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Show i§ ed General Defcriptio T o e t If any perfonembraces a new Seé or Opinion, the Do&or who introduces hi beftows upon him anew name; and therefore the Jefuits have higher name give; them, then what they reccived in Baptifm Things of great value and account among them are all manper of Antiquitie (though there are no antient Images there) old Veflels made of Chalk, Wood Marble, or Copper, but cfpecially PiGures tha are well drawn, as alfo the Cha racters and Writings of Famous Pen-men, writ upon Clo h and Linnen; an thefe two laft they reckon -as moft precious. ' All the agiftrates wear a diftin mark to be known by, as to their Offices and Em loyments ; which was brough in falhion by King Hunwvuns Writings relating to their Law, are cnly feale with Red, which mark is preferved with great care for if they (hould unhappi lole it, they ;fhould not only b punifhed; therefore wheneve a Cheft, and {eal it with anothe turned out of their Employments,but be {everel they go from home, they nail up this mark i feal Men of great placesand dignity never go on foot but are carried on Men fhoulders in Chairs, made clofe round about, fo tha they cannot be feen by fuc ‘aswalk the fireets, unlefs they draw open one of the Cur ains 3 and this differenc there.is between themand the Magiltrates, who are c rried in open Chairs : th ‘Women are al{o carried in clofe Chairs, but fomethin different from thofe o th the middle, and cthree hundred lictle houfes circularly placed a out it, with tw hatidred Pegs, the one half whereof is White, and the othe Black which djvi ded betwixt the Play-mates, each frives to force the others Pegs into the hole, a to get to himfelf all the Houles ; for herein confifts the winning or lo ing of th Game; but although he cannot attain all, yet if he can get the moft houfes, h ftill winsthe Game. ~ And with this {portive diverfion, the Magiftrates themfelve are much taken, and fpend much time at it, and if they play with judgment, fometimes they {pend a whole hour . or more before they mzke an end of one Sett And fuch is the humour of this People, that whofoever are very skilful here n, ar highly Honoured and Refpe&ed, though they are excellent in nothing elfe Marriages are alfo {olemnized here with great State ; and although the partie are oftentimes betrothed to each- other in their Nonage, or rather Infancy, by thi Parents of both fides, who never ask their Childrens confent till all is concl de and agreed ; yet fuch is their obedience and {ubmiflion,that they comply with thei defires in this particular. Thereis great variety of cuftoms in this bufinefs, fo Perfons of ‘quality for the moft part Marry with their Equals only f r Wealt and Honour, referving befides- what Concubines they pleale, which lfo allowed for others-to do'; and of thefe the handfomeft of Face andBody car rics the precedency, and aré ordinarily bought for a hundr d Crowns times-for lefs and{ome 'The Commonalty and inferiour degrees of People, buy themfcl‘ff Wives, and fell them again when they pleafe 5 but the mperou and his Chil dren ncither look to the Birth or Extra&ionof the per ony but only to the comel fhape and ex raordinary beauty of the Face and Body e Scholar hasbeen under the Tuition of a Mafier but one day, yet h calls him Msfter as long as he lives, andhe refpe&ts him as fuch, according to th Countrey, in giving him the upper hand. . Neitheris there among the better fort any kind of Gaming, b t among the vulgar, Cards, and Dice, are fometimes ufed. - The Nobles an other great perfon divert themfelves with this recreation ; they play upona board whic hasa hole i The School-Mafters there are in higher efteem then in urope 5 and though S at Peking where the Court refidesa,s I have already faid but onl .. Coaches, Waggons, and Sledges; are not to be ufed n that Countrey pepe L Men |