Purchas his pilgrimes. part 2 In fiue bookes. The first, contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings, patriarkes, apostles, philosophers, and others, to and thorow the remoter parts of the knowne world: enquiries also of languages and religions, especially of the moderne diuersified professions of Christianitie. The second, a description of all the circum-nauigations of the globe. The third, nauigations and voyages of English-men, alongst the coasts of Africa ... The fourth, English voyages beyond the East Indies, to the ilands of Iapan, China, Cauchinchina, the Philippinæ with others ... The fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ... The first part.

§. VIII. [ 10]

The passage from the golden Coast to the Kingdome of Benni, or Rio de Benni, and Rio Floreado: The Citie, Court, Gentry, Apparell: also other places adioyning, described.

FOR that the gold Coast reacheth no further then from Cape De tres Punctas, to Rio de * 1.1 Uolta, therfore those that will goe from the golden Coast, to the Kingdome of Ben∣ni, hold their course along by the land, and along by the Riuers of Rio de Ualto, Rio de Ardra, and Rio de Lago. These Riuers were neuer entred into, because there is [ 20] nothing to be had in them, but a little quantitie of Elephants Teeth; so that the labour to fetch it, is not worth the paines, by meanes of the dangers that a man incurreth by entring into the Riuers, by reason of Sands. Before at the mouth of the Riuer of Focrado, there lieth an Iland, and the Riuer is so indifferent great, that a man may well know it. The land reacheth most (being about forty miles) to Rio de Ardra. This Riuer is much vsed to be entred into by the Portugals, and is well knowne, not because of any great commoditie that is therein to be had; but because of the great number of slaues which are bought there, to carry to other places, as to Saint Thomas, and to Brasilia, to labour there, and to refine Sugar: for they are very strong men, [ 30] and can labour stoutly, and commonly are better slaues then those of Gabom, but those that are sold in Angola are much better. In this Riuer there is no speciall thing found, which is of any value, but some Blew, Greene, and Blacke stones, wherewith they grind colours, and for their fairenesse are desired of other Negroes, specially in the golden Coast of Guinea, where they are much esteemed of by them. There both the men and women are starke naked, vntill they be sold for slaues, so that they are not ashamed to shew themselues one to the other, as they them∣selues affirme, and by reason proue, saying, that a man more coueteth and desireth a thing that he seeth not, or may not haue, then that he seeth or may borrow or haue, and for that cause they hide not their priuie members. There the Portugals Traffique much with Barkes to buy slaues, [ 40] and the Inhabitants are better friends with them, then with any other Nation; because they come much there, and for that no other Nations come to buy slaues there, but the Portugals one∣ly. And there are some Portugals dwelling there, which buy much wares and Merchandizes, such as there to bee had. From Rio de Ardra, to Rio de Lago, is ten miles, and in that Riuer there is nothing else to buy, and therefore it is not much vsed, so that Rio de Ardra, is more vsed then Rio de Uolta, and Rio de Lago; from Rio de Lago to Rio de Benni, is about twenty miles, , so that Benni is esteemed to be part of the golden Coast, that is about one hundred miles from Mourre, so that in two dayes with helpe of the streame, a man may get thither, where as men are wont to be sixe weekes: before they could turne backe againe from whence they came.

The Towne seemeth to be very great, when you enter into it, you goe into a great broad * 1.2 [ 50] street, not paued, which seemeth to be seuen or eight times broader then the Warmoes street in Amsterdam; which goeth right out, and neuer crooketh, and where I was lodged with Mat∣theus Cornelison, it was at least a quarter of an houres going from the gate, and yet I could not see to the end of the street, but I saw a great high tree, as farre as I could discerne, and I was told the street was as much longer. There I spake with a Netherlander, who told me that he had beene as farre as that tree, but saw no end of the street; but perceiued that the houses thereabouts bee much lesse, and some houses that were falling downe: so that it was to be thought, that the end thereof was there abouts, that tree was a good halfe mile from the house where I was lodged, so that it is thought that that street is a mile long besides the Suburbs. At the gate where I en∣tred on horse-backe, I saw a very high Bulwarke, very thicke of earth, with a very deepe * 1.3 [ 60] broad ditch, but it was drie, and full of high trees; I spake with one that had gone along by the ditch, a good way, but saw no other then that I saw, and knew not well whither it went round about the Towne or not, that Gate is a reasonable good Gate, made of wood after their manner, which is to be shut, and there alwayes there is watch holden. Without this Gate, there is a

