ABSTRACT
Theyaffirmethattheypassedthroughmanycountreiesand manystrangepeople,differinginlanguage,apparell,and customes.Andbecausetheyplaiedthephysitions,theywere astheypassedgreatlyesteemedandheldforgods,andthe peopledidnohurtvntothem,butwouldgiuethempartof suchthingsastheyhad.(Thereforetheypassedquietly,and trauelledsofarretill)ltheycametoapeople,thatvsecontinuallytoliueinbeardswiththeircattelastheArabiansdoe. Theybepoore,andeatesnakes,lisards,spiders,ants,andal kindeofvermine,andherewiththeyliuesowellcontentedthat commonlytheysinganddance[anddivertthemselues.] Theybuiethewomenoftheirenimies,andkilltheir daughters,becausetheywouldnothauethemmarriewith them(wherebytheymightincrease).2Theytrauailed throughcertaineplaces,wherethewomengauesuckevnto theirchildrentiltheyweretenortwelveyeeresofage; andwherecertainemen(beinghermaphroditesJ3doemarrie oneanother[andherearesuchpeoplewhichneitherweepnor makewater,anditissaidthatiftheydoittheydie].These
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aoslagazesqueandamemcabildoscomseusgados:comoAlarues, &samtampobresquecomemcobras,lagartos,aranhas,formigas, &todososbichos,comistoviuemtamcontentesquesempre cantam,bailam,&sedesenfadam:coinpramasmolheresaos imigos,matamasfilhas,pellasnamcasaremcomelles,passauam porterrasqueosfilhosmamauamdez,dozeannos:emoutrasque casamoshomeshiiscomoutros,&abitayspouosquenamchoram nemrim:&dizqueseofazem,morremporisso,andaramos Castelhanosnestestrabalhosmaisdeoytocentoslegoas:&nam :ficarammaisdesete,ouoytoqueescaparam,foramteraomardo
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