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A16279	The discription of the contrey of Aphrique the fyrst part of the worlde, with the cituation of al the countreys together, with the perticuler maners lawes, and ceremonies, of dyuers people inhabityng in the same part. Translated out of Frenche into Englyshe by Wyllyam Prat of London, the fyrst daye of the newe yere, M.CCCCC.LIIII. Rede it dylygently, marke it perfectly, reuolue it thorowly, beare it equally, beholde the auctours simplicitie, and prayse God almyghty.; Omnium gentium mores. Book 1. English	Joannes, ca. 1485-1535.; Prat, William.	1554 (1554)	STC 3196.5; ESTC S112745	45,413	174

aboue said people towardes the Midy inhabyteth other people whiche they cal Icthiophages who althoughe they haue the faces of men yet they dyffer nothynge frome beastes in theyr lyuynges these people dwell vnder the Troglodites in the greate sea Arabie they be very barbarous At altymes they be naked their wifes and chyldren be common and lyke brute beastes they do not feale any volupe lupt or passion in thē selues except it be after theyr bodyes feale good or euyll These people be voyde of discretion good maners and honestye They dwell in ryuers and crekes of the sea along by the waters and in the hyghe countreyes in the whiche places be founde many depe caues and longe valleyes Therbe dyuers narowe holes daungerous at the enteryng euyl at the cōminge out In so muche that whiche foloweth a man may iudg the countrey by nature to be made after the fashiō of the Icthiophages for they gathered great heapes of stones and layed them before the entryng of all croked places and made more suche inuentions for the nettes to take fyshe of the sea because in the sea whan the flude cōmeth it chaūseth aboute nonetyde all the place nighe be cōpassed and closed about with waters and they growe to suche an infinite nomber that they couer al the countrey and bringeth a great quantitie of fishe which do swyme hither and thyther to fynde theyr pasture so in the ende at the retournynge agayne of the sea the water do caste theym vp amongest the heapes of stones and then the fyshe lye drie and they be gathered by the people inhabytynge in that contrey which do runne with their wyfe and chyldren and gather the sayd fishes for their prouision And when they dresse the sayde fyshe to eate they lay it vpon the stones to wardes the Midy or nontyde and burnethe it in the heate of the sonne and doth let it lye vpon the one syde a whyle and turneth the other side whē they thinke it is rosted inough they plucke out all the fleshe put it in a hollowe stone which is lyke vnto a morter then mixeth it with the grayne of a gosebery tree or much lyke to it these mingled together so well that it maketh goodly meate to eate they set it in the son after they haue put it together they make it lyke in proprietie to a tyle This they vse for all theyr meate with great abundance and ioy and seruethe theym insteade of corne when it chaunce that the find of the sea abyde styll and nothynge deminyshe by reason wherof they were forced to leaue theyr comodytie of fyshynge and that they abyde hunger Then they heape together the shels of the sea which be veri great and do breake thē with stones and so fead of the fleshe they fynd with in the sayde shelles the whiche is in taste lyke to an oyster of the sea Ageyne if this kynd of lyuyng wer taken from theym by continuall tempestes and wyndes They take the bones of the fyshes by theym gathered afore and gnaweth it like a dogge the tender and freshe And the hardest bone they breake with stones In so doynge they dyffer nothynge from beastes This kind of vitell they receyue for theyr repast with great ioye as I rehearsed before syngynge and makynge good chere one with an other And after that euery one of them by the care they haue to get chyldren do accompany with the fyrste woman they mete without hauynge any solicitude all theyr lyfe longe whiche commeth by reason of the afflu 〈…〉 which to theym be 〈…〉 for the space of v. days to that maner of lyuynge the syxte daye they go together to fynde the welles to drink by the way as they go they crye both in one voyce in suche sorte that a man woulde iudge them rather to be the crieng of a multytud of wyld bestes then mens voyces As soone as they come to the fountaynes they receyue in such abundaunce of water that they can not wel retourne ageyne but rest them selues there and can eate no more beynge afterwarde as men troubled or rather dronken The next day folowyng they retourne a fisshynge and in this sorte passynge theyr lyues beyng a very fewe of them sicke and that is for because they eate but one kynde of meate yet for al