£>ftf}etbartesoft^1CDUDuptnamba«ititt^. m 
bovc trees, about Sue o? fire fait long, round 
at the end like a fpit, a feofe b;oad, and the 
thickcneftcotathumbein the middle,althe 
oil) cr part fljarpe. bBeftdes thofe iueapotis, 
thep haue ojapafs, bohich areboUies,tljere 
are Itkeboifeofblacke ojredbocoo, Inhere# 
boiththepcan locate fo fureano certainlp, 
that no man ercclleth them, of the bohich 
boboes and arroboes, becaufe there are fo 
many of than brought into tljefe countries, 
tljere needeth no great defeription t boithall 
thep haue bucklers ofttje fiunnes of Tapi- 
m U iTou,bjoad, flat, and round like theco# 
uer of a dmmmc,bohercboitb thep couer not 
ttjemfelues, but bfe them onelpto receiue 
ti;etr enemies arroboes: ttjefc are al thebue# 
pons tf>ep do commonlp bfe, onlp thatthe? 
do put on cerfapncktndes of apparell made 
pf feathers, bohercboith thep fet f®?fh thep? 
bodies, otherboifethep boillnof haue anp 
thingbpontheirbodics (bocre it but a bare 
ftjirt) t^atmigtjtbeanp let ojtjinucraunce 
bnto t'g em. 0nd being armed in ttjis man# 
ner, thep fetfinboard fometimes eight o? 
tennethoufand men(boith certaineboomen 
not to fight, but to carrp their neceffaries $ 
p:oaifions) and being in the field, the anci# 
enteft among tbem(fuct) as haue flaine and 
estenmanp ofttjeir enemies) are appopn# 
fed fofeaptatnes and commaunders, after 
tohante the reft foloboe, and fctfo?board fo# 
boards the enemp, and although thep meefe 
all together b)ithduto?der, pet bohen tfjep 
march tljep place themfelues in rankes, tt)e 
tfrongeftgoing bcfo?e, and the reft after 
them, bohereinit isftrange,tljatfo manpe 
men being together without a gencrall,can 
fo Inell place themfelues, and knob? lutjew 
ffjcp Should fet fo?board. are fonie of 
them that blotne in great homes, like our 
trumpe£s,U)tn c btbei?£all inhere# 
boith the? incourage the people, and giuc 
them ftgnes of battell, others haue pipes o? 
flutes made of their enemies bones, bohich 
at other timesthep haue flaine and eaten: 
Inhereon all the time of their march thep 
ceafenottopipe, fherebptoftirre their fel# 
loboes harts to do the like inith their enne# 
mies bones that bp them Ihould bee taken. 
0nd ifthep affaile their enemies bp boater, 
thep kcepe clofeto tl)elho?c, not daring en# 
ter farre into tljefea, becaufe their feutes 
boimh are made of the barkes of frees, are 
notable to induce agatnft a tempett, but 
ferue onelp in calme leather, eache feute 
holdingfiftiemen, tuhtch map eafilp fitte 
therein and rotoe, boith fo great fbnftneffe, 
that it is boonderfull. 
Bin themanerbefore rchearfedthep tra# 
uel fometimes tenne o? fboelue miles tottlj# 
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in their enemies countrep, bflng fo march 
inith their ftrongeft men firft, leaning the 
boeakeft boith the boome a dap o? ttno daies 
iournep behind them,marching berp quiet# 
Ip entring into certaine borods, inhere thep 
flap $ h‘*be themfelues fo?thc fpaccofljalf 
a dap, meane time ifttjcp mecte boith anp of 
their enemies, either men, boomcit,o? djil# 
djenjthep keep them notpjifoners, neither 
take them boith them, but p?efcnf Ip kil and 
roll them bpon their boner ns o?girdirons, 
and fo catc them, bohich the? do? not to bee 
troubled luith them bohen thep fl, ow'd enter 
into thebilagcs of their enemies, bohich are 
all bntheut boalles, theirhoufes beingof 
80. o? ioo. pafes long, toifhCKt deems, 
placing in fteede thereof certapne paime 
trees 02 branches of thehearb called Pindor 
pet there are fome biUages among them, 
fuch as bolder bpon their enemies, that are 
paled aboutbnth homes of lire fofc high, 
againtt the bohich bohen thep meane to doe 
anp erploit, thep match the buap that goeth 
bnto thebiUage, boherefuch as iflue foo^h 
0? enter in, fighting truth them, are taken 
ptifoners, and are killed and eaten. But 
bohen thep meet in open field, armp againft 
armp,tt is done boith fuch furp and horrible 
bloudJhed, that it is incredible, as Joannes 
Lerius aiiBurgonian hath perfonalip beheld 
them,can tuifnes, from bohome this is ga# 
tljercd,fo? that thep run boith fo great fierce 
neffe and boldneffe together, as newer boas 
heard of: fo? (as Lenus bouteth) bohen fl;e 
Tououpinambaultiersfirft perceiued their 
enemies, thep made fo Ijojrible aerie, as 
greater is neuer heard among bs bo^en boe 
hunt the boolfe, and that fo loiudc, as if at 
that time it had thundicd, if could fcarcelp 
haue beene heard: and appjoching nearer 
bnto them, thep beganne a fceono time fo 
crie, boith bloboing of homes,and piping on 
their flutes, calling to their ennemies, and 
tyeboing the the dead bones offhetr frenos, 
and their teeth, bohich thep do boeare about 
their neckes bpon firings, at the leaft tbooo 
elles long: that done, entringinto battell, 
and beginning to Ihmfe, pou map fee thep? 
arobos flee into the ap?e as thick as fboarms 
offltes,boith allkinde of coloured feathers, 
bohich maketh a meft pleafant Ihebj, if it 
might be feen boithout danger: in the bohich 
parting, bohofoeuerishurt, p?efcntlp pul# 
leth fojth the arrobo, and like a madde dog 
biteth if i« Pieces, pet tjeeleaueth not oflf, 
but ftillfighteth, as beingfo cruel and fierce 
that thep neuer ceafe fighting as long as a# 
np ffrength is in their bodies, neuer Aping: 
and fuch as thep ffrikeboith theirbooodden 
holberts>fal pjefentlp dead bnto the groud, 
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