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A51184	Remarkable addresses by way of embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Emperor of Japan Containing a description of their several territories, cities, temples, and fortresses; their religions, laws, and customs; their prodigious vvealth, and gorgeous habits; the nature of their soil, plants, beasts, hills, rivers, and fountains: with the character of the ancient and modern Japanners. Collected out of their several writings and journals by Arnoldus Montanus. English'd, and adorn'd with a hundred several sculptures, by John Ogilby Esq; His Majesties cosmographer, geographick printer, and master of the revels in the Kingdom of Ireland.; Gedenkwaerdige gesantschappen der Oost-Indische maatschappy in 't Vereenigde Nederland, aan de Kaiseren van Japan. English.	Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683.; Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.; Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.; United Provinces of the Netherlands.	1671 (1671)	Wing M2486A; ESTC R218646	565,250	480

Bonzi the Minister that performs the Funeral-Rites in a great Coach which shines being all Silk and Gold Thirty Bonzies more run about the Coach they wear broad-brimm'd Hats over a fine Linnen Surplice a Black Cloke cover'd with a gray upper Garment each carrying a long Torch lighted made of Pine-Branches which they say lights the Defunct that he may not mistake or miss the Way These thirty are follow'd by two hundred more who call aloud upon that God or Idol which he most Worshipp'd when alive They also beat on great Copper Basons and carry two large Baskets full of Artificial Paper-Roses of divers Colours which they tie at the end of a long Stick shaking them as they go in such a manner that the Roses fly out of the Baskets that being a sign as they say That the Soul of the Deceas'd is already gone to the Place of Everlasting Happiness After these follow eight Youths young Bonzies in two Rows who trail after them long Canes with Flags each Inscrib'd with the Name of his Idol They also carry eight Lanthorns with lighted Candles which in stead of Horn are cover'd with fine Cotton Near these Lanthorn-carriers walk two Youths in gray Clothes which carry also Pine-Torches which they light when they come out of the City and with these kindle the Fire that must consume the dead Body The remaining Ceremony Next before the Corps walk a great number of People all in gray Clothes their Heads cover'd with little three-corner'd Caps of black shining Leather on which they pin small Papers written with the Name of his Idol And that it may be more conspicuous a Man follows which carries in a Frame in large Characters the Name of that God he had so much ador'd The Corps it self Then follows the Corps it self which is carried by four Men on a Bier cover'd with a Bed very richly adorn'd on which sits the dead Body with his Head bent forward and his Hands folded together being cloth'd all in white over which hangs a Paper Coat being a Book concerning the Mysterious Devotions belonging to his Deity and full of Prayers That he would be pleas'd in mercy to save him After the Corps follow the Sons of the Deceas'd in comely Habits the youngest Son carrying also a Torch of Pine to kindle the Funeral-Pyre Last of all comes a second Rabble of Common People suited with black Caps as the former How the dead are burnt in Japan When coming near the Pyle they stand in a Ring and soon after make a hideous Noise the Bonzies striking with great force on their Copper Basons and Kettles and all the People calling aloud on the Name of his Idol which continues a whole Hour during which they prepare the Pit being square and Rail'd about and hung with Mats Towards the four Points of Heaven are four Entrances being the East West North and South The Pit is cover'd over with Canvas and on each side of it stands a Table with all manner of Fruits near the Table Pots smoking with Perfumes and Frankincense no sooner they approach near the Inclosed place but they throw a long Rope over the Corps on which every one lays their hands and call on the name of their Idol several times together then they walk three times about the inclosed place At last they set the Bier with the Bed and Corps on the Funeral-pyre to which the Bonzi who Conducted the whole Train steps forth and Mutters several Words which none of those that are present can understand and takes a burning Torch which he Waves three times over the Head of the Dead Body signifying by those Circles that the Soul of the Deceased had never beginning nor shall ever have an end when done he throws away the Torch which two of the nearest Relations to the Deceased whereof one stands at the East end of the Bier and the other at the West as a Ceremony reaching it over the Corps to one another thrice together