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The Gentlemen goe with great Maiestie to the Court, hauing diuers kinds of Musicke with * 1.4 them, and are waited on by diuers other Negroes, one hauing a Drum whereon he playes, others with other Instruments; vpon the Horse there is a little woodden Stoole set, and on the Horse necke they hang a Cow-bell, which rings when the Horse goes; there goes two Negroes by him, on either side one, on whom he leaneth. Those Negroes that attend on him, come euery morning to the Gentlemans doore, and stay there till he comes out, to wait on him. Their Hor∣ses are very little, not much greater then Calues in our Countrie, which is the cause that our * 1.5 Horses are so much esteemed of in that Coast. The King hath many Souldiers which are sub∣••••ct vnto him, and they haue a Generall to command ouer them, as if he were their Captaine: This Captaine hath some Souldiers vnder him, and goes alwaies in the middle of them, and [ 10] they goe round about him, singing and leaping, and making great noise, and ioy. Those Cap∣taines are very proud of their Office, and are very stately, and goe exceeding proudly in the streets. Their Swords are broad, which hang about their necke in a leather Girdle which reacheth vnder their armes: they also vse Shields and Assagaies, as they in the Golden Coast doe.

They cut their Haire diuersly, each after the best manner that they can. Their apparell also * 1.6 is the like, and vse strange customes, not one like vnto another, all finely made of Cotton, ouer the which they commonly weare Holland Cloth. The young Maides and Boyes goe starke na∣ked, vntill they marrie, or that the King giueth them licence to put on some Apparell; then they make great ioy, because of the friendship the King therein sheweth vnto them, and then [ 20] they make their bodies very cleane, and strike it ouer with white Earth, and are very stately, sitting in great glorie and magnificence. Their friends come vnto them, to congratulate them, as if shee were a Bride. They are circumcised, both Boyes and Girles. They cut three great streakes in their bodies on either side, each streake being three fingers broad, which they doe from their shoulders downe to their wastes, which they thinke to be a great good deed tending to their saluation. They are very conscionable, and will doe no wrong one to the other, neither will take any thing from strangers, for if they doe, they should afterward be put to death, for they lightly iudge a man to die for doing any wrong to a stranger, wherein they vse strange * 1.7 Iustice: they bind the Offenders armes behind at his backe, and blind his eyes, then one of the Iudges comes and lifts him vp with his armes, in such manner, that his head lieth almost vpon [ 30] the ground, then comes the Executioner and cuts off his head; which done, his bodie is quar∣tered, and the quarters cast into the fields to bee deuoured by certaine Birds, which Birds they * 1.8 feare much, and no man dares doe them any hurt, nor chase them, for there are men purposely appointed to giue them meat and drinke, which they carrie with great magnificence, but no man may see it carried, nor bee present, but those that are appointed to doe it; for euery man runnes out of the way when they see those men come to carrie the Birds meate, and they haue a place where the Birds come purposely for it. They respect strangers very much, for when any man meeteth them, they will shun the way for him and step aside, and dare not bee so bold to goe by, vnlesse they be expressely bidden by the partie, and prayed to goe forward, and although they were neuer so sore laden, yet they durst not doe it; for if they did, they should be punished [ 40] for it: They are also very couetous of honour, and willingly desire to be praised and rewarded for any friendship they doe.

Vpon the Iland of Corisco, or about Rio de Angra, in the mouth whereof the Iland of Corisco * 1.9 lieth. The Iland of Corisco is a bad place to dwell in, for no man dwelleth in it, for there is no∣thing to be had in it but fresh Water and Wood, so that the ships that come from the Golden Coast, and fall vpon it, prouided themselues there, of Water and Wood. Within the Riuer there lieth three other small Ilands, which also are worth nothing, because they yeeld no profit, and there is nothing abounding in them but Wood. Those Ilands at this day are called (for be∣fore they had no names) the Ile De Moucheron, because one Balthasar de Moucheron had by his * 1.10 Factors found them, wherein he caused a Fort to be made, in the yeere 1600. thinking to dwell there, and to bring great Traff••que from other places thither. But they of Rio de Gabom, vnder∣standing [ 50] that there were Strangers inhabiting in them, sought all the meanes they could to murther them, and to take both the Fort and their Goods from them, which they did, before they had dwelt foure moneths there, (vnder a Captaine called Edward Hesius) and tooke the Sconce from them by force, murthering all the men that were in it, and called it the Iland of Corisco, which name it had of the Portugals, because vpon that Iland there are many Tempests of thunder and lightning, and great store of Raine, and therefore it is not good to inhabite in, and there will nothing grow therein but Cucumbers. It is well prouided of fresh Water, excel∣lent faire red Beanes, and Brasill wood, so exceeding faire and glistering, when it is shauen, as any Glasse can be, which is so hard, that without great paine and labour it cannot be cut [ 60] downe. The Iland is almost a great mile in compasse, but it is a bad anchoring place, when the Trauadoes come.

