The English-American his travail by sea and land: or, a new svrvey of the West-Indias. Containing a journall of three thousand and three hundred miles within the main land of America ... With a grammar, or some few rudiments of the Indian tongue, called, Poconchi. Of Pocoman / By the true and painfull endevours of Thomas Gage.

  • Thomas Gage
Date:
1648
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Credit: The English-American his travail by sea and land: or, a new svrvey of the West-Indias. Containing a journall of three thousand and three hundred miles within the main land of America ... With a grammar, or some few rudiments of the Indian tongue, called, Poconchi. Of Pocoman / By the true and painfull endevours of Thomas Gage. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    odious for a thing of immortall glory. Firft fix Gentlewomen of noble birth were appointed to die 5 the cne to have the office of keeper of his jewels, which he was wont to wearer another for the office of cup-bearer; another to give him waterwitha bafon and Ewer • another to give him alwaiesthe Urinall; another to be his Cooke • andanother to ferve for Landrefs. They flew alfomany women,flaves,and free-maidens for to attend upon the Gentlewomen5and moreover one of every occupation within the City. When all thefe that were appointed to die were waffied, and their bellies full with meat and drinke, then they painted their faces yellow, and put garlands of fweet flowers upon each of their heads. Then they went in order of proceffion before the j d®ad WaS carr*ed 5 *°me went Paying on inftruments made of Snaflffiefls, and others played upon bones andffiells of Sea Tortois, others went whittling, and the molt part weeping. The Tons of the dead King and other Noble men carried upon their ffioulders the Beere where the Corps lay, and proceeded with an ea- he pace towards the Temple of the God called Curicaveri. his kinfmenwent rounda¬ bout the Beer unging a forrowfull fong.l The officers and houffioldTervants of the Court, with other Magiftrates and Rulers of jnftice bare the Standards and divers o- ther Arms. And about midnight they departed in the order aforcfaid out of the Kings Palace with great light of fire-brands, and with a heavy noyfeof their trumpets and drummes. The Citizens which dwelt where the Corfe palled, attended to make clean thettrect. And when they were come to the Temple, they went four times round a- bout a great fire which was prepared of Pine tree to burn the dead body. Then the Beer was laid upon the fire, and in the meahe while that the body was burning,they mawled with a club thofe which had the garlands, and afterward buried them four and four as they were apparelled behind the Temple. The next day in the morning the allies, bones and jewels were gathered and laid upon arich mantle, the which was carried to the Temple gate, where the Preifts attended to blefie thole divelliffi reliques, whereof they made a dow or pafte, and thereof an Image, which was apparelled like a man with a vifor on his face, and all other forts of jewels that the dead King was wont to Weare,fo that it leemed a gallant Idoll. At the foot of the Temple ftaires they opened a grave ready made,which was lquare& large, two fadome deepest was alfo hanged with RuWr?li1 jUn<J an0tlt’ and a fairc bed tfaerein,in the which one of the Preifts placed the Idoll made of affies with his eyes towards the Eaft part, and did hang round about the walls Targets of gold and filver,with bowes and arrows, and many gallant tuffes of feathers with^arthen veflels,as pots, diffies, and platters,fo that the grave was filled up With houlhold-fiuffe, chefts covered with leather, apparell, Jewels, meate drinke and armour. 1 his done, the grave was fhut up and made fure wish beames, boardes, and floored with earth on the top. All thofe Gentlemen who had ferved or touched any thing in the burial], waffied themfelves and went to dinner in the Court or yard of the ings houfe without any table, amoving dined they wiped their hands upon certain lockes of Cotton-wooll, hanging downe their heads, and not fpeaking any word, except it were to aske for drinke. This ceremonie endured five daies, and in all that ume no fire was permitted to be kindled in the City, except in the Kings houfe and 1 emples, nor yet any corne was ground, or market kept, nor any durft goe out of A A,!?- ^ewr,n^ ai11 *he forrow that might be poflible for ihe death of their King. And this was the fuperttitious manner of burying the Kings of Uecboacan. This people tit Plinl(haduItfrynio(l ngoroufly ; for to commit it was death as well for the man as oman. But if the adulterer were a Gentleman, his head was decked with fea- thers , and after that he was banged, and his body burned ; and for this offence was no pardon, either for man or woman. But for avoiding of adultery they did permi t o- ther common women, but no publike and ordinary ftewes. Now the Wials of Me- parTof Jmfricf7 ^ ^ P°pi(h dcvices’and are ftrong in that religi©n,as any ^2h!ndTKlLarndlf ?ruVlnCe°f the Cou.ntrey or Empire of Mexico, is called Galicia h a- Jter4d!v“htW0very great rivers, the one named Piajile, and the other J^?V nce glorleth in many great Townes of Indians . but efpe- takenbv^ ^ ^jW*5 theM and chiefeft’is XalL, nerandffi^npHt f fr0ffl Wxko in a rag*> *nd tookeprifo^ Th cfou rt //g ™efec0nd ^adalaiara The third cL«m. The fourth Compofie/la. The fifth, St^fpkiu The fixth, C>/*, which now iscalled Nova