Mungt cnttoin^ oftoe people of 3pps« m 
ting iuith if, fcrthch brake an ertreame 
roust) U»ater:ttje rttier is abcae tluo miles 
b?oaOc,ioith manp trees on bet!) tl;e fibes, 
but tfjcrc thep fount) no man to traffic 
iuithaUtiubercbpon thep faileo further, as 
theiuuiD fcruco them, fometimes dole bp 
ttje Ojoare, ants fometime further into ttjc 
fea, tljeretijecoattliett) no rth ano feutt), 
ano berp 0)alotn.,fo that at the leafi a mile 
o: a mile ano a halts info tlje fea, tijerc is 
not abouc tin due 0 2 tlnrteene faOomes 
iuater, ano nccrcr tuithin halfe a mile of 
the a)o?e,fourc,Suc,fire,o? feuen faooms, 
bat a man map 30 ncere bn to the ft)o?c,bb 
caufeitis decre ano fairs gimmo to anlter 
tn, anocommonlp in the night time thep 
bauettje lano iumoe from off tt)e ftjo?e, 
\ut)irt)tSr«lUsO Ventodi Terra, fpectallp 
being n«re: a litis further the ccafi reach* 
etl) jametupit mo?c to ttje iuefi,tmtill pou 
romc to ttjc caps of Lopes Gor>zaks,tuljere 
tficp ffapco certaincoaps,to traffikcimtjj 
tbe coiintit people,but not mud), becaufs 
t\)t 'ifrend) mcntjaDbccne there not long 
before,ano fpoileo tlje countrpjan© During 
the time of their (taping there, thep obfer* 
usd manp iirangs cuffomes ano mausrs 
ofttjat people, 
ifirft, concerning their religion,’ thep 
bnobn neither <2?oD no? \ys laius,fo? fome 
ofttjem p?ap to tl)e funne % to ttje mome, 
fomc to certains trees, 0? to tt)e earth, be* 
caufe tl)cp trcao bpon it,tt)inUing itagret 
offence to fpit thereon: ttjsp go moff com* 
monlp intfje ffreetes imth a greatb?oaoe 
iwkeo knife in tijeir hanoes: thep are all, 
both men anoiuomen pincfcco ano races 
on their homes in Diners maners, ano be* 
rp Grange to bet;oib,T 5 ;tcl) tljep do iuith a 
knife, racing their fkmncs, then tljep take 
a certains opntment mirco built) fomc co* 
lour put into ti)C races, tljep 
neusr o?inke, but firfi thep pome fome of 
fijeBjmke out of the pot: thep o?mke not 
likeimfe betmccne meales,but iuhen tljep 
haue eaten their meate,tt)ep onnke a l;ar* 
tp omugtjt of boater, 0: oftijeir palme tree 
toine, 0? elfe ofboatcr fooocn Untl; ijonnp. 
33u tije morning ,ano at anp other time of 
ti)e oap,luhenthep meets anp man, 05 re* 
ucrence their ruler 0? gouernour,intoken 
of obeotence, thep fall bppon their knees, 
ano beats theirhanoes together, inhere 
tljepkmde bnfcill h® dappeth his hanoes, 
ano fometimes thep clap hanoes together 
one iuith the other, bttering thefe ino?Ds, 
Fuio, Fuio, Fuio , iohereuiith thep giuc 
cache other leans to Departs, ano bp the 
fame thep fignifie ano ft)due thcmfelues 
fobefrtenoes . %fyz cotmtrep people are 
The2.Booke» 
much aDDictes to Scale from ffraungers, 
but not from their obme nation, ano the 
fciomen much giuen to luff ano bndeane* 
neffe, fpeciallp Usith ftraungers, iohieh a* 
mongthem is no ftjame. Inhere are fome 
men thatiueare rouno bores about tljeir 
neckcs maoc of barkes, fome great, feme 
fmall, not much bnlifee the bores, inhich 
luithbsarebfeDto bee hangeoin Binnes 
ano SDauerncs, to putts uionep in fo’ the 
pco^c: but tl;ep inill bp no nieancs let ante 
man fee bjfjafc is in them , ifo.j the moff 
part both men ano ioomen goe bare hea* 
Deb, Uuth theirhaircfrijeleo ano foioeo, 
petberp ft)o;tc, fome iueare hattes that 
commonlp arc maoe of barkes of trees, 02 
of Indian nuttes, fomeiueare plumes of 
feathers , iuhich are maoe faff to thep? 
hairciuith certaineiupars, tuhereof 01* 
uerfe fo?ts tuerc bjeught me from thence: 
fomc haue hoales in thep? bpperlippes, 
ano alfo though the mioole parte of their 
nofe, ano in the holes in tljep? lippes thep 
tljmft pieces of bone, as b?oao as a Dollar 
initf) a ffaike that paffeth through th* 
hole, iuljich being th?uft in, h^ngetlj 
both before his nofe ano his mouth, fome 
th?uff fmall ho?nes 0? teeth through th« 
holes ano fo iueare them, all (as thep 
think) to beautifie thcmfelues, feme bo?e 
. a hole in thep? nearer lippes, ano bfuab= 
Ip tb:uff fl)cp? tongues though it,manp« 
of them both men ano iuomen iueare 
Kings in their cares, iuhereof fome are at 
the leatt feuen 0? eight ounces in insight 
ano fomc haue ftickes th?uff through 
rings that are fiue 0? fire fingers long. 
#s touching their apparell, thep haue 
nothing but a matte maoe of the barke of 
a tree opeo reooe,iuhich thep iueare before 
their p?iup members oner fome of thep? 
mattesthep iueare 2 lpes 0? fea cattes 
fkinnes , o?the fkinnes of fome iuiloe 
beaffs, in the mioole iuhereof there hang* 
eth a bell, fuel) as iuce hang about the 
ncckes of coiucs 0? Iheepe : thep paint 
thep? booies reooe, iuith a colour maoe of 
reooe iucoD, iuhereofBhao fome b?ought 
me from thence, it maketh afap?e colour, 
ano is fomefuhat lighter than b?afill, 
np times thep make one eic reo, the other 
iohitc o?pclloiu,iuith a ffrikco; tiuo of 
the fame colour in their faces. 
^off of them iueare a gerolco? firing 
about thep?miOblesofbuffiesnitnne iuith 
thehap?ebpouit, iuhich mccteth not to* 
gether bpenthep? bellies, bp the b?eaoth 
ofahano, but hath tiuoo enocs fiicking 
o?turnmgbppe, anoiupth aberpfinall 
firing are maoe faff about them : ano 
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