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ITibhkc Authority, the Decrees and Orders of the Tirfan , 
! if they ftiould bee difobeyed j Though that feldome nee- 
; deth j Such Reuercnce and Obedience they giue, to the 
[Order of Nature. The Tirfan doth alfo then, cucr chufc 
i one Man from amongfl his Sonnes, to liuc in Houfe with 
; him : Who is called, cuer after, the Sonne of the Vine . The 
; Rcafon' will hereafter appeare. On rhe Feaft day, the Fa- 
ther or Tirfan commeth foorth after Diuinc Seruice* into a 
Marge Roome, where the Feaft is celebrated, Which Roome 
hath an Ha! tc-Pace at the vpper end. Againit the wall, 
in the middle of the halfe-pace, is a Chairc placed for him, 
with a Table and Carpet before it. Oucr the Chairc is 
a State, made Round or Quail, and It is of Iuy ; An Iuy 
j fomewhac whiter than ours, like the Leafe of a Silucr 
I A.spc, but more fhining ; for it is grcenc all winter. And 
1 the State is curioully wrought with Silucr and Silke of di¬ 
ners Colours, broydingor binding in the Iuy ; And is euer 
of the workc, of fbmc of the Daughters of the Family ; 
And vailed oner at the top, with a fine Net of Silke 
and Silucr. Bub the Subftancc of it is true Iuy •, whereof’ 
after it is taken downe, the Friends of the Family, are 
defiroustojiauc fome Leafe or Sprig to keepe. *Thc Tirfan 
commeth forth with all his Generation or Linage, the 
Males before him, and the Females following him ; And 
if there be a Mother, from whofcBody the Whole Linage 
is defeended, there is a Traucrfc placed in a Loft aboue 
on the right hand of the Chairc, with a priuy Dore, and a 
caiued Window of Glaflc, leaded with Gold and blew; 
Where (he fitteth, but is not (cenc. When the Tirfan is 
conic foorth, hcc firteth downe in the Chaire ; And all the 
Linage place themfclues againd the wall, both at his backe, 
and vpon the Recurneo/ the Halfc pacc, in Ord-r of their 
yeares, without difference of Sex, and (la nd vpon their 
Feet. When hce is fer, the Roome being aiwaics full of 
Company $ but well kept and without DHbrdcr, after 
fdme paufe, there commeth in from the lower end of 
the Roome, a Taratan, ( which is as much as an tieraU \) 
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