From Rio de Angra, to Rio de Gabom, is fifteene miles. The Inhabitants of Rio de Gabom, are not friends with them of Rio de Angra, for they oftentimes make warre one against the other, and

great Suburbe: when you are in the great Street aforesaid, you see many great Streets on the sides thereof, which also goe right forth, but you cannot see to the end of them, by reason of their great length, a man might write more of the situation of this Towne, if he might see it, as you may the Townes in Holland, which is not permitted there, by one that alwaies goes with you, some men say, that he goeth with you, because you should haue no harme done vnto you, but yet you must goe no farther then he will let you.

The Houses in this Towne stand in good order, one close and euen with the other, as the Hou∣ses in Holland stand, such Houses as Men of qualitie (which are Gentlemen) or others dwell in, * 1.11 haue two or three steps to goe vp, and before, there is, as it were, a Gallerie, where a man may sit drie; which Gallerie euery morning is made cleane by their Slaues, and in it there is a Mat [ 10] spred for men to sit on, their Roomes within are foure-square, ouer them hauing a Roofe that is not close in the middle, at the which place, the raine, wind, and light commeth in, and therein they lie and eate their meate; but they haue other places besides, as Kitchins and other roomes. The common Houses are not such, for they haue but one Wall before, wherein there is a wood∣den Doore, they know not how to make Windowes, but such light and aire as they haue, comes in at the roofe of the House.

The Kings Court is very great, within it hauing many great foure-square Plaines, which round about them haue Galleries, wherein there is alwaies watch kept; I was so farre within * 1.12 that Court, that I passed ouer foure such great Plaines, and wheresoeuer I looked, still I saw Gates vpon Gates, to goe into other places, and in that sort I went as farre as euer any Netherlander [ 20] was, which was to the Stable where his best Horses stood, alwaies passing a great long way: it seemeth that the King hath many Souldiers, he also hath many Gentlemen, who when they come to the Court ride vpon Horses, and sit vpon their Horses as the women in our Countrie doe, on each side hauing one man, on whom they hold fast; and the greater their estate is, the more men they haue going after them. Some of their men haue great Shields, wherewith they keepe the Gentleman from the Sunne; they goe next to him, except those on whom hee lea∣neth, the rest come after him, playing some on Drums, others vpon Hornes and Fluits, some haue a hollow Iron whereon they strike. The Horse also is led by a man, and so they ride play∣ing to the Court. Such as are very great Gentlemen haue another kind of Musicke, when they ride to the Court, which is like the small Nets wherewith men in our Countries goe to the [ 30] Fish-market, which Net is filled full of a certaine kind of thing, which they strike vpon with their hands, and make it rattle, in like sort as if their Nets were filled full of great Nuts, and so a man should strike vpon it: those great Gentlemen haue many Seruants, that goe after them striking vpon such Nets. The King hath very many Slaues, both men and women, whereof there are many women Slaues seene, carrying of Water, Iniamus, and Palme-wine, which they say is for the Kings wiues. There are also many men Slaues seene in the Towne, that carrie Water, Iniamus, and Palme-wine, which they say is for the King; and many carrie Grasse, which is for their Horses; and all this is carried to the Court. The King oftentimes sendeth out Presents of Spices, which are carried orderly through the streets, and as the other things afore∣said are carried, so they that carrie them goe one after the other, and by them, there goeth one [ 40] or two with white Rods, so that euery man must step aside and giue them place, although hee were a Gentleman.

The King hath many Wiues, and euery yeere goes twice out of his Court, and visiteth the Towne, at which time he sheweth all his Power and Magnificence, and all the Brauerie he can, then he is conuoyed and accompanied by all his Wiues, which are aboue sixe hundred in num∣ber, * 1.13 but they are not all his wedded Wiues. The Gentlemen also haue many Wiues, as some haue eightie, some ninetie and more, and there is not the meanest Man among them but hath ten or twelue Wiues at the least, whereby in that place you find more Women then Men.

