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A69916	A voyage to the East-Indies giving an account of the Isles of Madagascar, and Mascareigne, of Suratte, the coast of Malabar, of Goa, Gameron, Ormus : as also A treatise of the distempers peculiar to the eastern countries : to which is annexed an abstract of Monsieur de Rennefort's History of the East-Indies, with his propositions for the improvement of the East-India Company / written originally in French by Mr. Dellon ...; Relation d'un voyage des Indes Orientales. English	Dellon, Gabriel, b. 1649.; M. C. Treatise of the distempers relating in particular to the eastern countries.; Crull, J. (Jodocus), d. 1713?; Rennefort, Souchu de, ca. 1630-ca. 1690. Histoire des Indes orientales. English. Selections.; Dellon, Gabriel, b. 1649. Traité des maladies particulières aux pays orientaux et dans la route et de leurs remèdes. English.	1698 (1698)	Wing D943A; ESTC R22348	179,184	326

consequence When the King of Cananor goes abroad he is either carried upon the Back of an Elephant How their Kings and Princes appear in publick or else in a Palanquin being Adorned with a Crown of Massive Gold upon his Head made not unlike a Ducal Bonnet This Crown weighs something above 200 Guineas in Gold and is always given by the New Governor-General immediately after his Elevation to that Dignity the Crown of the last Deceased King being to be reposited in the Treasury of the chief Pagod or Pagan Temple The King is surrounded by his Guards composed out of the Nahers under the sound of Drums and Trumpets and other Warlike Instruments Some Officers of his Court march at some distance before the Guards whose Business is to make way and to cry the King is coming All the Princes if they go abroad by themselves as also the Princesses are served with the same Magnificence If the Governour or Chief Minister of State be a Prince he goes abroad in the same Pomp in respect of his high extraction not of the dignity of his Office But if he be not of the Royal Family he is only attended by his Guards without the sounding of any Instruments of War neither is he preceeded by any Officers who clear the way before him CHAP. XXXII Of some other Customs of the Malabars IT is sufficiently known that in all Political Constitutions Princes are considered as the Heads of the Government but among these Pagans their Kings are in all matters relating to Religion subject to the Nambouri's and Bramans Before I speak of their Marriages How they derive their Pedigree it is to be observed that the Children of the Malabars derive their Pedigree from their Mothers and that consequently they are counted to be of the same Race not of that of their Father's the reason of which we shall have occasion to mention anon Princesses are Married here to the Nambouri's or Bramans What Rules they observe in their Marriages and the Children begotten betwixt them are Princes and lawful Successors of the Crown each in their Rank But as there is not a sufficient number of Princesses to furnish all the Nambouri's and Bramans with Wives so they are allowed to Marry Women of the same Rank with themselves and the Children begotten betwixt them are either Nambouri's or Bramans according to the Quality of their Mothers The Princes Marry the Daughters of the Nahers but never any Princesses and the Children begotten betwixt them belong to the Race of the Nahers and not of the Princes The Nahers are obliged to Marry one of the same Quality or almost of the next degree to themselves to wit of the Minats or Cheti The rest of the several Lines have the same liberty to Marry one of their own Rank or one degree below themselves but as we said before the Women must not debase themselves in the least degree in their Marriage under pain of Death The Malabar Princes the Nambouri's and Bramans as also the chiefest among the Nahers have commonly but one Wife and they endeavour by all obliging means in the World to engage them to be faithful to them and not to look out for another Husband which is not in their power to prevent by any other than gentle means this liberty being allowed to the Malabar Women provided they don 't Marry below themselves For the Pagan Women in these parts contrary to what is practised among the Mahometans enjoy according to the Custom of their Country this Prerogative to Marry as many Husbands as they please and what is the most surprizing is that all this is done without the least disorder or Jealousie for the Man when he comes to pay his Duty to his Lady leaves his Arms at the Chamber-door as a sure sign to the rest that the place is taken up and that they must stay his leisure before they can enter Their Marriage-engagements are only during pleasure and when they