oftfj^xououpfnambatiitietg. 
floub, although ncto cleanc fa?gotfcn, be? 
caufe thep haue no brakes, neither i»et can 
reabc. SEbefe ceremonies cnbeb,thep enter? 
fame thetr Caribes moff fumptuouflp toith 
baintic meate anb D?inke, anb make gob 
chare: the fatbe Caribes toalke liketoife 
through the btflages toith their rattles o? 
Maracans $ couering them toith feathers, 
thep make them faft to a ffaffc } tohich the? 
fire into the earth, anb there offer meate 
anb brinks before it, as iftt lucre an gjbole, 
making the pra?e men bcleeue that the rat? 
ties rate anb eonfume the meate anb b?ink, 
toherebp eucrp ho^t^olDcr thinketh h l «^ 
fclfe bounb to fet,not ouelp flefh anb fill be? 
fb?e them,but alfo of their Coauin, tohich is 
their b?inke: the manner of it is t|us:their 
Maracans o? rattles being tpeb toafticke, 
anb fireb in the earth, as afo?c faib,fo? the 
tpace of fift&ne bapes, are bp the people fer? 
neb toith great oeuotion, anb t|ertotththep 
bofobetotfeh the poo?epeople, thatt|ep 
make them beleeue the rattles are holp,anb 
that the fpirits fpeake out of them. %if e 
Frenchmen faking to b?tng them from that 
fonbe opinion, mere harblp thought ofbp 
them,anb therebp incurreb the Caribes fo?e 
bifplcafure: in like manner Balaams p?ieffs 
hatch Elias , fo?bifcouering their beceits. 
^3nb thus much concerning the ceremonies 
anb&cltgionofthefe poo?e fimple people, 
Suhtch at this p?cfct f^al fuffice, anb fuch as 
arebefirous to knoto mo?e, let them reabe 
lhehiffo?ies therof,fpeciallp I obnes Lerius, 
from totjence fo? the moff part this is taken 
fo:th,rnho hath befcribcb at large tohat hap? 
penebbnto him in his bopage into tijofe 
countries. 
The manner of their marriage, number of 
\viues 5 and the degrees of marriage ob» 
ferued among them,alfo the edu¬ 
cation of their children 
ktnoereb, no man marrteth toith h‘s mo? 
ther, fitter, o? Daughter,other Degrees thep 
refpcct not,fo? the Uncles marrie toith their 
cofins, anb fo of other Degrees: toljen thep 
match together, thep bfe no ceremonies, 
but hee that is befirous to mame toith a 
toiboto o? a maibe, fpeaketh Unto thep; 
frienbes (if thep haue anp)o? to their neigh? 
hours, fo? toant of frienbes, afking them 
if it be their toils that fuch a one fhulb mar? 
rie toith them, ifttjep fap 3 ,then p?efentlie 
hetakethherhome toittjout anp mo?e ce? 
remonp,f kapeth her fo? his toife,but if the 
be DcnicD him,he neuer feeketh further Unto 
biribut here pou muff confioer,that thep are 
The2.Booke 0 
permitteb to take manp toiucs,fo? that cue? 
rie man hath as manp as hce thinks grab, 
anb the mo?e he hath,the ff ronger anb too?? 
thier thep effome him ittjere are fome of the 
that haue eight, pettheliuein fuchbnitte, 
that although fome one ofthem is better be? 
loueb then the reff, pet thep neuer conceiue 
anp icloufie therein, neither pet once mur? 
mur thereat,but liue quietlp togitljer, toea? 
uing anb making their cotten bebs, Doing 
their houlhoulb too?ke, linking to their gar? 
bens, anb planting of their rotes, uc. £>ucb 
toomen as commit abultcrie, are bp nature 
fo abhominable to the Americans,that it is 
in the mans potoer to kill them,o? els toith 
lhame to pnt them from him: it is true that 
thep take no regarbebnto their maibs,buf 
let t|em bo as thep toil,but being once mar? 
rieb, thep muff obferue their p?omife, Upon 
thepames befo?e rehearfeb, but thep are 
not fo much abDirtcb to bncleanneffe as the 
people of flfcatt I ndia : thetoomen that are 
toith chilb abffaine from great labours,anb 
bo nothing but o?Dtnaric too?ke aboutthc 
houfes, anb commonlp the toomen bo mo?e 
too?k t|en the men,fo? t|e men onlp in t|e 
mo?ning, fet certaine trees about their gar? 
bens,but not al £ bap after,but cofumc moff 
of their time in the toars, hunting,! fiffing, 
d to makeB?afiliahalberbs, anb toeapons 
of torab,as alfo botoes anb arrotoesi as ton? 
thing the b?inging fo?th ofthe chilb into the 
too?lb, the men receiuc them from the too? 
mans bobp, anb toith their teeth Bifc off the 
chilbes nauill ftring,anb then p?effe Detone 
thenofe, effeeming it a great beautifping 
bitto themithe chilb being bo?ne,is p?efent? 
Ip toafljeb bp the father, anb painteb toith 
rebanoblacke colour, it is neuer ftoablcb 
no? lappeb in cloathes, but onelp latoe in a 
little cotten beb, anb being a bop, the father 
p?efenflp giueth him a toobbe knift, a boto* 
anb a little arroto,tobictj arc laibe bp him in 
|is beb,anb theretoith he kiffeth the chilbe, 
Taping Unto him, spp fonne,tot}cn thcii art 
great thou muff be ffrong, anb reuenge th£ 
felfebpon thine enemies: as touching their 
names, thep giuetijem the names of fuch 
things as thep knoto,as Orapaccn,tfjat is, 
boto anb arroto,lSangoy,foure fratco beaft, 
Arignan,henne,Arabouten, a 315 ?a&ll t ree* 
Pindo, a great hearbe, $c. ^hechilD?eni 5 
meate befibs their mothers mtlke, is chain? 
eb meale,f fome fotoft meat,the tocma that 
is beliuereo, Ueth i .0? 3. bales at the moff 
bpon her cotten beb,after that thee putteth a 
cotten cappe bppon the chilbes h?ab, anb 
cither goeth into the garben 0? els about the 
houfetoboo fometoo?ke,tohich cur tocmeti 
cannot bo,as being of toeaker completions, 
anh 