They also haue seuerall places in the Towne, where they keepe their Markets; in one place they haue their great Market day, called Dia de Ferro; and in another place, they hold their [ 50] * 1.14 little Market, called Ferro: to those places they bring all things to sell, as quicke Dogs, where∣of they eate many, roasted Apes, and Monkies, Rats, Parots, Hens, Iniamus, Manigette in bon∣ches, dried Agedissen, Palme-oyle, great Beanes, diuers sorts of Kankrens, with many other kinds of Fruits, and Beasts, all to eate. They also bring much Wood to burne, Cups to eate and drinke in, and other sorts of wooden Dishes and Cups for the same purpose, great store of Cot∣ton, whereof they make Clothes to weare vpon their bodies. Their Apparell is of the same fa∣shion as theirs of the Golden Coast is, but it is fairer and finelier made; but to shew you the manner thereof it would be ouer-long. They also bring great store of Iron-worke to sell there, and Instruments to fish withall, others to plow and to till the land withall; and many Weapons, as Assagaies, and Kniues also for the Warre. This Market and Traffique is there very orderly [ 60] holden, and euery one that commeth with such Wares or Merchandises to the Market, knowes his place where to stand, to sell his Wares in the same, they also sell their Wiues as they doe in the Golden Coast.

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then againe make peace, so that the friendship betweene them is very small, they haue a King among them, but they are not so mightie as those of Rio de Gabom, but better people to deale withall then those of Gabom, for since the time that they of Gabom, tooke the Skonce and the goods of Moncherom, and kild the men, they of Rio de Angra would haue nothing to doe with them, but were grieued that it was done, but because they feared them of Rio de Gabom, and of Pongo; they durst not withstand them: with those Negroes there is much Traff que to be had, and there are many Teeth to buy, but not so many as in Rio de Gabom, but when you Traffique there you must not stay long with your shallop or boate there, for if you deale not with them for their Teeth in two or three dayes, you shall not deale with them at all, for by reason that few Pinnasses or shallops come thither to Traffique, therefore the Negros bring all their Teeth [ 10] thither at the first, to barter for other Wares. Their speech is not like theirs of Gabom, but for opinion and religion they are almost one, and agree therein.

The Riuer of Gabom, lyeth about fifteene miles Southward from Rio de Angra, and eight miles North-ward from Cape De Lopo Gonsalues, and is right vnder the Equinoctiall Line, a∣bout * 1.15 fifteene miles from Saint Thomas, and is a great Land well and easily to bee knowne. At the mouth of the Riuer there lyeth a Sand three or foure fathome deepe, whereon it beateth mightily, with the streame which runneth out of the Riuer into the Sea. This Riuer in the mouth thereof is at least foure miles broad, but when you are about the Iland called Pongo, it is not aboue two miles broad, on both sides the Riuer there standeth many trees. The Iland lyeth * 1.16 neere to the North, then the South, and a little further there is an Iland wherein there is good [ 20] prouision to be had, as of Bannanas, Iniamus, and Oranges; about two miles within the Riuer you haue eight fathome deepe, good anchor ground. This Coast reacheth North and South, the depth a good way from the Land about a mile or a mile and an halfe; is, twelue and thirteene fathome, and halfe a mile from the Land, it is foure, fiue, sixe, and seuen fathome, you may goe neere about it, because all along that Coast it is good anchor ground, by night you haue the wind off from the Land, and by day from the Sea. This Riuer hath three mightie Kings in it, which raigne therein, as one King on the North point, called Caiombo, and one vpon the South point, * 1.17 called Gabom, and one in the Iland, called Pongo, which hath a monstrous high hill; hee of Pongo is strongest of men, and oftentimes makes warre vpon him of Gabom, he of Caiombo, is a great friend to him of Pongo, and the Inhabitants of the South point of the Riuer, are great [ 30] friends with those of Cape De Lopo Gonsalues.

The twelfth of December, we got to Cape Lopo Gonsalues, where we found three ships lying at anchor, two of Zeland, and one of Schiedam. Touching their Religion, they neither know * 1.18 God nor his Commandements, some of them pray to the Sunne, others to the Moone, others to certaine trees or to the Earth, because they receiue food from thence, so that they esteeme it a great fault to spit vpon the Ear••h, they goe little abroad in the streets, but when they goe a∣broad, they carrie a great broad Knife in their hands: both the men and the women haue their bodies pinkt in diuers sorts, strange to behold, wherein they put certaine Grease, mixt with colour, they will not drinke before they first put some of it out of the Pot or Kan, and when they eate they vse not to drinke, but when they haue dined, then they drinke a great draught of water, or of Palme-wine, or else of Malaffo, which is mixed or made of Honey water. In the [ 40] morning as soone as it is day, they goe to salute their Commander, or Chaueponso, and to bid him good morrow, and when they come to him they fall downe vpon their knees, and clapping both their hands together, say, Fino, Fino, Fino, whereby they wish peace, quietnesse, and all good vnto him.