are satisfied with one another they part as freely as they met The ordinary present which the New Married Men make to their Wives is a piece of Linen Cloth wherewith to cover themselves It is from this Custom of Marrying so many Husbands and to abandon them at pleasure that their Children owe their Pedigree to their Mothers it being impossible to know their true Fathers neither are the Sons here considered as the next Heirs but the Nephews but they must be the Sister's Sons The Mahometans tho' they keep a most watchful Eye over their Wives nevertheless do they observe this Custom in respect of Succession or Inheritance all over Malabar They Marry their Daughters for the most part at 12 Years of Age and there are abundance among them who bear Children before that Age tho' they are generally but very small which may perhaps be Attributed to their being Married at so tender an Age. Widwives are unknown in these parts those of a more advanced Age supply this defect in a Country where they are Delivered with much ease in Comparison to what is done in Europe For the Malabar as well as the African Women are no sooner Deliver'd but they wash themselves and take no further care of their Babes than to give them Suck The Malabar Women are for the generality well shap'd and not ill Featured but the little ones are in greater esteem than the tall ones the privilege of Marrying so many Husbands as they please exempts them from that most cruel Custom of burning themselves with the Dead Carcasses of their Husbands to which the rest of the Indian Women are Subject CHAP. XXXIII Of their Habits and Houses AS to their Habits there is scarce any difference betwixt the Men and the Women in Malabar they wear their Hair which is Black very long and go Naked as far as the middle even the Princes themselves who if they sometimes make use of a small Vest always leave it open before They wear about their Middle a piece of Cloth which comes down as low as their Knees and never make use of Shooes or Stockings In other Countries Ladies of Quality endeavour to out-vie one another by their rich Gold and Silver Stuffs but the quite contrary is practised among the Malabars where these Stuffs are not worn but by the meaner sort the Ladies of the Nahers and all the rest of a Superiour Rank wearing nothing but fine White Callico The richer sort wear Girdles of Gold and Bracelets of Silver or Horn in which they take all most particular Pride The Women never adorn themselves with any Jewels unless it be a Ring Both Men and Women have holes in their Ears which are so long that they hang down quite to their Shoulders because they are so careful in continually enlarging the holes that you may thrust a Fist into them which is occasioned by the weight of the Pendants who sometimes exceed two Ounces some of them wear Golden Chains but these being the peculiar marks of

to September Whales how taken there are very few so ignorant but what know that this prodigious Creature is taken by the help of a Dart tied to a strong Cord. The Fishermen Cruise about the Bay in their Boats to watch the coming of the Whale so soon as she finds her self Wounded by the Dart she flies away and the Fishermen follow her at a distance letting the Cord go after her till such time that being quite spent by the loss of Bloud she dies and Swims upon the surface of the Water Then they draw her to the Shoar at high Tides and cut her to pieces The Oil which is drawn from this Fish is much used in Lamps all over Brasil and the Negroes and some of the poorer sort eat the substance of the Fish with a good Appetite After you are come about 2 Leagues within the Bay you see the City which directly faces its Entrance just before you where you may safely ride at Anchor at about half a League 's distance from the Shoar The City of All Saints The City it self is Built upon a high Mountain stretching on both sides of it from whence it comes that most of the Streets lie upon an ascent It is the largest the Portugueses are Masters of in Brasil and the residence of the Governour in chief of the Brasil Coast 'T is true the Governor of the City has no Authority over the rest yet is he considered as the chief because he takes place of all the rest It was strongly discoursed whilst I was in Brasil that there was to be sent thither a Vice-Roy with the same Prerogative and Authority as the Vice-Roy of the Indies residing at Goa and they also expected a Bishop out of Portugal to fill up that See which had been rack'd for several 〈…〉 ●●fore and they were of Opinion th●● 〈…〉 ●●vernment of Brasil should happen 〈…〉 into a Vice-Royalty this Church would also be made a Metropolitan Church There is a kind of Parliament Parliament of Brasil or High Court of