A display of two forraigne sects in the East Indies vizt: the sect of the Banians the ancient natiues of India and the sect of the Persees the ancient inhabitants of Persia· together with the religion and maners of each sect collected into two bookes by Henry Lord sometimes resident in East India and preacher to the Hoble Company of Merchants trading thether

CHAP. III.

Of Cuttery the second Sonne of Pourous, his Trauaile, and the meeting hee had with the Woman appointed for him; their conflict, ap∣peasement, coniunction, and the peopling of the West by them.

SVccessiuely the second Brother Cut∣tery, was by the Almighty consigned to the West, about the charge of making men; so taking the sword in his hand, that God had giuen him, the instrument, on whose edge lay the hopes of a kingdome, rowsing vp his courage, which hiherto wan∣ted occasion of exercise, from the heart and bosome of the earth, in which his youth had conuersed, he turned his backe on the rising Sunne euery morning, whose swister course ouertook him, & euery day in his decline pre∣sented himself in his setting glory before him. As he thus trauailed towards the West, he cha∣fed with himselfe as he passed along, that no aduenture presented it selfe, that might pro¦uoke him to giue a probate of his Courage, wishing that an Army of men, or a troope of wilde beasts, would oppose him, that hee might strowe the surface of the earth with dead carkeyses, and giue the sowles of heauen flesh to feede on. And not knowing to what purpose God had directed him to ••end his

course that way, as onely sensible of his owne heroick stomacke, hee said: To what end hath God infused such Magnanimity in∣to my brest, if it shal want a Subiect whereon to worke my glory and renowne? shall I lose the end of my Creation? God forbid.

Thus carried on with the hopes of some Aduenture, hee intended that whatsoeuer should first cope with him, should haue the sense of his fury; when being come to a Mountaine, whose height might make things farre distant visible to the eye, he might per∣ceiue a creature of goodly personage, like himselfe, stalking forward with a Martiall steppe, no lesse slowe then maiesticke in pace; which two approaching, as desirous to make experiment of each others fortitude vpon their meeting together, it appeared to bee a Woman, whose tresses in a comely fertility hung downe by her shoulders, which by mo∣tion of the ayre, turned into a carelesse disor∣der, euery blast that made an alteration in the same, gaue a new grace to her excellent Per∣son, and made her presence more full of Ma∣iesty. In her right hand shee bare a Chuckerey, which is an instrument of a round forme, and sharpe edged in the superficies thereof, so ac∣commodate for offence, that by a hole in the middest thereof, being whirled about the fin∣ger, and slung off, in the quicknesse of his motion, it is able to deliuer or conuey death

to a farre remote enemy. Courage displayed his Banner in her countenance, & maiesticke fury sparkled in her eyes, bearing witnesse how much she thirsted after conquest, and the womans name was Toddicastree.

In the first encounter she made her Chuc∣kerey beare the message of her displeasure, giuing entertainement with the instrument of Battell, which was such as Cuttery expected: and no kinder behauiour did hee entend to proffer, as preferring the harsh effects of vio∣lence, before the mollifying power of beau∣ty; with this hard greeting did they passe the first day, giuing wounds on each side, shee with her Chuckerey, he with his Sword; both being much spent in the conflict, and often breathing when extreamity of exercise had languished their powers, they renewed their battell by fresh Aggression and Onset, till darknesse did prohibit the vse of Armes, lea∣uing the first day as an indifferent Arbiter of the battell, neither of them able to boast of Aduantage.

The light of the next day inuiting them to a new experiment of Valour, they accoast one another, renewing the remembrance of their iniuries with second attempts of vio∣lence: the day well neere spent in fight, Cut∣tery gaining some aduantage, with his Sword hewed her Chuckerey, in two peeces, but fauo∣rable darkenesse looking with a partiall eye

on the battell, and patronizing the disaduan∣taged, shaded the woman with her broken instrument from the pursuer; by the benefit of which intermission, she conuerted her bro∣ken Chuckerey into a Bowe, hauing prouided Arrowes, to requite the force of the Aduer∣sary, by this new stratageme, who was now bigge with the hopes of her Ouerthrow.

The light being the best Herauld they had, to call them to battell; a third time they met, hopefull to conclude this strange duello or single Combat, which vrged on her side by her new inuented instrument; and on his by the thought of former aduantage gained: made the Assault more vehement; making therefore her enemy the Butte into whom she meant to transfixe her pointed shafts, she freshly encountered him. But he percei∣uing her aduantage, whose power was to wound farre off, and his iniuries were most forceable in little distance, exposing himselfe to greater perill, that he might be owner of a better aduantage, drew neerer, and in a cloze, exchanging the losse of weapons for hand violence, they thus proued their forces toge∣ther, wearinesse hauing abated their vigours so equally, that neither of them was so strong to ouercome, nor so weake to yeeld, the bal∣lance of victory so iustly poysed betweene them, as inclined with partiality to neither, it was fit the tongue should conclude that warre,

that the power of the hand was no longer a∣ble to prosecute.

Hereupon in this doubtfull strife, Cuttery hauing seazed her by the Tresses of her haire to bring her to bondage; and exercise hauing put a fresh and liuely coulour in her cheekes, such as in Cutteryes eyes made her rather seeme louely, then one to be iniured; he said: Oh thou wonder of liuing Creatures for strength and beauty, why should fury man∣nage so strange a contention betweene vs two? If I should in this combate haue slaine thee, I should haue curst this right hand, for bearing an instrument to ruine so goodly a proportion; and if thou hadst slaine me, thou shouldst but haue laboured with anguish of soule for thine owne discontent, and discom∣fort, who knowest not what pleasure thou mayst reape by my society. Why should one excellent creature seeke the ruine of another? will there not be one the lesse? and thy be∣ing will bee nothing augmented by my disa∣nulment. Did God to this end conferre bold¦nesse on vs to make it the cause of one ano∣thers perdition, who are both worthy of pre∣seruation? Surely courage in thee shall bee nothing impaired by my friendshippe and ayde, but vnited vertues make most powerfull assaults, and are best Muniments against in∣iurie. Besides, the world now an Infant, and of short standing, ought rather by all meanes

to haue her issue multiplyed, then impayred or diminished. Especially selfe loue bindes vs to study our owne preseruations, to which since vnity did best conferre, he would not follow the humour of his high spirit to seeke glory so wickedly and vnworthily, if hee might purchase that peace hee sought by any reasonable concession.

The woman attentiue to the motion, pro∣secuted with so faire a carriage, after some pause of silence, and deiection of counte∣nance, that gaue consent to bashfulnesse: re∣plyed, that though the markes of his violence were before her eyes, whose anguish were sufficient to maintaine the fuell of further passion, yet in that he which had felt tryall of like rage, had first broke off violence, shee gaue so good an eare to the motion as the short time of desisting might permit: affir∣ming that she was so farre content to suspend such passages, as he continuing that peaceable treaty, should make his company acceptable, otherwise to renew the same violence as shee found iust occasion of prouocation.

Thus with plighted hands, the forme of their new made Amity, they became of in∣testine enemies, reconciled and amourous friends, till prompt and intelligible nature, apprehensiue of her owne ends, through some longer conuersation together, made them proue the difference of their sexe, from

whom plentifull generations were descen∣ded, indued with the fortitude of such as are truely warlike▪ And thus the West came to be peopled from these two, from whose en∣mities loue wrought so perfect and vnexpe∣cted agreement.