£>f t\)t CanatimS anti Commfiutt#ofjntrift* 7$ 
ceremonies and fuperff itions tbep are altos** 
t^er UKe the Bramenes,Gu{urates,anO Ba* 
niancs* gntbetr manages thepcontract ccfj 
toith other at z.peres, * at 11 *o? i *♦ peaces 
tbeparc ntaried, anddtoell together. Wien 
tjjep are to be rcariep, tbep begin fourteene 
Capes before to make a great founD tmtb 
trumpets,d?uinmcs and fires, tohich confi* 
nuett) cap and nigbt to? aUtbofe fourtcene 
Dapes,tottb fp great a noife of fongs and 31 m 
ftmments, that mencanncptberbeareno? 
fce: ©ntbc toeading Dap, all the friends ano 
kiitd?ed on both fides Doe affemble together,i 
fit Upon the ground, rounD about a fire, anD 
goe feauen times about it uttering certaine 
too?De$,toberebp the toeuamg is dottc.SLbep 
gfoe tbeir Daughters no houtholoftnfie, but 
onlp fome letpels, as b?acelets,eare-rmgs, 
anD fuch like of fmall Ualeto,tobcretoitb their 
hufbano 3 muft bee content, fo? the Daugb? 
fers are no heires, but the bonnes inherite 
allbut thep beep anD mainfainc their daugb? 
ters and fitters till thep marte: toben thep 
Die,thep are liketoife tat,anD fome of their 
tomes toith them ,but not fo manp as of the 
Bramenes* Cuerp one of them fallotoetb his 
fathers occupation, anD marieth toith the 
Daughters of ifich like trades, tohich thep 
name kind?eds. SDhep haue their faffing 
Dafes,anD ceremonies Itke the Biamcncs,fo? 
thep are as the laptie, anD the Bi amencs as 
the fpiritualtp,the $ptniffers,pteffs,f p?o? 
phets of their 3 DoIs. SCbep hire anD farme 
the cuttomes anD rents of the ^ojtingales, f 
thelliings reuenetocs in the lanD of Bard e s, 
Salfette,anD the BiflanD of Goa,fo that often 
times fo? anp queff ion 0? ff rife thep mutt ap? 
peace in lato,tohcre thep altoaies come toith? 
out Counfello? 0? ^tturnep , andknotoc fo 
toellhoto to place their too?ds, acco?ding to 
the latoes of Portingall, not omlptem? 
po?atthut fpirituall, that thep are able tofet 
Dotone,anDlhetotoherc it ttanDeth to?itten, 
as tocll as anp Counfello? coulD Doe, $ make 
their petitions $requetts tottbout anp mans 
aDutfe, that the po?tingales Doe toonderat 
their rcaDie toils,as 31 haue oftentimes founD 
. fn them. Mben thep are to take their othes 
tobearetottnes toith anp man, thep arefet 
toithin a circle maDe of attjes Upon tbepaue? 
ment tohere thep ftanD, ttilllapmgafetoe 
afhes on their hare beadcs, bolding one hand 
on their beads,the other on thetr b?caffs, anD 
then in their oton fpeech ftoeare bp their Pa¬ 
go de, that thep toil tell the truth toithout Dif* 
fimu!aticn,tohatfoeuer ttjali bee afkeD them, 
fo?that thep certainelp belteue thep mould 
be Damned fo? eucr, if as then thep mould not 
tap the truth,but coneeale it .Chefe are their 
piiucipall cuttomes and ceremonies 9 pet are 
there many others,tohich fo? b?euitp I omit; 
Thei.Booke, 
• The $9. Chapter. 
OFthc Canarijns and Corumbij'ns 
* oflndia. 
S ^e Canarijns $ Corum* 
bjins are the Counfrimen, 
and fuch as dcale toith til? 
ling the land, filing f fuel? 
Ukelabo?s, to get their It? 
uings,f Icok Unto thelndia 
palme tras, tohereonthe 
Cocos doegroto- Chere are fome among 
them that Doe nothing els but toaff) eloatbes, 
tohich is there bfed like another occupation, 
thep are called Maynattos; there are others 
that are called Patamares, tohich ferae onlie 
fo? spctfcngerso? Potts , to carte letters 
from place to place bp land, in tointer time 
toben men can not trauaile bp fea. %Wt 
Canarjins anD Co rum bjins are the moff 
contemptible, and the mifcrableff people ofal 
In dia 3 and Iiuc berp p®?elp,mamtcuning the? 
felues toith little meate. Chep eate all kinoe 
ofthings,erceptfeine,£Djren,^ufFcls,^ogs, 
and ikens flettj, their religion is like the Dw 
canijnsanDCanaras, fojthep areallof CUD 
Counfrie and cuff ome, little Differing: thep 
goe naked, their p?iuie members onelp coue? 
red toith a doth. 2 Cbe toorne go toith a doth 
bound about their middles beneath their na? 
uels, and hanging dotone to the middleof 
their thighes,and the other aid thereof thep 
caff oner their moulders, toherbp halfe their 
b?eaffs are couered, ^hep arc in a manner 
blacker? of a Darke b?otonc colour, manp of 
them are Ch?iff tens, hecaufe their chiefe ha? 
bitation and dtoclltng places are on the 
fide in the countries bordering Upon Goa,fo? 
that the palmetrajs doegroto Upon the g»ea 
coaffs, 0? Upon § bankes bp riuer fides, Che 
rice is fotoed bppon loto ground, tohich tt 
tointer time is couered toith toatcr, tohere- 
toith thofe Canarijns doe mamtaine them? 
felnest thefe b?ing henttes,frait,milke,egges 
and other fuch like toares into the totoneto 
fell 2 Chepdtoell in little ttrato houfes, the 
do?es tohereof are fo loto, that men muff 
crape in and out, thetr houlhold ttufft is a 
mat Upon the ground to fleepe Upon, and a pit 
0? hole in the ground to beatc their rice tt 
toith a pot 0? ttoo f 0 feth it in, and fq thep 
line and game fo much as it is a toondcr, jfo? 
commanlp their houfes are full of fmall chil> 
d?en,tohichcrallandcrape about all naked, 
Untill thep are 7. 0? eight peares old, $ then 
thep eouer their p?ime members. When the 
Momen are readie to trauaile toith Childe, 
thep are commonlp deliuered tohen thep are 
all alone,and their huffaands in the ficldes, as 
it fo?funed uppon a timers 31 and fome other 
of mp friends toent to toalke in the ficldes, 1 
mto the Uillages tohere the Canarijns stoelf 
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