£)ftlje<safuwtcg, amD2BatnatteKof€ambsni» 71 
ketbalber 3 etocIs,atiD partetb them among 
berfrenD»,ffo luitt? a cbarefull countenance, 
Jbe leapetb into tbc fire,anD is p?efentlp ecus* 
«D toitb Id cob anD oplc:fo ffjc is quick Ip Dean, 
$ Id fjec bufbanDs boDie burneD to atyes: anD 
if it cbawcc,as not tierp often it Dotb,tbat anp 
tooma refufetb to be burnt toitb her bufoanD, 
then tbep cut tbe baire cleane off from ber 
beab: anD labile flje liuctb fbe mutt ncucr af* 
ter toear anp Bietocls mo?e, $ from that time 
fljeisDifpifeD, anD accounteo fo? a Ditbonett 
loom an • Cbis manner anD tuttomc of bur¬ 
ning is bfeD alfo bp tbc Robles anD principal* 
left oftbeCountrep, anD alfo bpfomespar* 
ebantes: nottoitbttanDtng all tbeir DeaD bo# 
Dies in generall are burnt to afijes, anD tbe 
toomen after tbeir bufbanDs Deatbes Doe cut 
tbeir bafre ftio?t,f toeare no Slctoels, Inhere* 
bp tbep are knotonefo? totDotocs. Cbcfirtt 
caufe anD occafton tobp tbe toomen are burnt 
toitb tbeir bufbanDes, toas, (as tbe 3 !nDians 
tbemfelucs Do tap) tbat in time patt, tbe Ido* 
men (as tbep are berp leacbero mD tncon* 
If ant botb bp nature anD complei jn)DiD pop* 
fon manp of tbeir bufbanDs, toben tbep thou* 
gbfgooD, (as tbep are Itketoife berp expert 
therein:) tberebp to baue tbe better means to 
fulfill tbeir lufts.Mbicb tbe king percefatng, 
t tbat tberebp bis principal Lo?Ds Captains, 
anD £>oulDiers, tobicb bpbetoc bis ettate anD 
btngDome,toere fo confumeD anD b:ougbt bn# 
to tbeir enDes, bp tbe totckeD piactifes of too* 
men, fougbt as mucb as bee might to bint.ee 
tbe fame: anD tberebpon be maDe a lato, anD 
o?DapneD, tbat toben tbe DeaDboDicsofmen 
toere buricD,tbep tbolD alfo burnc tbeir toiucs 
tottb tbem, tberebp to put tbcni in feare, anD 
fo make tbem abftainc fro popfoning of tbeir 
bufbanDs: tobicb at tbe firtt toas berp fbarp* 
Ip etecuteD,onelp bpon tbe nobles,gentlemen 
anDfoulDiers toiues, as alfo tbeBramcnes 
(fo? tbat tbe common people muttbeareno 
armes, but are in a manner like flaues.) &>o 
tbat in tbeenDe it became a cuffome among 
fbcm^anD fo conttnuetb: tobercbp at tbis Dap 
tbep obferue it fo? a part of tbeir lato anD ce* 
iremouies of tbeir Diueltfb 3 !Doles,i noto tbep 
bo it totllinglp,being barteneD anD ttrengtbe* 
neD thereunto bp tbeir frienDcs. Cbefe Bra* 
mcnes obferue certain fatting Dates in § pear, 
anD tbat toitb fo great abfttnece,tbat tbep eat 
nothing all tbat Dap, anD fometimes in 3.0; 
4, Dates togetberJEbep bauetbeir Pagodes 
anD 3 SDoIes 5 tobofe minttters tbep are,tobere* 
of tbep tell anD ibeto manp miracles, anDfap 
tbat tbofe Pagodes baue ban men liuing bp* 
on earth, anD becaufe of tbeir bolp Hues, ana 
gooD tooikes Done bere in tbis too?lD, are fo? 
a retoarD tberof, become bolp me in tbe other 
too?ID,as bp tbeir miraclcSjbp the SDiuel per* 
Thei.BQake. 
fo?meD, hath bane manifcttcD bnto tbeto,anb 
bp tbeir commanDementes tbeir fo?tnes ana 
fljiapes are maDe in tbe mott bglp 1 Defo?meD 
manner tbat poifible map bee DeuifcD. £>ucb 
tbep p?ap anD offer bnto, toitb manp Dint* 
lifb fuperffittions, f tteDfaftlp behtucp tbep 
are tbeir aouocates 1 interceffo:c bnto dDoD. 
£bep bclceuc alfo that there is a fupjeame 
< 0 oD abouc, tobicb rulctb all things ,anD that 
mens foules are tmmo?tall,anD that tbep goe 
out of this too?lDe into the other,both bcattes 
$ men, anD rccepue retoarD acco?Ding to tbeir 
too?kes,as Pythagoras teacbetbjtobofe Dif- 
ciplcstbep are. 
The 37. Chapter. 
Of the Q tij 4 rates, 8 c 724 »iMer of ftttnbaial 
| 1 £C Gilfarates anD Baniancsare 
oftbecountrp of Cambaia.- manp 
I Of them Dtoclill Goa,Diu, Chaul, 
Cochin, f Other places Of India, 
becaufe of tbeir traDe anD traffick in mareba# 
Dtfe, tobicb tbep bfe much toitb all kinDes of 
toarcs, as co?ttc,cotton linncn,anil,^icc,ans 
other toares, fpectallp all kinoe of pjecious 
ttenestoberein tbep bane great fkill. SEbep 
are mott fubtill anD ejepert in catting of ac» 
counts,anD touting,fo tbat tbep Do not onelp 
furpaffe anD goe beponD all Vetoes anD other 
nations tbereabonts,buf alfo tbe po?tingals; 
fin this refpect tbep baue no aDuantage,fo? 
tbat tbep are berp perfect in the traDe of mar* 
cbanDtfe,$ berp reaDp toDeceiue men. SCbep 
cate not anp thing that bath life 0? btoD in it, 
neither tooulD tbep lul tt fo? all tbe gcoDs in $ 
too?lDe, boto fmall 0? bmtcceffarie foeuer it 
toere.fo? that tbep tteDfaftlp belaue, $ cuerp 
liuing thing batb a foule, % are nert after mm 
to be acCOUttteD Of, accojDtng to Pythagoras 
lato,$ knoto it mutt Die: anD fometimes tbep 
Do bup certain fotoles 0? other beaftes of the 
£b?ttttnns o?po?ttngals, tobicb tbep meant 
to bauekillcD, $tobe tbep baue bought tbem, 
tbep let them fla anD run atoap. Cbep baue 
a cuttomc in Cambaia, in the high toapes, f 
to©Ds, to fet pots xb toater, anD to call co?ne 
$ other graine bpon tbc grounb to fceD biros f 
beaftes toitbal; $ tb?ongbout Cambaia tbep 
baue bofpitals to cure anD bcale all matter of 
beatts 1 biros therein tobatfocuertbcpail?,f 
rccetue them tbetber as if tbep toere men,anb 
tobe tbep are bcaleD, tbep let them flie 0? run 
atoap tobitber tbep toill, tobicb among them 
is a too?k of great ebarttp, faping,it is Don to 
tbeir enenneigbbo?s. 0nD if tbep take a flea 
0? a JLotoce,tbep toil not ktl it,but take 0? put 
it into fornc bole 0? co?ner in tbe toall, anD fo 
let tt go, $ pou can Do them no greater iniurp 
then to kil it in tbeir p?efencc,fo? tbep toil ne# 
ucr leaue intreating anD Defiring toitball cur* 
tefie not to kill it 3 anD that man t^oul&e not 
