OCR Text |
Show CHA IX Of IDOL-TEMPLES A "L L this Countrey doth infinitely abound with Idol-Temples, Built at vei great charge, and moft commonly fituate without Cities in folitar defir hi anfw t io moda acco fin ma Ma llin places ; where the Trav Adjoining as it were tothe fame, ftands for the moft part a Tower, which contain ciall Artif the Coftl lef n bu kind fam th o Edifi fmall commonl burn Lamp blac an Imag wit fille ar r 1dola o place Built. Thef Whe y happi dye an well live wh fuc o memo i ing night and day ar the s Offic thei int te admi b t ar nce Prov any Govervours o No Dutie thei r perf ull faith fhal the tha {worn in thefe Temple hav es Temp thef o fabri an for th ftan unde bette th that you ma e i i g M a r l r v i g i g i C t Inthe Province of Peking, nea a i t d a f o f v f x f o T f o r c e l c g h a b f Image, o c l P u i a { t e e i i t o th t i o r C o In the Provinc i T o t o e t o l l w Siangus, th i t a t s i o l H e t reported i r v o i whic i f a p t t a l { i o u f r e f n f St ftation t u F o t i i g f c P t At Léugan, d a f a n t o is Founded a Tetmple in hon a Well d t o n y { t t Now (ac i n i c r d a a vers forts of Seeds f h f t e p t mianner he fhou! expeGg - 5 a an burns Licen th Inter thi I pleale himin Prognofiicating good f himfe t othe o thin on e mumb laft the Prieft falls upon his knees, an fuir hi favou t hi ge an Idol th pacif t whereby he intend bein whic Beaft o l Entra th o Wine ringsat {uch times are either Rice baske e Bamb th o ou Reed fom draw Prief th poled dif fl Ceremonio a fuc draw ha h til other ou which if they are of a bad omen, he draw Offechie th No Imag thi t u any thing, bring to the Altar and offe - Difh e Woo was midd th i an feveral Veffels with Incenfe burning el fore- o kno wil the whe with feveral Offerings in it, whichthe Priefts --- Chiue fom wrict wa whic upo es Bamb onthe Altar a thick hollo ftoo fide th O pafs t com fhoul Charaders, that fore-told things tha e behi hig foo thirt Imag grea anoth an Altar, upon which was erecte upftoo one grea th Befor ones {mal o numbe grea ftoo whic wit take wa {fam th a Print e anne th i h drau fet before you th Tyle Roo h 'and- r Timb o Buil wer The fides of i great exa&nefs o fton {quar Gre grea o othe i an Earth floor wasin fome place on wa c entra th a bu s Tmag each of the fides in a row ftood feveral grea fu frigh blea terr mof in Devil horn bein behol moft dreadful t fhape, with a wide Mounth, and Hands like the Claws of a Griffen, in fuch ftoo midd th i n ~With d enter tha thof pofture as it would have feize Emb Folivize A the Empire of C fi I N A |