Judicature in Brasil whose Jurisdiction extends over all that Coast but their Power is limited ther lying an Appeal from them in all Criminal Causes to Lisbon and in Civil Causes if the matter in Contest exceeds the value of 100 l. Sterling The City it self is very large and Populous their Churches are very Magnificent as is likewise the Palace of the Governour which is Built on the very top of the Mountain where the Parliament also dispatch their Business The Houses are generally very well Built there being a great concourse of all Nations here who are drawn hither by reason of the great conveniency of the Port and Trade this being the Staple of all sorts of Commodities to be met with in these parts CHAP. XXVIII The Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants I Am not very well assured whether Debauchery is so common all over Brasil as it is at the Bay of All-Saints where even Women who pretend to a reasonable share of Reputation look upon it as a piece of Gallantry to dress up their Female Slaves in their own Cloaths Are very Debauch'd to give them the better opportunity of vending their hidden Commodities at a dearer rate from whence it may easily be concluded that there is scarce any other place where Debauchery has got such an ascendant as here The Women are generally great Admirers of all Strangers but especially of the French the worst is that they are not so acceptable to the Men who being naturally Jealous to a degree of Madness this infirmity of theirs proves sometimes the occasion of great mischiefs as may appear out of the following relation A Young French Man who practised Physick in Brasil was sent for to a Lady that was very ill this Lady being Young Handsome and Rich the Young Physician made use of his best Skill to recover her as soon as possible he could He had the good Fortune not only to restore her to her Health in a little time but also to insinuate himself by his constant attendance into the Affection both of the Mother and Daughter so that soon after he was Privately Married to the Young Lady tho' with the consent of the Mother Some Enemies of the Young French Man who envy'd his good Fortune took an opportunity to set a certain Gentleman who had Married his Wife's Eldest Sister against him representing to him how unbecoming and little suitable it would be to his Quality to have a Brother-in-law that was no more than a Chirurgeon tho' he had assumed the Title of a Doctor of Physick and who perhaps besides all this might be a Heretick The Gentleman who had more Wealth than good Sence being over-perswaded by these Malicious Fellows began to exclaim in the presence of the rest of their Relations against the indignity put upon the whole Family by so scandalous a Match not forgetting any thing which he thought might exasperate them against this New Brother-in-law but finding them not to agree with him in their Sentiments he came one Night with a select number of Ruffians into the City where they found means to get into the House of his Sister-in-law and to cut to pieces a certain Young Man who bearing some resemblance to the Young French Man they sought for and who had saved himself by flight pay'd dearly for it by the mistake of these Villains who took the flight after they had satisfy'd their revenge as they believed for fear of being taken in the Fact by the Neighbouring Inhabitants who were drawn thither by the most lamentable outcries of the Women This Bloudy Action being come to the Judge's-Ears he ordered some Guards to be put in the Young French Man's House to prevent a second Attempt which they were resolved to make as soon as they had got notice that they had missed their aim The Young French Man finding himself thus in danger of being Assassinated took a resolution to leave Brasil and to go to Lisbon which he did accordingly never appearing abroad without a good Guard till his departure when I was afterwards in Lisbon I understood that he was Petitioning the King to grant him his Warrant for the bringing over his Wife with all her Effects from Brasil to Lisbon CHAP. XXIX Our departure from Brasil THE Grand Fleet which goes every Year from Lisbon to the several places on the Coast of Brasil arrived there in the Month of June The Admiral being to convoy some Ships to Rio de Janeiro went thither in person whilst we were getting every thing ready against his return which we did not expect to be till towards the end of August Being ready loaden and provided with all necessaries for our Voyage we only staid till the Ships that were come in with the Admiral could take in some fresh Provisions and so set sail together from the Bay of All-Saints on the 3d. day of September in the Morning being in all thirty Sail two and twenty of