They are much addicted to Theeuerie, and to steale some-thing, specially from Strangers, whereof they make no conscience, but thinke they doe well, but they will not steale one from another. The women also are much addicted to Leacherie and Vncleannesse; specially, with strange Nations, whereby they thinke they get great credit, and which is more, the men offer [ 50] their wiues vnto strangers that come thither, and the King himselfe presenteth and honoureth Strangers with some of his Wiues, whereof he hath a great number. They haue a filthy custome among them, which is, that the King when any of his Daughters waxe great, hee taketh and keepeth them for his Wiues, and the vse of their bodies. The like is done by the Queenes his Wiues, when their Sonnes beginne to be great, for they lie with them, as well as the King doth * 1.19 with his Daughters. Their apparell is fairer then theirs on the Golden Coast, for they trimme their bodies more; about their middles to hide their Priuities. They weare a Mat made of barkes of trees, which is coloured red, with a kind of red wood wherewith they dye it, vpon those Mats, they hang some Apes and Monkeyes skinnes, or of other wild beasts, with a Bell in the middle, such as Cowes and Sheepe haue about their neckes. They paint their bodies red, with a colour made of red wood, which is verie good. but much lighter then Brasil-wood, oftentimes [ 60] they make one of their eyes white, the other red or yellow, with a streake or two in their fa∣ces, some weare round Beades about their neckes made of barkes, some small, some great, not much vnlike the Boxes, which men in Hamborough hang vp to put money in for the poore, but they will not suffer you to looke what is in them. The men and women also for the most part * 1.20

goe bare-headed, with their haire shoared and pleated diuersly, some of them weare Caps made of the barkes of Cocos or Indian Nut-trees, others weare bunches of feathers made fast to their haire with little Irons, some of them haue holes in their vpper lips, and through their Noses, wherein they put pieces of Elxen bones, as thicke as a Doller with a stalke, which shutteth the hole, which being thrust in comes out at the Nose, and ouer their mouthes, which serueth their turnes well and to good purpose, when they are sicke and fall into a swound, and that men can∣not open their hands by force, then they take that bone and crush the sap of some greene herbe through it, wherwith they come to themselues again, so that they serue them for two purposes. Some weare Rings in their lips and in the middle part of their Noses, some thrust small Hornes or Teeth through them, and weare them so, which they thinke to bee a great ornament vnto them, others boare a hole in their neather lips, and play with their Tongues in the hole; many of [ 10] their men and women weare Rings in their eares, whereof some weigh at least a pound weight, some haue stickes thrust through them, of fiue or sixe fingers long, most of them, specially the men weare a Girdle about their middles made of Buffols skin, with the haire still on it, which meeteth not together before by almost a hand breadth, with a piece thereof sticking out at each end, which is tyed together with a small cord of Threed, vpon their bellies they carrie a broad Iron Knife, the sheath thereof also being of Iron: some of those Girdles are a hand broad, and some two or three-handfuls broad. Besides those, they vse another sort of Kniues, with two or three points, which are very fearefull to behold, wherewith they cast at a man, and wheresoe∣uer they hit they take hold. [ 20]

They are better armed for weapons then they of Myna, or the Golden Coast, their Armes * 1.21 are Pikes, or Assagaies, Bowes, and Arrowes, long Targets made of barkes of Trees. Their Drummes are narrow below and broad aboue, their Pikes are very cunningly made, for they are very curious Workmen in Iron; the women carrie their Husbands Armes for him, and when they will vse them, their Wiues giue them: they are cruell and fierce against their Enemies, and fight one against the other by Land and by Water in Canoes, and when they take any of their Enemies (they were wont in times past to eate them, but now they doe it not) they put them to great torture.

