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Show R S ep P 4, An execrahl Cuftom intro k i PSR e V i - with the Demon or Devil, unto whom he is confecrated, ruthing with great fur out of the houfe wandereth through the ways and ftreets =ehmeeetr o So e e and killeth at his plea {ure all that meet him, no efiftance being made : This Youth they call in thei T Countr Languag Buth which fignifieth th Slayer whence our Fathers de "picted him altogether after the {fame manner that they had a fight of him in th time thar they there continued as the XTV Figrea fheweth = 13 The Habit of th Jame Nation 14 The Habit of the poffeffe Youth that killeth men, calle Phat w 12 The Common Habi inthe Kingdom Tanchut gty in the firft place there is Barantola, which they alfo call Lafik, which hath a Metropolitan City of the fame name ; it hath a King of itsown, and is altogether in ence of Deities ; amongft which, that which they call Menipe tangled with the foul Errours of Heathenifm, it worfhippeth Idols with the differhath the prehemi asd thele {orth pecple are won to fer many {orts of Viands or Meats befor th T Sacred Rites with many unwonted Gefliculations and Dances, often repeating o thele words : O Manipe Mi Huinz, O Manipe M: Hum, that is, O Muanipe, [ave us nence, and with its ninefold difference of Heads, rifeth or terminateth in a Con in a monftrous keight, concerning which we fhall fpeak more fully in the following Difcourfe, wh-n we come to treat of the many headed Deities of th Chinefes. Before this Demon or falfe God this foolifh people performeth thei 2S eahman There are other Kingdoms included within the vaft Kingdom of Tanchut, an Menipe a Deit of Tanchu . P ~- L - loweth: They chufealufty Youth, unto whom they grant liberty, on fet days o the year, tokill, with the weapons wherewith he hath armed himfelf, any perfo that he meeteth, of what Sex or Age {oever withour any difference or refpeét o perfons ; for they foolifhly and madly fuppefe, that thofe that are thus flain, immediately, as if they were confecrated by Menipe, a devilith Spirit whom they worfhip, obtain eternal bonours, and a moft happy eftate.. This Youth in a wonder ful gay Habir, furnifhed with a Sword, Quiver, and Arrows, and fuck or lade with the Trophies of Banners and Enfigns, at a prefixed time, being pofleffe s L There 1s a moft deteftable and horrible Cuftom introduced info thele King ducedinth dom o Tanchu an Baranto a b th {ubtlet an crafto Satan whic i a folK nrdom o Linchut e A --- ATHAN 451VS KIRCHE e T R © B g i Q*h .vo-m"" |