then they throw it on the Pyle whilest others pour on Sweet Oil then setting Fire which kindles so suddenly and grows to that height that the Body is consum'd in a moment Strange Custom when the body is burnt In the Interim his Sons and kindred walk towards the two Tables where setting Fire to the Pots with Perfumes they fall on their Knees and Worship the Deceased then as they believe to be in Heaven This finish'd their Bonzies are rewarded according to their several Services and the Chief Orderer of the Funeral receives at least twenty Duckets and the other Officers lesser Sums After the departure of the Friends and Bonzies to their several Houses then the Common People and those which were Habited in Grey make merry about the Fire with such Food as stands on the Tables On the next day the Children and Friends of the Deceased repair again to the Funeral Fire where they gather the Ashes Teeth and Bones in a Gilded Pot or Urn which they carry home and covering it over with a Cloth set it in one of the chief Rooms of the House Make repetition Sermon after what manner Thither all the Bonzies come to make a Repetition of the Funeral Sermon On the seventh day they begin their Visit and set the Urn with the Relicks on the Ground others set down a square Stone on which is Engraven the Name of the Idol After this the Sons go daily to their Father's Grave on which they strow Roses and place hot Liquor and set several Dishes of Meat about it so that their Father's Soul may be refresh'd Bon a dead Fast But besides these Funerals which commonly cost those that are able at least three thousand Duckets and the ordinary Citizens generally two or three hundred They keep on one day yearly a general Feast through the whole City which they call Bon dedicated to all the souls of their deceas'd friends on which day each hangs a Lanthorn and Candle at his Door and all visit the Graves of their several Relations great multitudes carrying out of the City Chargers full of Variety of Cates with which they Treat as they believe their departed Spirits then inviting them home to their Houses of which we have already spoke at large The corps of poor people misused The Funerals of the Poor People are no way to be compar'd to those of the Rich for not one Bonzi follows their Dead they having no Money for to satisfie them for their Labor without which they will not budge one Foot so that they onely take care for to provide Food for the Departed Souls and the more because most of them either publick or private are against the Immortality of the Soul therefore the Dead Bodies of the Poor of which there are very great numbers in Japan they throw in the night time in some private place or other or else upon the nearest Dunghil Departure of the Netherland Ambassadors from Jedo ¶ BUt to return

amongst them Hannibal himself being wounded in the Thigh with a Pike was forc'd to Retreat and the Army rested till their General was cur'd who then mustering his Forces afresh Besieg'd the City closer than before Strange destruction of Saguntus a hundred and fifty thousand being daily in Arms against whom the Saguntines were forc'd to keep Watch on all Corners The Enemies Battering-Engines had by this time made Breaches in the Walls in several Places three Towers undermin'd also turn'd topsie-turvey So that the City lay in a manner open and undefended and the Soldiers which fill'd the Breaches were naked and without shelter having neither Battlements nor Breast-works against which Hannibal drew up his whole Army Hope spurr'd on the Assailants and Desparation kept the Defendants in their Stations so the Storm was very fierce long and well maintaind Hannibal if his Men did their parts not doubting but to carry the City made a fierce Assault the Saguntines making good their Breaches with Throngs of Soldiers match'd with equal Valour the Carthaginians in so close a Body that the Enemies Arrows never mist a Mark. The Saguntines answer'd them with thrown Javelins Strange Darts carrying Wild-fire which were so terrible and did such Execution that Hannibal was forc'd to Retreat Thus both Parties being tired there hapned a short Cessation Onely the Saguntines labour'd day and night to make up the Breaches of their ruin'd Walls Soon after Hannibal giving the Plunder of the City to the Soldiers made a more fierce and general Assault Saguntus is divided in the middle But the Saguntines having divided the Town rais'd a new Wall with the old Houses Here they made fresh Resistance against the Enemy it being then eight Months that they had suffer'd so great a Siege In the interim their Wants began daily to increase and their Hopes of being Reliev'd by the Romans vanish'd the Enemies never ceasing from Storm For though Hannibal went with a part of his Army against the Oretans and Carpetans which he much fear'd yet Maharbal Hamilcar's Son went on