The women also set themselues out verie faire (as they thinke) and weare many red Copper and Tinne Rings vpon their armes and legges, some one, others two; which many times weigh three or foure pound weight, which are so fast and close about their armes, that men can hardly [ 30] imagine how they get them on; those Rings also are worne by some men, but more by women. The women weare Aprons made of Rushes, which I haue seene them make. Touching their * 1.22 clothes and setting forth of their bodies, it is beastly and vnseemely. They haue no lesse vn∣seemelinesse in their eating and house-keeping, for they liue like beasts, and sleepe vpon Mats laid vpon the ground, which they make very cunningly. The chiefe meate they eate is Iniamus, Batates, and Bannanas. The Bannanas they vse in stead of bread, when it is well dryed, they al∣so eate fish and flesh, with Roots and Sugar-canes: they lay all their meate in one dish, and sit round about it, and eate like a company of beasts. Their King called, Mani, eateth his meate out of a Tinne Platter, but the rest in woodden Platters, sitting vpon a Mat spread vpon the ground. [ 40]

The greatest labour the women doe, is to fetch water, to gather fruit, and to dresse their * 1.23 meate: their Houses are finely made of Reeds, and couered ouer wi••h Bannanas leaues, and bet∣ter and cle••ner then the Houses in the Golden Coast. The King hath a faire House greater then any in all the Towne, he is called Golipatta, hee is brauely set out with many Beads made of beanes and shels, which are dyed red, and hanged about his necke, and vpon his armes and legs, they strike their faces with a kind of white colour, they are very much subiect to their Kings, and doe him great honour when they are in his presence: before his House there lyeth an Iron Peece, with certaine Bases which he bought in former time of the Frenchmen. They are verie subtill to learne how to vse all kind of Armes; specially, our small Gunnes. Their Winter is from April to August, at which time it is exceeding hot, and few cleere daies, and then it raineth [ 50] mightily with great drops, which fall so hot vpon the stones that they presently dry vp, by which meanes also the waters are thicke and slimie, in the Riuers and also vpon the shoare. There is good fishing, Oysters grow on the branches of the Trees, which hang downe into the * 1.24 water. They draw their speech long, so that it is better to learne then theirs in the Golden Coast. The Cape is low Land, and is well to be knowne, for there is no Land thereabouts, that reacheth so farre Westerly into the Sea as that doth, it lyeth about a degree Southward from the Equinoctiall Line. When you are at the Cape, there is a Riuer which lyeth South-east from it, about three miles, whereinto the shallops commonly saile, to barter for some Teeth, which are there to bee had in the Village, which lyeth about foure miles vpwards within the Riuer: [ 60] In this Riuer: there are many Sea-horses, and Crocodiles, so that it is thought that hee Ri∣uer of Nilus ioyneth thereunto, and hath an issue there into the Sea: In this Countrey there are many cruell and strange beasts, as Elephants, Buffols, Dragons, Snakes, Apes, Monkeyes, which are very fearefull to behold, and very hurtfull.

Those people are better to be dealt withall, then they of Gabom, and we find not, that they * 1.25 beare any spight or malice to the Netherlanders, (as they of Gabom haue done) in Anno 1601. to a ship called the Palme-tree, and to another, called the Moorein of Delft, as also to a Spanish Barke, who in short time, one after the other they fell vpon, and taking them, kild all the men * 1.26 and eate them, with diuers other such trickes more by them done: but for that it is good for the ships in that place to lie and refresh themselues, to fetch water, and to Calke them: therefore all the ships lie most at this place, to make themselues ready, and fit to returne backe againe. A∣bout this Cape there lie many Sands, whereon a ship might soone smite, but behind the bankes there is no feare, the Lead will giue a man meanes to find his way well enough. [ 10]

Notes

• * 1.1

  This was ta∣ken out of D. R.
• * 1.2

  The Citie of Benni.
• * 1.3

  These are Dutch miles.
• * 1.4

  Their fashi∣ons.
• * 1.5

  Warres.
• * 1.6

  Apparell.
• * 1.7

  Wrong to a Stranger.
• * 1.8

  Birds supersti∣tiously respe∣cted.
• * 1.9

  Rio de Angra. Corisco.
• * 1.10

  Moucheron.
• * 1.11

  Their Houses.
• * 1.12

  The Court.
• * 1.13

  Sixe hundred Wiues.
• * 1.14

  Gentlemen their making.
• * 1.15

  R. Gabom.
• * 1.16

  Pongo.
• * 1.17

  Three Kings.
• * 1.18

  Cape Gonsal∣ues.
• * 1.19

  Incestuous cu∣stomes.
• * 1.20

  Apparell and ornaments.
• * 1.21

  Armes.
• * 1.22

  Dyet.
• * 1.23

  The King.
• * 1.24

  Oysters on Trees.
• * 1.25

  Cruelty of Gabom.
• * 1.26

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