S2 v £)fttie3fttWti3lDolesanD ^upetQitton; 
3n the ItmgDome of Narfinga,oj the coatt 
callcD Choramandel, tSjerc danoetb a Pa# 
gode, that is tjerie great, creasing ricb,anD 
ijoloen in great efimiation, bautng manpe 
pilgrimages anti titOtattoru? maoe Unto it 
ffeomall foe countries bo?Dering about it, 
inhere cuerie peare tbep baue manpfaires, 
feades, anb pjoceffions, anD there the? baue 
a Wagon oj a Carte, tohich is fo great anD 
bcaute, that tb?a o: foure Ciepbants can 
tjarDlu Drnln it, anD this is brought foojtb at 
fades, fcades,anD pmcefftons,0t tbfs.Carte 
bang lihetoifemanp Cables o: ttopes,tober* 
at alfo ail tbe countrie people, both men anD 
Inomen of pure Deuotion Doe pull anD baleen 
tbe topper part of this Carte danoetb a 2Ea* 
bernacleoj feate, InbemnfittetbtbeBfDoll, 
anD tonoer it fit tbe &ings Indies, tobicb after 
tbeir manner plap on all indrnments, mail# 
ing a mod ftoate meloDte, anD in tbat fojt is 
tbe CarteDjatone foojtb, tnitb great Denoti* 
ons attDpjocefiions: there are fome of them, 
that of great $eale anD pure Deuotion Doe cut 
paces of flefi? out of their boDies, anD tbmtoe 
tbcmsotone before the Pagode: others lape 
tbemfeluestonser the inhales of the Carte, 
anD let tbe Carte runne oner them, toberebp 
tbepareall pmfbeD to paces, anopjeffebto 
Death, anD tbep that thus Die, areaccounteD 
foj bolp ano Deuout spartpjs, anD from that 
time fo?toarDes are dept anb pjeferueD fo; 
great anD bolp Keliques, befiDesatboufanD 
stberfucblibe beadlp fuperditions, tobicb 
tbeptofe, as oneofmp Chamber fellotoes, 
that baD fane it, djetoeo me,anD it is alfo fuel 
hnotone throughout all India. 
tapon a time 3 anD certainepojfingales- 
tnp frienDs, hawing licence from the tatcerop 
lucre at a banfeet anD mating, about fiue or 
fire miles toithin tbefirme ianD, ano toith tos. 
lueebaD certaine Decanijns, anDnatnrall 
bo?nc3nDians, that lucre acquatnteD toith 
tbe countrie, tbe cbiefc caufeof our going, 
toas to fa their manner of burning the DeaDe 
Bramene,anD bis totfe toith bim,being aline 
becaufetuebaD bfeaDucrtifeD, tbatfueba 
thing teas f o be Oone + $nD there among other 
ffrange feeuifestbat toe fain, luee came into 
fome tillages, anD places inbabitcD bp the 
3nDtans, Inhere in the luap,anD ateuerie hi!, 
donie ftoefee 02 bole, almod luitbin a pater 
noder length, luee founD a CarueD Pago de, 
0 ? rather 3Deuils, anD menders inbeilifl) 
djapes. $ttlje lad toee came into a tillage, 
Inhere dofte a great Church ofdone,tuhere# 
in luee cntereD, anD founD nothing in it but a 
great Cable that hung in the miDDle ofthe 
Church, toith the 3 mage of a Pagode,paw- 
teD therein fo midjapeD anD beformeD, that 
more monderous to muer fane, for it baD 
Thcx.Booke. 
manp holies , anD long faf£ that hung out 
of his mouth Ooton fo the dnas } anb beneath 
his $auel anD bellp, it haD an other fuch lifee 
face, luith maup homes anD tufbes. tmppon 
the heaD thereof dcoDe a triple CroluneD spp* 
ter s notmuch bnlidethe popes triple croton, 
fo that in effect it fameD to be a monder, fuch 
as are DefcrtbeD in the 0pocalips, 3t hung 
before a Wall,tohich maDe a partition from 
an other Chamber, in manner of a fmier, 
pet toas it clofe maDe top todbont toinDotoes, 
02 anp place fa: light, in the miDDle tohereof 
toas a little narroto clofe bore, anDonbotb 
fiDes of the bmre,da>De afmall ifnrnace maDe 
toithin the toall,toherein lucre certaine holes 
0 ? Hattsffes, therebp' to let the finofee or fa# 
U02 of the fire to enter into that place, toben 
anp offering fijouiD bee maDe. Whereof luee 
founD fome there, as l&tce, Come, ifruites, 
Rennes, anD fuch lihe things, tobicb the 3n« 
Dians Daplp offereD, but there camcfo filthie 
a fmofee anD dinche out ofthe place, that 
tobofoeuer toent narc it, toas almod reaote 
to chobe,the faiD place being all black, fmerte 
anDfoulc tbcretoitb, Before this Doje being 
(hut, in the miDDle of the Church, there dcoDe 
a Calfe of done, tohereon one of our compa* 
me leapeD, anD laughing, began fo crie out; 
tobicb the Bramene that kept the Church, 
perceiuing, began to call anD crie for helpe,fa 
that pjefentlp manp of the neighbours ranne 
thether, f 0 fa tohat the caufe might bee, but 
before the thmng of people came, toe Dealt fo 
toell toith the Bramene(achnotoleoging one 
fault, $ Taping it toas tonaDuifeDIp Done) that 
he toas toell content,! the people toent homo 
agame.Chen toeeDeficeD the ‘Sramenc to 0 # 
pen tos the Doo:e that dcoDe fijut, tohich after 
much intreatie,he paloeD tonto, offering fird 
to thmto certaine 0fhes topon our fojeheaDs, 
tohich tue refufeD, fo p bcfoje bee tooulD open 
tos the Do3?e,toee toere fo:ceD to pmmtfehim 
that toe tooulD not enter further in,the fo the 
Dawe.'Cbe D©:e Of their Sanfta San&oram 3 
0 : rather Diaboloru,being openeD,it (heto- 
eD toithin lihe a llime hill,being clofe toaulfeD 
rounDabout, cuerthe heaDetoithouteither 
hole 02 toinDoto to cad in light, but onelpaf 
the Dane, neither toas ther anp light in al the 
Church, but that tohich came in at the Dooje 
toe entereD bp. Within the faiD cell 0 : toaulf, 
there hung at the lead i oo.burning Hamps, 
in the miDDle tohereof de>De a little 3ltar ano 
couereD ouer toith cloth maDe of cotton to©!, 
f ouer that mitb pure golDe, tonDer the tohich 
(as the Bramene tolD tos)fat the Pagode be^, 
ingofeleane golDe,ofthe bigues of a puppet 
0 : a H6abpfolDc in faires:harD bp the Church 
toithout the great 5ane,droD toithin § Carth 
a great foure cojwereb 02 fquare Cederne, 
hetoeo 
