"78 mifyt ($taiabai$ mm Mapitus m 
tftetr lboulder,mberctn tbep are fierie erpert, 
others carrie long ptfies, fome |Daces,mitb 
the spate!) reaDie lighted, and mound about 
tbeir armes, anD baue the belt lotfies that 
poffible map bee found in all Europe, mbicb 
tbep finom fo feell bom to fife, tbat tbe por- 
tingalcs can baue no aduantage againff 
them. Mberefoeuer tbep goe,tbepmuffal* 
toates baue tbeir armes mitb tbem, both 
nigbt ano dap*# ot anp of tbem are married, 
no: map not marrie during tbeir hues, but 
tbep map fceelp lie finth tbe Nayros daugb* 
ters, o? mitb anp other tbat lifictb tbem, 
tobat momenfoeuer tbep bee, pea though 
tbep be married toomen. Mben tbe Nayro 
batb a defire tbereunto, bee entretb into a 
boufc tnbere be tbinfictb god, and fettetb bio 
armes in tbe Ifrcctc toitbout tbed®re,and 
goetb tit and difpatcbetb bts bufitteOc, lnttb 
tbe god mife or tbe daughter, tbe doje ffan* 
dingboide open, not fearing thatanpman 
ffjould come in to let him, for tobofoeucr paf= 
fetl) bp, andfeetb tbe Nayros armes ftam 
ding at tbe do?e, although it be the god man 
htmfelfe, bee goetb bp, and lettetb bim mafic 
an end,and batting done, be tafictb bis armes 
anddepartetb thence $attD then tbebufband 
map come to tbe boufe, toitbout malting anp 
mords,or once mouing queff ion about it3n 
that manner tbep goetobere tbeptoill, and 
no man map dentc them. Esthete Nayros 
goe in tbe firates, tbep fife to crie Po, Po, 
mbicb is to fap, tafie bode, lofeetopour 
fetors, or 31 come, Hand out of tbe map, for 
that the other fort of people called Polyas, 
that are no Nayros , map not once touch or 
trouble one of them, and therefore thepal* 
mates erte, becaufe tbep (bould mafie them 
romte, and finom that tbep come, for if anp 
of tbe Polyas (bould (land Util, and not gate 
them place, mherebpbee (bould cbaunceto 
touch tbeir bodies, bee map freelp tbruft bim 
through, and no man afire bim mbp be did it. 
3nd mben tbep are once touched bp anp Po= 
lyasj or bp anp other nation ercept Nayros, 
tbep muff (before tbep eate, or cottuerfc mitb 
other Nayros) mad) and clenfe tbeir bodies 
mitb great ceremonies and fuperffifions, 
liKetuife tbep muff not bee touched bp anp 
Cbrtffian, or anp other man* 8nd mben the 
poffmgalcs camefirff into Indn,and made 
league and competition mitb tbe Hung of 
Cochin , tbe Nayros defired that men (bold 
giuetbem place, andturne out of tbeinap, 
mben tbep ntette in tbe ffrates,as the’ Poly* 
as and others fifed to doe, mbicb tbe Iporftn* 
gales mould not content finto, tbinfiing it to 
be againff tbeir credits and honors, for them 
. to be compared to tbe Polyas and finprefi* 
table fort of people, iobereas tbepeffamed 
The i, Booke, 
tbcmfelues bcttertb'cntbeNayros, both in 
perfon and armes: therefore tbep mould batte 
the Nayros to gtue them p!ace,mberebp tbep 
could not agree, in the end it mas concluded, 
[to pacifie tbe matter, and to fiape peace and 
q uictncs among them) that ftuo men (bould 
be cbofrn, one for tbe Nayros, and the other 
for the t^ortingales, that (bculo fight hoop 
to bodp, and be that (bould bcouerfhromne~, 
tbat nation ibould gtue ^place finto the other, 
this mas done in the prefence of both nafi* 
ons, and tbe portingatl ouercamc tbe Nay* 
ro, mbomebee (lem, mbereupon itfijasa* 
greed, that tbe Nayros (bould gtue place fin* 
to tbeportingall, and ftandafidefintiUbee 
bepaft, mberefoeuer tbep mate, Cbe Nay¬ 
ros mearc tbe napls of tbeir bands fierp long, 
mbcrbp tbep tbem mat tbep are Gentlemen, 
becaufe tbe longneflc of tbe naplcs dotb let 
and binder men from morfitng or doing anp 
labour, SLfjev fap lifeemife tbat tbep do it,tbe 
better and faffer to gripe a thing m tbeir 
bands, and to bolde tbeir Mapiers, mbicb 
fome porfingalcs and spefftcos doc lifiemife 
fife, and bold the fame opinion mitb tbe Nay* 
rus,mbercofthere aremanp in India,mbicb 
let tbeir naples grom for (be fame caufc.ibe 
prinripalleff or cbtcfeff of tbofe Nayros, 
mbicb are leaders orCaptaines ofeerfaine 
numbers of Nayros,meare a Cold or £>ttoec 
bracelet, or ring about tbeir armes, aboue 
tbeir elbomes: as alfo tbeir Ccuernours, 
0mbaffadours, and Kings, mbercbp tbep 
arefenomne from other men, for otbertotfe 
tbep goe all naked, 0lfo tbeir Kings, rulers, 
and other Captatncs and leaders, mben tbep 
goe abr oad, arc garded and accompanied bp 
other Nayros. ^bep are fierie god and (tout 
fouldters,and toil fet fipen a man fiertc fierce- 
lp,tbep a^e alfo fieriefullofreuenge,fothat 
mbenfoeuer tbep fight againff tbeir enemies 
cither bp mater or bp lande, and that tbep 
cbaunce to bee fbruff into tbe bodp miff) a 
ptfie, tbep arc not prefcntlp theremitbeen* 
tent to lie detune, but if tbep cannot fpeedilp 
plucfie tbe pifie forth, tbep mill not fparc to 
pull it forth mitb both tbeir bands, and drato 
it through tbeir bodies, tbcremitb to fet fip* 
on them that gaue them the mound, and to 
bereuengedontbem. 
%l)t King map not iudge nor cpecufe 
tbofe Nayros openlp, fo? if tbep feaue Defers 
ued death, be caufetb them bp other Nayros 
to be put to death ^bc daughters of tbe Nay* 
ros, map not baue the companie of anp man, 
but onelp of Nayros, although fecretlp tbep 
baue the cempanp ofmanuportingales and 
Cbriffians, but if the Nayros once perceiued 
it, or find them in tbe Bade doing,tbep might 
kill them mitboat further queff ton. 3neuc* 
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