that they liue not so longe 〈…〉 of other natiōs their 〈…〉 this cost to theyr lodgynge and by the pleasaunt shadowes they are tempr●●● 〈◊〉 must vnderstand that the caues of that countrey the whiche haue theyr throtes towardes the Midy be as hote as a furnasse because of the heate of the sonne consequently doth folow that they be neuer inhabited wherfore almē of that contrey doth couer to dwell towardes the Septentrion Such was the maner and lyuynge of the two I●thiophages There restethe yet to speke of the Amazones whiche as they say in tyme past was of one part of Aphrique in the contrey of ●●bie They were women of warre and of good courage gretly differryng frome the women in our age and tyme. A certeyne time of theyr age they were accustomed to exercyse the seate of warre and by that kept theyr virginitie After that they had passed theyr age as abouesayd they maried husbands to encrease chyldren They had the prehemines to gouerne all publike matters for the common weale was ruled by them in such sort ruled the women that theyr husbandes had the charge of al the domestical affayres whiche we accustomably commit to our wyues And the wiues to the contrary ruled as our men do heare yea so circumspecte they were that theyr husbandes shulde not take in hande any publyke matter that they woulde not suffer theym once to speke in causes touchyng the common weale So sone as they be in theyr bed theyr chyldren be gyuen men to kepe and they to nourse them which infants be brought vp with wylke and other meates agreable for theyr age If a woman had ben deliuered of a man chylde he shulde haue had either his ryght arme broken or ben killed But if she had brought forth a female or woman chylde they woulde burne her brestes with an hote yron for to take away al that which might let her in the warres and for that cause they were called with the Greekes Amazones That is to say women without brestes They did inhabite as it is writtē in an Ilande called Hespera which was so named for that it aprocheth nygh the Occident and is within the lake Tritonide nygh to the Ocean sea That lake is so called by reson of the ryuer Triton whiche passeth thorowe the same beyng cituated to Ethiope and to the me unt Atlas which is one of the hygheste and wydest in all that countrey This Ilande is greate replenished with trees and a bundance of frute In that countrey is plenty of shepe wherwith most of the people be refreshed and fedde Wheate is vnknowē to the inhabiters of that contrey because there neuer grewe none there A

Calamyties they were so greatly weryed with trauayles that they folowed the coures of wylde beastes wherfore the humayne creatures by lyttle lyttle accompanyenge togethers consultede by a commen seecours and ayde to expulse such euyl courses and hurtes beganne to prepare and appoint to eueryone of theym certeine portions of grounde vpon the which they buylded lyttle houses and made perticions of theyr landes by certeyne limittes in so much that by little and lyttle they made dyches and walles and at the last there was appoynted a populaeir estate or common weal. In lykewyse they established certeine lawes and magestrates by whome euery man shulde be ruled In so muche at the last there was obserued a greate concorde and peace amongest so great a multytude of people Sins that tyme men inuented to lyue not onely by the fruites and noriture which the erth hir self brought forth and that the beastes or cattell gaue but also by their manye and sundry industries and labours by theym excogitated and founde out the maner to make the shippes to ryde vpon the seas some to serue for marchaundyse other some to abyde the countreys Also some inuented the cartes with horses to drawe theym and after that they began to haue course gold and syluer then was the aparel of men more sumptuous theyr language adorned with eloquens theyr frequentacion more siuile theyr diete more delicate their building more larger and gorgious in fyne the morrall creatures in continuaunce of tyme were altred and chaunged as well from theyr condicions as from theyr barbarousnes and cruelnes they became humayne gentyl and gracious that at the laste they ruled them selues so discretely that they them selues banyshed all their inhumanitie and vnciuilitie as to kyll one an other to eate the fleshe of men and to occupye the cōpany of the first they mete without discrecion or regarde of blud or kinred with such lyke vices and imperfections After they had tasted of this euyll order and atteyne to more reson by theyr trauaile made the earth fruteful the which before was hydden ouer as a wylde forest vnhabited and moost vnprofitable for man They remoued away the great stones