Purchas his pilgrimes. In five bookes. The first ... of Asia ... The second ... of China, Tartarie, Russia ... The third ... of the north parts of the world ... The fourth, English northerne navigations, and discoveries ... The fifth, voyages and travels to and in the New World / [Samuel Purchas].

  • Samuel Purchas
Date:
1625
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Credit: Purchas his pilgrimes. In five bookes. The first ... of Asia ... The second ... of China, Tartarie, Russia ... The third ... of the north parts of the world ... The fourth, English northerne navigations, and discoveries ... The fifth, voyages and travels to and in the New World / [Samuel Purchas]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    }-G 2.1, without all delay : and he that hath fuffered the iniury, carrieth him (as it were )captitie. They punifh no man with fentence of death , vnlefle he bee taken in the deed Kk doing, or confefféth the fame. But being accufed by the multitude, they put him vnto extreame y biuace to make him confefle the truth. They punifh murther with death, and Carnall copula- tion alia with any other belides his owne. By his owne, Tmeane.his Wite or his Maid Seruant, for he may vie his Slaue as hee Inftech himfelfe. Hainous theft alfo or felony they punifh with a death. Fora light theft, as namely, for ftealing of aRam, the partie (not being apprehended | ff in the deed doing, but otherwife detected ) is cruelly beaten. And if the Executionet layes ort i an hundred ftrokes, hee muft have an hundred ftaues 5 namely, for fuch as ae beaten vpon fen- | ten tence given in the Court. Alfo counterfeit Meflengers, becaufe they feine themielues to be Mef- 36 |e po! fengers when as indeed they are none at all, they punith with death. Sacrilegious perfons they | vfein Lite manner (of which kind of Malefattors your Maieftie thall vaderitand more fully ) hereafter ) becaufe they efteeme fuch to bee Witches. When any man dyeth, they lament and howle moft pittifully tor him: andthe faid Mourners are free from paying any tribute for- one whole yeare after. Alfo, whofoeuer 1s prefent at the houfe where any one growne to mans eftate | et lyeth dead, he muft not enter into the Court of (Mangn- Can, till one while yeare be expired, . of t If it were a child <deceafed , hee muft not enter into the faid Coure till che next moneth after. ~ fed, they alwaies leaue one Cottage. If any of their tothe. graue of the artie decea ; eae (being of the ftocke Ee Chingis, who was their firft Lord and Father ) deceafeth, his Se- pulchre is vnkaowne. And alwaies about thofe places where they interre their Nobles, there is 34 one houfe of men to keepe the Sepulchres. I could not learne that they vie to hide Treafures in the graues of their dead. The Comanians build a great Toombe ouer their dead, and ereét the Image of » the dead partie thereupon, with his face towardsthe Eaft, holding a drinking Cup in Drs his hand before his Nauell. They erect alfo vpon the Monuments ofrich men, Pyramides, that ell is to fay little (harpe houfes or pinacles: and in fome places 1 faw mightie Towers made of ett Bricke, in other places Pyramides made of ftones, albeit there are no ftones to be found there» | about. .I faw one newly buried, in whofe behalfe they hanged vp fixteene Horfe-hides, vnto an each quarter of the world foure, betweene certaine high pofts : and they fet befides his Graue DT ceofou Cofmos for him to drinke, and flefh to eate: and yet they {aid that he was baptized, 1 beheld o- st ther kinds of Sepulchres alfo towards the Eaft: namely, large floores or pauements made of * wrath ftone, fome round, and fome fquare, and then foure long ftones pitched vpright, about the faid sa pauement towards the foure Regions of theworld. Whenany man is ficke, he lyeth in his bed, — m and caufeth a figne to be fet vpon his houfe, to fignifie that there lyeth a ficke perfon there, to the end that no man may enter into che {aid houle : whereupon none at all vifit any ficke partie Fi bat his feruant-onely. Moreotier , when any one is ficke in their. great Courts, they appoint ae Watch-men to ftand round about the faid Court, who will not faffer any perfon to enter with=- en in the Precinéts thereof, For they feare leaft euill fpirits or winds fhould come together with vfs ite the parties that enter in. They efteeme of Soothfayers, as of their Priefts. | he mutt zoe prefently >) = << Sa = = = Sepulchress Chap. t16 Ax being come amongft thofe barbarous people, me thought (asI faid before ) chat] was 40 bok OF our firft entred into a new world ; for they came flocking about vs on horfe-backe, after they had ity entrance a- — made ysalong time to awaite for them fitting in the thadow, vnder their blacke carts. The firft Th ate a queftion which they demanded, was, whether we had euer beene with them heretofore, or no? of Cae eae And giuing them an{were that we had-aot, they began impudently to beg our victuals from vs. tude. ‘And we caue them fome of our Bisket and Wine, vhich wee had brought with vs from the Towne of Se/daia. And having drunke off one Flagon of our Wine, they demanded another 5 ie faying, That a man goeth not into the houfe with one foote. Howbeit we gave them no more, excufing our felues that we had but a little. Then they asked vs, whence we came, and whither ‘ we were bound? Ianfwered them with the words aboue mentioned : that wee had heard con- Duke Sartach. cerning Duke Sartach, thatihee was become a Chriflian, and that vnto him our determination 9 was to travell, baning your Maiefties Letters to deliver vnto him, They were very inquifitiue to know whether I came of mineowneaccord, or whither] were fent © I anfwered, thatino man compelled me tocome, neither had I come, vnleffe I my felfe had beene willing.: and that therefore I was come according to mine owne will, and tothe will of my Superior, I tooke 4 diligent heed neuer to fay that Iwas your Maiefties Embafladour. Then they asked what I had stone J 1, } in my Cartss whether it were Gold or Siluer, or rich Garments to carrie vnto Sartach? Lan- Aa af fwered, that Sartach fhould fee what we had brought, when we were once come vnto him,and ey dad / that they had nothing todoe to aske fuch quettions, but rather ought to condué me vnto their TOWOE Captaine, and that he, if he thought good, fhould caufe me to be dire&ted vnto Sartach : if not, Hou bee that I would returne. For there was in the fame Prouince one of Baats his Kinfmen, called Sea- 60 Mae eg cati, vnto whom my Lord the Emperour of Conftantinople had written Letters of requeft, to * eyed in faffer me to'pafle through his Territotie. With this anfwere of ours they were fatisfied, giving U0 Sarigh vs Horfes and Oxen, and two men to condué vs. Howbeit, before they would allow vs the MRS Fork forefaid neceflaries for our iourney , they made vs to awaite a long while, begging our bread for ee their UT had
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