone: tohich thep neuer put off 
although it ihoulde coll them their liues, fo? 
their p?ofeffion$ religion toill not permit % 
TicuBookc. 
Cbep go naked, fauing onelp that thep barn 
a doth bounde about their middles to hide 
their p?tute mcmbers-Mp toear fomef tmes 
tohenthepgoab?oad a thinne cotton linnen 
gotone called Cabaia, lightlp call oner theft 
folders, and hanging dotone to the grounds 
like fome other andtatts, as Benianes, Gu- 
farates * and Decaniins* tWpon theft beads 
theptoeareatohfte cloth, toounde ttotceo? 
th?pce about, theretoith to hide their hatres, 
tohtch thep neuer cut off, but toeare if long f 
turned bp as the toomen do.Shep haue mod 
commonlprounde rings ofgolde hanging at 
their ears, as moll of § Sindians baueriEbep 
eat not anp thing that hath Iife,hut fled them 
fdues totthhearbes and Mpce, nepther pet 
toben thep are ficbe toill fo? anp thing bee let 
bicod,but Beale f bemfelues bp hearbes $ oinf* 
mentes, and bp rubbing their bodies toith 
ganders, and fuch like (tat toeads, 3 n Goa 
and on the fea coalfs there are manp Brameo 
nes, tobicb commonlp doe maintaine them* 
felues toithfel^ g of fpices and other Sipoth^ 
carte toare, ^at it is not fo deane as others,, 
but full of garbiih and dud. SThep are berp 
fubtil in to?iting and cading accounts,toher# 
bp thep make other Ample Sindians beleeue 
tobattbeptoflf 
touching the pofnfcs of their religion^ 
tohereinthe common people belftue them ten 
be pophetes: tohatfoeuer thep fird meets 
totthal in the ffreets at their going fo?th,that 
doe thep all the dap after p?ap bnto. Che too* 
men toben thepgoe fojtlj haue hut one cloth 
about their bodies, tohtch couereth theft 
heades,and bangetb dotone bnto their knees? 
all the red of the bodp is naked. SChep hauo 
ringed through their itofes, about their legs,, 
toes, neckes,and armes,and bpott each hand 
feuen 0? eight rtnges 0? b?acelettes, form of 
filuer and gilt,if thep be of toealth andabiUtps 
but the common people of glade, tohtch is the 
common tocartng of all the Indian toomen.' 
When the tooman is feuen peaces oloe, and 
the manning pears, thep do marrie, but thep 
come not together befo?e the tooman bee 
firong enough to bearechtld?en. Wen the 
Bramenes die,all their friends adetnble toge* 
ther,and make a hole in the ground, toberettt 
tltep th?oto much toood and othcrthtngsjand 
if toe ma be of anp accompt,thep cad in ftoftt 
ganders,? other Apices, toith Uice,Co?ne» 
and fuch like, and much ople, becauftthefire 
toould burue the drongcr. Mhich bone thep 
lap the dead Bramenes in it: then cometb his 
toife toith Spuftke $ manp of her nftred feeds 
all flngtng certain p?apfcs in commendation 
of her bufbandslife, putting her tncomta, $ 
encouraging her to follotoher hulband, % goe 
toith him into toe otoff tooito* Chen toe ta* 
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