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fleth. SChep make grob pappe thereof, time 
pleafant oftattc,leaning libc fooocn rpcc,bp 
themcallcb Minganc>Vuitb ttjcir tjanos tlje\? 
. pjeffc certainc tuice out offljis roote,tohich 
is as Voljite as rnilbe, U»tj:rtj being puttc in 
earthen pots ano fcf in tljcfunne,it runneth 
together libc euros,toljtct) thep put into car* 
then oiitjcs,$ fric them as foe Do egs. 2Ei)e 
rate Ay pi is much UfeD to be rofteo ano ca* 
ten,as beingfoft, ano taftettj like chefnufs, 
ttj£ ottjer mutt be maoe into meale ano too* 
ocn, otijcrUitfc it is Dangerous to be eaten: 
both the ftcelcs of tlje notes are not much 
tjnltke each ottjer, being as great as a fmall 
tamper tree, ano leaues like Pocnic, ttjc 
firangcnca'c of tljcfe rotes confiffetlj in tlje 
great numbers,fo? tljat ttje branches (that. 
are as b^tcfele as ttje If albs of l;cnip) beeing 
b?cbc mto oiuers pieces,ano fo tij?ult oeepe 
intotijccartl), Vmtijout any other Ufage, 
Voithm th?te o? foure months after Do b?mg 
fojtb great quantifies of tijefe rootes: thep 
haue libevnife much Bjnotan tni;eate, bp ttye 
calico Anati.-auO bp others Maiz, toljcrcof 
thep make meale, Uiljiclj tljep babe ano eat. 
touching their o?inbc, to^ic!) t hep mane of 
thofc ttoo rotes,ano alfo of Maiz,itis maoe 
in this fo?t bp their taomen, being of bpini* 
on,tljat if it Ujculo bee Oonc bp men,that it 
iaoulo Ijauc no taffcXtjcp cuttlje rootes in 
final pieces, as toe oo turnops, toljtch tljcp 
feetlj in pclloto pots Until tljep be foft,Uif)tcf) 
Oone tljep fet them from the fire, ano then 
fet tijemfeiues rouno about tlje pots, ctjaVm 
ing tljefoOOen rotcs,toiljici; tljep th?oto in* 
to another pot mabe reaop fo? tlje purpofe, 
ano fet Upon tlje fire, lofjerein tljep are foO# 
oenoncc againe, ano eontinuailpflirreo. 
Until, tljep tjjinUctljem ts bctnoug^,lol)icl) 
Oone,thcp arepoureo into otljcrfattcs maoe 
ofreeoes, not beingclarifpeD, anoatljiro 
time foooen ano fbimmeo, tljep eouer tlje 
reeoes,ano beepe it to o?:nbc,as their maner 
is,ano as hereafter 3 mill fijeto pou: in the 
fame manner tlje ioomen mabe a o?inbe of 
Maizo? Blnoian toljeate, tutjicfj thep call 
Csou-in ttjicke ano trcublco,$!in a manner 
taffeth libemilbe, ano becaufctljis Mniz 
ano rootes are there in great abounoancc, 
tljep mabe as much o?inbe as tljep toil, 
totjidj is bp ttjem libetotfe Cone, beeping it 
til tljep come al together to o?inb: ano totje 
tljep come to tlje ojmtbcn fcatts, ano tljat 
tljep meaneto bilaman ano eateljim,tije 
tlje toomen mabe fiers about tlje Ueffeles, 
loljcrbp tljeonnbbcccmmctlj toarme,ano 
then it is fir# ojaUrne, ano tlje toomen fil* 
ling a gco?D Ijalfe ful, giue it to tlje men as 
tljep areoauncing,toljtdj tljep o?inb at one 
o?augljf, ano tljat fo often an$ fc long, tljat 
The 2.bookc. 
tljep emptie al tljep? Ueffcls, as Lei ioljim* 
fclfe tjatij fcenc(from tobom 3 gaujerco tijis 
Difcourfc) tljat fo? tlje fpace ot tlj?ee Oapes 
tljep Ijauc Oone nothing but c?snbe, ano ne* 
uerccafeo, ano being fo ful tljat tljep couloe 
bcareno mo?e, pet tuoulo thep not tas 
off, but ttiil beepe companie: at tljcfc o?in* 
bings theparemerrie, ftnging, leaping. 
Dancing, ano crljo?tmg eactj other to be ta? 
liant in armes, ano to bill manp of tljeir e* 
nemies ♦ SDhatoone, thepj;umie one after 
the ctljer Ube cranes in tljar flight leaping 
Untill al tbep? UelTcllcs are emptie, at the 
Uifjub feafis,efpeciaUp lohen tljep meane to 
bill anocatcamau,thcparcO?eircD in fine 
feathers ano Vo ncrblaccs,ano fc?acclets:in 
thep? oaunccs there are no Vocmai coupleo 
toith them,but eucrp one oaunceth bp him* 
felfe,ano thefe Ojinfeiugs arc obfemeo Voljf 
rhofc of one Uillage mate together, ano 
neighbours 0?inbe oneVoifh tlje other, fit* 
ting in thep? hanging beos, butvoitlj mo?e 
gmo fcUoVolhip, VohrrciLUth there arc tineo 
things fo be confioercD: firfi, tljat tlje Ji5?a* 
filiansooncuer D?inbeioljenthcp cate, as 
Ujcoo , no?lo!jen tljep o?inbe, thep neuer 
eate: feronolp, that thep eat VoifljGut Voc?o 
fpcabing, ano tfthep haue anp thing to fap 
each Unro other, thep Do it after their meat, 
thep Ufelibetoife nocertainc Ijcure to eate 
in, but U’-hen thep are Ijungne tljep fall to 
their mcate,as locll bp night as bp bap, pet 
thep are Ucrie fober in eating, toafijmg 
Ijanosano meuthes both bcfo?e ano after 
mestc, tufjich 3 tljmbc thep Dec to tabe the 
clamines of the meat off from their fingers* 
9 Of certain great keafh and Ci ocadiles 
in Brafilia. 
p 3 eft pou mulf Unocrffano that in al Bra- 
fi 1 ia tljcre is not anp foure fsteobealfs 
libc thefe in our countries, thep haue great 
numbersofonebinotohich tljepcalTapi- 
rouilou,of a miole ftature, betluecn a coVu f 
an affe,’this beaft hath recoifij $ long Ijairc,, 
libe acotn,butljath no ho?ncs,ano afgo?tcr 
necb,!ong 1 hanging cares,fmallcr ano len* 
ger legs,a toholc foot hbe an afic, fo that it 
is not to?ong nameo to be calico a coVu alTe, 
pet Different from botf;> firft becaufe if hath 
a fiho?t tails (as manp bcafts in America 
haue no tailes at al)i fijarpe tcet!j,pct tuith* 
out anp co?agc,fo? it runs from a man: the 
3 B?afilians ftjojt at this beali Vuith their ar* 
roUies,o? clfc tabc them in pits, tu^ictj thep 
Dig fo; the purpofe, 1 efteerne much of it, be* 
caufe of ttjefbin: thep Ijauing flepeo it off, 
thepeuttc thehibo inrounOepeeces,U)hich 
tljep o?ie in the £>unne, luhereof tljep 
mabe bublers,Voherlmth thep oefeno tljem 
I® 2 felues 
