Ailantit. \ 
co kccpc them from going prefently to the Goucrnour, to 
craue Conditions. Bui: with much adoe wee refrained them, 
till wee moughc agree whac courfc to take. 
We tooke our (dues now for free men, feeing there was no 
danger of our vtter Perdition, And liuedmoft ioyfully, going 
abroad, and feeing what was to bee feen, in the Cicty and pla¬ 
ces adiaccnr, within our Tedder; And obtaining Acquain¬ 
tance with many of the Citty, not of the mcaneft Quallicy; 
Ac whole hands wee found fuch Humanity, andfuchafrce- 
dome and defire, co cake Strangers, as it were, into their Bo- 
fome, as was enough to make vs forget all that was deareto 
vs, in our owne Countries: And continually wee met with 
many things, right worthy of Obfcruarion,and Relation? As 
indeed, if there bee a Mirrour in the World, worthy to hold 
Mens Eyes, it is that Counrry. One day there were two of 
our Company bidden to a Feafi of the Family, as they call it. 
A mod Natural!,Pious, and Rcuerend Cuftomc it is, (hewing 
that Nation to bcc compounded of allGoodnes. This is the 
manner of it. It is granted to any Man, thac (hall line to fee 
thirty Perfons,defccnded of his Body, aliuc together, and all 
aboue$, yearesold, to make this Feaft , which is done at the 
Coftof the State. The Father of the Family t whom they call 
I thc Tirfan , two days before th c Feaft, taketh ro him three of 
fuch Friends as he liketh to chufe; And is afliffed alfo by the 
Goucrnour of the City, or Place, wherethc Feaft it celebra¬ 
ted; And all the Perfons oi the Family , of both Sexes, are fum- 
moned to attend him. Thefe cwodayes thzTirfan fitteth in 
Confutation, cocerning the good Eftate of the Family. There, 
if there beany Difcord or Sates betweeneany of the Family, 
they are compounded and appeafed. There, if any of the 
Family bcc DiftrefTcd or Decayed, order is taken for their 
Reliefe, and competent meanes to liuc. There if any bee 
fubieft to vice or take ill Courfcs, they arc reproued and 
Cenfured. So likewife, Dirc&ion is gmen Touching Mar¬ 
riages, and the courfes of life, which any of them fhould 
take, with diuers other the like Orders and Aduifes. The 
Goucrnour afsifteth, to the end, to put in Execution, by his 
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