The estates, empires, & principallities of the world Represented by ye description of countries, maners of inhabitants, riches of prouinces, forces, gouernment, religion; and the princes that haue gouerned in euery estate. With the begin[n]ing of all militarie and religious orders. Translated out of French by Edw: Grimstone, sargeant at armes.

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Title: The estates, empires, & principallities of the world Represented by ye description of countries, maners of inhabitants, riches of prouinces, forces, gouernment, religion; and the princes that haue gouerned in euery estate. With the begin[n]ing of all militarie and religious orders. Translated out of French by Edw: Grimstone, sargeant at armes.
Author: Avity, Pierre d', sieur de Montmartin, 1573-1635.
Publication: London :: Printed by Adam: Islip; for Mathewe: Lownes; and Iohn: Bill,; 1615.
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Subject terms: World history -- Early works to 1800.; Geography -- Early works to 1800.; Orders of knighthood and chivalry -- Early works to 1800.; Monasticism and religious orders -- Early works to 1800.; Europe -- Early works to 1800.
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¶ The Gouernment.

[ XIII] WHenas the king is dead, his children succeed not, but his sisters sonne remaines prince of Calicut, for that (as they say) it is the Bramin, and not the king which [ C] had the queenes maidenhead; and withall, that there is continually one of these priests with the queene to keepe her companie. They vse this kind of justice, that if any one hath slaine a man, he is impaled aliue, and afterwards hanged: but if he hath but hurt him, he is discharged in paying a fine vnto the prince.

As for debts, the creditor seeing that his debtor doth but satisfie him with words, he retires the contract, and taking the greene barke of some tree, he pursues the debtor, and hauing ouertaken him, he binds him with this barke, coniuring him in the behalfe of the Bramins and the king, not to remoue out of the place vntill he hath satisfied him. He that is thus coniured stirs not out of the place vntill he hath paied; for if he made any of∣fer to flie, he should be put to death without remission. [ D]