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 manners of the Auncients.

WHenas the Romanes conquered this Island from the Carthaginians; the Mal∣tois [ V] were esteemed very happie, by reason of the Commerce of diuers nations, and the great number of arts which were practised in this Island: and they made great account of the cotton cloth which was made at Malta; so as Cicero did neuer obiect vn∣to Verro the excesse and daintinesse of Malta, but in regard of the garments which he ware. And it is most certaine that the Maltois were wonderful delicate, and their women [ E] very nice and daintie, and giuen to voluptuousnesse. In this Island king Batta entertained Dido, and her sister Anna: and Phalaris tyrant of Agrigentum in Sicile was a great friend to the Maltois, and went often to visit them.

Appian Alexandrinus writes, that the Maltois being reuolted, Caesar vanquished them by a long and tedious war, for that they held the sea, and made roads into all places, kil∣ling the little children, and exposing the rest to sale. And seeing he had such difficultie to vanquish them, we must beleeue that the Maltois were rich and powerfull, and that al∣though they had beene subdued whenas the Romans vanquished the Charthaginians; yet they had gotten new courage, and finding themselues strong, reiected the Roman seruitude.

[ F] They worshipped the goddesse Iuno, and there was a very auncient temple, whither all the neighbour people carried gifts of great price. They had also a temple dedicated to Hercules, whereof the ruines are yet to be seene: and it is most certaine that they of this Island were alwaies friends to the Sicilians.