so fiercely that none could observe the Generals absence pulling down the new Wall in three several Places and setting upon them with such fury that he made himself Master of some of their Fortifications The Business seeming thus to be finish'd the Besieg'd besought that they might Treat with Hannibal concerning Peace But the disturb'd General was too much incens'd to give ear thereto yet by the Entreaties of the Spaniard Alorcus they obtain'd so much at last that Hannibal would permit the Saguntines to depart and inhabit in such Countreys as he should appoint for them but that they should leave all their Gold Silver and other Treasures behind With these Proposals of Agreement Alorcus went over the Walls into the City at whose coming all the Council gather'd Thither the People also repair'd from all Corners to hear the News The chiefest of the Council without giving any Answer upon the propos'd Articles departed and went away bringing their greatest Treasures into the Market-place where setting Fire on them they also stabb'd themselves The Saguntines burn themselves and their City and fell in the Flames This occasion'd a sudden Alteration which was agitated by a great Cry from the Fortification for a Tower having been storm'd and shaken a long time fell to the Ground which making a great Gap in the Walls a whole Band of Africans seeing the Guards fled to the Market-place throng'd in Of which Hannibal having sudden notice immediately enter'd the City without any resistance with several thousand Men But the Citizens in like manner as Xibatadono in a moment set Fire on all their Houses chusing rather to be burnt with their Wives and Children than to be slain by Hannibal's Sword Thus Toquixiro having Conquer'd Xibatadono's Castle he return'd to Meaco where he not only chang'd his first Name Toquixiro but also his second Faxiba which Nobunanga had given him calling himself Cambacundono that is Supreme Lord of Japan and after that Anno 1504. took upon him the Name of Taicosama that is Mighty Emperor Policy of Taicosama ¶ BUt though he had thus brought under his absolute Subjection the whole Island yet he warily consider'd how to prevent future Inconveniences and what might happen to his prejudice under his new Acquirements For several of his Substitute Kings being of Ancient Royal Blood would not easily submit themselves to an Emperor of so mean an Extract and that if any of them should but once appear against him it might shake his new-laid Foundation and the whole Fabrick of his Government the rest of the Princes being ready to follow their Examples which might suddenly cause a general Defection and so his utter Ruine To prevent all which he had need to be very circumspect Whereupon after serious consideration Taicosama thought no way convenienter than to employ these Princes and busie them where they might spend their Time and show their Valour in some Foreign Countrey Which Design to effect the neighboring Corea gave him a fit Opportunity Description of Corea ¶ THis Countrey is divided into eight Territories namely Kinki Hoanchai Kyangyven Civenlo Kingxan Changoing Kaokiuli and Pingan On the North it joyns to Niuche in Tartary the South respects the Island Fungma the West is wash'd by the Stream Galo and the remaining part the Ocean borders The Chineses call it Chaosie It s Length extends to two hundred and seventy German Miles and its Breadth thirty The Province Kinke is adorn'd with the Metropolis Pingjang The whole Countrey is exceeding Populous The Towns very many most of them built square after the Chinese manner whose Fashions Language Letters Religion and Government the Coreans follow which is no wonder because the Chinese Emperor Hoavus subdu'd them two hundred Years before The Transmigration of the Soul into all manner of Bodies Their Religion is firmly believ'd amongst them Their dead Corps are laid in Coffins curiously adorn'd and not buried before the third Year after their Death Strange customs but to keep in the ill scent which might get through the crevices they glue the Coffins close up with Lime or Clay call'd Cie The Chineses account them barbarous because they give their Women so much liberty suffering them walk in the Streets or come in the company of men when they please and also because their Marriages are perform'd without the liking of any of their Friends and Relations the choice thereof being onely left to the Bride and Bridegroom The Soyl of this Countrey being very fruitful produces Rice and Tares twice a year no place affords better Paper and Cie by some call'd Sandaracha than this Isle This Sandaracha is much us'd by the Chineses and Japanners for they Plaister all their Walls with that Lime Great wars in this half Island ¶ MOreover Corea hath oftentimes been destroy'd and ruin'd and lately in the Year twenty seven it suffer'd extremely both by the hands of