for the better sort, and a leather hide tanned for the mea∣ner, and some coates of male, their armes is a Horse∣mans Staffe, Target, and Swoord, or a Horsemans Piece and Sword.
The Alarbies serue all vppon horse, will fight sorer battails to mantaine their deadly fewde, than in seruice of their King: Insomuch that vpon losse of any great Lord or cheefe man of their bloud, cruell battailes haue ensued, wherein Ten Thousand men haue béene slaine at one time, and it is their fashion, the fairest virgin to ride vpon a Camel, with a flag in her hand, decked in all pōpe to sollicite her kindred to reuenge, & goeth formost in the field, encouraging them to follow; vpon which in∣citement much blood is spilt, her kindred as loath to loose their virgin, and not reuenge their iniuries: the other side striuing to win h•…•…r and the field, holding that a con∣tinuing glory to the seauenth generation.
When a man is killed, his tribe séeketh not reuenge only vppon the man which killed the party, but the first man of that tribe hée méeteth withall, him will hée •…•…ill if hée can, and so thinketh hée hath satisfied his kins∣mans death.
The Brebers or Montaniers likewise maintaine this fewde, who are most shot and Swoord men, vppon the day of battaile their women follow hard behinde them, with a colour in their hands called Hanna: And if they sée any of their side offer to run away, or retyre, present∣ly they will throwe some of this Hanna vppon their clothes, which will stayne, and the party euer after is held for a coward and a dishonoured Iew. For feare of this infamy few forsake the field, but either conquer their enemyes, or dye like men, who are presently strip∣ped and buried by these women which follow them.