and stubbes of trees made the fayre waters sprynges to be sought for in the marshe places This they did and all to make it plaine and to cause it lose his old and auncient forme wheras before it was hilly and rude In so vsyng the earth at the last brought forth wynes and other encrease aboundantly the whiche before did yelde them but a lyttle quantitie of wyldynges crabs Moreouer by the infinite gardens arbors whiche they did set rounde about the fountains springes made the valeys freshe and leste the hyghe mountaynes because of the wodes and forestes and after knewe howe to order the grounde to brynge forth fruite Ageyne theyr places where they inhabited at the first were little but hauyng dwelt there a time from smale vyllages became great Cyties vpon the hygh mountaines they buylded townes and stronge castels in the valeyes great temples and churches to the ende that the fountaines might be more holsommer and delectable they were richli made of faire cut marbelstone and they set trees al about to giue them a pleasaunt shadowe And more frome the sayde welles they caused waters by the pipes to descende and come into theyr Cyties They made hauens crekes in the sea to harbor the ships They also made many ryght places into the whiche the shyppes myght retyre backe without daunger of windes and tempestes At the end they had so appoyncted al thynges as well in the sea as in the lande which yf we do consider the state present and after what it was afore tyme a man wolde take it to be a countrey aboue all other then that whiche was fyrst created and wold iudge it more lyke the gardeyne or paradyse out of the whiche oure forefathers Adam and Eue was drowen for the transgression of the heauenly commaundement then other wyse Moreouer the people inuented many artes and sciences moste wyttye as letters and tables to wryte which after was had in vse they be oftentimes exempted from the condicion of the mortalles in leuyng memory of them to theyr posteritie which made participacions of theyr inuentions and by this me thynketh that the mortall men myght be soner called some earthly gods then men had it not ben for that malygne Sathan which hath by a most pestilente seade sowen in the worlde brought confusion for he seynge that the humayne creatures dyd encrease and that the condicion of theyr lyfe passed from good to better beynge styrred vp by an enuy hath brought theē into bondage by reason of theyr sondry and manye sins and inormities committed And sins the true lyght appeared there came in Idolaters whiche woulde haue darkened the same There engendred many sects amongest the people To proue this trewe we do se that at these presētes those of Asie Arm●●e Arabie Perse Cyrie asyre Medie and in Aphrique Those of Egipte of Numidie Libie Maritanie and in Europia those of Grece Mis●e Romayne and all other whiche be vnder the obedience of the Turke do obserue duly for the most part the lawes of wycked mahoment and his false doctrine and madde forsakynge our sauiour Chryste The people of Scythie of whome there is a greate nomber and be nowe called Tartariens or Tartares doo worshhyp moste commonly the Idolles of the Emperoure Cham some do worshyp the starres not withstandynge there be which attribute honoure to the onely God and vse the epistles and doctrine of saynct Paule The Indes which vnder Prest Iohn do folowe the true Christen religion Neuerthelesse there is dyuersitie betwene their doynges and oures At these presentes there be no nacions whiche do obserue the Catholyke faith but the Englyshe men the Germaynes Italyons Spanyardes Frenchemen Scottes Iryshmen the Danes Liuones Prusstēs mē of Polland of Hongery and those in the Ilondes those of the Rodes of Cecilie of Corse of Sardayne and some other regions That cruel enemie of mankinde hath so stirred him selfe that by the dyuersitie of religion and ceremonies the other abouesayde natyons had perticulerly chosen and meinteined to be the trewe waies to bring to eternal blesse and felicitie in reputynge al other false and Eronious euery one after their own fashcions with all their endeuoyr dyd set for them most ample maner their owne religion wherevppon hathe folowed such hate amongest men that they which haue taken great iourneyes into far contreys haue not gone in saue garde In so much the men thē selues haue stopped the passage to come to the perfecte knowledge of dyuers nations whiche doth make me iudge that manye there be that beleue all that is wrytten of oure purpose to be but fables for that they haue not skant the knowledge of the people and nacions which be nygh to them I meane they know not theyr owne neyghboures as those regiōs situated next to theirs and all is for