'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [‎19] (40/448)

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another, VniverfHm genus hummum nhique terrarum colit Deum verurn velfalfum. Neverthe-
lefs, if that maxime fail any wh ere, here it may for during the time I ftaid amongft
them I faw no figns of any knowledge of God, the law of Nature fcarce being obferved:
No fpark of Devotion, no fymptome of Heaven or Hell, no place fet apart for Wor-
jhip, no Sabbath for reft and as to their Language, fomething I writ from one that I
feleded as the moft fober in the Company (for through the frequency of fliips that an
chor therefor refrefhment fomeofthem are a little civilized, from what Herodotus Uh. 4,
writes of their progenitors the Garamants, Qui fagimt afpeftum commercmmque Hominum,
and what fliny inthePmw^ of his//^. 5. iV^.fays, as that in his time their
Names and Places were in-expreflable, Anonymi funt in Jlfrica proprils Nominihm carentes >
&€*) the words are as follow. One Iflme, Two Ifium, Three Ifigwmny, pour Hacky,
Five Cm, Six Ifigumyy Seven Chowhawgh, Eight Ktjhow, Nine Cnjho, Ten G he fry, and
further they couid. not number. Anftotle, not without good reafon admir'd, that
both Greeks and Barbarians ufed a like numeration unto ten which feeing it was fo
univerfal could not rationally be concluded accidental, but rather a number that had its
foundation in Nature. They call a Knife Droaf, a Quil Gmfaco, a Hat Tmhba, a Nofe
Tmam, a Sword Dufhingro, a Book Bueem, a Ship Chicmny, Water Chtammey, Brafs
HadcUrchereefy a Skin Gwummey, a Bracelet Whohoop, Egg-fhells Snnny Seals HarkajJ?, a
Woman Traqueojh, Bread Bara, Give me the Yard Gwammey, Stones Wchraef,
Womb Wchieep, Paps Semigwe^ Genitor Jficoom, See.
To draw towards an end, left Mindus gates be opened, in exchange for trifles we got
Cattle and Sallats for refrelhment. Anno 1600. Sir fames Lancafter landing here, had
1000. Sheep and 50. Oxen for babies, and might have had more plenty, had not our
emulous Neighbour the Dutch, after fome difguft given the Natives rode with our
Colours outjwhich made them the lefs amicable to us,who have at all times expreft kindnefs
to them, and not in vain, feeing JNomen awicitidt harbdTd, coy da wiovet: and is the more
prudential, feeing jealoufie fo polfelfes them. An example we have in Cory a Savage
brought thence into England in the year 16 14. where being civilized he returned in few
years after to his Country, and to exprefs how nobly he had been treated, entring the
Woods in a copper gilt armour ^ whether in revenge ofhis departure, or to be pofleft
of fo great a treafure, is not known-, but inftead of a kind reception which he thought
he fhould have had, they butchered him. The Cattle they fold us, had they not been
fecured by tying their heads to fome ftakes, would break after the Savages upon one
mans whittle, which was fo full of difcord, as if five men had whiftled together, not by
ns to be counterfeited. They differ not now from what the Garamants their Anceftors
were. Qui Matrimoniorum expertes pafm cum foeminis degmt-, cibm caroferim, & lanis pa~
hulnm uti pecorihus. Qui neqne morihus, neque legibusy neque imperio habent. Nullas cert as
fedes habenteSy vagi palantes, femper quo nox coegerat, &c. pretty well refembled by Ha-
villan in his Architrenio.
Their garments are rawhides of beafis, whofe Blood
They drinkjn fpaciom cups of hollow wood.
The Caves their Lodgings are, Btijhes their Bedsy
Rocks ferve for Tables, and by prey are fed*
Theft, /laughter, rapine, and what had we call,
Thefe Monfiers aft, though the earth groan withal.
■" —— Quibus uda ferarum
Tergadabant veftes, cruor hauftus, pocula trunci,
Antra lares, dumeta thoros, coenacufa rupes,
Prajda cibus 5 . raptus vcherem, fpedacula cxdes,
Impetium vires, animus furor, impetus arma.
Mortem pugna, fepukra rubus, monflrifq; gemebat
Tellus.
They have little Art in War, their weapon commonly is an Azaguay or Javelin head
ed with Iron, direded by fome feathers they take offand on at pleafure; fome quarrels
happened (by indifcretion) 'twixt us and them, and in the skirmiih we found that a dozen
Mufijuets will chafe 1000. at every difcharge falling down as thunder-ftruck. Yet let
me advife our Men to avoid needlefs bravadoes, and not contemn them from their in-
defenfive nakednefs. Exempla decent. Almeyda, one of the braveft Captains the Por
tugal ever had, after many gallant atchievements in ^4/^ and returning Amo
1510. out of India, He with eleven experienced Captains and other gallants upon a
fmall affront putting fome of the Savages to death (who grew defperate in revenge)
were unexpededly fet upon by thefe naked Barbarians, who had the arma antiqua, i. e.
mantis, ungues, dentes, and flain were every man of them. Qui (faith Oforim) cum per
Mtedias flammas, per pilas innumerabiles, per tela, per gladios, fine ulla formidinisfignifeatione
ruentes maximum terror em hoftibus intulijfent, & infignes victorias contra innumerabiles inimicas
adepti fuijfent, tunc a paucis hominihm inermibm atque nudis interfetti & fpoliati fuerunt.
I will fum up the character of this agrefte hominum genus with that which Salvian libro de
D 2 vero